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How Koch Industries Makes Billions Corrupting Government and Polluting for Free (Part 2)
A protester in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, holds a Koch Industries-controlled marionette of Gov. Scott Walker on February 26, 2011. (Photo: eaghra)
How to Read Gates’ Shift on the Wars
In Establishment Washington, Defense Secretary Robert Gates enjoys a charmed life based on a charming persona. The Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) is always ready with fulsome praise for his …
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KBR’s Foreign Contractors at Guantanamo Spared Controversial Anti- Malarial Drug Given to Detainees
The detention center at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in an Oct. 4, 2007 file photo. Harsh interrogation techniques there have drawn fire. (Photo: Todd Heisler / …
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News in Brief: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church, and More
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church
GOP Campaign Against Birth Control Officially Too Crazy for Scaife
We all have our limits. The GOP's crusade against Planned Parenthood is officially too crazy for right-wing philanthropist and media baron Richard Mellon Scaife. In a recent op/ed column, …
News in Brief: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church, and More
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church
Libyan Rebels Said to Repulse Mercenary Attack
Brega, Libya - In a fierce day-long battle, rebel forces in this strategic oil town successfully repelled an attack on Wednesday by government-aligned mercenaries backed by artillery and war …
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Libyan Rebels Said to Repulse Mercenary Attack
Opposition fighters attend their first day of training at an overtaken military base in Benghazi, Libya, March 1, 2011. (Photo: Lynsey Addario / The New York Times) …
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Asked If Bank of America Paying Nothing in Corporate Taxes Is Fair, Pawlenty Responds: Taxes Are “Too High“
Last weekend, Americans around the country organized “Main Street Movement” protests to stand in solidarity with organized labor and demand that corporate interests pay their fair share. As ThinkProgress …
Bob Pollin Busts the Overpaid Public Employee Lie
It keeps getting recited as if it is holy writ: Public sector employees have better pay and benefits than private sector employees. And with that belief firmly planted in …