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• A Plea Not to Let the Occupy Wall Street Movement be Co-opted
• After All These Years, Dems in Senate At Least Stop Amendment Filibusters as of Thursday Night. Now Stop Filibusters Altogether.
• President Obama said on Thursday that he was "comfortable" with a Senate proposal to pay for his jobs plans with a tax surcharge on income above $1 million.
• 30-year mortgage below 4 pct. for first time ever
• Herman Cain: Wall Street Protests Are Un-American
• Misplaced White House Priorities: Shutting Down Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in California
• Sexism Inc.: Senator Scott Brown Calls In & Thanks Elizabeth Warren For Keeping Her Clothes On
• Democratic lawmakers have begun to embrace the Occupy Wall Street protests as they spread to Washington on Thursday, with some likening the movement to a Tea Party of the left. Several liberal House lawmakers endorsed the protests Wednesday, and the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said they had been inspired by demonstrators who have been arrested by the hundreds in New York City.
• Think 'Occupy Wall St.' is a Phase? You Don't Get It!
• Obama on Bank Prosecutions: They Did Nothing Illegal (Say What?!)
• The Sarah Palin/Fox News Debacle
• Bank Of America Targeted by Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC, Which is BofA's Home State) In National Campaign
• Poor New Yorkers Can't Afford Milk Anymore, But Mayor Bloomberg Says Priority is to "Help" the Banks -- Mark Karlin, Editor of Buzzflash at Truthout
• With Rahm Emmanuel Gone, Howard Dean Returns (Often) to the White House
• Biden: The "Middle Class has been Screwed"
• From Boston To Wichita To Denver: Thousands Around The Country Join The 99 Percent Movement
• The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now
• Reagan’s ‘Greed Is Good’ Folly
• How investment banks turned housing and student loans into a toxic and financial disaster – Middle class largest asset coopted by banking sector to raid and speculate on. Financial sector nearly 30 percent of all corporate profits in U.S. In the 1950s it was under 10 percent.
• From Tahrir Square to Wall Street: What Can 'Occupy Wall Street' Learn from the Activists Who Took Down Hosni Mubarak?
• Drug Company To Pay $85 Million Fine in Improper Marketing Case
• Glenn Greenwald: Execution by Secret White House Committee
• The Rick Perry Hustle
• Universities Are All Too Happy to Accept Cash From Shady Sources
• Occupy Wall Street’s Media Team Arrested, Secretly Film Events In Back of Police Van
• Rick Perry v. ‘Rick Parry’: A Study in Pushing Campaign Finance Frontiers
• Bob Dylan Now Favored to Win Nobel Prize for Literature
• Millionaire Tax 'Surcharge' Gaining Steam in Jobs Bill Fight
• "Indeed, Democratic support for Wall Street was one of the major motivations behind Occupy Wall Street in the first place. When you read the heartbreaking “We are the 99 percent” Tumblr and you listen to the protesters, you don’t hear frustration with Republicans. The frustration is with Washington. And if Democrats want to work with the Occupy movement (or, indeed, make the “Republicans are the party of the rich” attack really work), they’ll have to undertake root-and-branch reform of their party’s relationship with Wall Street."
• "The Whole World Is Watching!" "Enough!" Shouts Occupy Wall Street
• The Guardian: "New York police used pepper spray to control protesters on yesterday's Wall Street march, with further accusations of heavyhanded tactics after the mass arrests on Brooklyn Bridge. Meanwhile the occupy demonstrations are spreading across the US, with a large protest planned in Washington DC."
• Conservative Group to Target Romney
• Report: New Restrictive Voting Rules Could Hurt Five Million Americans
• US Foreign Policy Stuck in the Mud -- Ann Davidow for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Secret Panel of Government Officials Can Put Americans on "Kill List."
• Update on Police State Suppression of Anti-Wall Street Protestors on Night of October 5
• Congress Looks Abroad to Distract from Wall Street Protests -- Shamus Cooke for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Boehner To Obama: All Roads Lead To Nowhere On Your Jobs Plan
• Meet The Kendrick Brothers: God’s Faithful Filmmakers -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street Now!
• As NYPD Beat Wall Street Protestors on Wednesday Night, Protest Against Income Equality Spreads Into Unions, Colleges, High Schools and Across the US
• GOP Pushing for More Logging in National Forests
• Andy Kroll: America's Lost Decade
• One Eve of War's 10th Anniversary, Afghanis Rally in Kabul to Demand Immediate Withdrawal of International Military Forces
• 'Occupy Wall Street' Becomes 'Occupy D.C.' Today
• Fox News Crew Maced, Assaulted by NYPD at 'Occupy Wall Street' Protest.
• Palin Goes for the Cash, Says She Won't Run for President She Said That It Was a Difficult Decision Because She Wanted to See France From the Window in the Oval Office. (Well, the Last Part Isn't True, But the Rest Is.)
• Bloomberg, 4th Richest Person in US Due to Wall Street, Is About to Snap the Mouse Trap Shut on Those Who Threaten His Fortune Bloomberg claims we need to "help the banks." In his plutocratic cloud of personal financial interest and self-serving disdain for the right of assembly, Bloomberg resembles a monarchist, not a mayor. -- Mark Karlin, Editor of Buzzflash at Truthout
• Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple, Has Died
• Jim Hightower: Something Big is Happening
• The NYPD and FBI Are Trying to Infiltrate Wall Street Protest to Discredit It: Of This You Can Be Sure -- Mark Karlin, Editor of Buzzflash at Truthout
• Iraq Denies Immunity for U.S. Troops After 2011
• The Moral Clarity of Occupying Wall Street -- Danny Schechter for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Suit Alleges Banks and Mortgage Companies Cheated Veterans and U.S. Taxpayers
• Climate Activism Stands With Occupy Wall Street Movement
• Republicans Shed the Truth That is Necessary to Our Democracy -- Ann Davidson for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• CNN Anchor Mocks Wall Street Protests, Has Pity Party for Traders "Hit Hard in This Economy"
• Green Groups Sue US to Stop Work on Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas Oil Pipeline
• Former FBI Interrogator: Cheney Owes Obama an Apology
• To Occupy Wall Street, Occupy the Internet First
• Russ Feingold Endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.”
• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Visit White House for Husband’s NASA Retirement Ceremony
• Democratic House Members Formally Demand Ethics Probe Of Justice Clarence Thomas
• Reid Blocks Defense Authorization: Terror Provisions Like Indefinite Detention ‘Are Just Wrong’
• Guantánamo Film Shows Plight Of Canadian National Who Was Detained At 15 And Is Still In Custody
• Tea Party Chews Up Perry, Then Spits Him Out Like the Rest
• "The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was bombed, beaten and repeatedly arrested in the fight for civil rights and hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, has died. He was 89."
• The 'Buffett Rule'? Nah, Let's Try The 'Romney Rule.' Really Rolls Off The Tongue, Don't You Think?
• Scientists Report Potentially Enormous Breakthrough In Stem Cell Research
• Uber-Vultures: The Billionaires Who Would Pick Our President
• Shades Of Voter Suppression To Come: 96-Year-Old Chattanooga Resident Denied Voting ID
• Elizabeth Warren Dominates In First Massachusetts Senate Debate
• Amy Goodman: Policing the Prophets of Wall Street
• Welcome to the Revolution: Life At Occupy Wall Street’s Liberty Park
• "Let Them Drink Milk!" Well, no. "They" Can't Afford Milk. High Price Puts Milk Out of Reach for Low Income New Yorkers.
• Warren Buffet Challenges Rupert Murdoch To Release His Tax Return. I'll Be Holding My Breath.
• Tennessee School Principal Bullies Gay Student For Wearing Gay-Straight Alliance Shirt
• "A new Lost Decade is leading to revolution." Well, Actually, More and More People Are Just Asking for the Economic Distribution of Income in the Eisenhower Era.
• From "Occupy Wall Street" to Electioneering, Frustrated Liberals Rising
• Poll: 1 in 3 vets sees Iraq, Afghan wars as waste
• Elizabeth Warren:’Wall St. broke this country’
• Sen. Rand Paul Blocks $36 Million For Disabled And Elderly Refugees, Including Those Who Aided American Troops
• Democrat Wins WV Governorship in Special Election
• 90 Percent Of Corporations Think Their Executives Deserve Above-Median Pay, Driving Income Inequality
• Joe Biden's Son, Beau, is Among 3 Democratic Attorney Generals Opposing Banking Industry Immunity Agreement Obama to Biden: "Hey, Joe, What's With Beau?"
• Obama Blasts GOP Over Jobs
• Reid considers surtax on millionaires
• The Mittster Thinks Crooked Banks and Hedge Funds are Economic Patriots But Wall Street Protestors Are "Dangerous"
• Harry Reid Said He Can't Get Enough Support From His Fractious Caucus to Go to the Bathroom. He Really Said That. Hey, Harry, It's Port-o-Potty Time.
• Transport Workers Union Denied Injunction Against City's Use of Bus Drivers to Transport Arrested Protesters; Suit, However, Not Dismissed
• Billionaire Koch brothers in anti-patriotic hot house over trades with Iran. Tea Party backers made multimillion-dollar deals with Tehran, report claims.
• How A Rick Perry Ally Kept An Innocent Man Locked Up
• Anonymous Threatens To 'Erase NYSE From Internet'
• William Rivers Pitt | An Open Letter to Wall Street
• Alberto Gonzales Named "Distinguished Chair of Law" at Minnie Pearl College -- Tony Peyser for Buzzflash at Truthout
• Divided Appeals Court Upholds D.C. Gun Ban
• On October 7th, The War In Afghanistan Will Enter Its Tenth Year
• Nation's Largest Nurses Union To Join Wall Street Protest
• Log Cabin Republicans Blast Herman Cain For His Comments Regarding Sexual Orientation
• CEO Salaries Continue To Skyrocket Despite Weak Economy
• John Boehner’s Anti-Gay Lawyer Gets A Million-Dollar Bump At Taxpayer Expense
• "It’s that 99 percent of Americans sense that the fundamental bargain of our economy - work hard, play by the rules, get ahead - has been broken, and they want to see it restored." Yup.
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Supports 'Occupy Wall Street'
• A Member Of The 99%
• Mother Jones: An Interactive Guide To 'Occupy Wall Street'
• Greece Falls Into 'Death Spiral': Rising Debt, No Growth

• Democracy Now! - Egyptian Military Increasing Grasp on Power
• Rick Perry Wants To Send U.S. Troops To Mexico To Fight Cartels
• A New 'Lost Decade' Is Leading To Revolution
• With Wisconsin Recall Vote A Month Away, Gov. Scott Walker Finds Himself Mired In Scandal
• Obama Blasts Bank Of America's New Debit Card Fee
• Elizabeth Warren To Participate In First Massachusetts Senate Debate
• China Threatens Trade War If U.S. Passes Currency Bill
• Colorado Secretary of State Bars Out-Of-State Soldiers From Casting Absentee Ballots
• Capitol Hill Buried In Avalanche Of Angry Mail: Congress Sees 1,422% Increase In Constituent Correspondence
• Cooling Problem Prompts Shutdown of Japan Nuclear Reactor
• Wartime Contracting Set To Spike Despite Rampant Fraud And Abuse
• Herman Cain Introduces "9-9-9" Tax Plan; Every Expert Currently Alive Respond With "What?!"
• Chris Christie Not Running for President
• Secret Docs Show Foreclosure Watchdog Doesn't Bark or Bite
• Rep. Cantor: Obama Jobs Bill Dead On Arrival
• The Most Corrupt Members Of Congress, 2011 Edition
• The S.S. Bachmann For President Takes Another Torpedo At The Waterline
• After Harsh Immigration Law Is Upheld By Appeals Court, Hispanics Flee Alabama
• Reagan insider: 'GOP destroyed U.S. economy' Commentary: How: Gold. Tax cuts. Debts. Wars. Fat Cats. Class gap. No fiscal discipline
• "Occupy Wall Street" Ends Capitalism's Alibi
• Barney Frank: Cut The Military Budget Now
• Rick Perry slips, Herman Cain rises in bid for GOP nomination, poll finds
• Mayor "Emperor Billionaire" Bloomberg: "We'll See" If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue "​New Yorkers need "to help the banks" was Mayor Michael Bloomberg's message to the Occupy Wall Street crowd in his weekly radio appearance on the John Gambling show."
• Top 5 Reasons Why The 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
• Rick Perry Loves Him Some Ted Nugent...And Is OK With Brazen Racism, Too
• Ow, My Brain: Planned Parenthood Steals Children's Souls, Speaker Says
• "Starting Friday, Concealed Weapon Permit Holders In Ohio Allowed To Carry Guns Into Bars." What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• Hank Williams, Jr. Dumped by Monday Night Football After Obama/Hitler Remark
• Death Row Inmate Seeks Appeal After Law Firm Error
• Birther Fail: Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Disqualify Obama As President
• Obama: America 'Not Better Off' Today Than Four Years Ago
• First Arctic Ozone Hole Found, Global Warming Cited As Cause
• Robert Reich: The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It
• A CIA contractor whose murder acquittal sparked a furor in Pakistan has been arrested near his home in the US after a fight over a parking space.
• Republican House to Try and Cut Social Spending, Deep Cuts
• Republican States Clamp Down on Democracy
• California Attorney General Breaks From “50 State” Mortgage Settlement
• New York Times, in an Orwellian Move, Changes Its Coverage of Brooklyn Bridge Incident in a Matter of Minutes to Favor the Police PR Story Over the Police Leading the Protesters Onto the Bridge Roadway. Must See Two Articles That Changed Within Minutes.
• The Ostroy Report: Will the Big Boy From New Jersey Run for President?
• Not a Good Washington Post Poll for President Obama: Most Americans Think He Will Lose the Next Election
• The Movement Spreads: Occupy Boston
• Just What We Need, Another War! Rick Perry "Open" to Sending US Troops to Mexico to Fight a Narco War
• Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death
• U.S. anti-corporate movement expands
• Boston Bank of America Sit-In Draws Thousands of Foreclosure Victims, Supporters
• Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz Joins Wall Street Protest
• Shell oil paid Nigerian military to put down protests, court documents show. Secret papers reveal that in the 1990s the oil giant routinely worked with the army to suppress resistance to its activities.
• Can a Poet Save Mexico From Corruption and Drug Violence?
• Occupy Wall Street: Construction Site for Democracy
• OccupyWallStreet Update: "The Transport Workers Union will go to court Monday to try to stop the city from forcing bus drivers to transport Wall Street protesters arrested by the NYPD, the Daily News has learned. The union, whose leaders voted last week to support the protesters, said police brass commandeered three MTA buses to transport many of the 700 demonstrators arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday."
• Rick Perry's Racist Texas Ranch Nickname Revealed
• Rick Perry Bet $35M of Taxpayer Money on Subprime Mortgages
• "Widely-Supported California Bill to End Shackling of Pregnant Women in Prison Faces Possible Veto"
• Settlement Reached Over Arrest of Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Producers at 2008 GOP Convention: $100,000 and Police Training
• Michael Winship: Why Are the Governors of America Saying Such Dumb Things?
• Adbusters on Occupy Wall Street
• The New Yorker: A conservative multimillionaire has taken control in North Carolina, one of 2012’s top battlegrounds.
• Alabama lawmakers getting pressured from business group to change draconian immigration law
• Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Actually Reports on Wall Street Protests, But With a Police Slant. Natch.
• 200 Arrested in Canada Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
• Is JP Morgan Getting a Good Return on $4.6 Million “Gift” to NYC Police? (Like Special Protection from OccupyWallStreet?)
• LOL from Washington Times: "Christie too liberal for GOP." Is There a Full Moon Out, Permanently Now?
• Peter Van Buren, How the American Taxpayer Got Plucked in Iraq
• Japan Discovers Plutonium Far From Crippled Reactor
• Herman Cain: Rick Perry Is 'Insensitive' Toward Black People
• America faces a jobs depression
• Jerusalem Post: "US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta hinted Monday that America was opposed to unilateral Israeli action against Iran, saying during a press conference in Tel Aviv that the way to stop the Islamic Republic's pursuit of a nuclear capability was for countries to work together."
• Interview with Christian Parenti
• The Only Thing Worth Globalizing is Dissent
• Koch Brothers Flout Law With Secret Iran Sales
• Mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge: is this what civil disobedience looks like?
• Chicago Tea Party director skips con after prostitution arrest revealed
• Unions Promise Support As #OccupyWallStreet Enters Third Week -- Danny Schechter for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Historical Analysis by Mark Karlin on Truthout: Gertrude Stein's "Missing" Vichy Years: The Shocking Evidence
• Seeking Taxes, Romney Went After Business
• Right-Wing Media Attack Obama For Proposing To Improve On Our "Great Country"
• Reporter Threatens to Name Names in Phone Hacking Scandal
• The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It
• Perry Plan Would Make Mexico 51st State
• Van Jones Praises Occupy Wall Street, Says Progressives Launching 'October Offensive' To Rival Tea Party
• Words of Power: Wangari Maathai Occupies Wall Street
• Photos From Occupy Wall Street
• Government Orders You Tube To Censor Protest Videos
• Why Democrats must embrace Occupy Wall Street
• Domestic Spying Across the Country
• Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
• Minutes from the NYC Occupy Wall Street General Assembly
• As Movement Grows, Thousands In Boston Protest Against Bank Of America’s Greed
• Obama: Don't stand silent when soldier is booed
• The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality
• Judging a Long, Deadly Reach
• How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers
• Breaking Their Promise To Focus On Job Creation, House GOP Proposes Slashing Job Training Programs
• Google Censors Our #OccupyWallStreet Report
• Pentagon Says Chaplains May Perform Gay Weddings
• Reagan insider: 'GOP destroyed U.S. economy'
• Formerly Imprisoned American Hikers Teach Us That it's Time to Move Beyond the Fiction of the Nation-State-- Robert C. Koehler for Buzzflash at Truthout
• It's Banned Book Week: Librarians Highlight Our First Ammendment Rights By Listing The Most Challenged Titles of the Year -- Walter Brasch for Buzzflash at Truthout
• Schakowsky: The Needless GOP Attack on Planned Parenthood Needs to End -- Buzzflash at Truthout News Alert
• What’s in Rick Perry’s Pocket? -- Steven Jonas for BuzzFlash at Truthout
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  THE LIGHTER SIDE:
• Pakistan Downgraded to Frenemy
• The Other 'Occupy Wall Street'
• Captain Beckaroo
• Wall Street Wunderkinds Devise Plan to ‘Deal’ With Protestors
• Colbert Defends Perry: ‘Until Recently, Camp David Only Admitted White Presidents’