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The Sad Spectacle of Obama’s Super PAC
It has been said there is no high ground in American politics since any politician who claims it is likely to be gunned down by those firing from the …
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What’s In Your iPhone?
Early last year, during an intimate chat and chew dinner with some Silicon Valley high-tech barons, President Barack Obama posed a question to Steve Jobs, baron of the Apple …
US Outrage Over Syria Veto at UN Rife With Hypocrisy
Syrian soldiers secure the area during the visit of Arab League observers on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, January 26, 2012. (Photo: Tomas Munita / The New York Times) …
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Syngenta PR’s Weed-Killer Spin Machine: Investigating the Press and Shaping the “News” about Atrazine
(Photo: pppspics) Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal how the global chemical company's …
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US Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Half
Baghdad - Less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned …
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Santorum Wins Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, Shakes Up GOP Race (2)
Washington - Rick Santorum seized an important opportunity Tuesday to become the chief conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, as he made a clean sweep of three Republican presidential nomination …
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Santorum Wins Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Shakes Up GOP Race
Former Sen. Rick Santorum speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - Rick Santorum seized an important opportunity Tuesday to become …
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The “Legislative Wall”: Dick Armey’s Top Five Tea Party Republican Candidates
As most independent groups focus on the presidential nomination contest, FreedomWorks for America is focused on electing far-right Republicans to the U.S. Senate. The independent-expenditure-only super PAC is part …
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California’s Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional – Again
Opponents of Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, react after news of the ban being knocked down in court, outside the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals …
Obama’s Super-Bowl Fumble on Iran
Before President Barack Obama’s interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, aired before the Super Bowl on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably hoped that, if Obama discussed Iran, he …