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Romney Joined Bush-Cheney Smear Campaign on John Kerry’s National Security Record in 2004
Mitt Romney doesn’t like it that President Obama’s re-election campaign in a new video decided to tout the president’s decision to order the raid that killed Osama bin Laden …
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Scams and Frauds (Plus George W. Bush and Michelle Rhee) at Upcoming Subprime College Conference in Vegas
Republic Report previously reported that former President George W. Bush will be speaking at the annual meeting of APSCU, the leading association of for-profit colleges, on June 22 at the Mandalay Bay …
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AT&T, Feds Neglect Low-Price Mandate Designed to Help Schools
At the dawn of the Internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students. In a landmark bill, lawmakers required the nation’s phone …
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Mitch McConnell and the Chamber of Commerce Tell the Supreme Court to Double Down on Citizens United
Mitch McConnell. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr)The Supreme Court is currently considering whether to hear a case that will enable it to correct its error in Citizens United and …
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In Afghanistan, Obama Says Wars of 9/11 Nearing an End
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai during the signing of a partnership agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / …
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The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying to Keep Marijuana Illegal
(Photo: Bob Doran) Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor …
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No School, No Work … but in Chicago, No General Strike
Before there was the NATO summit or the Occupy movement, there was May Day, born and bred in Chicago. This year, with leftists across the country crossing their fingers for …
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May Day Celebrations Continue in Oakland, San Francisco
Last fall's General Strike in Oakland was a historic event, as thousands of Bay Area residents converged on downtown from the very start of the day. Protesters ruled the …
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Across New York City, People Honor May Day
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement during a march in New York, May 1, 2012. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times)Walter Hillegas marches with a scale-model …
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Chicago’s May Day Takes the Streets
“Unionize, Organize, Papeles Para Todos [Papers for All]” was the slogan of this year's May Day, bringing together two traditional strongholds of the march in Chicago - immigrant rights …