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Shutdown And Hostage-Taking — It Is NOT Both Sides Doing It

By Dave Johnson On September 26, 2011  

One side says, “Never mind the deal we just agreed to, cut this or we’ll shut down the government” and the other side says, “This isn’t fair, and it hurts people. We can’t keep agreeing to pay these ransoms, this has to stop!” Is this “both sides squabbling?” Is this “Congress can’t get its act [...]

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Media Malpractice: CBS Pins Bush Debt on Obama

By Joshua Holland On August 23, 2011  

I’ve often compared various administration’s fiscal records. The honest way to do so — the only honest way – is to consider budgets that a president requested from Congress and then signed into law. Budgets are passed during the prior year, so while Reagan entered office in 1981, his first budget was in 1982. Reagan’s fiscal record [...]

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Budget Talks: Who Speaks For The American People?

By Dave Johnson On May 12, 2011  

When we hear about the deficits we hear a lot of scare stories, which most “serious” media just echo and amplify. The prevailing “serious” narrative we hear is that we must cut entitlements — any “serious” budget proposal cuts Medicare and Social Security. Even though they just extended tax cuts for the rich the deficits [...]

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NPR, Hairy Dogs and the Federal Budget: EXPLAINED!

By Sandi Behrns On March 16, 2011  

Exactly how much does our federal government spend to fund National Public Radio? And how does that compare to other things we spend money on? And how is the federal budget like a hairy dog?

The answers to these questions and many more can be found in this fabulous video produced by

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Tweeting the Outrage

By Frederick Clarkson On March 8, 2011  

Twitter is ablaze with outrage over a tweet by Megyn Kelly the host of Fox’s “America Live.” Kelly wonders whether a woman who was beaten into a coma by a man in a dispute over a parking space “deserves it.”

Here is a news snippet about the assault:
Oscar Fuller was [...]

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The Rich Are Laughing at Us and the Tea Party People

By Spocko On February 24, 2011  

Remember the Enron recording where two traders were joking about how they crewed the people of California and then “Grandma Millie” was trying to get her money back?

“Yeah, now she wants her f——g money back for all the power you’ve charged right up, jammed right up her a—— for f——g $250 [...]

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Journalism Accomplished: Why aren’t news organizations telling the whole truth in Wisconsin and why aren’t the state’s conservatives demanding secession?

By Sam Smith On February 21, 2011  

I tend to avoid programs produced by major network news divisions like I would the galloping herpes, but I do occasionally tune into CBS Sunday Morning. In its better moments, Charles Osgood helms a tranquil, reflective magazine foregrounding the people, places and things that define what’s best about American culture. At its worst, [...]

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