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Union Leadership Denies Half A Million Members Access To Better, More Affordable Healthcare

Well, at least that’s what I’m getting from this Daily Caller story: Documents released in a classic Friday afternoon news dump show that labor unions representing 543,812 workers received waivers from President Barack Obama‘s signature legislation since June 17, 2011. By contrast, private employers with a total of 69,813 employees, many of whom work for [...]

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Van Jones and MoveOn.Org team up to brainwash children

What follows comes our way via the folks at Reason: It’s election season! Time to exploit children for political gain! Today’s entry: This video from Rebuild the Dream, the new organization of former Obama green jobs czar and 9/11 truther Van Jones, in which cute kids mouth bizarrely sophisticated talking points, including words and phrases [...]

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Kloppenburg spoke Way Too Soon

Kloppenburg spoke Way Too Soon

Correction of a computer error gives Prosser 7,381 net votes and a clear win.

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Following the Money

Following the Money

The remaining 14 of the top 20 political donors are solidly in the Democrat camp.

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Collective Bargaining and Public Employee Unions

In light of all the recent discussions about collective bargaining and public employee unions, I would like to spend a little time discussing the affects of collective bargaining, and…

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Obama Signals General Motors Bankruptcy

The Obama message machine began prepping the media for the bankruptcy of General Motors late yesterday. Bloomberg reported last night that the President has decided that bankruptcy is the best…

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Striking writers may strike out next Dem debate

The impending strike by newswriters is already impacting the Democratic nomination campaign, and could even scratch the scheduled CBS debate if not settled, as candidates vow to honor all picket…

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Michael Vick – going to the dogs?

After an arbitrator ruled disgraced quarterback Michael Vick must pay back $20 million in bonuses to the Atlanta Falcons, the NFLPA appealed the ruling. The Players' Association typically takes the…

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UAW GM strike settlement reached

The strike may be over, Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin report for the Associated Press: The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. said Wednesday they have reached a tentative…

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Not your father's leg-breaking goons . . .

Now they're closer to "white collar criminals" . . . UPDATE 1:00 a.m.: The two sides are already back at the table, which could signal a short strike. I posted…

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UAW strike deadline today; deal in the works

UPDATE 12:32 p.m.: The issues were NOT resolved, and the UAW is on strike – their first against GM in almost ten years, and their first national strike against…

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New York Transit Strike – The Numbers Pile Up

New York's mayor has suggested the transit strike could cost the city $400 million a day, and other estimates put the figure even higher. The Wall Street Journal's Carl Bialik…

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