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Rep. Grayson: Republicans using debt ceiling as ‘legislative terrorism’
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) blasted Republicans on Thursday night for planning to use the federal debt ceiling as leverage in the ongoing battle over government spending. He said Republicans saw the debt ceiling as “a device to extract concessions they would otherwise never be able to accomplish.” “That is why…
Grayson: Walmart is ‘the largest recipient of public aid in the country’
Representative-elect Alan Grayson (D-FL) said Monday that he will put mega-retailer Walmart squarely in his sights during the next Congress for the company’s liberal use of public assistance programs to supplement their workers’ wages. Speaking to Current TV host Cenk Uygur on Monday’s episode of “The Young Turks,” Grayson called…
Grayson: Cutting early voting ‘an insult to working America’
Democratic candidate Alan Grayson on Monday night slammed Florida Republicans for cutting back on early voting in the state. “We have to expand the Voting Rights Act to make sure that the right to vote is effective,” Grayson told Current TV host Cenk Uygur. The Democratic candidate noted that the…
Grayson: Fed played ‘Russian roulette’ with U.S. money
Former U.S. congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) appeared on Countdown Monday evening to discuss how an audit of the Federal Reserve revealed the private bank giving $26 trillion to U.S and foreign banks without Congress’ authorization. “For the first time in history, I’m talking the 100 year history of the Federal…
Drug-resistant super bacteria found in three US states and Canada
An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday. The U.S. cases and two others in Canada all involve people who…
In a just world, Rep. Grayson would be a dime a dozen. As it is, well…
…he’s a fucking genius and populist hero on the scale of Joe Hill. Relative to the times, naturally. No transcript yet. I’ll post one when I can find one. UPDATE: Transcript in comments here. Thanks, judybrowni!…
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