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Does Senator Tom Harkin Want To Take Money From College Students “To Pay Reviled Loan Contractors?”
By Elaine Magliaro This just in… Shahien Nasiripour (Huffington Post) reported this morning that outgoing Democratic Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa “wants to take federal money from low-income college students to pay student loan contractors, whose tactics toward borrowers have … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Society, United States
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Should Public Employees Know the Details of the Investments Being Made with Their Retirement Savings?
By Elaine Magliaro In an article published earlier this week in In These Times, journalist/author David Sirota wrote that Kentucky has a message for public school teachers in the state: “You have no right to know the details of the investments being … Continue reading
Posted in Government, United States
Tagged Gina Raimodo, Illinois, Kentucky, Public Pensions, Rhode Island, Wall Street
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Charles Pierce on Local Police Forces Acting Like Armies of Occupation
By Elaine Magliaro Charlie Pierce wrote a post for his Politics Blog at Esquire about some of the police forces in this country acting like “armies of occupation.” He noted that President Obama was to host a meeting earlier today that would focus … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Charles P. Pierce, Law Enforcement, Militarization of Local Police, police
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Regarding St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, Ham Sandwiches, Pontius Pilate, and the Ferguson Grand Jury
By Elaine Magliaro One of the images that came to my mind when I thought about the situation faced by the Ferguson grand jury was of Pontius Pilate washing his hands. Pontius Pilate–that’s who it seemed St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch was acting like. He … Continue reading
Rudy Giuliani Tells Michael Eric Dyson That There Wouldn’t Need to Be So Many White Police Officers in Black Communities “If You Weren’t Killing Each Other 70-75% of the Time”
By Elaine Magliaro On Sunday, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani of “a noun, a verb, and 9/11” fame appeared on Meet the Press. He got into a contentious discussion with Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson on the subject … Continue reading
The Sixteenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Anti-Gay Televangelist Who Once Performed an On-air Exorcism of President Obama Elected to Colorado House of Representatives
By Elaine Magliaro Far-right Christian zealot Gordon Klingenschmitt, also known as “Dr. Chaps,” is a televangelist who was recently “swept into office” in Colorado with just under 70% of the vote. He will represent the state’s 15th House district. TPM reported that Klingenschmitt, … Continue reading
Benghazi House Investigation Report Released in “Friday Document Dump”
By Elaine Magliaro The Associated Press reported on Friday that the House Intelligence Committee’s two-year investigation into what happened in Benghazi in 2012 found that the CIA and the military had acted properly when responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Media, Politics, Propaganda, United States
Tagged Behghazi, CIA, Congress, House Intelligence Committee, House of Representatives, State Department
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Matt Taibbi on JPMorgan Chase, Too Big to Fail, AIG, Jamie Dimon, and How Bankers Stay Out of Jail
By Elaine Magliaro Breaking the Set host Abby Martin spoke with investigative journalist Matt Taibbi recently about JP Morgan Chase whistleblower Alayne Fleischmann who came forward to expose how the bank knowingly sold toxic mortgages to investors and how the Justice Department used … Continue reading
2014 Midterm Election: The “Screw You” Strategy Was a Winner! (With a Mark Fiore Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore thinks that humans “are a little hard to figure out sometimes, and that makes for an interesting Democracy.” Fiore was puzzled by the results of the recent midterm election. Imagine people voting against their … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged 2014 Midterm Election, Mark Fiore, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Voting
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Preparations Are Being Made for the “Coming Storm” in Ferguson, Missouri
By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency. The FBI also issued a bulletin “warning of likely violence across the country as a St. Louis County grand jury concludes its investigation of Ferguson police … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Media, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Darren Wilson, FBI, Ferguson (MO), Governor Jay Nixon, Ku Klux Klan, Michael Brown
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