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thesoapboxschtick:

•The CBO found that Obama’s stimulus added between 1 million and 2 million jobs in 2009, and boosted the GDP between 1.5% to 3.5% higher than it would have been without the stimulus.

• According to monthly payroll statistics, we’ve gone from a loss of 818,000 jobs in Jan. 2009 (when Obama took office) to 16-straight months of positive job growth.

• In January of 2012, the economy added over 243,000 jobs. Making the unemployment rate drop to 8.3% (the lowest it’s been in 3 years)

sunfoundation:

Meet the Bundlers Behind the Money

In 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama proposed legislation that would have required all presidential  candidates to disclose information about supporters who raised at least  $50,000 for their campaigns during the two-year period prior to Election  Day. That legislation was never adopted, but as a presidential  candidate Obama voluntarily released certain information about his top  fundraisers.

sunfoundation:

Meet the Bundlers Behind the Money

In 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama proposed legislation that would have required all presidential candidates to disclose information about supporters who raised at least $50,000 for their campaigns during the two-year period prior to Election Day. That legislation was never adopted, but as a presidential candidate Obama voluntarily released certain information about his top fundraisers.

mostexerent:

Inside Job, Narrated by Matt Damon (Full Length HD = 1 HOUR & 48 MINUTES)

 ‘Inside Job’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.

think-progress:

1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.

2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.

3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.

4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.

In the future, history classes will be told that the United States in the 21st century had an explosion of homelessness at the same time that there were so many empty houses on the market that banks were bulldozing them to save the expense of maintaining them. The most flattering conclusion about us that will be derived from these facts is that we were a nation of deliberate and intolerable cruelty.
sinidentidades:

Google’s transparency report claims that local law enforcement agencies requested they remove videos portraying police brutality: 

We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests, which we have categorized in this Report as defamation requests.

sinidentidades:

Google’s transparency report claims that local law enforcement agencies requested they remove videos portraying police brutality: 

We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests, which we have categorized in this Report as defamation requests.

curiositycounts:

A sobering visual guide to income distribution in the US, part of a larger infographic

curiositycounts:

A sobering visual guide to income distribution in the US, part of a larger infographic

occupyactivism:

Portland, Oregon — December 3, 2011 — Walker Prettyman, 15, was  injured during the Occupy Portland protest in Shemanski Park. According  to Prettyman, a police officer hit him in the face with his riot stick.  Ray Whitehouse/The Oregonian

occupyactivism:

Portland, Oregon — December 3, 2011 — Walker Prettyman, 15, was injured during the Occupy Portland protest in Shemanski Park. According to Prettyman, a police officer hit him in the face with his riot stick. Ray Whitehouse/The Oregonian