yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/8/2008
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How nice it is to have a pro-labor president :
President-elect Barack Obama put himself on the side of the workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory Sunday:
“When it comes to the situation here in Chicago with the workers who are asking for their benefits and payments they have ...
my.barackobama.com - 12/6/2008
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my.barackobama.com —
On Election Night, President-Elect Barack Obama reminded the
nation, This victory alone is not the change we...
seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change. Host a Change Is Coming house meeting on the second weekend in December to take the ...
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 12/1/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.... Hilzoy mentioned this
overnight, but it's worth re-emphasizing, since it's likely to...
be today's big story. At 10:40 a.m., the president-elect will introduce the leaders of his national security team, and while they come ...
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Change we can believe in
neoneocon.com - 12/16/2008
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neoneocon.com —
This is interesting. And here’s something related .
It’s from a year ago, when a number of...
previously convinced scientists were having doubts about the proof that global warming is generated by human activity. That number seems to have ...
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Mind change on climate change?
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Think Progress —
... President-elect Barack Obama voiced his support for workers engaged in a sit-in protest at a recently closed Chicago factory. “The workers who are asking for the benefits and payments that they have earned, I think they’re absolutely right and understand that what’s happening to them is ...
Obama: Laid-Off Workers’ ‘Peaceful Occupation’ Is ‘Absolutely Right’
Wonk Room —
... As Matthew Yglesias noted, “How nice it is to have a pro-labor president.” Indeed, by bringing a pro-worker perspective to the White House, Obama has the opportunity to reform a Department of Labor (DOL) that under President Bush has been “widely criticized for ...
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