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7 Wisconsin Jobs Facts Every WI Voter Needs to Know

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Kos - May. 25 (Fact Check) - Walker has been plastering TV's all over WI with a bald-faced lie that he created 30,000 jobs. Walker created fake job numbers than ran a million dollar ad campaign for them.

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"What We Do to the Land, We Do to the People"-- May 24 West Virginia Direct Actions Against MTR

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - May. 24 (Opinion) - As part of Mountain Justice Summer Action Camp taking place at the Appalachian South Folklife Center near Pipestem, WV, five members of Mountain Justice and RAMPS boarded a coal barge to protest the destruction of mountains in West Virginia through Mountaintop removal, while other members and their fellow concerned activists blocked coal transport at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 24.

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What Makes Countries Rich or Poor?

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The New York Review of Books - By Jared Diamond - May. 24 (Review) - Norway, the world’s richest country, is 496 times richer than Burundi, the world’s poorest country (average per capita incomes $84,290 and $170 respectively, according to the World Bank). Why? That’s a central question of economics.

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"So Rich, So Poor": Peter Edelman on Ending US Poverty & Why He Left Clinton Admin over Welfare Law

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - May. 23 (News Analysis) - Census data shows nearly one in two Americans live in poverty, and now the Congressional Budget Office warns things could soon get worse if President Obama and Congress remain at an impasse over the 2013 fiscal budget. House Republicans are calling for cuts to food aid, healthcare and social services, while protecting funds for the Pentagon.

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Government Report Contradicts GOP On Dire Situation

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - May. 23 (News Report) - A new government report said spending cuts scheduled to go into effect in 2013, coupled with the simultaneous expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, will shrink the U.S. economy and raise unemployment -- contradicting the Republican claim that reducing the federal budget deficit will spur economic growth.

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Sea Shepherd Founder Paul Watson Fights Extradition to Costa Rica for 2002 Shark Defense

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - May. 22 (News Report) - Captain Paul Watson, founder of the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, has been released on bail in Germany following his arrest for possible extradition to Costa Rica on decade-old charges stemming from a confrontation with shark fin poachers. Sea Shepherd continues to maintain that Watson's arrest was politically motivated and is calling on its supporters to come together in a day of action on Wednesday when the Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla visits Germany. Watson joins us from Frankfurt. “We’ve never injured anybody,” Watson says. “The most powerful weapon in the world as far as I'm concerned is the camera, so we go into battle armed with cameras...Right now 19 million sharks a year are being destroyed to feed the shark fin industry in Asia. And that means the fins are cut off of these animals and they’re thrown back into the ocean, and this is what we filmed off of Guatemala and this is what we intervened against -- a highly illegal operation.” [Transcript to come. Check back soon.]

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SpaceX Launches Private Capsule on Historic Trip to Space Station

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Yahoo! News - May. 22 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private space capsule called Dragon soared into the predawn sky Tuesday, riding a pillar of flame like its beastly namesake on a history-making trip to the International Space Station.

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Money Unlimited

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New Yorker - By Jeffrey Toobin - May. 21 (Special Report) - When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one. The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law prohibi

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Advocates: '12 Budget Dance Has Heavier Beat

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

bkbureau.org - May. 21 (News) - After years of austerity, advocates say the annual ritual of protests against proposed cuts has taken on a more urgent tone.

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Obama’s remarks on worst job growth: Did he end it or should he own it?

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Josh Hicks - May. 21 - “The ideas that [Republicans are] putting forward have been tried. We tried them between 2000 and 2008, and it resulted in the most sluggish job growth that we’ve ever seen, resulted in all kinds of phony financial profits and debt, and resulted in the worst financial crisis and economic crisis we’ve seen since the 1930s.” Read full article ...

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G8 leaders end summit with pledge to keep Greece in eurozone