What started as a small protest just a few weeks ago has grown into a nationwide movement. People who are tired of corporations and banks reaping the benefits of a more efficient workforce while one and five Americans slip into poverty. The economic imbalance has hit a tipping point as unions and political organizations join the protests and marches planned today in New York City.
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Minnesota 9/11 Truth rallied in the rotunda of the Minnesota State Capitol as the larger remembrance celebration proceeded on the main steps. The 9/11 Truth Movement is a growing collection of architects, engineers, pilots, other technical people and some conspiracy theorists who question many of the conclusions reached by the government’s 9/11 investigation committee. Critics, including the mainstream media, dismiss their claims as unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. But a number of groups, with varying degrees of veracity, continue to call for the reopening of the 9/11 Commission investigation.
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President Obama participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at Ground Zero in New York to honor the memory of the victims of September 11, 2001.
Above: President Obama speaks to police officers at the First Precinct Police Station in New York City before he attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the World Trade Center.
Below: President Obama speaks to New York Firemen
Key quote from President Obama “Obviously we had an important day on Sunday. The reason, what is important, was because it sent a signal around the world that we have never forgotten the extraordinary sacrifices that were made on September 11th. We’ve never forgotten the tragedy. We’ve never forgotten the loss of life. We’ve never forgotten the courage that was shown by the NYPD, by the firefighters, by the first responders.”
Full text of President Obama’s remarks to New York Police officers
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President Obama explains how a trade deal the US made with India will create 50,000 jobs in the United States.
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On Monday, Representative Charles Rangel walked out on the House Ethics Committee investigating 13 charges against him and was rewarded with being found guilty of 11 of them. On Thursday Rangel gets another opportunity to appear before the full Ethics Committee and plea his case as it considers what, if any, penalty it should impose on the Democratic Congressman from New York.
If he decides to not waive his right to the noon hearing, Rangel will get 30 minutes to present his side. The committee’s Chief Counsel Blake Chisam will also get 30 minutes to present the other side. No witnesses may be called unless a majority of the committee votes to allow a witness.
After Thursday’s hearing, the Ethics Committee will meet in closed session to discuss what penalty it will recommend to the full House which must approve any sanctions.
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The House Ethics Subcommittee finds Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) guilty on 11 counts of ethics charges brought against him. Committee Chair Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said the committee found “consensus” on the 11 charges. The committee was originally considering 13 charges against Rangel, however charges four and five were combined reducing the charges to 12. The Committee did not reach consensus on charge number three, and that one was dropped.
The subcommittee will meet in closed session this afternoon to approve the language on its findings. Lofgren says she will notify the ranking member of the full ethics committee so a sanction hearing can be scheduled. Rangel will have an opportunity to address the sanction hearing. It is not known if he will appear or not.
Once the Ethics Committee decides what sanctions, if any, to take against Rangel, the recommendation will be sent to the full House for a vote.
Possible sanctions include censure, a fine and or denial of privileges.
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House Ethics Committee members are now deliberating the 13 counts of ethics rules violations against New York Congressman Charles Rangel. Rangel surprised the committee by walking out after stating he didn’t have any legal representation. A law firm that had been preparing Rangel’s defense suddenly quit the case a few weeks ago after Rangel had spent nearly two million dollars on them.
The committee decided to go ahead with the hearing anyhow since hundreds of pieces of evidence had already been submitted. After determining that there were no genuine material issues with the facts in the case, Committee Chair Representative Zoe Lofgren of California announced the committee would go into executive session to consider and vote on each of the counts against Rangel. Should the committee find Rangel violated the ethics rules, it will hold a full separate hearing on possible sanctions.
Representative Charles Rangel says that he does not have legal representation and leaves the hearing room. The House Ethics Committee hearing into Rangel’s finances goes on without him.
The federal government and 49 state attorneys general have reached a landmark $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses.
President Obama announces ten states have agreed to implement bold reforms around standards and accountability will receive flexibility from the most burdensome mandates of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind.
The President meets an 8th grader named Joey from Phoenix, AZ at the White House Science Fair and the two launch a marshmallow across the state dining room with Joey’s science project – an air cannon.
The housing crisis has been the single largest drag on America’s economic recovery. President Obama wants to fix that fairly for homeowners who have been responsible, but not the ones who took out huge mortgages or bought multiple homes.
Netflix’s top lawyer tries to convince a US Senate committee that laws need to be changed so it can offer a video sharing app on Facebook. A University of Minnesota Law Professor says that’s not so.
A bill recently passed in the US House could make it easier for video companies to disclose viewer information. Who should know what you’re watching? Senator Al Franken leads a hearing.
“One senator gumming up the works for the whole country is certainly not what our founding fathers envisioned.”— President Obama about Utah Senator Mike Lee in his weekly address
President Obama unveils his proposal to keep college costs lower and provide students with enough financial aid so they can attend. He speaks at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
President Obama is on a five state tour promoting the economic proposals he made in his State of The Union address. He started in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at Conveyer Engineering and then into Arizona to an Intel plant. Thursday he want to Las Vegas and Denver.
Representative Giffords recently resigned from congress to focus on her recovery from an assassination attempt last year.
Governor Dayton announced he is vetoing a set of Republican authored bills aimed at making it harder to sue in court. Legislative leaders react to the Governor’s veto.
Joe Webb wants his mentally ill son to live closer to home. But cuts made last year in Minnesota’s mental health budget are preventing that.
Senator Barb Goodwin raises objections to H.F. 1467 Defense of Dwelling and Person Act.
She says it should have another hearing since a New York Times article showed that Minnesota has problems with felons easily getting back their firearms once they are released from prison.
Senator Julianne Ortman’s bill to shorten Minnesota’s statute of limitations passes despite her saying some of the issues in it could go back to the Judiciary committee
Hear what DFL caucus goers are concerned and optimistic about.
Vouchers for college? Minnesota’s Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller says he’s open to the idea.
TakeAction Minnesota releases a report outlining Minnesota-based financial interests behind efforts to secure a photo ID amendment on the state’s November 2012 ballot.
It’s not often that a half dozen religious leaders come calling with a cadre of television cameras in tow to Senate Majority Leader David Senjem’s office.
Religious leaders of various faiths hold a press conference at the Minnesota State Capitol voicing their opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID for the purpose of voting.
“We would abolish the ‘death tax’ permanently because we believe that it is very, very important that people who work hard are allowed to keep what they earn.”—Newt Gingrich
The Northside Economic Opportunity Network works with small businesses and micro-businesses in North Minneapolis to help them achieve success.
As we’ve been reporting for the past six months, many tornado victims who need help still haven’t gotten it.
Occupy MN is occupying Monique White’s house at 3310 N. 6th St. in the city’s downtrodden North Minneapolis neighborhood. In doing so, Occupy MN instantly made itself more diverse, and more relevant.
When administrators revealed a plan last spring to shut down North High School — one of only two public schools on Minneapolis’ embattled north side — MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and other activists answered the call.
North Minneapolis food entrepreneurs use Kindred Kitchen to learn about starting their own business, making their food safely and legally in a commercial kitchen, and marketing it within the community.
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. That’s the thought behind Draw The Line Minnesota, a citizen group that is working to draw the maps for congressional and legislative districts.
This year’s FLOW art crawl was all about recognizing thousands of volunteers that helped with the clean-up and recovery efforts after the May 22nd tornado. Leaders hope the positive can-do attitude of the cleanup can power a rebirth of the Northside.
After their home in North Minneapolis was destroyed by the May 22 tornado, Dennis and Deborah were forced to seek refuge in the local Armory and at the North Commons Recreation Center. For weeks, they and their five children slept on cots on the floor of a gymnasium.
Her home destroyed and now condemned, north Minneapolis tornado victim Joyce Chineth feels abandoned by the system.
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