Today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the economy added 171,000 jobs last month, beating analysts’ expectations. The private sector added 184,000 jobs (offset by some public sector losses), making this the 32nd consecutive month that the private sector has grown. Overall, even accounting for the horrific month for jobs that was January 2009, the private sector has added 759,000 jobs overall under Obama
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Category: author, Barack Obama, Congress, Economy, Feeds, Health, Justice, LGBT, Media, Taxes, ThinkProgress, Tweets | Comments OffToday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the American economy added 114,000 jobs in September. BLS also revised the job gains for July and August up by a total of 86,000, and the report contained several other good signs for the economy. The private sector has now added jobs for 31 consecutive months, and there are more than 600,000 more total jobs than there were when Obama took office, even though the public sector continues to lag behind.
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Category: author, Barack Obama, Economy, Feeds, Health, Justice, LGBT, Media, Taxes, ThinkProgress, Tweets | Comments OffWith the year-end expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the looming ” sequestration ” of $1.2 trillion they agreed to during their debt ceiling hostage-taking last summer, the message from Republican leaders is the same as it ever was.
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Category: Afghanistan, Articles, author, Barack Obama, CNN, Congress, daily kos, Debt Ceiling, Deficit, Democratic Party, Economy, Elections, Environment, Feeds, Health, Iraq, Media, Medicare, Paul Krugman, Pentagon, politico, Republican Party, Science, Taxes, Terrorism, The Nation, ThinkProgress, Video, War, Washington, White House | Comments OffSince leaving the White House, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush have pursued humanitarian work abroad in an area that has become particularly contentious for Republicans at home: women’s health.
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Category: Africa, author, CNN, Economy, Feeds, Health, Justice, LGBT, Media, Planned Parenthood, Republican Party, ThinkProgress, Tweets, War, White House | Comments OffLori Wallach The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would grant enormous new powers to corporations, is a massive assault on democracy.
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Category: author, Feeds, Social Issues, Technology, Washington | Comments OffFrom: Ari Melber Ari Melber Often below the radar, some activists are organizing against the Obama administration’s drone policy.
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Category: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, author, Entertainment, Feeds, Foreign Policy, Washington | Comments OffMichael T. Klare Four ways the President is pursuing Cheney’s geopolitics of global energy.
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Category: author, Entertainment, Feeds, Iraq, Politics, Social Issues, War, Washington, White House | Comments OffFrom: Ben Adler Ben Adler That CEOs make better presidents has been Romney’s mantra, but a quick look at history says otherwise.
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Category: author, CNN, Economic Policy, Entertainment, Feeds, Republican Party, Washington | Comments OffFrom: Ben Adler Ben Adler Mitt Romney has made the assumption that businessmen make better presidents the central argument for his candidacy. But history shows it to be totally false.
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Category: author, CNN, Economic Policy, Entertainment, Feeds, Republican Party, Washington | Comments OffFollow this link: Debacle: Lessons From Lost Wars
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