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Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Deficit fearmongering has created confusion, and if headline writers at a major newspaper can t get it straight, how can you expect ordinary voters to get it?

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13640-uninformed-politicians-pushing-us-toward-austerity

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This Ends Through War
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo132.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/12/31

The Top 12 Political Fallacies of 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-1

Story of the Year: It s Global Warming, Stupid
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-9

''Elections Confidential'' Report Reveals Role of Dark-Money Nonprofits and Shell Corporations in 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/01/17-3

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Tom Hayden on Drones

Ellis Rosen and Tom Hayden, Truthout: A graphic look at the questionable legal backing and strategic justifications for the US drone assassination program.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13669-tom-hayden-on-drones



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/31-1

Google Report Shows 'Disturbing Growth in Government Surveillance'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/23-8

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New Documents on Activist Surveillance May Be ''Just the Tip of the Iceberg''

Chris Hedges, Truthdig: The monitoring of Florida activist Shannon McLeish suggests we are much farther down the road of corporate fascism than many of us care to admit.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13739-new-documents-on-activist-surveillance-may-be-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-8

'World's Worst Poker Player': Obama Readies Gift for GOP
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/31-3

An Ugly, Ugly, Ugly Deal
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/02-0

Progressives: Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/02-4

Corporate-Friendly Fiscal Deal Maintains Tens of Billions in Fossil Fuel Industry Giveaways
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/03-1

The Truth Behind the Fiscal Cliff s Reality TV Show
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/04

Tax Avoidance On the Rise: It s Twice the Amount of Social Security and Medicare
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/07

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Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR

Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism: This is what the fiscal cliff is about, who gets the money.... So without further ado, here are eight corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you haven t heard of.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13648-eight-corporate-subsidies-in-the-fiscal-cliff-bill-from-goldman-sachs-to-disney-to-nascar



Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?

Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: The fiscal cliff deal is a deal for the comfortable; those of us who have good jobs and advanced degrees can be satisfied. For the 80 percent of Americans who don t, it s just more bad news.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13651-who-won-in-the-fiscal-cliff-deal



The Ongoing War: After the Battle Over the Cliff, the Battle Over the Debt Ceiling

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: The single biggest failure of the White House and the Democrats in the cliff negotiations was not getting Republicans' agreement to raise the debt ceiling. The battle over the fiscal cliff is over, but the trench warfare will continue.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13652-the-ongoing-war-after-the-battle-over-the-cliff-the-battle-over-the-debt-ceiling



Fiscal Cliff Follies: Political Theater Distracts From Key Problems With the Fix

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: Extremely unequal distributions of wealth and income continue to enable the richest and largest individuals and enterprises to manipulate the economy and control the political parties. The result is an economic structure disinterested in a democratically focused way out of crisis and decline.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13685-fiscal-cliff-follies-political-theater-distracts-from-key-problems-with-the-fix



American Dynasties Perpetuated by ''Cliff'' Estate Tax Deal

Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Economist, attorney and investigative journalist James Henry says Obama s deal with the GOP on estate taxes ensures very rich families will continue to amass historic levels of wealth and power.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13716-american-dynasties-perpetuated-by-cliff-estate-tax-deal



Corporate Gold on the Fiscal Cliff

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Co.: Behind closed doors, Congress larded the fiscal cliff deal with corporate tax breaks worth tens of billions of dollars.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13939-corporate-gold-on-the-fiscal-cliff

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Fiscal Cliff Over, Now the Attack on the People Begins

By Kevin Zeese

Last night, Congress passed a watered down fiscal cliff package that will raise taxes on everyone, but the worst is yet to come, and this ''deficit cutting'' measure contains some surprises.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33504.htm



Obama s Deal Gave Away All His Leverage

By Zaid Jilani

Now that Obama has given away his leverage, Republicans can go after ''entitlements'', meaning Medicare and Social Security benefits.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33499.htm



Politicians Who Cut Social Programs Will Pay Price

By Orson Aguilar

Latinos aren t buying the notion that government is the problem and should be starved of funds. They value government services and want an adequate, fair tax structure to support it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33500.htm



8 Huge Corporate Handouts in the Fiscal Cliff Bill

By Matt Stoller

Here are the corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you may not know about.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33515.htm



GOP Threat: Cut Social Security and Medicare or we ll kill the economy

Op-Ed

Republicans are very clear about their latest extortion threat to the American people: Unless you cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, within the next two months we will throw the US economy back into recession by refusing to allow the US raise the debt ceiling and pay our bills.

http://is.gd/ZEWNs1



77 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of Congress

Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they believe Washington is causing "serious harm to the country," shedding further light on the low approval ratings of the most recent US Congress and the widespread pessimism regarding the country's future.

http://is.gd/1jW7kN



Half of Republicans in Congress Are Apparently Cool With America Defaulting

GOP leaders in Congress are saying that ''more than half'' of Republicans in Congress are willing to let America default ''unless Obama agrees to dramatic cuts he has repeatedly said he opposes.''

http://is.gd/xh0fzu


From Information Clearing House

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The big lie loses

The Nation Blog
by William Greider

01/01/13

Despite the media s 'fiscal cliff' hysteria and relentless propaganda from the monied interests, their 'big lie' politics has lost. The people won. At least the people did not lose. This result is a promising sign for the political conflicts that lie ahead, another indication that 'big money' does not always have its way. Liberal-labor progressives must make the most of this opportunity, mobilize folks for the next round of battles and force their progressive values upon the often ambivalent President Obama and other hesitant Democrats. The phony drama over 'fiscal crisis' was always designed to punish the wrong people for the nation s economic ills. The establishment s goal was to demonize the federal programs most valued by ordinary citizens, Social Security and Medicare, blaming them for Washington s soaring deficits and debt instead of the collapsed economy that Wall Street produced...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/171958/big-lie-loses


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Congress Avoids the Cliff by Selling Us Down the River
http://lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff193.html



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Why is the USA still in Afghanistan?
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-crimes-1/why-is-the-usa-still-in-afghanistan.html

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US War Machine Leaves Ugly Imprint in Afghanistan
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/31

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I Question Your Patriotism
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance315.html

Black Swan Ahead
http://lewrockwell.com/woods/woods222.html

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The US war machine

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Anthony Gregory

01/01/13

Many supporters of Barack Obama are disappointed that he has not reversed the war policies of his predecessor. He did his best to continue the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The Afghanistan war rages far beyond what was seen under George W. Bush. Obama has also proved militaristic in operations in Libya, Yemen, and Pakistan, and in the sanctions against Iran. The attacks on civil liberties and human rights continue on the same path that Bush forged...

http://tinyurl.com/bd3hueb


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Game-Changers, Black Swans, Tectonic Shifts and a World Not That Different From 2012

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: We are spending $75 billion on ''intelligence'' and giving up what were once classic American rights and liberties. The US intelligence community would like this to continue since it is part of the Washington, DC bubble that is too comfortable to change.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13683-the-us-intelligence-communitys-new-years-wish-megatrends-game-changers-black-swans-tectonic-shifts-and-a-world-not-that-different-from-2012

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112th Congress succeeded most at 'erosion of civil liberties'

Video

''How disturbing is it that the success of the 112th Congress is to pass legislation that essentially criminalizes elements of democracy?''

http://is.gd/gDirKO



A Time for 'Sublime Madness'

By Chris Hedges

The decimation of civil liberties, carried out in the name of fighting terror, will shackle us to an interconnected security and surveillance state that stretches from Moscow to Istanbul to New York.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33679.htm


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