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Information Diet: Dear Internet: It's No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
Information Diet: Dear Internet: It's No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
‘It's no longer acceptable for us to not take responsibility for our Congress anymore. If we want it to be better then throwing bums out, and replacing them with new bums doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Let's work instead to educate whomever is in Congress, and the professional class around them. Let's do more of the stuff that works, and less of the stuff that doesn't.’
·informationdiet.com·
Information Diet: Dear Internet: It's No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
Eric Lichtblau: For-Profit College Rules Scaled Back After Lobbying (NYTimes.com)
Eric Lichtblau: For-Profit College Rules Scaled Back After Lobbying (NYTimes.com)
‘In all, industry advocates met more than two dozen times with White House and Education Department officials, including senior officials like Education Secretary Arne Duncan, records show, even as Mr. Obama has vowed to reduce the “outsize” influence of lobbyists and special interests in Washington.’
·nytimes.com·
Eric Lichtblau: For-Profit College Rules Scaled Back After Lobbying (NYTimes.com)
Washington Examiner: 'Naked scanners': Lobbyists join the war on terror
Washington Examiner: 'Naked scanners': Lobbyists join the war on terror
"But there's a deeper question to ask: how far are we willing to go to prevent weapons or bombs from getting on airplanes? In the past decade, terrorists on airplanes have killed just about 3,000 people — all on one day. Even if the Christmas Day bomber had succeeded, the number would be under 3,500. Those are horrible deaths. But in that same period, more than 150,000 people have been murdered in the United States. We haven't put the entire U.S. on lockdown — or even murder capitals like Detroit, New Orleans and Baltimore."
·washingtonexaminer.com·
Washington Examiner: 'Naked scanners': Lobbyists join the war on terror