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David vs. Goliath: Consumer Watchdog Gets Their Day in Court With Googl
On Friday, Consumer Watchdog will get their day in court as they oppose the proposed settlement between Google and the FTC over the Safari browser hack, wherein Google allegedly violated the consent decree they signed with the FTC in the "Google Buzz" case.
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What I Care About Is the Social Safety Net
What I care about as a progressive is the social safety net. We are an extremely rich country and Americans should not want for basic necessities. While there are some other reasons related to income inequality and marginal utility that I support taxing rich people, I primarily…
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Obama Meets With Labor, Progressive Groups Today
President Obama meets with labor and progressive leaders today about the fiscal slope. I hardly want to be accused of being cynical, but he's meeting with the group furthest to the left in the conversation the furthest away from the actual negotiations on the deal; tomorrow, he…
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What the Marijuana Legalization Polling in 2012 Says About Its Prospects Moving Forward
Now that the election is over and almost all of the votes have been counted, it is worth examining how accurate the polling on marijuana legalization was this cycle. Knowing how the polling throughout the campaign compares to the final results is important for determining when…
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Petraeus Affair Shows Dominant Power of Government Surveillance State
This David Petraeus sex scandal has, as is usually the case, launched thousands of columns claiming to understand intimate details about the mental states of everyone involved, striking moral tones about who can be blamed and what it means for the moral fabric of family life in…
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Pelosi to Speak to House Democrats Amid Rumors That She Will Step Down From Leadership
Even though Democrats picked up at least 8 seats, they still came up 17 seats short or retaking the House. They face the prospect of an unfavorable map bedeviling them from returning to the majority, potentially for the next four cycles. So it's only natural that Nancy Pelosi,…
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United Parcel Service to Boy Scouts of America – no funds for your anti-gay org
The Boy Scouts can count on zero donations from UPS. The corporation's foundation has publicly underscored that it will not give to the anti-gay youth organization because the shipping giant's criteria for giving says "No" to homophobia, aligning that criteria with the UPS…
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For the Long-Term Unemployed, It Is A Fiscal Cliff
Liberals are working hard to more accurately name the fiscal cliff. They want to remove the sense of immediacy, the idea that the world would end on January 1 if Congress takes no action on expiring tax and spending policies. Democrats would benefit from a strategic standpoint…
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Love In The House Of Spy
I am pleased to see that the media have filled the yawning void that looms before them following the conclusion of the presidential horse race election by getting all het up over a semi-sexy tale of spies and the dames who want to bump uglies with them.
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Fatster’s Roundup
❖ Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is in plea discussions with the feds for "allegedly using campaign funds to decorate his family home [and] to buy a $40,000 Rolex watch as a gift for a female friend." ❖ Garry Wills compares the likelihood of Romney's impact on society…