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Dave Johnson's picture

What Was Romney's Biggest, Flatest-Outest Debate Lie? "Obama Doubled The Deficit"

Mitt Romney said a lot of "sketchy" things in Tuesday night's debate. He again and again said jobs were lost under Obama, when all of that happened right after Obama took office and before the stimulus turned things around. He said "government does not create jobs" after earlier saying that he wants to hire teachers (after saying a while back he wants to fire them). more »

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Jeff Bryant's picture

Democrats Must Oppose Republicans On Education

A funny thing happened on the way to the news cycle the past two weeks when the issue of education -- specifically, public schoolteachers and student loan relief -- maintained a presence on the political stage. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Obama Is A Communist Because Campaign Used The Word 'Forward'

Not kidding, read it for yourself: New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism, more »

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Richard Eskow's picture

Burden of Proof: Geithner, Obama, and Wall Street’s Unpunished Crimes

Forgery. Perjury. Investor fraud. Bribery. Money laundering. The body of evidence against individuals at the nation’s biggest banks is overwhelming. Nothing speaks louder about the banks’ guilt than this evidence - nothing, that is, except the billions they’ve paid to settle the charges. more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

Insanity Isn't Deficit Spending: It's Claiming That the Gov is a Household

It's a trope with our politicians, including the President, his likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney, and an emerging third party candidate over at Americans Elect and NoLabels, Pete Peterson's long-time Sancho Panza, David Walk more »

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Jeff Bryant's picture

GOP Budget Guts Education Spending To Benefit The One Percent

This week President Obama derided the draconian budget conceived by Rep. more »

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Robert Borosage's picture

Game on: Obama Draws the Line

Game on. President Obama delivered a fierce speech yesterday, calling out the radical nonsense of the Republican budget, and defining the themes of the choice Americans will face in the Fall. The speech was long, detailed, and unrelenting. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

"The Results Of Their Experiment Are There For All To See" - A Prescription For Decline

In a speech today President Obama called the Republican proposals a "prescription for decline." The President reminded listeners how we got where we are -- Republican policies that led to collapse -- and said that Republicans are now "doubling down" with their new budget.

In the speech, the President said that the country tried tax cuts under Bush, with bad results, more »

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Richard Eskow's picture

GE Breaks Law, Avoids Taxes. Gets Billions From Gov't, Avoids Taxes. Gets White House Post -- Ah, You Know the Rest.

GE paid an effective tax rate of 2.3 percent or less over the past ten years. What did the government do for GE while it was paying little - and often no - taxes? Let's see:

The government let it off with just a slap on the wrist - more than once - after it repeatedly broke the law. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

China's VP Visit Becomes Campaign Issue - Will Romney Ask GOP To Allow China Bill Vote?

As China's Vice President Xi Jinping visits the US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney blasts President Obama for not being tough enough on China. Meanwhile Romney says nothing about House Republicans keeping the China Currency Bill from being brought to the floor for a vote. more »

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