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One Thing Certain in Debt Debate: More Cuts for States
Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Salt Lake City — The rancorous debate in Washington over whether to raise the federal debt ceiling …
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How Murdoch Reporters’ Bribes to British Cops Violate US Law
Rupert Murdoch. (Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr) Imagine you're a Fleet Street reporter at a British tabloid with a pocketful of cash. You meet a trusted source …
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War With Iran? US Neocons Aim to Repeat Chalabi-Style Swindle
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. Appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 24, Bolton reiterated …
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Toward a New Politics of Food
The easiest way to explain Gallup's discovery that millions of Americans are eating fewer fruits and vegetables than they ate last year is to simply crack a snarky joke …
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NATO’s Debacle in Libya
NATO's failure in efforts to promote “regime change” in Libya, after two and a half months of bombing and arms supply to various rebel factions, is now glaring. …
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Obama Losing Patience as Republicans Panic
At long last, President Obama seems to have run out of patience with the truculent Republicans who have rejected all of his overtures for a budget deal — just …
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US Recognizes Rebels in Libya
Istanbul - The United States formally recognized the rebel leadership in Libya as the country’s legitimate government on Friday. The move, made at an international gathering here to discuss …
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Bill Moyers: The Murdoch Scandal and a Lesson for Corporate Media (Video)
Bill Moyers, broadcast journalist, and author of “Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues” talks with Rachel Maddow about the investigation into questionable conduct by Rupert Murdoch's news organization, and …
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Congress and Its Colonialist Agenda
New members of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill, November 19, 2010. (Photo: Talk Radio News Service / Flickr) Up until the mid-20th century, Western attitudes regarding …
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Why Banks Aren’t Lending: The Silent Liquidity Squeeze
John Councilman, president of AMC Mortgage, at his office in Fallston, Maryland, on July 13, 2010. (Photo: Mary F. Calvert / The New York Times) Where did …