Financial-market wise guys, who had been seized with fear, are suddenly drunk with hope. They are rallying explosively because they think they have successfully stampeded Washington into accepting the Wall Street Journal solution to the crisis: dump it all on the taxpayers. That is the meaning of the massive bailout Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has […]

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| June 20, 2008 08:15 AM
Yesterday House Democrats and Republicans effectively struck a deal to “provide what amounts to legal immunity to the phone companies that took part in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping.” Today the parties will vote on the compromise bill. The New York Times has details below on the compromise. […]

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Instead of sending you several separate email messages, we’ve put together this one message that includes updates and information about 4 important efforts:
* Iraq Moratorium #10 on June 20
* June 22 Global One-Day Hunger Strike to Protest U.S. Radar Military Base in Czech Republic
* Articles of Impeachment Introduced
* Canadian Parliament Passes Resolution in Support of […]

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