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Care2 Causes » Politics         Bachmann Thinks Ending Minimum Wage Would Eliminate Unemployment June 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM   Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has figured out how to solve our jobs crisis. More low wage jobs.  Really low wage jobs. Via Think Progress: In 2005, Bachmann told the Minnesota state Senate that abolishing the minimum wage could "wipe out unemployment completely." When Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos asked her for evidence to back up [...]         Florida Governor Thinks Unemployed Need Less Benefits June 29, 2011 at 8:00 AM     Florida Governor Rick Scott has been a boon to the businesses of the state ever since he entered office.  With his unprecedented plans to cut business taxes despite the state’s budget crisis and many businesses making record profits, Scott has worked hard to give the corporations every wish on their list. Now, one more [...]         Roberts Court Strikes Public Campaign Financing in Arizona June 29, 2011 at 3:16 AM   If the Roberts Court is set on anything it is making sure corporations, and the powerful who run them, have unfettered access and influence to the electoral process. The latest victim in the Roberts Court war on clean and corruption free-elections is Arizona’s voluntary public financing law.  The law, passed by voters as a ballot [...]         Riots Engulf Center of Athens During 48-Hour Strike (VIDEO) June 29, 2011 at 2:24 AM     “The centre of Athens has been turned into a battlefield” says the Guardian’s Helene Smith. A 48-hour general strike is underway in Athens, with protesters aiming to prevent the Greek Parliament or Vouli from voting on a package of austerity measures demanded by international lenders before Greece receives a desperately needed 12 billion euro loan [...]         California Special Election Two Week Preview June 29, 2011 at 2:00 AM   With the California special election only two week away, the race is heating up between Republican Craig Huey and Democrat Janice Hahn.  Huey eventually denounced the racists, sexist video a supporter created for him depicting Hahn as a friend to “gangsters and pimps,” but now he is receiving his own video onslaught this time an [...]         Cantor Should Be Conflicted Out Of Debt Ceiling Talks June 28, 2011 at 11:38 PM   This Supreme Court term has brought a lot of significant decisions and several, such as Wal-Mart v. Dukes have garnered the lions share of press attention.  But one that went relatively under-reported was a unanimous opinion that upheld ethics laws across the nation that prevent legislators and city councilmen from voting on matters in which [...]         Egyptian Police Officer Gets Death Sentence; Calls for "Million-Strong" Occupation of Tahrir June 28, 2011 at 10:35 PM   Egyptian police officer Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Monem was sentenced to death on Sunday for killing 23 protesters on January 28. He remains at large though over the weekend he told Egyptian TV that he had been following orders to protect Cairo’s Zawiya Hamra and had killed no one, says the Los Angeles Times: He said [...]         Morning Mix: Another Morning, Another Bachmann June 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM   You’ve got to hand it to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, it may not always be for the best reasons, but she does know how to dominate a media cycle. Bachmann did her official presidential launch yesterday, and the reports go from doting to incredulous.  Had she not pulled a Gacy, she may not have had quite [...]         Republicans to "Help Economy" By Eliminating 6.7 Million Jobs June 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM   No wonder we’ve had such a hard time getting out of our recession.  Obviously, the problem is too many people are still working. Or so Republicans must believe.  Media Matters went through and analyzed all of the GOP’s key proposals, and they had one thing in common.  Everything they claimed would “reduce spending” or “eliminate [...]         Go Get Em, Cowboy: Bachmann Gets Western Star, Serial Killer Confused June 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM   Ah, Michele Bachmann.  You nearly had it all with your flawless campaign launch.  Then you had to go and ruin it all with another one of your classic gaffes. This time, it was a little mix up with her Waynes — John Wayne, to be exact.  While making her announcement in Waterloo, Iowa, Bachmann pledged [...]         Court Strikes Violent Video Game Ban June 28, 2011 at 7:43 AM   In a 7-2 vote the Supreme Court threw out California’s ban on the rental or sale of violent video games to children.  The decision was not much of a surprise as other laws have faced similar fates in the federal court. Supporters of the California law argued that exposure to violent video games can cause [...]         Democrats Fighting to Regain The House June 28, 2011 at 7:00 AM   The massive Republican sweep of the 2010 elections made it seem very unlikely that the Democrats could regain the majority just two short years later.  But with the unpopularity of new Tea Party politicians, and the extreme push back against the Republican plan to end Medicare, block grant Medicaid and rip apart the social safety [...]         Google Takes on Violent Extremism (VIDEO) June 28, 2011 at 6:41 AM   Leave it to Google to think really big. Eight months ago, the tech giant founded a think tank ,Google Ideas, which is holding a conference right now on de-radicalization in Dublin. 80 former US gang members, former Muslim extremists, neo-Nazis and other “formers” (in Google parlance_ are gathering with 120 thinkers, activists, philanthropists and business [...]         Breaking: Blagojevich Guilty On 17 Charges June 28, 2011 at 3:20 AM   Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty on 17 of 20 charges of corruption.  Blagojevich, who was accused of soliciting bribes for appointing a replacement to fill the open Illinois senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he won the presidency in 2008, denied any wrong doing when it came to his handling [...]         War Crimes Warrant Issued for Gaddafi June 28, 2011 at 3:17 AM   Today the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Colonel Muammar el-Gaddafi and also for his son, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity on opponents of the regime. According to the Guardian, Sanji Monogeng of Botswana, the presiding judge of the Hague-based ICC, [...]             This email was sent to wellimauludani@gmail.com. Delivered by Feed My Inbox PO Box 682532 Franklin, TN 37068 Create Account Unsubscribe Here