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• Netanyahu’s Speech and the American Jewish Condition

  By storyartist on March 7, 2015 • ( 8 )

  

  The scandal over the Netanyahu speech to Congress is in the end a story about the Jewish condition in the United States. Netanyahu is coming here to tell the Congress to torpedo the efforts of the U.S. president to cut… Read More ›

• 2 Years After Raising Taxes on the Rich, Here’s the Hellscape Minnesota Has Become

  By jamiellang1960 on March 6, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  By Zeeshan Aleem March in Policy.Mic Since 2011, Minnesota has been doing quite well for itself. The state has created more than 170,000 jobs, according to the Huffington Post. Its unemployment rate stands at 3.6% — the fifth-lowest in the… Read More ›

• PNC Bank Will Cease Investments in Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

  By genvana on March 5, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Bowing to pressure from Quaker environmentalists, PNC Bank announced yesterday that it will be restricting financing of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The shift outlined in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report means PNC Bank will effectively cease its investment in this… Read More ›

• Netanyahu Insults The U.S. To Their Face While Taking $8.6 Million In Aid Every Day

  By genvana on March 4, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

    Author: S. Longfellow Is a stable and strong Israel important to the Middle Eastern region? Of course it is. However, that doesn’t mean we need to agree and bow down to everything that comes out of reelection hopeful Prime… Read More ›

• House Votes To Fund DHS Until Sept. 30 — Without Immigration Curbs

  By konigludwig on March 4, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of the budget year — without any restrictions on immigration. The vote is a victory for President Obama as Republicans had wanted to… Read More ›

• Scott Walker Denies Comparing Protesters To ISIS, Says Obama Loves America

  By jamiellang1960 on March 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Sunday made an effort to walk back recent controversial comments comparing union protesters to the Islamic State group and expressing doubt over whether President Barack Obama loves America. Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Walker said… Read More ›

• Reports of possible deal on DHS funding reignites chatter about Boehner ouster

  By jamiellang1960 on March 2, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Multiple reports that House Speaker John Boehner has cut a deal to pass a long-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security without ties to rolling back President Obama’s executive action on immigration has reignited rumblings about a Boehner… Read More ›

• IDF Generals Say Netanyahu is a Threat to Israeli Security

  By konigludwig on March 1, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  From “Netanyahu a ‘danger’ to Israel, say 200 security veterans” – Middle East Eye A group of Israeli generals have launched an unprecedented attack on the prime minister as he prepares to address US Congress In an unprecedented move, 200… Read More ›

• The real reasons Iran is so committed to its nuclear program

  By bluebirdsister on February 26, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  As the deadlines near for Iran and world powers to reach an agreement on the country’s nuclear program — the first, on March 31, for a basic political framework — negotiations are focusing on what kind of program Iran can… Read More ›

• The GOP’s state budget disaster is the best case for Big Government

  By konigludwig on February 26, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  By Jeff Spross The Republican Party is cutting a swath of destruction through state budgets. In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback’s experiment in income and business tax cuts has blown a $344 million hole in the budget for this fiscal year,… Read More ›

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