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Three Things to Watch for in Wisconsin’s Historic Recall Race
As Wisconsin holds historic recall elections on June 5, the state can expect upward of 2.5 million voters to flock to polling places, possibly facing long lines, frenzied get-out-the-vote …
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Does Lindsey Graham Think Before He Opens His Mouth?
Lindsey Graham, as a conservative Republican, he is also wedded to the notion that the United States is u201cbroke.
A Mitt Romney Presidency Could Mean a Hostile Takeover of the Federal Courts
Romney's later judicial selections show an embrace of rigid conservatism and the benefits of political payback.
BREAKING: Senate GOP Blocks Pay Equity Bill
Republicans in the Senate blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act by filibustering the bill.
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A Mexican Spring Begins to Blossom
The Mexican youth and university students have altered the political agenda in the country to prove that no one wins an election until the election itself.
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U.S. Jobs, GDP, and the Eurozone
What was touted for months over the past winter as a rebound taking hold in the US economy and the assertions that the US economy was u2018exceptionalu2019 and would …
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The Maple Spring and the Mafiocracy: Struggling Students Versus “Entitled Elites”
First, we were told for years that we were u201clazyu201d and u201capatheticu201d: Generation MTV, Generation iPod, a techno-savvy but reality-detached deluge of pseudo-humanoids. We were set up to be …
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On Climate Change, Money Trumps Common Sense
In the Arctic, levels of the heat-trapping gas, carbon dioxide, a key factor in global warming, have hit 400 parts per million, a level scientists believe has not been …
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The World Watches Wisconsin: Tom Morello Gathers Messages of Solidarity
Tom Morello played a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday in solidarity with the effort to recall Governor Walker. In advance of the concert, he solicited messages of solidarity …
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Seeks to Cut Marijuana Penalty
state law to make possession of 25 grams of marijuana — whether in public or private u2013 punishable by a fine.