Everyone else might have already been aware of this, but I just found out that Dennis Kucinich is likely going to be losing his seat in Congress thanks to redistricting in Ohio. It’s amazing to me how the most progressive members of Congress are being picked off one by one thanks to the efforts of […]
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Kucinich likely to lose Congressional seat in redistricting
Posted in Politics Also tagged 2010 census, carpetbagger, Cleveland, Dennis Kucinich, redistricting, Washington 6 Comments
Introducing the People’s Budget
As you no doubt know, President Obama and congressional leaders were able to avert a government shutdown by reaching an agreement on the 2011 budget late Friday night. While we don’t yet know all the facts, it looks as though the Republicans were not successful in their attempts to defund public broadcasting, and stop the […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics Also tagged Amy Goodman, budget cuts, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, Democracy Now, entitlements, EPA, estate tax, global climate change, greenhouse gas, Jeffrey Sachs, lobbyists, Medicaid, Medicare, military spending, Millennium Promise Alliance, NPR, Obama, Paul Ryan, PBS, People’s Budget, public broadcasting, social security, tax loopholes, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich 25 Comments