Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor Tom Perez “made the call not to prosecute the New Black Panthers,” a case that was concluded before Perez ever joined the Department. President Obama nominated Perez on Monday to head the Labor Department on Monday.
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Category: Articles, author, Breaking News, Department of Justice, Economy, Elections, Environment, Feeds, Foreign Policy, Health, Justice, Media, Media Matters, Science, Slate, The Nation, Video, War, Washington | Comments OffBy Rebecca Kemble, September 4, 2012 They challenge the new capitol police chief, who is initiating a crackdown. read more
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Category: author, Department of Justice, Feeds, Health, Justice, Media, Peace, Politics, Republican Party, the progressive, Video, War | Comments OffBy Ruth Conniff, September 4, 2012 How does Obama recapture the excitement of 2008, and motivate people to get to the polls so he can pull off what most think will be a narrow victory in November? read more
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Category: author, Feeds, Health, Media, Peace, Republican Party, the progressive, War | Comments OffMy guest this week is Mary Ellison, director of policy for the Polaris Project. read more
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Category: author, director, Feeds, Health, Media, Peace, Republican Party, the progressive, War | Comments OffBy Ruth Conniff, August 30, 2012 To answer Ryan, the Democrats will have to do more than extend unemployment insurance, coddle the banks and multinational corporations, and hope for better days. read more
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Category: author, Feeds, Health, Media, Peace, Republican Party, the progressive, War | Comments OffBy Matthew Rothschild, August 30, 2012 Actually, they don’t come from God or nature. read more
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Category: author, Feeds, Health, Justice, Media, Peace, Republican Party, the progressive, Video, War | Comments OffBy Ruth Conniff, August 28, 2012 The banners read: “Walker Hates Working Families” and “Walker Has a Koch Problem.” Said one protester: “He epitomizes what we can’t stand.” read more
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Category: author, Economics, Feeds, Health, Media, Peace, Republican Party, the progressive, War | Comments OffMy guest this week is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch. read more
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Category: author, Economics, Feeds, Health, Media, Peace, the progressive, War | Comments OffBy Ruth Conniff, August 27, 2012 Paul Ryan’s views are just as extreme as Todd Akin’s.
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Category: author, Feeds, Health, Media, Peace, the progressive, War | Comments OffBy Matthew Rothschild, August 22, 2012 Obama’s surge has brought about a surge of U.S. deaths, and the reasons why we’re there only get murkier and murkier. read more
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