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A Little Less Corporate Political Corruption
President Barack Obama is considering an executive order to mitigate the damage being done to our democracy by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews …

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The IMF after DSK
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, appears in court for an arraignment over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid in New York, May 16, …

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Politico Has Not Heard About the Collapse of the Housing Bubble and Economic Crisis
That is the conclusion that readers of a Politico article headlined, "budget surplus to deficit: how we got here,"must conclude. This article attributes the increase in the deficit in …

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Wisconsin’s “Dog-and-Pony Show” Faith-Based Supreme Court Election “Recount“
An ‘Official Paper Record’ of a touch-screen vote from Waukesha County, WI, dated March 30th, 2011, from their April 5th, 2011 Supreme Court Election. (Photo: Barbara With) …

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“Professional Left” – and Proud of It
(Photo: slurv) Dear Readers,

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Meltdown On the Launch Pad
Former Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - "I want to make sure every House Republican is …

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No “Hamas Exception” for Human Rights: A Reply to the American Jewish Committee
Hamas policemen guard a street corner in Gaza City, on June 27, 2010. (Photo: Shawn Baldwin / The New York Times) Following my post about my …

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Debunking the Top Seven Myths on Iran’s Middle East Policies
(Photo: A. Davey / Flickr) This evening, I listened to the radio program Tehran Rising produced by America Abroad—a program distributed by Public Radio International—and I must …

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Yup, Still Here
(Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr) A few weeks ago, my wife and I took a drive to visit friends and family in her small hometown out in …

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99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room
The April 2011 BLS employment report showed a gain of 244,000 jobs, which was trumpeted by the Obama administration and the mainstream media as a continuation of a rapidly improving jobs …