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US Politics & Gov't

President Obama: Sign the Executive Order That Would Give 2,000,000 Federal Workers a Living Wage ACTION
US Politics & Gov't (tags: federal employees, living wage, usa, obama, economy, labor, money )

Nancy
- 23 hours ago - campaigns.dailykos.com

With over 2,000,000 workers receiving poverty-level wages, the federal government is by far the largest employer of low paying jobs in the country. It exceeds McDonald's (600,000) and Walmart (900,000) combined.

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Tell Michele Bachmann: Take a Hike | DCCC
US Politics & Gov't (tags: government, congress, elections, republicans, candidates, freedoms )

Candy
- 1 day ago - dccc.org

The FBI just joined the multi-agency ethics investigation of Michele Bachmann's 2012 Presidential Campaign.

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20 Years in Prison for a Facebook Post? ACTION
US Politics & Gov't (tags: humanrights, constitution, usa, facebook, Boston, rap music, freedom of expression )

Nancy
- 22 hours ago - cms.fightforthefuture.org

On May 1st, Cam allegedly posted some lyrics to a rap he was writing on Facebook. It contained a vague reference to the Boston Marathon bombing and political speech calling the Whitehouse a "federal house of horrors." Cam was arrested on the street and...

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United to End Genocide: Ethnic Cleansing in Burma Must Stop
US Politics & Gov't (tags: world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', violence, Burma, politics, government, humanrights, freedoms, ethics )

Candy
- 1 day ago - secure3.convio.net

Two yrs ago, under pressure from the U.S. and the global community, the government of Burma began to loosen its tyrannical grip on the long-oppressed people of Burma.Now the government of Burma is resorting to its old behavior

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Ask Governor Scott to Protect Innocent Lives and Veto the
US Politics & Gov't (tags: Florida, Rick Scott, death penalty, Timely Justice Act, usa, humanrights )

Nancy
- 16 hours ago - org2.salsalabs.com

Florida leads the nation in exonerations in death penalty cases. Twenty-four people have been released from Florida's death rows after evidence of their innocence emerged. How can we justify removing safeguards on a system we know makes this many...

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House GOP Panel Moves on Deep Budget Cuts
US Politics & Gov't (tags: GOP, republicans, budget cuts, Tea Party, americans, ethics, military, government, politics, corruption, congress )

Roseann
- 4 hours ago - news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity.

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Peaceful Protester Tasered Outside DOJ While Demanding Wall Street Prosecutions (VIDEO)
US Politics & Gov't (tags: abuse, americans, economy, ethics, Govtfearmongering )

Mary
- 15 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com

Pittman's arrest came a day after 17 former homeowners were arrested, according to District of Columbia police, some of them also tasered while demonstrating outside the DOJ building.

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Court Rules 'Gruesome' Pictures of Dead Bin Laden to Remain Classified
US Politics & Gov't (tags: CIA, Court, Information Technology, Terrorism, USA )

Ray
- 13 hours ago - rt.com

A federal appeals court unanimously agreed that the US government was right to classify top secret more than 50 images of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after he was killed, ruling against a watchdog group hoping to make the pictures public.

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Open Thread - 5/22/2013
US Politics & Gov't (tags: Open Thread )

TomCat
- 9 hours ago - politicsplus.org

Personal news, a Jig Zone puzzle, 3 short takes, and a homemade cartoon (shown).

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Budget Office Says Obama Plan Would Cut Deficit By $1 Trillion
US Politics & Gov't (tags: usa, economy, deficits, republicans, democrats, social security, Medicaid, spending, budget )

Lynn
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com

President Obama's budget proposal, if enacted into law, would cut more than $1.1 trillion from the government's projected deficits over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office ... deficits down to near 2 percent of economic output, ...

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Tell Congress: Now Is the Time to Expand Social Security, Not Cut It
US Politics & Gov't (tags: Expand Social Security, americans, Social Safety Net, retirement benefits )

Roseann
- 25 minutes ago - campaigns.dailykos.com

While many pundits and politicians are talking about cutting Social Security, in real life declining 401(K) packages and home values mean more and more Americans won't have the savings they need for retirement. The answer? We must increase Social Security

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Congressman Who Gets Millions in Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps as Stealing 'Other People's Money'
US Politics & Gov't (tags: abuse, americans, congress, corruption, crime, economy, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, lies, media, propaganda, politics )

Wild
- 2 hours ago - nationofchange.org

Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last week's House Agricultural Committee debate, accusing the government of stealing "other people's money." Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition A

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Michelle Obama Visits Slave Quarters
US Politics & Gov't (tags: abuse, americans, corruption, dishonesty, crime, ethics, economy, media, lies, iraq, military, government, elections, freedoms, propaganda, terrorism, politics, obama, war, usa )

Wild
- 23 minutes ago - washingtonpost.com

ichelle Obama visited the slave quarters at Decatur House -- a red-brick structure that sits in the shadow of the White House -- that once housed the black men and women who served 19th century politicians, military and business leaders who lived in the pro

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Statement By the President on Senate Immigration Bill
US Politics & Gov't (tags: immigration )

Susan
- 17 hours ago - politico.com

Congrats from President.

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Rooftop Revolution
US Politics & Gov't (tags: energy, green, greenliving, greenproducts, environment, sustainable, technology, environment, economy )

James
- 5 hours ago - greenenergyconstinvest.blogspot.com

How Solar Energy Is Putting Power Back in the Hands of the People Sungevity founder Danny Kennedy talks about his book and how solar power is transforming communities and creating jobs.

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Rand Paul Demands Congress 'Apologize' to Apple for Tax Avoidance Hearing | Video Cafe
US Politics & Gov't (tags: republicans, corruption, cover-up, crime, politics, propaganda, terrorism )

Melva
- 1 hour ago - videocafe.crooksandliars.com

I'd say his qualification as one of the GOP's Top Nutcases is secure.

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