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Yesterday, writes David Dayen , Senate Republicans bowed low before their corporate masters and delayed a move by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) to immediately take up a bill that would freeze all credit card rates, charges and fee increases. The freeze would be in effect until the CARD Act, a bill passed earlier this year, became law. Because of the time lag between passage of the CARD Act—which prevents arbitrary interest rate, fee and finance charge increases on existing balances—and its implementation ne  

Fox News presents year-old Palin footage as new Palin book tour crowd. As Think Progress first noted , on the November 18 edition of Happening Now , guest co-host Gregg Jarrett used old footage -- which he said was "just coming in to us" -- of a McCain-Palin rally from last year to illustrate how Sarah Palin is "continuing to draw huge crowds" during her book tour. The following day, Skinner apologized for "mistakenly" airing the fake crowd video.

we keep marrying other species and other ethnics.   -Brian Kilmeade

 

If the New York Times story on overpaid American workers had instead come from a right-wing think-tank or a non-credible source, it could be dismissed as pro-corporate nonsense. But it became clear during last year's debate over the auto bailout that powerful voices believe U.S. workers earn too much, and that a further downward adjustment is needed. Further, while progressives see the current economic crisis as demonstrating that working and middle class jobs now pay too little, the Times writers — Edw

negotiated the terms under which we could eventually retire….and now no longer feel obligated to meet their commitment.   -NV Energy

 

The United States had originally hinted that it would join with most other countries in the hemisphere, plus the United Nations General Assembly and the Organization of American States in refusing to recognize the results of the elections for president, the unicameral Congress and local offices unless President Manuel Zelaya and constitutional normality were restored. Zelaya was overthrown in a June 28 coup and is currently living in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. On October 30, Clinton  

Few federal agencies have as much bipartisan support as the National Endowment for Democracy.  

Tuscarawas County Democrats gathered Thursday night to hear Joseph P. "Joe" Rugola, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, the state's most powerful labor organization, deliver the main address.