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David Cay Johnston: To calm the storm, Romney should release returns for 1984–1999 (the Bain years)
Posted from US Politics | AMERICAblog News 4 days ago
In an earlier post I focused on Mike Papantonio's concerns about Mitt Romney involvement in Cayman Island offshore banks (actually secret investment trusts). There I also alluded (incorrectly as it turns out) to David Cay Johnston's issues, which are not the same as Papantonio's. Those issues deserv... (original story)
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What Romney could be hiding in his tax returns (Hint: An offshore bank is not a bank)
Posted from US Politics | AMERICAblog News 4 days ago
There are several speculations about Mitt Romney's refusal to release his tax returns. Paul Krugman thinks he pays so little in taxes that he'll be branded as the poster boy for what's wrong with the whole tax code. David Cay Johnston thinks that the tax code manipulation during the Bain years could... (original story)
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Roboverkill: Will a glut of robocalls kill Citizens United?
Posted from US Politics | AMERICAblog News 4 days ago
Jonah Goldberg posts an email from a reader in the NRO Corner blog: Regarding Romney’s loss, one thing I have not seen mentioned is the robo calls. All this week, the Romney campaign flooded republicans with robo calls. From Monday through Friday we would get literally four to five calls a... (original story)
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GOP prez debate coverage, on NBC now, 9pm ET
Posted from US Politics | AMERICAblog News 4 days ago
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Midday open thread
Posted from Daily Kos 4 days ago
President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg, Rev. Al, and ... Newt??? (Souza/The White House) A telling Romney quote from his pathetic speech last night: “When my opponents attack success and free enterprise, they’re not only attacking me, they’re attacking every person who dreams of a better future,â... (original story)
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ENDA can't wait either
Posted from Daily Kos 4 days ago
Will an executive ENDA order be among the President's "We Can't Wait" initiatives to move change past an intransigent Congress this year? (White House/Wikicommons) A recent $155K settlement brokered by the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with Virginia-based military contractor DynCorp Interna... (original story)
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Open Thread for Night Owls: Ta-Nehisi Coates does some more debunking
Posted from Daily Kos 4 days ago
If you haven't been following Ta-Nehisi Coates's Civil War-era observations, you're not only missing out on a good read from a fine writer who is transparent about his thought processes and thorough in his analyses, particularly his scathing debunkery, you're also missing out on a debate that isn't... (original story)
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Florida: Polls suggest Newt surging
Posted from Daily Kos 4 days ago
As we pivot from South Carolina to Florida, there's a fascinating "heart versus head" analysis in the LA Times: "It's a classic head versus heart battle," said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. As Romney and Rick Santorum arrived in Florida on Sunday, the question hanging over the Republican conte... (original story)
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Sen. Rand Paul 'detained' (but not really) by TSA after setting off airport scanner
Posted from Daily Kos 4 days ago
Sen. Rand Paul (Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Government, hands off Rand Paul's body! The Kentucky Republican claimed to have been "detained" by the TSA this morning when he set off an airport scanner in Nashville: The TSA version of events is that Paul was not detained, but triggered an alarm during rout... (original story)
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Walking among dead trees and flat screens
Posted from Daily Kos 4 days ago
Macon Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Bed-Stuy The local public library in my neighborhood is a quaint little building called the Macon Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The building is among the many thousands of Carnegie Libraries built by the famed steel industrialist in the early 20th ce... (original story)
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