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Journalist Kicked Out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest
In late July, shortly after the launch of ALECexposed.org, Lousiana State Rep. Noble Ellington, a Republican from the state's 20th district and the national chairman of the American Legislative …

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How to Take Our Country Back From the Money Men Who Fund the Tea Party
If there is a silver lining to the debt limit crisis — and it's a big if — it would be that the extremism of Republican agenda has finely …

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The Bizarro FDR
Barack Obama is a lot of things — eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak. This basic truth …

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Detroit Loves Good Mileage At Last
Fifty years ago, Ford unveiled a small-scale model for its atomic-powered car of the future. A capsule in the rear would contain the nuclear power and could be replaced. …

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The Republican’s Double-Dip Recession, and What Must Be Done
John Boehner said Tuesday the Republicans got “90 percent of what we wanted” from the budget deal. So presumably he and his colleagues are willing to take responsibility for …

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The Wrong Problem Solved
Washington - The debt-ceiling fight generated enough hyperventilation and heartburn to replace a coal-fired power plant. The resulting product? It's starting to look kind of puny and irrelevant. …

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The Fight for a Progressive America Begins Today – and Does Not End in 2012
President Barack Obama speaks about the debt compromise, August 2, 2011. (Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House) A couple of days ago, a friend was telling me …

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Bahrain and Human Rights
It is becoming painfully obvious that the United States is hostile to the “Arab Spring.” In Egypt, US military aid programs remain in force, and in Yemen a “secret” …

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In Cuba, the Revolution Continues, Softly, as Times Change
On my first day in Cuba, in 1967, I waited in a bus queue that was really a conga line. Ahead of me were two large, funny females resplendent …

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Obama Says He’ll Really Fight for the People … Next Time
President Barack Obama talks with staff during a Domestic Policy Council meeting in the Oval Office, July 28, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) By gollies, …