Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg

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With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Crucial Climate Protectors

"Scientists say the future habitability of the Earth might well depend on the answer.

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Who is Telling the Truth as the Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge - NYTimes.com

Updated, 11:59 a.m.

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Wall Street readies assault on Elizabeth Warren

Wall Street is quietly watching Elizabeth Warren, getting ready to pounce. The Democratic primary in Massachusetts is still almost a year away, but the expected race between the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Republican Sen.

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Rick Perry: Warren Buffett hasn't got a clue about the private sector

One of the foremost business investors on the planet doesn't know much about capitalism, according to Governor Goodhair of Texas.

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Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers

Adding to the syllabus of conservative contradictions this week, both Christie and Scott attacked government employees and proudly announced the firings of tens of thousands of workers even though they themselves are government employees.

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Chris Christie: Is New Jersey Governor Too Overweight to Become President?

Political scientists and strategists said they could not recall a truly heavy American politician finding great national success in the television age. "Our candidates tend to be tall, they tend to have great hair," said Russell Riley, a presidential scholar at the University  …

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Al-Jazeera accuses Israel over detention of bureau chief

Al-Jazeera has denied allegations that its Kabul bureau chief has links to Hamas and accused Israeli authorities of "blatant breaches of human rights" over its treatment of the journalist. Samer Allawi was detained by the Israeli military for 49 days following a visit to his f …

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Daily Kos: Tom Tancredo accuses Rick Perry of secret Sharia conspiracy to turn Texas schools into madrasas

What is not yet as widely known about Perry is that he extends his taxpayer-funded compassion not only to illegal aliens but also to Muslim groups seeking to whitewash the violent history of that religion.

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A Second Video of NYPD Officer Anthony Bologna Using Pepper Spray Has Surfaced

NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna was seen using pepper spray against Occupy Wall Street protesters without provocation in a now-infamous video that has become the most noticed moment of the demonstrations, which are currently continuing into their second week.

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Trade deals hurt U.S., workers

as Witness for Peace has documented, free trade deals (FTA) actually harm workers. These deals create a "race to the bottom" in wages and environmental protections, resulting in a loss of U.S. jobs and job quality. New estimates indicate that NAFTA has cost the U.S.

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Iranian Pastor Faces Execution For Refusing To Recant Christian Faith

An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court. The judges, according to the American Center for Law & Justice, demanded that Nadarkhani, 34, recant his Christia …

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Fighting poverty pays off, report says

The [Canadian] federal government could save billions of dollars if it tackled the roots of poverty, according to a new report from a government advisory body. The report from the National Council of Welfare urges the governing Tories to take a long-term "investment" approach  …

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Radio active material discovered in Libya - YouTube

The discovery of a large quantity of so called yellowcake in the Libyan town of Sabha has shocked observers.    

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Alaska Rep. Young wants regulations rolled back to 1991 levels

Why stop at 20 years? Maybe we should go back to a time when corporations polluted the air and water with impunity. Why don't we also do away with seat belts and airbags.

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Texas lieutenant governor critical of tuition law signed by Perry

Texas' second highest-ranking official has come out in opposition to a 2001 law that Gov.

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Is America becoming a house divided against itself?

But as no less a patriot than former Secretary Bob Gates reminded us last Thursday while accepting the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center, "The warning given a long time ago by Benjamin Franklin still applies: 'Either we hang together or we will surely all hang s …

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The Most Corrupt Members of Congress

The list encompasses 14 legislators who "violated the law or otherwise engaged in serious misconduct," as well as five who otherwise acted unethically or with disregard for the rules.

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News Corp. Marketing Subsidiary Probed by U.S. Over Tactics

A News Corp.

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Roger Ailes on Bill O'Reilly: He hates Sean Hannity and is Afraid of Glenn Beck

Among other things, Ailes said that O'Reilly was "scared" of Glenn Beck, and that he "hates" Sean Hannity. O'Reilly essentially laughed the comments off. "Roger loves to be a provocateur," he said.

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Coca-Cola CEO: U.S. Not as Competitive as China | Video - ABC News

This demonstrates how big business is not really interested free enterprise. They prefer cheap, repressed labor. They've proven that time and time again. All that conservative talk about free markets being the best way is just empty rhetoric.

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Al Qaeda to Iran Ahmadinejad: Stop Spreading 9/11 Conspiracy Theory - ABC News

The terror group al Qaeda has found itself curiously in agreement with the "Great Satan" -- which it calls the U.S.

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