…bombers attack Shia festival-goers in Karbala and Baghdad, killing 140 people. 2004 April-May – Shia militias loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr take on coalition forces. Hundreds are reported killed…

Compare and Contrast Here are two reports of the same incident yesterday in Iraq. First, from CNN, reporting from US headquarters in Baghdad: BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Coalition airstrikes killed…

…can also raise taxes. We are one of the lowest-taxed countries in the OECD, down at the bottom of advanced countries with the likes of Turkey and Mexico. We have…

…make up the difference: Spending MINUS TaxRevenues EQUALS RequiredBorrowing. 4. The idea of a debt ceiling is fundamentally at odds with the enactment of spending and tax measures that determine…

…through to a coalition government, with the hard right Alternative for Democracy (AfD) getting seats.in the Bundestag. She had been trying to form a “Jamaica” coalition with the Greens and…

…claiming to be liberal on social insurance and taxes, then maintaining this liberal stance through the general election, but endorsing massive health program cuts and regressive tax cuts once in…

…the size of your wallet. More on Medicare Advantage by Jake Johnson at Common Dreams. ~~~~~~~~ A right-wing coalition’s proposal to make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment option would be…

…we do not have the idea of coalition activity happening. We do, but it is under the umbrellas of the binary system: Democratic Party and Republican Party. Go ahead and…

…nationalist theocracy or vice versa — a coalition of heaven and hell if there ever was one.    His and their being smart enough and dumb enough to destroy America doesn’t…

…Steve Scalise (R-La.) – who controls the chamber’s legislative calendar. Several others specialize in tax law, including Zach Rudisill, the former tax counsel to former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a…