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• Nieman Watchdog
• Feb 2, 2010 Is basic American telephone service in a death spiral? Bruce Kushnick questions whether AT T and Verizon are trying to kill off the “plain old telephone service” that millions of Americans rely on. In a recent FCC filing cited by Kushnick, AT T stated that landline utilities are from a bygone era, and asked to be relieved of its obligations to...     Nieman Watchdog        more   
• Slate
• Feb 7, 2010 Slate V: Dear Prudence: Managing Multiple Girlfriends A guy who's dating more than one woman at once seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.     Slate        more   
• TruthOut
• Feb 8, 2010 Obama Administration Demands Anthem Blue Cross Justify Massive Rate Hikes The Obama administration is demanding that California’s largest for-profit health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross, justify a planned 39 percent rate increase for some of its 800,000 customers even though the firm’s parent company saw its profits soar last year. read more     TruthOut        more   
• Feb 8, 2010 Rep. John Murtha Dies at 77 Rep. John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania), a fierce critic of the Iraq war, died Monday at age 77 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia. Murtha was the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. Murtha, who had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery, had a...     TruthOut        more   
• RealClearPolitics
• Feb 9, 2010 Will the D.C. Establishment Wake Up? Bill Murchison, Dallas Mng News     RealClearPolitics        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 Where We Are and Where We Were Jared Bernstein, Huffington PostAlong with a massive snowstorm, Friday brought a blizzard of new info on the job market. From the perspective of our work at the White House, two points stand out, one about where we are and the other about where we've been.First, while there are encouraging...     RealClearPolitics        more   
• Common Dreams NewsCenter
• Feb 9, 2010 Elizabeth Warren: Time For Wall Street CEOs To 'Earn Back' America's Trust by Shahien NasiripourBailout watchdog and Middle Class advocate Elizabeth Warren has accused Wall Street CEOs of abusing consumer trust and challenged them to step up and support financial reform -- for the nation's benefit as well as their own. In an opinion piece to be published in Tuesday's...     Common Dreams NewsCenter        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 US-Backed Palestinian Security Forces Feared as 'A Prescription for Civil War' by Jon Elmer in BethlehemAbu Abdullah has never been charged with a crime, but he has been arrested by Palestinian security forces so many times in the past two years that he has lost count. He has been arrested at work, in the market, on the street, and, more than once, during violent raids by...     Common Dreams NewsCenter        more   
• AllHeadlineNews.com
• Feb 9, 2010 All Headline News - Breaking News The latest top breaking news, U.S., world, business, politics, entertainment, celebrities, sports, technology, and more.     AllHeadlineNews.com        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 (AHN) Charlie Sheen Formally Charged With Wife's Assault Charlie Sheen has been formally charged with assault for the Christmas day incident, in which he allegedly attacked wife Brooke Mueller. The "Two and a Half Men" star reunited with Mueller as he was charged with felony menacing, third-degree assault and criminal mischief in an Aspen court on...     AllHeadlineNews.com        more   
• Consortiumnews.com
• Feb 9, 2010 The Right Gets Itself 'Wired' For years, the Right's media infrastructure had only one weak spot, the Internet, but now that is changing, says Robert Parry. February 3, 2010     Consortiumnews.com        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 Obama's Budget Ducks Pentagon Cuts By exempting the Pentagon from a "freeze," President Obama tries to shield Democrats from GOP attacks, says Ivan Eland. February 2, 2010     Consortiumnews.com        more   
• NiemanWatchdog.org
• Feb 2, 2010 Is basic American telephone service in a death spiral? Bruce Kushnick questions whether AT T and Verizon are trying to kill off the “plain old telephone service” that millions of Americans rely on. In a recent FCC filing cited by Kushnick, AT T stated that landline utilities are from a bygone era, and asked to be relieved of its obligations to...     NiemanWatchdog.org        more   
• Feb 1, 2010 Obama gave a pass to out-of-control military spending The GAO showed that contractors' estimates have nothing to do with reality, and economic hard times may eventually force the President and Congress to rein in outrageously costly warships, planes and missile systems that don't work. But that time isn't here yet.     NiemanWatchdog.org        more   
• The American Prospect
• Feb 9, 2010 Where Will We Get the Next Rachel Maddow? The folding of Air America seems a grim omen for progressive media. It's not all dire -- three strategies for keeping progressive media makers flourishing.     The American Prospect        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 The Holy War Pitch We're only doing al-Qaeda recruiters a favor by casting its young men as invincible warriors.     The American Prospect        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 The Problem of Too Little Money in Politics The real concern after Citizens United should be that small donors will stop giving.     The American Prospect        more   
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