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VOA News: President Obama Looks For a Political Comeback in 2014

. Source:The New Democrat  What President Obama and Democrats need to do is to switch the national political focus to the economy. On issues like unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, a minimum wage increase, the income gap, infrastructure investment, energy, immigration to … Continue reading

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The White House: Ensuring 2014 is a Year of Action to Grow The Economy

. Source:The New Democrat With the weak December jobs report President Obama should be calling for a huge infrastructure investment bill somewhere in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And even call for a National Infrastructure Bank that could finance … Continue reading

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The White House: President Obama Speaks on Extending Emergency Unemployment Insurance

. Source:The New Democrat  The Democratic path to victory in 2014. It’s the economy stupid and make 2014 the Democratic economic vision vs. the Republican economic vision. Middle out bottom up economics that is about expanding economic freedom for everyone … Continue reading

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University of Chicago: ‘George E. Kent Lecture: Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow’

Source:University of Chicago presenting author Michelle Alexander Source:The New Democrat “Michelle Alexander, highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University, and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, … Continue reading

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NBC Sports: MLB 1984- St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs: Game of The Week

Source:NBC Sports with the MLB Game of The Week. Source:The Daily Press “MLB 1984 06 23 84 Cardinals at Cubs” From Larry’s Classic Sports Videos The baseball game that seemed like it would never end. A classic game in this great … Continue reading

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The White House: ‘Lets’s Get Back To The Work of The American People’

Source:The White House– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) 44th President of the United States, at The White House. “In this week’s address, President Obama discussed his meetings with members of Congress of both parties and the ongoing effort to … Continue reading

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Associated Press: President Obama: ‘No Ransom For Congress’

Source:Associated Press– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) 454th President of the United States, at The White House. “President Barack Obama says he’s willing to not only negotiate fiscal issues with Republicans, but changes to health care law. But he … Continue reading

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Associated Press: President Obama: ‘Not at All Resigned to a Shutdown’

Source:Associated Press– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) at The White House. “President Barack Obama says he’s ‘not at all’ resigned to a government shutdown. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama said he’ll speak with congressional … Continue reading

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The White House: ‘Weekly Address: Adverting a Government Shutdown and Expanding Access to Affordable Healthcare’

Source:The White House– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) “In this week’s address, President Obama says that on October 1, a big part of the Affordable Care Act will go live and give uninsured Americans the chance to buy the … Continue reading

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The White House: ‘Weekly Address: Congress Must Act Now to Pass a Budget and Raise The Debt Ceiling’

Source:The White House– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) “In his weekly address, President Obama says the economy is making progress five years after the worst recession since the Great Depression, but to avoid another crisis, Congress must meet two … Continue reading

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