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New Poll Undercuts GOP Claims of a Midterm Mandate
Washington - A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from …
America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan
Also See: Jeremy Scahill:| Not the Taliban Leader You’re Looing For (Video) At the end of the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, the leadership of the Afghan …
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on “Countdown” With Keith Olbermann (Video)
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on “Countdown” With Keith Olbermann, Part 1
David Sirota | To Deter Crime, Get Tough on Wall Street
Often, the most provocative ideas arise after swigs of whiskey. This is especially true when a Rolling Stone reporter is around — and, as I recently learned, it's all …
Eugene Robinson | Why Granny Gets Searched
Washington - It's hard to love the Transportation Security Administration, especially now that airport personnel seem so intent on touching people's junk. But the TSA's job isn't to be …
Debt Commission
Thom Hartmann | Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings. - Andrew Jackson When I was in Denmark in 2008 doing my radio show for a …
McCaskill Questions Government Agencies’ PR Spending
Washington - Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to know how many federal agencies have used tax dollars to hire public relations consultants to “spin” their images — and why. What …
Consequences of the Financial Crisis: The Responsibility of the State
The public discussion about the root causes and consequences of the financial crisis seems to be over before it really began. In Europe, the discourse focuses on the astonishing …
UN Troops in Haiti – Timetable for Withdrawal?
This week, there have been several days of protests in Haiti against the presence of United Nations troops in the country. The immediate catalyst has been the widespread belief …