Kevin Gosztola from Firedoglake’s The Dissenter has been live-blogging the #OccupyWallStreet and related protests for the last seven days. The demonstrations are continuing, with some support in other cities.

Palestine submitted their petition to the United Nations Security Council for membership as a state today, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a rousing speech before the General Assembly in support of the measure. So what happens next?

President Obama stood yesterday in front of the Brent Spence Bridge, connecting Ohio and Kentucky, and asked John Boehner (Ohio) and Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) to pass his American Jobs Act. Now his campaign is asking supports to call Congress demanding they pass the bill.

Unfortunately, Obama hasn’t always been this strong and clear on taxes. Contrast the above statement with his Super Bowl interview with Bill O’Reilly last February.

Speaking of Congress, they may be getting themselves in a position to actually pass those three long-stalled trade agreements The Senate passed a bill providing assistance for workers displaced by trade agreements, but its prospects in the House are uncertain.

As I slowly but surely approach my 60s the issue of Social Securty looms very large with me. Will the political parties gut SS on behalf of the greedy criminals on Wall St? Will they force Boomers like me to fend for ourselves during our later years?

The grotesque murder of Troy Davis by the state of Georgia and corruption on Wall Street may have been separate issues, but last night the separation ended, at least temporarily.

The House of Representatives passed their continuing resolution to fund the government for the first part of fiscal year 2012, but the odds of a government shutdown increased because the House offset disaster relief funding, while the Senate opposes offsets.

At the GOP debate sponsored by Faux News in Orlando, the right wing audience booed a gay soldier when he asked Santorum about DADT.

David Dayen’s News Roundup from September 22, 2011