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VIDEO- Andrea Mitchell to MI Gov. Rick Snyder: "This is not what you...
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Andrea Mitchell: "This is not what you campaigned on." King Ricky Snyder: Hey! union busting "is pro-workers! It's a good...
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Chart: Michigan's "Right to Work" law contains verbatim language from ALEC...
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder actually said that union busting is “pro-workers! It’s a good thing! This is a positive thing for unions!” The “Right-to-work” (aka right to work for less) measure passed...
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Asphyxiating the Democratic party
Via Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Unbelievably, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder had the unmitigated gall to say that union busting is “pro-workers! It’s a good thing! This is a positive thing for unions!”...
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WTF is the matter with Michigan? Just when you thought it couldn't get any...
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said that union busting is “pro-workers! It’s a good thing! This is a positive thing for unions!” Then the union busting “Right-to-work for work for less” measure was...
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Oops! "Right to work" for less law shows Gov. Snyder, GOP legislators never...
Stop me if you've heard this one before, it's a real knee-slapper. Okay, so you know how Michigan’s “Right to Work” law contains verbatim language from ALEC model bill? ALEC had to be so stoked! But...
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VIDEO: Why California labor unions are growing
Please watch the whole video, especially the part at about 11:43. The bad news: Union membership is on the decline. In fact, a record low 11.3 percent of all U.S. workers were union members, down from...
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MI Dictator, er, Gov. Snyder declares financial emergency in Detroit, will...
Let's recap what exactly the king dictator governor of Michigan has been up to. King Ricky’s appalling financial martial law was, and apparently will continue to be, the legislation that allows one...
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"Obamacare's other plus": Opening "the door to the democratic empowerment of...
There is an L.A. Times op-ed today by Nelson Lichtenstein about "Obamacare's other plus." It's a good read, so please link over. If it is done right, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) may...
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VIDEO: Rev. Al Sharpton files lawsuit against Michigan Emergency Management...
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC: On Thursday, Michigan’s Public Act 36 comes into effect and Detroit Emergency Financial Manager Kevyn Orr becomes...
View ArticleVideo- Jon Stewart "Captured" On Egyptian TV With Bassem Youssef
This is so great, on so many levels. More about it here. The post Video- Jon Stewart "Captured" On Egyptian TV With Bassem Youssef appeared first on The Political Carnival.
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Cartoons of the Day- Dysfunctional Democracy
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View ArticleVideo Mid Day Distraction- Bastille Day fireworks in Paris
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VIDEO: "Post-Citizens United, conservatives look at [union decline] & smell...
I recently posted about WI Gov. Scott Walker suggesting stripping police and firefighter union rights. Without unions, workers suffer. (We all suffer.) They suffer because they have no rights to speak...
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Live Streaming Audio- President Obama Makes A Statement On Situation In Egypt
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VIDEO: A genius made this video, a British guy who calls himself a "Labor geek"
Link to tweet; link to Labor Day Wiki. And please read my post "What a difference a union can make!" In today's Los Angeles Times, there is an op-ed by Harold Meyerson (editor at large of the American...
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VIDEO: Why unions matter, in a measly 1 minute 19 seconds
Via Colin Gordon from June 2012: Author's analysis of Historical Statistics of the United States, unionstats.com, Piketty and Saez (2003), and The World Top Incomes Database...
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If The GOP Was Around When Democracy Was Proposed
The 13 Colonies If... If the Republicans were around in 1776. If Democracy had been proposed by the colonists. If we needed all 13 colonies to join up or we'd perish. If the Town Criers were all from...
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R.I.P. Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
Details as soon as I get them, South African president now announcing. (I had the wrong birth year at first, now corrected.) NBC News here. From CNN News Alert- Nelson Mandela, a revered world...
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VIDEO: President Obama Speaks on the Death of Nelson Mandela
President Obama eloquently delivered remarks on the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Here are a few excerpts, transcript courtesy of WaPo: He achieved more than could be...
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GOP Men Spill Democracy Seed, Now Hate Their Bastard Child
One of the many excuses the Republicans gave for invading Iraq was that we needed to sew the seeds of Democracy. Yes, really, those are their words-- the seeds of Democracy. Forget 911, Saddam's...
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