war profiteers escalate their war on jobs
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the deficit committee meets on tuesday september 13 and military contractors are marching on the hill to influence intimidate or buy its members we039re launching war costs039 fight-back in dc with a full-page ad in politico targeting committee members along with a new video to let people know what039s really going on please help maximize our impact: 1 share our video with your friends and2 call committee co-chairs sen patty murray 2022242621 and us rep jeb hensarling 2022253484 tell them firmly but politely that war spending costs us jobs and we expect them to cut the war budget despite second to none039s pressure campaignvisit http:warcostscom to join the fight against job-killing war profiteers

will black community 039unleash039 on obama
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the congressional black caucus feels that president obama has been ignoring the plight of black americans altogether figures for black communities make the national unemployment numbers pale in comparison so should the president be creating jobs programs specifically geared towards the black community the american prospect039s jamelle bouie discusses

june 11 2012 - boris johnson - the daily show with jon stewart - full episode video comedy central
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watch full episodes of the daily show with jon stewart to catch up on the latest news or revisit all your favorite funny classics from the full archive

occupy wall st 039we all know we039re robbed by the banks039
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not everyone in the media is ignoring the occupy wall street protests some blogs and alternative media are dedicating quite a fair share like firedoglake that has been live blogging the occupy wall street developments the founder jane hamsher joins the show

msm: occupy wall st arrests
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over the weekend during the occupy wall street protests in new york 80 protesters were arrested reportedly innocent protesters were maced and allegations flew over police brutality but where is the national coverage examining what activists allege was a crackdown on peaceful protesters where is the honest discussion and coverage of what these people are protesting in the first place and for missing that simple question in a prominent way when the protests and arrests are literally going on in your own backyard during a time of record inequality poverty and unemployment in this country

drug test state employees welfare recipients
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florida republican governor rick scott says he will drug test all public employees regardless of the type of job or any probable cause is this legal he also wants to test welfare recipients but he is opposed to a database to track prescription drugs

egypt fridays demonstrations 04022011
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the most powerful images from the protests against president hosni mubarak in egypt on feb 4 2011the same organizers of the quotday of angerquot and quotfriday of angerquot have called for a protest in front of the presidential heliopolis palace on 4 february which has been dubbed the quotfriday of departurequot arabic: gumat ar-ral they demanded mubarak step down immediately and set 4 february as the deadline for him to surrender his powers this day is also called by some people the friday of truth gumat al-aqqah because it shows what way will choose egyptduring the night of 3--4 february there were tanks on the street in cairo as anti-government protesters stayed in tahrir square and pro-government protesters were also active many of the protesters spent the night again in tahrir square small scale clashes happened in the early hours hundreds of thousands gathered to participate in friday day prayer in tahrir square the day039s planned events were due to start after friday prayers al jazeera estimates the crowd size to be over a million so far in tahrir square while about half a million are protesting in alexandria many protests took place in other cities in egypt the alexandria protesters have warned the government that if they used violence against protesters in cairo they will march to cairo to join the protesters there after his previous decision of preventing former ministers and government officials from traveling and freezing bank accounts the prosecutor general decided to prevent former minister of trade and industry rashid mohamed rashid from traveling outside the country and the freezing of accounts in banks rashid on a phone call with alarabiya stated that quoti returned from davos to egypt because of the current situation in egypt the new prime minister had contacted me for the same position in the new cabinet i refused because i want fresh bloodquot regarding the prevention decision he commented quoti had no idea about the accusations i served for six and half years and i am completely ready to face any accusation no one had informed me of this decision and i heard it from the newsquot it worth mentioning that rashid enjoys a good reputation among egyptian people rashid was a possible candidate for prime minister position before the eventssource: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=lbagf7d53lghttp:wwwyoutubecomuseraljazeeraenglishegypt egyptian protests street demonstrations tunisian uprising revolution mobilize police brutality unemployment raise minimum wage housing food inflation corruption freedom of speech living conditions hosni mubarak day anger civil unrest petrol bombs molotov cocktail government khaled mohamed saeed sedi gabr alexandria death elbaradei self-immolation tahrir square aswan ismailiya mahallah human rights tear gas activists 25012011

washington regulations are hurting jobs - video
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http:twittercomfinancialcmtein a time when small business owners and hardworking families are facing unprecedented economic uncertainty washington must look for ways to cut wasteful spending and ease the costly regulatory burden on american job creators over regulation is hurting our economy and holding back the private sector from creating new jobs and as a matter of principle we need to repeal reduce ampamp reign-in job-destroying regulationsjoin the conversation on facebook: https:wwwfacebookcomgopfinancialservicesand check out the financial services committee039s website for more information on how republicans in congress are working to shrink the size of washington so americans can get back to work:http:financialserviceshousegov

exclusive - dick durbin extended interview pt 1 - the daily show with jon stewart - 080411 - video clip comedy central
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dick durbin talks about creating economically sound plans in a bipartisan congress airdate - 080411

forgetting the recession
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president obama might forget the recession but america hasn039t change direction at http:wwwgopcom

what we can learn from iceland
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quotfor all the fearmongering we hear out of our politicians on the right about how heaven forbid we039re going to turn into greece the one country you never hear them talk about any more is iceland the reason they don039t is as cenk uygur explained on his show this tuesday they took a different path than the united states after their financial crisis and nationalized the banks threw some the people responsible for the crash in jail and bailed out the homeowners instead of worrying about only bailing out the banks and now they039re coming back and their economy is growing againquotread more here from heather at crooksandliarscom: http:videocafecrooksandliarscomheathercenk-uygur-asks-if-united-states-should-beread more from bloomberg: http:wwwbloombergcomnews2012-02-20icelandic-anger-brings-record-debt-relief-in-best-crisis-recovery-storyhtmlwhat can we learn from finland http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=qlofzl_j5fo

cenk fires back at rush limbaugh on msnbc
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cenk uygur responds to a video of rush limbaugh analyzing a clip of robert reich on cenk039s msnbc show discussing taxes and wealth redistribution uygur is especially amused by how rush pronounces names - cenk suggests that years of drugs oxycontin screwed up limbaugh039s hearingtranscript:00:05on tuesday we had robert reich on this programand we suggested raising taxes and we knew00:10that was going to make conservatives angryand we also knew that it was completely supported00:13by the american people and the polls todaybear that out but it made one guy angry rush00:19limbaugh and this is what he had to say aboutsecretary reich rush limbaugh:quothe039s talking00:23in terms of an actual war he039s telling therich you better give up the money before the00:27people with pitch forks come to your houseand and get it from you isn039t that what039s00:32happening in wisconsin can we be honestisn039t this sort of what all this is about00:37all these people occupying the capital buildingand demanding all these public sector union00:41people demanding but it039s not the rich they039redemanding it from is it it039s average americans00:48average americans many of them whom are underemployedunemployed or what have you isn039t that who00:54these teachers and public employees are sayinggive us more it039s what the king of saudi00:57arabia039s doing it039s what gaddafi is doingquotrush limbaugh cares about the unemployed and01:03the underemployed when did that happen anddid you notice the little trick he did in01:07the middle first he039s like reich is goingafter the rich oh my god he might come after01:11my mansion in palm beach did i say thatno okay i no i039m for the unemployed and01:16the underemployed no no no robert reichdidn039t go after the unemployed he wants to01:20help the unemployed and underemployed he wentafter the rich people like you do you know01:23that rush has his staff light lavender scentedcandles before he comes into his home how01:29very nice so that039s why he039s scared andthen he got even more clever and he made fun01:34of our names rush limbaugh: quotrobert b reiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhwas on msnbc live last night with the anchor01:49sink wehgurquot he said my name wrong laughingand pounding desk that039s so funny rush that039s01:55really funny to be fair to rush though hehas a hearing problem because of all the oxycontin02:01he took so that039s maybe why he mispronouncedthe name it is a hard name

occupy oakland police hiding their name badges to avoid accountability
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credit to the original poster goes to blkpxlshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=drkj3qslyteampampfeature=relmfuwhen the actions of an individual are directly tied to their real identity when the actual individual is connected to what they do and that connection is made explicit to the rest of the community an individual is more likely to make better decisions and think before acting because of the potential repercussions that comes from the direct accountabilitythe same is true of police officers or any public servant when interacting with citizens all public officials and workers should be required to identify themselves clearly and quickly name tags are one easy way to do just that identification not just increases accountability and reduces the risk of poor decision-making but also makes interaction between parties simpler easier and perhaps even more cordial

foreclosure fraud - msnbc w cenk amp matt taibbi
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cenk uygur host of the young turks on msnbc live speaks with matt taibi of rolling stone about bank foreclosure fraud

the unemployment disaster continues
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