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Karl Rove’s New Career(s)

By Karoli June 14, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Does it bother anyone that Karl Rove serves as a political commentator for Faux News and Newsweek while receiving a six-figure salary from Freedom’s Watch AND consulting with the McCain…

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McCain-Obama Tax Proposals, Crunched

By Karoli June 13, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Here’s a screen capture of the bottom line numbers, as crunched by CNN. The entire video is available on Mother Jones blog. This further illustrates the point I was making…

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Tribute to Tim Russert

By Karoli June 13, 2008 Notes No Comments

Also, on today’s Newsgang Live we pay tribute in our own, unique, politically junkie-like ways.

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RIP, Tim Russert

By Karoli June 13, 2008 Notes No Comments

NBC News’ Washington Bureau chief Tim Russert has died of an apparent heart attack at age 58. It’s hard to imagine this election year without him on Meet the Press…

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Read My Lips: There WILL BE TAXES

By Karoli June 13, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008, Iran, Uncategorized No Comments

I originally wrote and published this in February, shortly after Sen. McCain won the GOP nomination. Given that the debate is heating up now on these issues, it seems like…

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Obama and McCain’s Tax Policies Compared

By Karoli June 13, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

The Tax Policy Center has done an analysis of the tax plans put forth by Barack Obama and John McCain. The conclusions are interesting. From the abstract: On “corporate welfare”:…

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