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Senator Hutchison Only Republican Who Backed Democrats on FAA
In the impasse over funding the Federal Aviation Administration, which had idled more than 4,000 FAA employees and 70,000 construction workers for nearly two weeks, only one Republican sided …
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The US Doesn’t Have a Debt Problem. It Has a Crisis of Values
Default was the best option. The shameful and dangerous debt ceiling deal passed into law yesterday made that clear. It is rooted in the grand bargain that the political …
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European and Global Markets Drop Ahead of Wall Street Opening
London - Stock markets continued to slide Friday in Europe following sharp sell-offs in Asia and on Wall Street, as pessimism about weak growth in the United States combined …
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Journalist Kicked Out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest
In late July, shortly after the launch of ALECexposed.org, Lousiana State Rep. Noble Ellington, a Republican from the state's 20th district and the national chairman of the American Legislative …
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The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor
James Wilson, a Berrydale Forestry Camp farm squad prisoner, finishes loading collard greens on a truck at the University of Florida West Florida Research and Education Facility in Jay, …
The Obama Doctrine and the Dangers of the $185 Billion Increase in US Nuclear War Preparations
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. Although Obama has spoken out against nuclear proliferation, he's …
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How to Take Our Country Back From the Money Men Who Fund the Tea Party
If there is a silver lining to the debt limit crisis — and it's a big if — it would be that the extremism of Republican agenda has finely …
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The Bizarro FDR
Barack Obama is a lot of things — eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak. This basic truth …
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Shell Gets Tentative Approval to Drill in Arctic
The Department of the Interior on Thursday granted Royal Dutch Shell conditional approval of its plan to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean next summer, a strong …
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Detroit Loves Good Mileage At Last
Fifty years ago, Ford unveiled a small-scale model for its atomic-powered car of the future. A capsule in the rear would contain the nuclear power and could be replaced. …