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According to the Huffington Post, the letter circulated by Firedoglake and signed by progressive leaders like Naomi Klein, Dean Baker, Andy Stern, Richard Trumka, Bill Black and James K. Galbraith was "key" to helping Alan Grayson whip Democratic support to pass the historic Paul-Grayson bill to audit the Federal Reserve. Grayson even quoted from the letter during the Committee debate.

Help us prepare for the next phase of our campaign to audit the Fed. Please donate today to help our work

http://www.actblue.com/page/auditthefed

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Is American Casino the Best Picture of the Year?

"And the Envelope, Please ..."

By MIKE WHITNEY

Andrew and Leslie Cockburn have produced the best movie of the year. American Casino tells the story of the financial crisis, which started with the meltdown in subprime lending and ended up triggering the deepest slump since the Great Depression.

http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney11232009.html

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By 60-39 Vote, Senate Agrees to Open Debate on Healthcare Bill

And…We speak to Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post about the vote and the House Finance Committee’s vote to audit the Federal Reserve

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/23/by_60_39_vote_senate_agrees

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Dean: Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/23/dean-dems-in-deep-trouble_n_367666.html

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Will Senate Democrats Divide over a Public Option?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

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Choosing Sides on Health Reform

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#34118180

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The history of healthcare reform bills…and

Sherrod Brown: he’s still optimistic…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34118867

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Will Reid let three or four corrupt Senators owned by the insurance industry hold the public option hostage?

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/reconciliation

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Gary Younge:
Those Who Follow Sarah Palin are Sowing the Seeds of Their Own Destruction

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/23-2

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Murdoch, Microsoft May Team Up to Challenge Google

Over the last decade, Google has ballooned into the many-headed online hydra we know it to be today, and despite grumblings about monopolies and a couple of legal tussles, the company’s viselike grip has seemed assured for years to come. However, News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch might be gearing up ... (continued)

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/murdoch_may_block_news_corp_content_from_google_20091123/

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**************Closer to ‘home’ items…(Ohio/Indiana/Kentucky area)

Please scan items on your local paper’s website for one that could use a progressive comment and/or ‘recommedation’ YOUR progressive voice

is needed!

What I chose to respond to today:

McConnell: Health-care bill can be stopped

http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20091123/NEWS0103/911240370/McConnell-Health-care-bill-can-be-stopped

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Here. the most recent LTEs on the Enquirer’s site:

http://news.cincinnati.com/opinion

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Politics & Government

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS

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Sebelius Releases New Report: Health Insurance Reform and Ohio – The Case for Change
By: Dave Harding, ProgressOhio

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CXtD

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Forced Labour and Rape, the New Face of Slavery in America
By Paul Harris in Dayton, Ohio

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24036.htm

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Thousands Demand Closure of Fort Benning's School of the Americas

by: Scott Galindez, t r u t h o u t

http://www.truthout.org/1122098

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The Twisted Logic Behind the Prosecution of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

A Trial That Will Convict Us All

By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts11232009.html

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The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ... If It Weren't for Archives

By Mark Ames, AlterNet.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/143964/the_memory_scrub_about_why_ft._hood_happened_is_almost_complete_..._if_it_weren%27t_for_archives

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Send the Administration a message: NO escalation in Afghanistan!

Despite over $1 trillion in costs and the majority of Americans opposing escalation, President Obama continues to move towards increased military action in Afghanistan.

Tell President Obama: End the War in Afghanistan

Bob Fertik

http://www.democrats.com/say-no-to-escalation?cid=ZGVtczM5NjU0ZGVtcw%253D%253D

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Of course, there’s a chance…it may be too late…

Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan

By Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/79380.html

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from and about ‘over there’

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From Conservation International