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At Outsize Ritual of the Straw Poll, GOP Candidates Jockey for Position
Des Moines - A half-dozen Republican presidential hopefuls jockeyed Friday for attention on the eve of the Iowa straw poll, a ritual that has taken on outsize meaning as …
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Appeals Court Finds Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
Moments ago, in a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, ruling that Congress cannot “mandate that individuals …
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More Lost by the Second in Afghanistan
(Photo: The U.S. Army / Flickr) It’s a bit odd to me that with my sense of geographical direction I’m ever regarded as a leader to guide …
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CIA Is Disputed on Civilian Toll in Drone Strikes
On May 6, a Central Intelligence Agency drone fired a volley of missiles at a pickup truck carrying nine militants and bomb materials through a desolate stretch of Pakistan …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Postal Service Planning to Break Union Contracts, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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GOP Contenders Engage in Feisty Debate, Blasting Each Other, Obama
Ames, Iowa - For months, Republicans vying for their party's presidential nomination focused their criticisms on the record of Democratic President Barack Obama. On Thursday, they fought to defend …
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Politicians and Protesters Assail British Police
London - Britain’s latest convulsion of rioting and looting began with a protest against the police handling of a killing in north London, but it soon turned into something …
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Chemical Warfare: Agent Orange
(Image: LP / Truthout; Adapted: Daniel Fogg, Christopher Najewicz, Martin Wippel) As long as Agent Orange is not addressed, along with the reparations that the US agreed …
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Pelosi Picks Members for “Super Committee“
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic minority leader, named the three final appointees Thursday to the super committee on deficit reduction, adding diversity along with budget expertise to a panel …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Jan Schakowsky Introduces Plan to Create 2.2 Million Jobs, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this.