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January 2015

Saturday, January 31:

Thomas Ultican: The Illusion of "Failing Public Schools"by Diane Ravitch

Duncan Threatens to Punish Chicago If They Don't Give PARCC; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

From a 1986 CIA Manual (1 comments)

Friday, January 30:

Koch Congress Still Pushing Keystone after Four Pipeline Explosions in a Month (2 comments)

US announces plan to ration health care under Medicare (12 comments)

Time To Prosecute House Speaker John Boehner For Violating Federal Law

Europe's Greek Test

Can Cool Pope Francis Change the Catholic Church?

Gorbachev: US Pulled Russia Into New Cold War That Could Turn 'Hot'

Indiana: OUTRAGE! Republicans Sneer at State Superintendent Glenda Ritz:by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)

Thursday, January 29:

Georgia's New State Superintendent Criticizes Federal Testing Mandates: A Must-Read!; Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

Moody's: Financially stressed Pennsylvania school districts creating recovery plans to cope with charter school pressure (1 comments)

SCOTUS, Interrupted: Wolf PAC Takes Citizens United Repeal To The States (3 comments)

WATCH: Jon Stewart Mocks Koch Brothers $900 Million Campaign Pledge: "Behold Our Benevolent Overlords"

Yes, We Can Prosper Without Growth: 10 Policy Proposals for the New Left (6 comments)

Wednesday, January 28:

Dossier on Greek Elections and the Fight Against Austerity and the EU

Time To Prosecute House Speaker John Boehner For Violating Federal Law

Republicans and Wall Street Say to Hell With Protecting the Public!

Tuesday, January 27:

Muslim-Jewish Coexistence: Mark Cohen on its History and Relevance Today - See more at: http://islamicommentary.org/2015

Michael Moore disses Fox News and right wing critics in the best way

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Emerges As The Republican Candidate To Fear Most (2 comments)

Monday, January 26:

Boehner and McConnell Bomb On 60 Minutes When Asked For GOP Alternative to Obamacare (7 comments)

Loonies Come Out of the Woodwork: Catholics Who Are Outraged!

Palin for 2016? Ha! It's Ohio Governor John Kasich Who Has A Puncher's Chance (1 comments)

Pipeline leak spills thousands of gallons of crude oil into Yellowstone River (1 comments)

Ending Greece's Nightmare

GOP's New Social Security Playbook: Pit The Disabled Against Retirees (4 comments)

Sunday, January 25:

A Review of "American Sniper": The White US Gunman as "Hero" and Iraq As Backdrop

George Joseph: Black Lives Matter in School- Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

Eco-Bricks for an Eco-Friendly Future

Saturday, January 24:

The Pope Francis Revolution: Inside the Catastrophic Collapse of the Catholic Right

How Obama Can Reduce Carbon Emissions Without Congress (1 comments)

This Week in Religion: Pope Francis Tells His Flock to Stop Breeding Like Rabbits (1 comments)

Big Capital's Collateral Damage

Iran Sanctions Supporters Don't Want To Improve Nuclear Talks. They Want To Destroy Them. (2 comments)

Playing Politics on Iran - NYTimes editorial board (1 comments)

Friday, January 23:

Full Dossier: The Political Situation in France (2 comments)

Why is Hollywood Rewarding Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin for Glamorizing the CIA?

Thursday, January 22:

Arthur Camins: So You Want a Revolution:by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

Did Benjamin Netanyahu and the GOP Just Pull Off a Coup -- or Lay an Egg?

Wednesday, January 21:

New York Parents and Educators Call for Independent Investigation of Cuomo: by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

Tuesday, January 20:

What Is the Meaning of Obama's "Normalization" of Diplomatic Relations with Cuba and the Partial Lifting of the Embargo? (2 comments)

The Politics of MMT (Strange Bedfellows) (3 comments)

Ten Facts Guaranteed to Short-Circuit Republican Brains (2 comments)

Monday, January 19:

Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did

Sunday, January 18:

Paul Krugman: Hating Good Government

Papal Text Says Man Betrays God; Howls from Right Wing Peanut Gallery to Follow

Reeling Republicans Can't Find A Legitimate Reason To Be Against Obama's Tax Plans

Saturday, January 17:

Has Lame-Duck Obama Suddenly Become a "Progressive"? (1 comments)

Secret Service Shuffle (4 comments)

Sing Sing Reacts to Police Shootings

An endless stream of questions emerge over the Keystone XL By Samuel Vargo (1 comments)

Friday, January 16:

How Elizabeth Warren Is Yanking Hillary Clinton to the Left (4 comments)

That Was Easy: In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth

Paul Krugman: Francs, Fear and Folly

On not understanding "Charlie:" Why many smart people are getting it wrong

Thursday, January 15:

Pope Frances Speaks Out: A Culture of Waste, and Man-Made Global Warming (1 comments)

New York: What to Do with an Extra $5 Billion; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

Are All Terrorists Muslims? It's Not Even Close (3 comments)

Wednesday, January 14:

How to Survive and Prevail in This Era of Greed and Privatization; by Diane Ravitch

If Jeb Bush Runs for President, Remember This; by Diane Ravitch (3 comments)

Tuesday, January 13:

Bernie Sanders Wrecks Republican Plans

Beyond Paris, Fascism is the Real Enemy for EU - Geopoliticalmonitor.com (1 comments)

The Kochs' Very Profitable War On Busses and Mass Transit

The Child in the Basement - NYTimes.com; by David Brooks (7 comments)

Elizabeth Warren: I'm not running for president

Who Is Killing the American Dream? Book Review by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)

Monday, January 12:

New Republican Majority Wants A Say On Obama's Iran Talks

Thieving Republicans Robbed Americans In Their First Week Controlling Congress (1 comments)

The Charlie Hebdo cartoons no one is showing you.

Obama To Disband the Marine Corps

NATO Trips on Own Lies with U-Turn on 'Russian Aggressor' (1 comments)

Paul Krugman: For the Love of Carbon

Sunday, January 11:

Washington buries the CIA torture report (2 comments)

Saturday, January 10:

This was Dick Cheney's coup: Why America's torture "reform" is a total sham (1 comments)

Friday, January 9:

Paul Krugman: Voodoo Time Machine (4 comments)

A History of America's War on Whistleblowers and Journalists Since 9/11

U.S. Journalist David Bird Vanished Without a Trace a Year Ago

#JeSuisCharlie? No... (1 comments)

Thursday, January 8:

Corrupt John Boehner Conspires With Foreigners Against America's Best Interests (1 comments)

Why the Republican Congress's First Act Was to Declare War on Math

Wednesday, January 7:

Bernie Sanders Blasts Paul Ryan and House Republicans For Trying To Cook The Books

House Republicans Change Rules on Calculating Economic Impact of Bills - By JONATHAN WEISMAN; NYTimes (1 comments)

An Election Campaign Mantra for the 98%: "It's Domestic Job Growth, Stupid" (1 comments)

The state of American society as 2015 begins

Tuesday, January 6:

Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home (2 comments)

The Problem With Meaning - NYTimes.com (1 comments)

The Cost of Staying Home: 231 New Abortion Restrictions Since the 2010 Midterm Elections

Monday, January 5:

'Incomprehensible' Secrecy: Sanders Demands Release of Trade Agreement Text

Chris Christie Continues Attack on Public Worker Pensions

Standing on the Edge of Next American Revolution (1 comments)

Paul Krugman: Presidents and the Economy (1 comments)

Sunday, January 4:

How Sharpton gets paid to not cry "racism" at corporations

Andy Borowitz -- Unskilled Workers Report for New Jobs (Satire)

Inconvenient Truth: America's Public Schools Are Among Highest Achieving In The World (1 comments)

Saturday, January 3:

WASHINGTON: Here comes the GOP Congress

Citing Next Generations, Lawsuits Demand Courts Recognize 'Mind-Blowing' Climate Impacts (1 comments)

Friday, January 2:

In 2014 America Abandoned Its Constitution And Devolved Into a Fascist Theocracy (4 comments)

Thursday, January 1:

Paul Krugman: Twin Peaks Planet

Seeds and Soil vs. the Tyranny of Corporate Power: A 2015 Message of Hope

There Is Only One Congressman Demanding Scalise Resign Over Ties To White Supremacist Group

The 2015 GOP Clown Car: Bigger, Meaner, and More Dangerous Than Ever

What if Hillary Clinton doesn't run for president? (4 comments)

 

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