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Trump’s Gloom And Doom Meets Reality As Biden Passes 15 Million Jobs Created
Trump and Republicans want to run on the economy, but the Biden boom continues as the US economy passed 15 million jobs created during the Democrat’s presidency.
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Biden Was Right And The Media Was Wrong: Americans Are Starting To Feel Good About The Economy
A new survey reveals that President Biden was right and the media has been getting it wrong. Americans are warming up to the economy.
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Biden White House Drops Some Economic Reality On Fox News
Jared Bernstein the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors went on Fox News Sunday and laid out what the Biden administration is doing on the economy to help people.
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Biden Reminds The World Of America’s Economic Success Under His Presidency
At a press conference in Vietnam, Biden reminded the nation and the globe that the US has the greatest economy in the world.
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Bidenomics Unleashes Infrastructure Boom That Nearly Quadruples Projected GDP
GDP was projected to grow at 0.5% for the first half of the year, but the estimate has been revised to 1.9% due to the infrastructure boom created by President Biden’s policies.
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Media Blames Biden For Their Bad Reporting On The Economy
The media is blaming Biden for the fact that they overlook good economic news and obsessively focus on anything bad.
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The House Republican Plan To Take The Economy Hostage Is Already Failing
House Republicans have been planning since before they won the majority to take the economy hostage, but they are facing strong opposition from the White House.
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Biden Uses New GDP Report To Hammer Republicans On Inflation
President Biden used the new report showing that GDP grew in the third quarter and hammered Republicans for planning to increase inflation.
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Watch This Amazing Lincoln Project Video Commending Biden For Creating One Of The Greatest Economies In US History
The Lincoln Project has released a new video commending President Biden for creating a record-shattering economy.
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More Americans Are Now Working Under Biden Than At Any Day Under Trump
President Biden has boosted employment to such a degree that more Americans are working than on any day during Trump’s presidency.
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Biden Shatters Republicans By Taking Credit For Low Unemployment
President Biden took credit for the low levels of state unemployment by reminding Republicans that his policies made it happen.
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The Real Job Creators: 95% Of US Job Growth Came Under Democrats Since 1989
One of the biggest false narratives in American politics is that Republicans create jobs. 95% of the nation’s job growth has happened under Democrats since 1989.
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Biden Creates The Most Jobs In His First 13 Months In US History
The latest strong jobs report means that President Biden has created the most jobs in his first 13 months of any president in history.
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Republicans Get Some Terrible News: The Economy Will Improve In 2022
Republican dreams of taking back Congress in 2022 are based on voter anger over a bad economy, but estimates show unemployment hitting a 50 year low and inflation dropping.
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Economist Paul Krugman Argues That DeSantis is Hurting His State’s Economy With his Lax Attitude Towards COVID
Ron DeSantis has spent much of the last year congratulating himself on how he has handled COVID-19. The Florida governor has leaned in hard to the culture war aspect of the pandemic. Not only has he made a huge deal of fighting against mask mandates, he went as far as fundraising off shirts that slammed…
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Trump’s Economy Approval Rating Drops Below 50% For The First Time In 3 Years
More and more Americans are losing confidence in President Donald Trump’s ability to handle the economy, according to the latest Gallup poll that found his economic approval rating has dropped to 47 percent in June, a 16-point decrease from numbers reported at the beginning of the year. The poll was the first to show an…
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Dr. Fauci on Social Distancing Protests: Reopening the Economy Too Soon Will ‘Backfire’
Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that reopening the country prematurely will backfire. He was responding to recent protests against social distancing measures in some states. Fauci spoke to Good Morning America‘s George Stephanopoulos on Monday. He didn’t criticize the protests directly but his message to those opposed to Coronavirus restrictions was clear. “Clearly this is something that…
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Trump Failed to Consult Every Member of Coronavirus Task Force About Relaxing Social Distancing Measures
President Donald Trump did not consult every member of the Coronavirus task force before sending a letter about potentially relaxing social distancing measures. CNN’s Jim Acosta reported on Thursday that President Trump sent a letter to governors about easing restrictions without showing the letter to the entire group of experts. “Not all Coronavirus task force…
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Experts Say Trump is Wrong About Increased Suicides Due To Closed Economy
If you feel like you are in a crisis situation, and need help or someone to talk to, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). One of the reasons why President Donald Trump wants to end social distancing practices set up in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic is to stave off…
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Defying All Logic, Trump Says Americans Can Practice Social Distancing While At Work
In the past few days, President Donald Trump has made clear his desire to put a quick end to the practice of social distancing in order to combat the threat of coronavirus — a move that health experts agree is premature. On Tuesday, however, Trump assuaged his message a bit, claiming that Americans could go…
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Markets Crash, Trading Halted At Opening Bell, Despite Trump-Endorsed Fed Cut
Over the past weekend, in an effort to inject a boost to an already fragile economy and stock market, the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates down to zero percent. It was a demand that President Donald Trump had frequently made of the Fed for several months. In recent weeks, Trump also implied that the move…
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People Won’t Let Larry Kudlow Forget He Insisted Coronavirus Will Have “Minimal Impact” on Economy
The coronavirus outbreak is officially a global pandemic, and policy experts around the world are expressing significant concern over how the virus, which has claimed 4,729 lives worldwide according to the most recent official count, will impact global economies. White House Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow’s old statements have come back to haunt him in…
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With 14 American Deaths Reported So Far, Trump ‘Likes’ That Coronavirus Could Be Good For The Economy, In Some Ways
President Donald Trump certainly likes to spin news headlines to create an image that is favorable to him. That’s a mighty difficult thing to do during a global outbreak in which coronavirus, or COVID-19, has affected hundreds of thousands of lives, and resulted in the deaths of thousands across the globe. Trump tried, nonetheless, on…
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With One Tweet, Obama Takes Credit For The Economy Back From Trump
Former President Barack Obama reminded everyone who is really responsible for the current economy with a single tweet marking the anniversary of the Recovery Act.
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It’s NOT the Economy, Stupid; it’s a Stupid White Supremacy Undermining the Economy
When Donald Trump tweets something patently racist, as when he tweeted the squad of four should go back where they came from or when he derided Baltimore as “rat and rodent infested mess,†media pundits can spend days debating whether or not Trump is racist. The idea seems to be that if Trump can be…
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A Peek Behind the Numbers Shows Trump’s Economy Inflicts Pain on Most Americans
Can we call an economy “successful,†if people living within it are being harmed, not served?
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Why Trump’s Risky Economy Could Crash At Any Time
A special report from the Washington Post has revealed that in order to stimulate economic growth, Donald Trump made risky changes in financial rules that could backfire at any time. Trump took the steps so he would look good and receive high approval ratings due to a booming economy. But Trump’s economy is built on…
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Most Americans Say Their Finances Have Not Improved Under Trump
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say their finances have not improved since Donald Trump was elected president nearly two years ago. According to the Bankrate 2018 midterm election survey only 38% of respondents say they are better off financially now than they were in November of 2016. The largest number, 45%, say their finances now are…
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The White House Let Trump Talk To Reporters And It Showed How Far Gone He Really Is
The White House let Trump speak to reporters for an eight and a half minutes and the result was a portrait of a president who is untethered from reality.
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U.S. stock futures fall after Trump announces new round of tariffs
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures extended losses in post-market trading late Monday after President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on about $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Trump said he will impose 10 percent U.S. tariffs on about $200 billion worth of Chinese imports but he spared…
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Senate Democrats Introduce Bill That Pops Trump’s Economic Propaganda Bubble
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced legislation that would require the Trump administration to release wage growth data with quarterly GDP numbers.
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MSNBC Bursts Into Laughter After Trump Supporter Credits Tax Bill For Black Unemployment Drop
“African American unemployment is at record lows. And that would not have happened had the president not … signed into law the tax cuts and jobs act.”
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Off-The-Rails Trump Demands Credit As Obama’s Economy Continues To Boom
Trump seems to believe – or at least want you to believe – that this rosy economic picture came out of nowhere, thanks to him.
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‘Wrong!’: MSNBC Hosts In Disbelief After Trump Proves He Doesn’t Understand Basic Economics
Either the businessman president doesn’t understand basic economics or he is intentionally misleading the American public.
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Trump’s Agenda In Flames After Charlottesville As White House Abandons Another Advisory Council
Nobody wants to be seen within the same zip code as this president, particularly after he spent the past week defending white supremacists and Nazis.
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Economists Line Up To Trash The Trump Administration’s New Anti-Immigrant Proposal
“Those experts broadly agreed that immigration improves the economy for the native population, even on the per-person level.”
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Trump Supporter Shut Down For Trying To Give POTUS Credit For Obama’s Economy
“It’s like a guy built a house and sold it to someone, and that person walked in and turned the lights on is like, ‘Look at the house I built.'”
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Trump Throws Tantrum And Begs The Media To Give Him Credit For Obama’s Economy
After six months of failed policy proposals, unprecedented scandals, and a deteriorating mental state, the Trump train has gone completely off the rails.
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Trump Says He Has ‘Unified’ America And Takes Credit For The Obama Economy At Fact-Free Rally
This president can continue to hold campaign rallies and convince himself that those who show up actually represent the vast majority of the country, but they don’t.
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Bernie Sanders Urges America To Keep Fighting Trump’s Dangerous Policies, Despite Russia Chaos
A thorough and independent investigation into Trump is a top priority, but Democrats should not lose sight of issues that affect working Americans every day.
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Trump Humiliated Again After Failed Trade Battle With Mexico Costs U.S. $163 Million
That’s right: Trump just lost a trade battle with Mexico – over tuna fish.
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Justin Trudeau Forced To Explain Economics To Trump As He Threatens Trade War With Canada
Trump failed to get his Mexico-funded wall along the southern border, so now he’s threatening a trade war with our allies to the north.
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White House In Turmoil As Voters Feel Trump Is Failing On Every Major Issue
What do the economy, health care, terrorism, and immigration have in common? They’re all issues Trump is failing on, according to the American people.
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Opinion: Trump’s Deportation War Will Cost the Economy Trillions of Dollars
Undocumented workers contribute 3 percent of GDP, or nearly $5 trillion in economic growth†that will vanish with Trump’s “military action†against Mexican workers.
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Trump’s Anti-Worker Labor Pick Considering Backing Out Of Cabinet Post
His uncertainty about taking the job is evidence that progressive opposition has been loud and effective.
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Republicans Pass Bill To Roll Back Key Environmental And Consumer Protections
The GOP move hampers the government’s ability to protect “public health and safety, the environment, workplace safety and consumer financial protections.”
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Trump Caught Red-Handed As New Job Announcement Is Part Of Old Agreement
If you’re keeping score at home, the number of new jobs Trump helped add to the economy today was zero.
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Trump Emerges From Holiday Hiding To Take Credit For Obama’s Strong Economy
Before the Trump campaign was even an idea, the economy was growing, the stock market was soaring, and deficits were falling.
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Paul Krugman Issues Scathing Critique of Trump’s Economic Team
“Budget director appears to be John Bircher and conspiracy theorist (but aren’t they all?…Birchers want return to gold and silver, Mulvaney seems to agree.”
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Larry Kudlow, Who Assured Us All Was Well in 2007, to Be Trump Economic Adviser
“Discussion of economic policy is now monopolized by people who have been wrong about everything, have learned nothing from the experience”
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New Report Affirms That President Obama Has Been Really, Really Good For The Economy
When Donald Trump takes office next month, he will be inheriting a country in much better shape than when the current president took office in 2009. For that, he should be saying, “Thanks, Obama.”
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Wall St. Economic Expert’s Warning Should Terrify All But Rich Americans
Trump’s economic plan will confer vast monetary gains on the very wealthiest Americans while leaving Trump’s electoral base further behind.
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Stocks Soar By More Than 200 Points After FBI Decision Improves Clinton’s Odds Of Victory
In moments of the campaign when his polling has improved, the markets went into a freefall.
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Even Without Character Flaws, Trump Is A Terrible Candidate And Would Be A Worse President
Trump supporters wanting to talk about the issues as a way to dodge an avalanche of bad press for their candidate shouldn’t forget that he is a disaster in that area, too.
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More Bad News for Republicans – Obama Economy Slashed Poverty Rate
It all came together. Lots of employment and wage gains, particularly in the lowest-paying jobs, combined with minimum-wage increases that hit some very large population areas.
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Paul Krugman Demolishes Trump’s Promotion of a Strong Vladimir Putin
Economist Paul Krugman exposes Vladmir Putin’s weak economic progress compared to the steady climb of the US economy under President Obama
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Trump’s Claim That Putin Is A Better Leader Than Obama Is Utterly Insane
The contest of which of these two men is a better leader isn’t even close. In fact, Putin would likely trade his record for Obama’s in a heartbeat.
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Tim Kaine Joins Joe Biden to Denounce Donald Trump’s Ivory Tower Economic Policies
“This stuff about growing an economy that works for everybody, we haven’t been sitting in an ivory tower looking out at the world; we’ve not ever been sitting in penthouses looking out at the world.”
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Conservative Economist Ben Stein Says Trump May Make Him Vote Democrat for First Time
“I don’t know where he got the idea that you can just somehow drive a big pickup truck into Mexico and bring back all the jobs.”
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Real Trump Continues To Overshadow Teleprompter Trump
Teleprompter Trump tried to pivot to the economy this week in Detroit. Real Trump was having none of that.
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Former McCain Adviser: Clinton Economic Plans Would Create Over 10 Million Jobs
Moody’s report last month on Donald Trump’s economic proposals – to the extent that they exist – brought a much different outcome.
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McDonald’s CEO Admits Obama’s Economy and Higher Wages Is A Rousing Success
The CEO of McDonald’s fast food chain, Steve Easterbrook, was pleased to announce that driven by the President’s push for higher wages and a growing economy, McDonald’s profits are up, employee turnover is lower, and customer satisfaction scores are higher. So much for the GOP’s lies that higher wages and employee benefits are business killers.
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Economists Agree That President Obama’s Economic Gains Are Remarkable
It’s really a best-case scenario. The economy consistently moving in the right direction with job growth that is pretty remarkable.
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Threat Analysts Label Donald Trump More Dangerous Than Global Islamist Terrorism
Another highly-respected organization has warned the world about the global threat of a Trump victory in November.
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Obama Drops A Truth Bomb On Republican Snake Oil And Economic Lies
President Obama is not about to let the American people be fooled by Republican snake oil and economic lies. The President delivered a dose of truth that was designed to protect voters from the GOP’s economic falsehoods.
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Obama Annihilates Republican Gloom And Doom With An Economic Reality Bomb
President Obama annihilated the Republican claims of economic gloom and doom in a White House appearance where he called out the GOP failed economic policies and the fact that their presidential candidates appear to have no plans of their own for the economy.
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Paul Ryan’s ‘Pro-Growth Agenda’ Calls for Giving Your Money to Rich People
Paul Ryan insists he is going to ‘fix’ things, but since Obama has already done that, he can only mean he’s going to destroy them
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Obama Wipes Out GOP Failure As Median Household Income Returns To Pre-Recession Levels
At long last, median household income has finally recovered from the Bush Recession. You know, the one Republicans denied existed but actually started in 2007.
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Hillary Clinton Seizes The Upper Hand Before Voting Starts With Super Delegate Pledges
The Clinton campaign says Hillary has already received pledges of support from at least 440 of the party’s estimated 713 super delegates.
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Thanks To President Obama The US Leads The World in Economic Growth
The U.S. economy surged forward with 3.7 percent growth in the 2nd quarter of 2015, well outpacing other developed nations.
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Pat Robertson Says Black Monday is God Smacking Us Down Over Planned Parenthood
If he was aiming for Planned Parenthood, God nailed the wrong country, and besides, things aren’t looking so bad this morning, say experts
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Scott Walker Nukes His Presidential Campaign With Idiotic Comments As Stock Market Tumbles
Donald Trump is talking about China, which has prompted an ill-considered attempt by Scott Walker to sound relevant regarding foreign policy
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Martin O’Malley Campaigns in Front of Trump Hotel, Shows Solidarity with Hotel Workers
O’Malley spoke to hotel workers and union leaders in Las Vegas about higher wages for workers and recognizing their right to organize.
It’s the Stupid Economy: Why Income Inequality Ought To Be This Election’s Hot Topic
The health of an economy should correlate directly to the health of the people living within it, not to their economic impoverishment. Bernie Sanders’ socialist presence in the presidential primary mix as well as populist sentiment brewing on both sides of the political aisle promise, hopefully, to keep the much-needed conversation on income inequality front…
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Jeb Bush’s Message To Working Americans Is Work Longer, Harder, and For Less
Jeb Bush wants to abolish the federal minimum wage, deny workers overtime pay, and raise the retirement age for social security.
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The Obama Economy Sets A New Record: 63rd Consecutive Month of Private Sector Job Growth
May marks a new record for President Obama’s private sector job growth record, with the private sector adding 12.6 million jobs over 63 straight months of job growth.
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Obama Economy Rebounds As Unemployment Falls To Lowest Level In Seven Years
The economy rebounded from the rough winter weather in March to create 223,000 new jobs as the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in seven years.
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With Wisconsin in the Gutter, Failed Gov. Scott Walker Trolls The Obama Economy
While President Obama continues to set records for private sector job growth, Gov. Scott Walker is trolling the President on the economy while hoping that no one notices his record of failure in Wisconsin.
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No, We Don’t Care If President Obama Goes to Church
Obama critics might take a moment to reflect that even though Obama does not go to church regularly, the economy is booming
President Obama Is Finally Beginning To Get Credit For The Nation’s Economic Turnaround
It has been frustrating for supporters of President Obama, but it looks like the American people are beginning to give the president credit for the nation’s economic recovery.
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Romney is Rooting Against the Economy and Depressed Over Improving Numbers
The Romney campaign reacted to the latest jobs report, not by being happy for the country, but with stone silence and depression.
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Mitt Romney’s Scourge of Private Equity Vampirism
We like people who contribute to our society, people who build, who create goods and services, who create jobs. We have a word for people who suck the life’s blood out of others: vampires. Vampires are parasites. Vampires do not sparkle. We don’t like vampires. We want to protect ourselves from them. If private equity’s…
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Ezra Klein Presents The Do Less Than the Do-Nothing Congress
Ezra Klein, filling in for Rachel Maddow, gave the GOP no respite as he labeled this Congress the “do less than the do-nothing Congress” of 1947
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Fifty Shades of Misinterpretation: Using Fifty Shades of Grey as a Metaphor for Capitalism
Lynn Parramore turns the BDSM novel Fifty Shades of Grey into a metaphor for capitalism without having read it, creating a straw man to bash
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Why You Should Care About LIBOR
What the LIBOR scandal is and why you should care about it.
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Pepco: Deregulation + Greed + Corruption = Suffering for Hundreds of Thousands
Pepco spent years ignoring aging equipment and tree-trimming and focused instead of increasing profits leaving a million people to suffer in record heat
David Barton’s New Thesis: People Who Are on Welfare Don’t Read the Bible
David Barton attempts to prove we’d all be better off economically if we read our Bibles with a pedestrian attempt at developing a thesis
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Chuck Norris Displays Comedic Talents on Scott Walker’s Behalf
Chuck Norris takes to WND to display comedic talents in support of Scott Walker, and badly misrepresenting Ronald Reagan in the process
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Sorry Media, This Election Won’t be About the Economy and Jobs
The mainstream media’s constructed storyline is that the 2012 election is all about the economy and jobs, but this election will hinge not on the economy but one simple question.
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Fox News Blames Poor Children for Romney’s Bad Poll Numbers
While looking for someone to blame for Mitt Romney’s poll numbers, Fox News found the perfect excuse. Poor children are the reason why Romney isn’t polling well.
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Painting President Obama as a Culture Warrior
Ross Douthat, in an op-ed for the New York Times, paints President Obama as a culture warrior who ignores the economy to his own detriment
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The Dirty Thirty – Occupy May Day Edition
Look at all the things wrong in America right now and then look at the GOP solutions since 2010. You will see they have no intention of fixing any real problems
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Reality Crashes Down on John Boehner’s Desperate Attempt to Save His Job
The reality that voters won’t fall for the Republican lies again after a year-and-a-half of legislative obstruction, repeal frenzy, and the war on women can’t be surprising to John Boehner.
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Obama Blasting Romney’s Updated Bush Policies in Swing States
Obama is leading Romney in eight swing states while Romney leads in only three. Perhaps this is because Republicans say Romney will be Bush updated and will do as he’s told by House Republicans.
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John Boehner Gives Hard Pressed Americans the Raspberry
House Speaker John Boehner spins his tired old talking points, a more than metaphorical raspberry to any real discussion of either problems or possible solutions
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Bernie Sanders Gives Republicans an Economic Reality Check
Sen. Bernie Sanders brought the reality hammer down on Republicans who are trying to sabotage the economy ahead of the 2012 election.
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As He Runs From His Record Mitt Romney Lies About Obama’s
Americans have two distinct records to compare and contrast, and Mitt Romney is lying about both his own and President Obama’s.
Santorum Ignores Economy – Makes his Religion a Problem for Voters
The media is slowly becoming wise to the fact that Rick Santorum’s campaign is fueled by religion, not the economy. His stance on issues is religious, his rhetoric is religious and his appeal is not to fiscal conservatives but to social conservatives, to those on the religious right who menace our democracy with the specter of theocracy.
Paul Ryan Returns To Enrage America By Promoting Medicare Armageddon
In this year’s version of Path to Prosperity, Rep. Paul Ryan returns with the same Medicare privatization plan that enraged retired Americans last year.
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PM Cameron Praises Obama’s Tough, Reasonable Approach to Iran
Today during their live press conference, UK Prime Minister Cameron praised President Obama on his Iran strategy, saying Obama’s “tough, reasonable approach has united the world” behind the sanctions. It’s Cameron Day at the White House, as President Obama welcomes British Prime Minister David Cameron for a day of meetings about Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and…
