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Obama Will Not Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts, Economists Warn Against
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11.14
Obama Will Not Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts, Economists Warn Against Austerity
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12751-obama-will-not-extend-bush-era-tax-cuts-economists-warn-against-austerity
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: President Obama confirmed that he would not compromise on allowing Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy to expire, while extending tax cuts for the middle class. Some GOP members conceded that the modest tax increase for the wealthy in the president's budget plan "is not going to break their backs."
The Political Economy of Obama's Re-Election
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12697-the-political-economy-of-obamas-re-election
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: The Right just suffered a defeat, the middle continues to weaken amid elusive economic recovery and the resurgent Left in Europe grows and strengthens. Many conditions for resurgence of OWS or its reincarnation are in place.
General Strike Sweeps Europe as Millions Reject Austerity
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12746-general-strike-sweeps-europe-as-millions-reject-austerity-as-solution-to-economic-crisis
Nermeen Shaikh and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: A general strike is underway across Europe today as millions are protesting spending cuts and tax hikes they say have deepened the region's economic crisis. Spanish and Portuguese workers are coordinating their strike with workers in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.
Defense Department: Cause of Death of Guantanamo Detainee Adnan Latif "Forthcoming"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12732-defense-department-cause-of-death-of-guantanamo-detainee-adnan-latif-forthcoming
Jason Leopold, Truthout: An autopsy to determine how Yemeni Guantanamo prisoner Adnan Latif died in September may shed light on a two-month mystery, and the Department of Defense now intends to publicly disclose the cause of his death.
Grand Bargain or Great Betrayal? Reading the Tea Leaves of Fiscal Intentions for Entitlements
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12721-grand-bargain-or-great-betrayal-reading-between-the-tea-leaves
Lambert Strether, Truthout: An analysis of the president's statements concerning Social Security and Medicare during the campaign suggests a Great Betrayal may be in the offing. And then there was that curious incident in the East Room.
Civics 101: Spending Vs. Investing
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12747-civics-101-spending-vs-investing
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: There's something that every single American family understands, and that's the difference between spending and investing. In the short-term, Paul Ryan's cuts will lower the deficit. But in the long-term, those fewer investments will inflict serious harm on our nation.
On Election Day, Money and Magical Thinking
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12731-on-election-day-money-and-magical-thinking
Michael Winship, Truthout: Will the movement for campaign finance reform continue? Or are candidates and incumbents so dependent on transfusions of campaign cash they smother the effort in its crib?
Scenes from a Crisis: Volunteers Bond With Occupiers for Sandy Relief
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12696-scenes-from-a-crisis-volunteers-bond-with-occupiers-for-sandy-victim-relief
John Knefel, Truthout: In New York, volunteers and relief workers from disparate organizations and backgrounds have come together and bonded under Occupy Sandy's banner for a common cause.
Embrace the Fiscal Cliff
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12728-embrace-the-fiscal-cliff
Simon Johnson, Moyers & Company: Watch out for the coming hysteria on the so-called "fiscal cliff." This is just the latest disinformation put out by people who agree with Grover Norquist that the real goal of politics should always and everywhere be to reduce taxes and shrink the size of government.
Taking Back Our Children: What the Chesser Custody Case Says About Faith and Parenting in Islamophobic America
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12679-taking-back-our-children-what-the-chesser-custody-case-says-about-faith-and-parenting-in-islamophobic-america
Aviva Stahl, Truthout: This past January, in a case of overt Islamophobia, Proscovia Nzabanita was stripped of all guardianship rights over her son, whom she calls "H" to protect his privacy. The Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Prince William County even ruled that no adult was permitted to bring H to mosque, essentially ordaining that he must be raised Christian.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Is Proposing $1.6 Trillion in New Revenue From Letting the Bush Tax Cuts Expire, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12750-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-obama-is-proposing-16-trillion-in-new-revenue-from-letting-the-bush-tax-cuts-expire-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Obama is proposing $1.6 trillion in new revenue from letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the top 2 percent wealthiest Americans; support for repealing Obama's health care is now at an all-time low; dozens of Walmart warehouse workers in Mira Loma, California are walking off the job in the latest strike against the corporation; and more.
Will GOP Governors Really Try "Nullifying" Obamacare?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12745-will-gop-governors-really-try-nullifying-obamacare
Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: Why are Republican-led states, typically averse to federal intervention, giving up the opportunity to design their own exchanges? A handful of right-wing theories have been floated to make right-wing activists believe they can successfully battle health care reform on the state level.
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Did Cantor Intimidate FBI in Petraeus Affair to Support FOX Benghazi Propaganda Campaign?
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17641-did-cantor-intimidate-fbi-in-petraeus-affair-to-support-fox-benghazi-propaganda-campaign
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: For two or three weeks prior to the election, FOX News focused on Benghazi hoping to discredit Obama and help defeat him. In his call to the FBI, Eric Cantor was reading from the same script.
Jeremy Scahill | The Petraeus Legacy: A Paramilitary CIA?
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/171247/petraeus-legacy-paramilitary-cia#
The Five Unfinished Items That Will Shape Obama's Food and Agricultural Legacy
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/11/obamas-second-term-what-expect-foodfarm-policy
Senate Passes Bill Boosting Payments to Veterans
Read the Article at Associated Press
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57549553/senate-passes-bill-boosting-payments-to-veterans/
Google Transparency Report: Government Requests on the Rise
Read the Article at Bloomberg
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-13/google-says-governments-requesting-more-content-removals
New US House: Women and Minorities to the Left; White Men to the Right
Read the Article at CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/14/politics/house-diversity/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
The Confederacy of Takers
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-the-confederacy-of-takers/2012/11/13/d8adc7ee-2dd4-11e2-beb2-4b4cf5087636_story.html?hpid=z2
Federal Judge Rips Ohio's Elections Chief for Unconstitutional Change to State Election Rules
Read the Article at The Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/11/federal_judge_rips_husted_for.html
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>For two or three weeks prior to the election, FOX News focused on Benghazi hoping to discredit Obama and help defeat him. In his call to the FBI, Eric Cantor was reading from the same script.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Five Unfinished Items That Will Shape Obama's Food and Agricultural Legacy</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Senate Passes Bill Boosting Payments to Veterans</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>New US House: Women and Minorities to the Left; White Men to the Right</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Confederacy of Takers</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Federal Judge Rips Ohio’s Elections Chief for Unconstitutional Change to State Election Rules</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jason Leopold, Truthout:</strong> An autopsy to determine how Yemeni Guantanamo prisoner Adnan Latif died in September may shed light on a two-month mystery, and the Department of Defense now intends to publicly disclose the cause of his death.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JNPBiiNypK1yKgOJSv67gRHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F7KPpV7S2idOpn%2FnLjpixhHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Grand Bargain or Great Betrayal? Reading the Tea Leaves of Fiscal Intentions for Entitlements</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Lambert Strether, Truthout:</strong> An analysis of the president's statements concerning Social Security and Medicare during the campaign suggests a Great Betrayal may be in the offing. And then there was that curious incident in the East Room.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OAkvyg9PLVMTzKcINosV6RHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fis2NF6zZXOPGCPo7EKgbhHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Civics 101: Spending Vs. Investing</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:</strong> There's something that every single American family understands, and that's the difference between spending and investing. In the short-term, Paul Ryan's cuts will lower the deficit. But in the long-term, those fewer investments will inflict serious harm on our nation.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QGEOenSjx83I4KegI09dcxHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IY6ktD6lzHJIQmO5stOF1xHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On Election Day, Money and Magical Thinking</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Michael Winship, Truthout:</strong> Will the movement for campaign finance reform continue? Or are candidates and incumbents so dependent on transfusions of campaign cash they smother the effort in its crib?</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zVf8kbphjVzrbrqxY5RZ5hHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aKFz1lox51oZy1nSksBbohHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Scenes from a Crisis: Volunteers Bond With Occupiers for Sandy Relief</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>John Knefel, Truthout:</strong> In New York, volunteers and relief workers from disparate organizations and backgrounds have come together and bonded under Occupy Sandy's banner for a common cause.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ryvbKJCtaer7cqQ0AVRNWRHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ChYpSZdbWfh4aIXtZb%2FtCBHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Embrace the Fiscal Cliff</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Simon Johnson, Moyers & Company:</strong> Watch out for the coming hysteria on the so-called "fiscal cliff." This is just the latest disinformation put out by people who agree with Grover Norquist that the real goal of politics should always and everywhere be to reduce taxes and shrink the size of government.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wiHZszvi5ySov3mdyFognhHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JtBkr83AKo5bnjAGPPy5lBHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Taking Back Our Children: What the Chesser Custody Case Says About Faith and Parenting in Islamophobic America</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Aviva Stahl, Truthout:</strong> This past January, in a case of overt Islamophobia, Proscovia Nzabanita was stripped of all guardianship rights over her son, whom she calls "H" to protect his privacy. The Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Prince William County even ruled that no adult was permitted to bring H to mosque, essentially ordaining that he must be raised Christian.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YUmBGxZnSAVhqMOl2%2BhhbBHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Brf8B3BpE%2BK3JR89xr7PiBHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Is Proposing $1.6 Trillion in New Revenue From Letting the Bush Tax Cuts Expire, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Obama is proposing $1.6 trillion in new revenue from letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the top 2 percent wealthiest Americans; support for repealing Obama's health care is now at an all-time low; dozens of Walmart warehouse workers in Mira Loma, California are walking off the job in the latest strike against the corporation; and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xharZjJatDxTFaoMOEhDFhHHEZhOT8IA" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IVVT8F6mAFw77Gy8dcMvSBHHEZhOT8IA"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Will GOP Governors Really Try "Nullifying" Obamacare?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Brendan Fischer, PRWatch:</strong> Why are Republican-led states, typically averse to federal intervention, giving up the opportunity to design their own exchanges? A handful of right-wing theories have been floated to make right-wing activists believe they can successfully battle health care reform on the state level.</p>
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