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U.S. Debt Holders Looking to Abandon Dollar As Reserve Currency

By Michael Kwiatkowski
October 11, 2009

Thanks to 'counterspin' at Open Left for posting this.

A number of countries, many if not most of them holders of U.S. debt, are seeking to create a "basket" of reserve currencies, thus severely weakening the U.S. dollar by taking away its status as the world sole reserve currency. more »

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Obama's Nobel War Prize

By Glenn Greenwald
From salon.com
October 11th, 2009

salon.com — Obama presides over a massive war-making state that spends on its military close to what the rest of the world spends combined. The U.S. accounts for almost 70% of worldwide arms sales. We're currently occupying and waging wars in two separate Muslim countries and making clear we reserve the "right" to attack a third.

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Accusing Obama critics of "standing with the terrorists"

By Glenn Greenwald
From salon.com
October 11th, 2009

salon.com — What's particularly bothersome about yesterday's attacks is the premise that it's improper, unpatriotic and even Terrorist-mimicking to do anything but cheer -- have a "national celebration" -- when Obama is awarded the Nobel Prize.

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White House vs. Gov Paterson: Is That Any Way to Treat a Brother?

By Glen Ford
From blackagendareport.com
September 27th, 2009

blackagendareport.com — The nation’s First Black President has made it abundantly clear that he wants New York’s First Black Governor to forgo election next year. In choreographed leaks to the press, the White House threw its weight to David Paterson’s most prominent Democratic challenger, state attorney general Andrew Cuomo, who maintains close ties to the Admin...

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Lobbyists Paid Off by China vs. 30,000 U.S. Workers: Which Side Will Obama Choose?

By Mike Elk
August 10, 2009

As the International Trade Commission considers comments on its recommendation to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports, President Obama stands at a crossroads in the fight to rebuild the American economy. more »

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Real Immigration Reform Waits

By Armand Biroonak
August 7, 2009

Yesterday the Obama administration announced plans to change the federal government’s detention policy of undocumented immigrants. more »

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HOUSE PASSES BUDGET THAT REPRESENTS HISTORIC CHANGE

By Toby Chaudhuri
April 2, 2009
04/01/2009

WASHINGTON – Campaign for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey said that the federal budget passed by President Obama’s allies in the U.S. House marks a major shift from the failed policies that got us into this economic mess.

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An Election, a Budget, and Two Summits = A Bold Obama Strategy for Health Care Change.

By Roger Hickey
March 8, 2009

Like most participants in President Obama’s Health Care Summit last Thursday, I was thrilled to be invited to the White House for the big public meeting on health care. At the Summit, the President did what the leaders and activists of the 800 organizations in our Health Care for America Now coalition have been urging: more »

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