Young Female Journalist Jailed For 2 Years (www.ashinmettacara.org)

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Submitted about 1 month ago by achitkyithu on Burma | 0 Comments

Hmmmm .... (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

From Bloomberg ... The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Economy | 0 Comments

As goes General Motors, so goes the world? (www.salon.com)

Whether you blame labor costs or management missteps or the (temporarily easing) energy crisis or the financial meltdown, there is no avoiding the conclusion that Detroit's Big Three automakers are in... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on Economy | 1 Comments

Could Obama Find Cabinet Members…In Dixie? (www.southernpoliticalreport.com)

Only Nixon could go to China. Only "conservative" George W. Bush could grow the government so large. Might President-Elect Barack Obama pick a cabinet full of…Southerners? Next to the Mountain... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 1 Comments

Women seek voice in cabinet as Obama team short on female faces (www.theglobeandmail.com)

They had their hopes dashed by Hillary Clinton's loss and were both attracted and appalled by Sarah Palin, but are women now being overlooked by Barack Obama? Those looking for increased gender... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 0 Comments

Hispanic Cabinet Members? Claro Que Si. (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Citing the growing influence of Hispanic voters, Latino political advocates are pushing President-elect Barack Obama to appoint at least two and as many as four Hispanics to his administration's 20... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 0 Comments

Roemer's Name in Mix for Obama Cabinet (www.wibc.com)

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar has disavowed any interest in becoming President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state. But another Hoosier could find his way into Obama's Cabinet. Tim Roemer... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by mbentson on Cabinet | 0 Comments

Obama's debt to Howard Dean (www.salon.com)

When Howard Dean walked in the door at the Democratic National Committee nearly four years ago, the party was in the wilderness and looked ready to stay there for quite some time. George W. Bush had... More

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Seems Like Old Times (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

The situations are very different. But does anybody remember that Bob Gates was CIA Chief at the end of the first Bush administration and made a big play with Clinton to...

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Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 0 Comments

No to Lawrence Summers (www.thenation.com)

President-elect Obama rightly spoke often on the campaign trail about the perils of deregulation and trade agreements that do not include worker and environmental protections. The deregulation of... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 1 Comments