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Karl Rove’s Latest Attack on Elizabeth Warren
Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS has another ad out attacking Elizabeth Warren (video here). This is beyond ludicrous – the ad attempts to blame Ms. Warren for the Troubled …
Simon Johnson Critiques Democracy vs Financialization
For many on the right side of the U.S. political spectrum, the financial meltdown that began in 2008 resulted from a government push to bring the American Dream of …
The Final Indignity, the Last Insult, the Real America
The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill.
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Waiting for the GOP’s Love
Washington - Moderator Wolf Blitzer opened Tuesday's Republican debate by introducing himself and adding, for some reason, “Yes, that's my real name.” A few moments later, the party's most …
What Israel’s War Against Iran Would Look Like
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gants confer at a press conference on March 16, 2011. (Photo: Rina Castelnuovo / The …
Don’t Embarrass My Moneyed Friends! As Fundraising for Congress Goes Up, Hearings Go Down
Herbert J. Miller Jr., standing, at the Senate Watergate hearings with his client, Richard Moore, in 1973. (Photo: Mike Lien / The New York Times) For people …
Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikers
Diego Ibanez turned 23 in jail. "It was wonderful. It was for a Times Square march. Going to jail with a lot of comrades and mic checking and singing …
The US National Security Smokescreen
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, at a news conference during a court appearance for an extradition request, in London, February 24, 2011. (Photo: Andrew Testa / The New York …
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Obama’s New Square Deal
Washington - President Obama has decided that he is more likely to win if the election is about big things rather than small ones. He hopes to turn the …
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Senate Blocks Obama Choice for Consumer Panel
Washington - The Senate on Thursday blocked President Obama’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as filibustering Republicans who oppose the very powers of the new agency …