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Rick Perry Says Social Security and Medicare Are Unconstitutional
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has, to say the least, a very odd understanding of the Constitution. He thinks Texas should be able to opt out of Social Security, …
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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 …
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The Death Penalty Is a Miscarriage of Justice: It Should Be Abolished
There is nothing moral or just about the death penalty—certainly not the way it is implemented in America, and anyone who says otherwise is either deluding themselves or trying …
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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War Budget Cuts Are Possible if We Counter Contractors’ Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Spending
The deal worked out to allow a rise in the debt ceiling gives us our first real chance in more than a decade to make significant cuts to our …
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Eight Union Victories Progressives Should Be Watching – and Learning From
We always hear that unions are in trouble. But that's not the whole story. While nearly one of every three American workers were union members in 1945, …
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Zinn’s “on Race” Traces Violence, Victories in Civil Rights Movement
“on Race” by Howard Zinn, Introduction by Cornel West Seven Stories Press, 2011, $14.95 paperback, 236 pages Princeton professor Cornell West's tribute to the late …
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England’s Ashes – Our Future?
Hopefully the worst of the violence is over in Great Britain. London's fires are cooling into ashes, and with any luck they won't be rekindled. But even though …
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Next Stop: Train Wreck
Sen. Jon Kyl, (R-Arizona), left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) walk to the Senate floor to vote on a plan to increase the debt ceiling, on Capitol …
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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 …