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Five Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Solyndra
Solar panels line a rooftop at Solyndra's solar panel factory in Fremont, California, October 6, 2010. As California companies finally begin mass production of a new type of solar …
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Is The Washington Post a Criminal Enterprise?
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Ever since Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked Social …
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Recalls Obama’s Fall From Grace
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday, April 28, 2008. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) held a news conference the next day and …
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How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System
(Photo: Kalense Kid) In the forty years since the publication of Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the …
Five Super-Congress Debt-Cutting Myths
Ten years ago the country was on track to pay off the entire national debt in ... ten years. But then... So President Bush left behind a $1.4 trillion …
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“Occupy Wall Street”: Thousands March in New York City Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment
Demonstrators are marching on Wall Street today on the third day of a campaign dubbed “Occupy Wall Street,” which began on Saturday when thousands gathered in New York …
If Frank Bruni Knew Arithmetic, He Wouldn’t Write Columns Like this One
Frank Bruni, one of the NYT's new columnists, ran a column today complaining about government corruption in Italy and the impact that an aging population in both Italy and …
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What to Make of Sarah Palin’s Alleged Cocaine Use
A forthcoming unauthorized biography about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is generating news around the country. The two items getting the most ink so far are the claims …
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Buy American
Take a look at the agenda of the upcoming Take Back The American Dream Conference. There is a session on Tuesday titled, Strategy on State Level for Buy America …
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Mitch McConnel Doesn’t Have “Any Particular Reaction” to Tea Party Audience Cheering for Death
Rather than take a moment to condemn GOP debate audiences that cheered for executions and toleave a man to die, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he didn’t …