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Edelman global CEO Richard Edelman said in a conversation with an editor of Vice’s Motherboard blog that former US CEO Mark Hass was fired from the agency in part because of the way he responded to an investigation into PR agencies’ work with climate-change deniers. Quoted by Motherboard senior editor Brian Merchant, the chief executive of the world’s largest PR agency said, "We fired the head of our US [division] in part because of that stupid note he wrote, about, you know, how we don’t answer these kinds of things." In response to inquiries from the Climate Investigations Center that...

Ever driven down I-95 in Maryland, or the New Jersey Turnpike, and parted ways with $10, $20 in tolls? If the Obama administration has its way, highways across the country could someday be that way. In a major shift for how governments fund transportation projects, the administration wants to let states charge tolls on interstate highways. A federal ban currently bars states from doing so in most places, but the latest White House push could change that.

Every dog has fleas. Blood-sucking fleas that crawl on it and mooch off it. Just like society. Dogs have fleas and society has Democrats. Or socialists or anarchists or unionists or environmentalists or whatever you want to call the dregs of humanity having free love on the sidewalks of Wall Street. It’s been going on for three weeks now and has in recent days built to a fever pitch. At least among the network reporters. Who honestly seem sexually aroused by the whole thing. Each newscast features some vapid, breathless idiot yammering into a camera about corporate greed and the...

HR 2998 American Clean Energy and Security Act. The Congressional record minutes of yesterday can be accessed at Thomas.gov. The Corporations and Associations that are backing this legislation can be found on pages H7685 & H7686. Listing below:

By Diane AldenSYNOPSIS Billions of dollars of federal set asides for Small Business are being gobbled up by multinational corporations. Go to the original source here: 'Small' Business Association.DIANE ALDEN COMMENTARY Was no one paying attention while the US fell apart? Or is it that it was falling apart in so many varied places, we all went into information overload which provided cover for the worst of the crooks and liars to tear the nation apart? At times I am forced to wonder if such corruption and collusion is so wide and deep and constant - that no one pays...

When I was a young woman married to a Delta Airline pilot - there was a great story that went around Coweta County, Georgia. A veterinarian told it to me. The story went: ‘”what are the two most dangerous things in rural Georgia?” The answer: an out-of-control loaded pulp wood truck careening down hill, and … a pilot in search of an investment. In the 70s, airline pilots with Delta or Eastern often lived in rural Coweta, Carroll or other Georgia boonies outside of Atlanta. Some pilots and airline personnel, at that time, made a good bit more money than...

Democrats won both houses of Congress in the 2006 elections in part by arguing that Republicans were incompetent to govern. On immigration, they enjoyed a comparatively united party and cooperation from a Republican White House. More than any other factor, heat from the right killed the bill. But voters elect congressional majorities to solve problems, and Democratic incumbents can expect to pay some price every time they fail. But that fallout almost certainly will pale alongside the damage to future Republican presidential candidates. Hispanics represent the fastest-growing chunk of the U.S. electorate. Their choices help drive the rising swing states...

Those of us in the conservative movement have always been friendly to the business community. We believe in low taxes, a light touch on regulation, and we're stalwart champions of the free market. When liberals start talking about limiting CEO pay, harassing Wal-Mart, beating up on oil companies, or generally trying to place new burdens on the businesses, it's always movement conservatives who rise to their defense, even though it's sometimes not in our best political interests. Yes, we probably do fight a little harder because we view businessmen as political allies, but we genuinely, in our hearts and souls,...

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, together with their counterparts from the United States and Mexico, today released the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Report to the three North American leaders. The report outlines progress of collaborative initiatives between Canada, the United States and Mexico in such vital areas as security, the economy, transportation, the environment, and public health. "This report to Prime Minister Harper, President Bush, and President Fox marks the significant progress...