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New Keystone XL Route: Out of the Sandhills, but Still in the Aquifer
It wasn't that long ago that the people of Holt County, Neb. thought they had made a real impact on national policy. Their opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline led …
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Arizona Immigration Law’s Supporters, Opponents Rally Outside Supreme Court
Washington - “Los immigrantes, somos importantes!” protesters chanted Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Immigrants, we are important. Others carried signs that said, “Exporting illegals = importing jobs for Americans!” Inside …
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Budget Control Act Military Cuts Will Cover the Social Security Shortfall
A key reason that it's relatively easy to scaremonger about predictions regarding Social Security's finances decades in the future is that the language often used to talk about Social …
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The CISPA Scoop: White House Threatens Veto of Cybersecurity Bill Amid Online Protests
The House of Representatives is expected to vote by the end of the week on a controversial cybersecurity bill that has received a veto threat from the White House …
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Could New Argument Against SB1070 Prove Law Is Unconstitutional?
A civil rights lawyers has proposed a new framework for understanding why the Arizona immigration law SB1070 currently making its way through the Supreme Court should be unconstitutional - …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Americans Believe in Ghosts Than Believe the Supreme Court Was Right in the Citizens United Ruling, and More
In today's On the News segment: More Americans believe in ghosts than believe the Supreme Court was right in the Citizens United ruling, 76 people were arrested for demonstrating …
First Lawmaker Loses His Seat Over Ties to K Street
Pennsylvania Congressman Tim Holden. (Photo: National Milk Producers Federation) In one of the most watched primary elections tonight, incumbent Democratic Congressman Tim Holden (D-PA) lost to attorney Matt Cartwright. …
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Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central Part of Arizona Law
A demonstrator holds a religious statue outside the Supreme Court in Washington, April 25, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)Washington - Justices across the ideological spectrum …
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Occupy, the 99 Percent Spring, and the New Age of Direct Action
Collaboration or cooptation? Expansion or dilution? Mark Engler on what to make of the 99% Spring. Over the past several weeks, a broad coalition of progressive organizations—including National People's …
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Home Energy Program in Sonoma a Beacon for Broken National Effort
A judge forces the federal agency that squashed the PACE home energy program to draft rules and start over. At Rod Stevenson's sprawling country home in Santa Rosa, Calif., …