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Obama Whips Up Anger That May Spin Out of Control
Obama Whips Up Anger
That May Spin Out of Control
charles krauthammer
Oct 14, 2011 1:04 PM CDT

Obama Whips Up Anger That May Spin Out of Control

His populist turn opens 'Pandora's Box': Charles Krauthammer

(Newser) - President Obama can't run on his abysmal record, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post , so instead he's found a convenient scapegoat in the rich. His strategy boils down to a simple theme: "Plutocrats are bleeding the country, and I shall rescue you from them." The...

Wall Street March Prompts Police Brawl

15 arrested in showdown

(Newser) - After the cleanup of Wall Street protesters' Zuccotti Park base was postponed , the occupiers were feeling inspired—so they poured onto Broadway for a new march. The result: 15 arrests, the New York Post reports. Police were waiting for protesters, who were blocking traffic; cops pursued and grappled with protesters,...

Tomorrow, Occupy Goes Worldwide

Protests planned in London, Rome, Alaska, Auckland

(Newser) - The Occupy Wall Street movement is growing beyond American borders : Tomorrow, protests are planned in Rome, London, Frankfurt , Auckland , and elsewhere. Italian police are bracing for crowds in the tens of thousands (1,655 have pledged to show up in Rome via Facebook ), though other cities expect fewer, Reuters...

Wall Street Protest Showdown Looms Today
 Wall Street Cleanup Postponed 
UPDATED
Oct 14, 2011 6:09 AM CDT

Wall Street Cleanup Postponed

Prior to postponement, showdown loomed

(Newser) - Protesters in the park at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration were bracing for a showdown with police this morning, but they appear to have been granted a reprieve. The protesters had vowed to defy orders to leave Zuccotti Park by 6am so it could be cleaned . The...

O'Reilly: NYC Protesters Are Crackhead Drug Dealers

Randy demonstrators are drawing rats, he grouses

(Newser) - Members of the Occupy Wall Street protest are growing skeevier and skeevier—at least in Bill O'Reilly's eyes. To hear him tell it, the "crackheads" are dealing dope, having al fresco sex, and drawing rats by the hordes in their festering campsite at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park,...

Don't Kid Yourself, Tea Party: Elites Are Still In Charge

Washington knows which side its bread is buttered on, Dana Milbank writes

(Newser) - The supposedly tea-stained House of Representatives passed three free trade bills yesterday, despite ample polling data showing that Tea Party voters are strongly opposed to free trade. It’s just further proof, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post , that “for all the talk of populist foment,” from...

Tea Party Takes On Occupy Wall Street

Occupy is not the Tea Party of the left, organizers insist

(Newser) - The Tea Party has a message for you: It is nothing like Occupy Wall Street, even though there have been many inevitable comparisons between the two movements. Such comparisons are “almost laughable,” however, a chief strategist for the Tea Party Express tells Politico . A FreedomWorks campaigns director explains...

In Boston, Protesters Are &#39;Spoiled Rich Kids&#39;
In Boston, Protesters Are 'Spoiled Rich Kids'
OPINION
Oct 13, 2011 1:16 PM CDT

In Boston, Protesters Are 'Spoiled Rich Kids'

Most arrested are from the suburbs: Howie Carr

(Newser) - Safe to say you won't see Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr in the ranks of the Occupy Boston protesters. After studying police reports and Googling addresses, Carr finds that most of those arrested are "spoiled rich kids"—white kids who hail from ritzy Harvard dorms and the...

5 Demands for Protesters on Wall Street
 5 Demands 
 for Protesters 
 on Wall Street 
matt taibbi
Oct 13, 2011 12:11 PM CDT

5 Demands for Protesters on Wall Street

Start with ending financial monopolies: Matt Taibbi

(Newser) - Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone loves the Occupy Wall Street protests, no surprise from the journalist who famously likened Goldman Sachs to a "vampire squid." The movement is "the logical answer to the Tea Party and a long-overdue middle finger to the financial elite," and it'...

Bloomberg to Occupiers: We Have to Clean This Park

But protesters will be allowed to return to cleaned sections

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg made a surprise visit to Zuccotti Park yesterday to warn Occupy Wall Street protesters that power washers are coming tomorrow to clean up the place. “The last three weeks have created unsanitary conditions and considerable wear and tear on the park,” Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway tells...

For Occupiers, Feeding the Army Is Cake

'Kitchen' in park is seemingly always full with donations

(Newser) - So how do all those protesters living in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park manage to feed themselves day after day? Surprisingly well, reports the New York Times . The park at the heart of Occupy Wall Street has a makeshift kitchen of sorts at its center (no open flames allowed) that is...

We Occupy Because of... Kim Kardashian

It's time for celebrities to support the 99%: Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

(Newser) - The Occupy Wall Street protesters have, obviously, been focusing on Wall Street bankers. In the Huffington Post , Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg turns her attention to a slightly more surprising target: Kim Kardashian. In an open letter to the reality TV star, Weill-Greenberg notes that thousands of people are protesting :because... well, there'...

Politicians Should Swear Off Wall Street Cash
Politicians Should Swear Off Wall Street Cash
OPINION
Oct 12, 2011 12:33 PM CDT

Politicians Should Swear Off Wall Street Cash

Harold Meyerson says going clean could be deceptively brilliant

(Newser) - Washington is too dysfunctional to pass any laws in response to Occupy Wall Street, but if Democrats want to stand with the protesters, Harold Meyerson has a modest proposal: Refuse all campaign contributions “from the whole financial sector,” he suggests in the Washington Post . “Sign a pledge...

'Occupy' Protests Hit ... South Korea

Thirty civics groups plan to Occupy Seoul

(Newser) - Apparently the Occupy Wall Street protest movement has gone global. A coalition of 30 civic groups is planning a two-day “Occupy Seoul” protest, calling on Koreans to gather throughout South Korea’s capital, including in its Yeouido financial district, the Yonhap news service reports. “We will join the...

Occupy Arrests Hit Capitol
 Occupy Arrests Hit Capitol 
Oct 11, 2011 12:44 PM CDT

Occupy Arrests Hit Capitol

6 arrested inside the Hart Senate Office Building

(Newser) - Toting banners that read "Cure Electile Dysfunction," more than 100 protesters entered the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building in the Capitol around 11:30am today—and six got arrested for their troubles. Politico reports that the group was a noisy one, whose shouting members pledged to...

Man, I Love Occupy Wall Street
 Man, I Love Occupy Wall Street 
Eugene Robinson
Oct 11, 2011 11:48 AM CDT

Man, I Love Occupy Wall Street

Eugene Robinson on why the protests are perfect for the moment

(Newser) - Eugene Robinson agrees that the Occupy Wall Street protesters “are inept, incoherent, and hopelessly quixotic." And yet? “I love every little thing about these gloriously amateurish sit-ins,” he gushes in the Washington Post . “I love that they are spontaneous, leaderless, and open-ended. I love that...

Right's Response to Occupy Wall Street: 'We Are the 53%'

But does the 'heartbreaking' concept even make sense?

(Newser) - The conservative response to Occupy Wall Street is here, in the form of a Tumblr called "We Are the 53%." Referring to the 53% of Americans who pay federal income taxes, the blog is a direct counter to the Occupiers' similar "We Are the 99%" site and...

100 Arrested at Occupy Boston
 100 Arrested at Occupy Boston 
Oct 11, 2011 7:39 AM CDT

100 Arrested at Occupy Boston

Officials feared harm to nearby shrubbery

(Newser) - Police descended on the Occupy Boston protest at around 1:20am today, dispersing a second tent city that had sprung up on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, across the street from the first. A line of veterans carrying American flags tried to stand between police and the protesters, but police advanced...

Gone for 60 Seconds: Anonymous Takes Down NYSE
 Anonymous Messes With NYSE 
gone for 60 seconds
Oct 11, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Anonymous Messes With NYSE

Tech attack on stock exchange website lasts only a minute

(Newser) - Anonymous didn't exactly "erase" the New York Stock Exchange website yesterday—but the group may have messed with it, for about a minute. Anonymous called on its supporters to launch a "distributed denial of service" attack, which overwhelms website traffic. The NYSE website slowed before becoming unavailable...

Derided Goldman Boss Backs Out of Barnard Speech

Scheduling conflict cited as protests loomed

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has pulled out of a controversial lecture at Manhattan's Barnard College. Students at the Columbia University-affiliated institution had planned protests and workshops to coincide with Blankfein's visit, declaring the week to be "School the Squid" week, in reference to Rolling Stone writer...

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