Politico: MSNBC canceled three shows — “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show” — as part of the push from opinion back toward "hard news."
Friday, July 31, 2015
Chris Matthews, Barney Frank, trashing Bernie Sanders
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
If Unions Endorse Clinton, Dems could lose White House
Labor Union gives Sanders Rousing Reception
Bernie Sanders wowed the audience at at a labor union conference Tuesday, calling them “brothers and sisters” and vowing to push an agenda they’ll like.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Hillary Clinton should drop out, or the GOP could win
Simply put, Hillary Clinton will divide the Democratic base during the primary the same way Bernie Sanders would if he ran as an Independent in the general election; and it is Bernie who has a better chance of beating any GOP nominee in 2016 — not Hillary Clinton.
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Saturday, July 25, 2015
Republicans for Bernie Sanders: "What's NOT to like?"
The left-wing mainstream media may be "liberal" — but they're not "progressive" — as they seem more beholden to the Hillary Clinton fan club rather than to Bernie Sanders'.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Trump: Politicians do what Lobbyists want
Here is a short edited transcript from the 2 minute video below of Donald Trump's interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN from July 22, 2015:
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Rand Paul: Like Father, Like Son
As usual, the apple doesn't seem to fall very far from the tree. Ron Paul supported the elimination of all income tax and the IRS. While his son's tax plan isn't quite as radical, it's still disingenuous, because they're both selling snake oil to us.
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Monday, July 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton Operatives Infiltrate Netroots Convention
Not really. The title of this post might have been named: "Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders". But one might wonder why a small group of people would want to rudely interrupt interviews with two of the very people who would advocate on behalf of the African-American population — and who might be the most likely to support their causes. It would seem a bit counter-productive to their ambitions.
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Saturday, July 18, 2015
Elizabeth Warren: "The American people are Progressives"
Below is a 9 minute video of a few excerpts from Elizabeth Warren's recent 30-minute speech at the Netroots Nation annual convention in Phoenix Arizona (2015).
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Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders?
Elizabeth Warren just brought down the house at the Netroots Nation conference with one of the most powerful speeches of her career. On issue after issue — from Wall Street reform, to expanding Social Security, to debt-free college, to the revolving door (when government workers go to work for banks or corporations as lobbyists).
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Using Social Security to Pave Roads?
Yesterday the Alliance for Retired Americans wrote a letter to Congress strongly opposing using the Social Security trust fund as a way to help pay for the highway funding bill, saying, "It should not be used as a piggy bank when Congress is looking for funding."
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Study: Tax Cuts for Dividends doesn't Help Economy
It's been reported that Wal-Mart heir Alice Walton rakes in over $1 million a day, just on her Wal-Mart stock dividends.
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Billionaires for Bernie
More proof that Bernie is a man of the people...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Jobs, the Fed, the Banks, Job Training, and Hillary
Atlanta Federal Reserve: Have Changing Job and Worker Characteristics Restrained Wage Growth? (by Roberson and Terry):
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Monday, July 13, 2015
Critiquing Hillary Clinton's Economic Speech from July 12, 2015
Editor's Note: Since the economy crashed in 2008, I've become pretty much of a "newshound" when it comes to the subjects of the economy, jobs reports, wages, taxes, Social Security, (etc.) — so like many people, I tuned in and sat through Hillary Clinton's long speech yesterday; and then, I began monitoring the major cable TV news stations (Fox, CNN and MSNBC) to see what they were saying — and to see what short sound bites might have evolved.
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Hillary Clinton — Economic Speech on July, 12, 2015 — Full Text and Video
(45 minute video and text below)
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Sunday, July 12, 2015
Number Disabled Workers have Declined
"Isn’t there an epidemic of people declaring themselves disabled? Actually, no.
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The Age of Inequality — and America's Next Economy
New York Times (excerpts):
Everyone on earth was a forager 15,000 years ago, surviving by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. These methods had low yields and worked best when people lived in tiny bands and moved around a lot.
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Robert Reich on Jeb Bush Lies and Half Truths
First, Jeb Bush said:
"We have to be a lot more productive, workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work longer hours and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families. That's the only way we're going to get out of this rut that we're in."
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
CNN Gave Hillary Clinton a Free Ride
During Hillary Clinton's first major sit-down interview with the media this year (CNN), among the many topics, she was not asked about:
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
If We Double Revenues, We Can Double the Budget
And if we double the budget, we can double spending on such things as defense (that the Republicans want) and infrastructure (that the Democrats prefer) — and expand Social Security.
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Sunday, July 5, 2015
Millennials: Don't Blame all Baby Boomers, just Clinton
Editor's Note: This post covers Baby Boomers, Retirees, those on Social Security Disability, the Unemployed, High School and College Graduates, those Not in Labor Force, and the Labor Force Participation Rate.
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Friday, July 3, 2015
Weekend Newsletter (July 3, 2015)
First, a couple statistics worth noting:
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
How the Jobless rate dropped to a 7 year low
How did the unemployment rate go down again? Because as usual, more people dropped out of the labor force.
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