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Politico and 'Occupy Wall Street' Push for Global Taxes

From Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid & Benjamin Johnson: Jumping on the anti-Wall Street media bandwagon, Josh Boak of Politico says Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio’s measure to tax Wall Street has “newfound momentum.” The Soros-funded Think Progress blog quickly jumped

Left Wing Agitators Are Financed by Big Labor

Until now many of the often-illegal antics perpetuated by several individual protesters from Wisconsin seemed to be random acts committed by disillusioned agitators. But we have learned that these acts have been highly orchestrated and perpetuated by a group whose

Bipartisan Senate Vote Rejects Obama's Jobs Bill

From the Associated Press: United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending

Democrats Defecting from Obama's Jobs Bill

From The Hill: Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama’s jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday. A lack of Democratic unity on the president’s bill would be embarrassing for the White

Dodd-Frank Punishes Consumers, Threatens Banking Crisis

Congressional hucksters sold last year’s “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” as a pro-consumer effort to prevent future big bank bail-outs. The good news, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, is that Dodd-Frank expanded big government payrolls

China: Senate Dem Legislation Would Spark a Trade War

From Reuters: China warned the United States that it would damage relations, and American jobs, if it forces Beijing to let its currency rise under a law to be voted on in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Vice Foreign Minister

Obama Urges Democrats to Pass Jobs Bill

From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the US Senate to pass his jobs bill this week, boosted by a non-partisan group’s report that the plan could cut the deficit and grow much-needed employment figures. “It is

Why Isn't Obama's Teacher Lie National News?

During the latest campaign appearance disguised as a presidential press conference, President Obama uttered one straight out lie that stands out above the rest of them. To help sell his “jobs bill,” Obama claimed to have met a Boston-based teacher

Operation Fast And Furious And The Lone Wolf Landmark

At various points along the path of US history, events take place that are so seared into our collective consciousness that landmarks become vivid, visual representations of their legacies. Two examples include the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, and the Watergate