By Jorge Barake, on August 3rd, 2010%
Nicholas Deleon/Crunch Gear
What should happen to PFC Bradley Manning, the young man now charged with the unauthorized access of and subsequently leaking of classified military information, namely the video that Wikileaks released under the title “Collateral Murder”? Should the United States government execute him? If your name is Congressman Mike Rogers, then you believe that . . . → Read More: United States Congressman Calls For Execution Of Wikileaks Whistleblower
By Jorge Barake, on August 1st, 2010%
Andrew Kreighbaum/OpenSecrets
Your doctor, your Realtor, your grandpa — they may be drinking a particularly political brand of tea.
A Center for Responsive Politics analysis shows that the top contributors to the 50 members of a newly-established congressional Tea Party caucus — so far includes only Republicans — are health professionals, retirees, the real estate industry . . . → Read More: Tea Party Caucus Members Bankrolled by Health Professionals, Retirees, Oil Interests
By Jorge Barake, on July 22nd, 2010%
Andrew Taylor/The Associated Press
Congress has approved legislation to restore unemployment benefits to people who have been out of work for six months or more, ending a seven-week interruption that caused 2 1/2 million people to lose unemployment benefits averaging about $300 a week.
The 272-152 House vote Thursday will send the measure to . . . → Read More: Republicans To Look For Another Way To Screw Over Americans: House Restores Unemployment Benefits