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#FF @TheSinCitySiren @adtleft @nvwomenslobby @billieraven @DAOWENS44 @Buzzlzarownd @catballou @catawu @DeeinColumbiaMD @expatina about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck
yodasworld Five Nevada GOP Officials Quit because of Ron Paul Uprising shar.es/q7esn You say you want a Revolution!!! #RonPaul #GOP #RNC #p2 about 17 hours ago via Tweet Button Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 3 others
RT @OTOOLEFAN: The idea that the Government could or should be run like a business is one of the most idiotic GOP memes of all time. |amen about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck
steveweinstein What happened to "marvelous" Ryan Budget? Romney Admits Budget Cuts Would Throw Economy Into ‘Recession Or Depression’ thkpr.gs/JrPKup about 17 hours ago via web Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 10 others
PCNEducation GAO: SSI fails to conduct regular children's disability reviews bit.ly/Lvzd3O about 17 hours ago via Progressive Congress Education Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 1 other
billieraven Corporate Media Stokes Racial Angst in Election Coverage bit.ly/Kgzzzf about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 2 others
AmyMTraub Card debt still choking low, middle incomes trib.in/JQX17A by @gailmarksjarvis about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by DesertBeacon
ezraklein Republicans don’t want to admit they bear substantial responsibility for the economic policy of the last few years. wapo.st/KgrM4n about 19 hours ago via bitly Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 103 others
SherrodBrown RT if u think the U.S. gov. must hold #China accountable for its unfair solar subsidies and dumping --> ow.ly/b9Bp1 about 19 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 8 others
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It's official: It would now take an American worker 3,489 yrs. to earn the average annual comp. of a CEO wp.me/p1yVq3-29I about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck
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WorkingAmerica How the Bush Admin tested, and proved preposterous, economic theories we’re still hearing today bit.ly/JZMJkg #1u 12:26 PM May 24th via Timely by Demandforce Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 3 others
@phyrefyter At this rate are we going to own any of our major terminals? 12:20 PM May 24th via TweetDeck in reply to phyrefyter
On The Chalk Board: Romney's Massachusetts State Debt wp.me/p1yVq3-29C #Fail 12:19 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
ak2sandiego The vast majority of the nation’s 195 Catholic dioceses did NOT go to court. Read full story: washingtonpost.com/opinions/many-… 12:17 PM May 24th via web Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 4 others
PPact First #Arizona and now #Pennsylvania. The "Whole Women's Health Funding Priorities Act" is not what it seems: ow.ly/i/EiqH 12:07 PM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 16 others
Via @phyrefyter Maersk proposing to take over Port of VA cargo terminals tinyurl.com/7t6uxa4 12:04 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
Fact for the Day: 2010 Only 8% of all SNAP households received TANF benefits. tinyurl.com/cxcbvxk (pdf) 11:52 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
OTOOLEFAN GOP never mentions DECADE of tax cuts while fighting TWO wars, Defense budget or Medicare Part D when talking about the debt. 11:30 AM May 24th via TweetDeck Retweeted by DesertBeacon and 16 others