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Why We Must Sail to Gaza
Israeli soldiers stand next to a ship docked in the port of Ashdod which was part of a flotilla heading to Gaza, in the port of Ashdod, Tuesday, June …

Weapons That Will Never Die: We Need to Stop the Expensive Reincarnations (Part II)
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Obama Pushes for Increase in Domestic Oil Production
Offshore drilling rig at Huntington Beach, California. (Photo: Peter Bo Rappmund) Washington - President Barack Obama is responding to voter frustration over high gasoline prices and oil …

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Actually, “the Rich” Don’t “Create Jobs,” We Do
(Photo: tom.arthur) You hear it again and again, variation after variation on a core message: if you tax rich people it kills jobs. You hear about "job-killing …

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News in Brief: Obama May Bypass War Powers Resolution to Continue War in Libya, and More …
Obama May Bypass War Powers Resolution to Continue War in Libya President Obama and his legal advisers may skirt the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to continue …

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Republican FCC Commissioner Who Approved NBC Merger Becomes Comcast Lobbyist
Republican FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will leave her position with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in June to serve as senior vice president of government affairs with Comcast-NBC. …

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Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
People crowd surf at ground zero in New York City in the hours after President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden was killed, on May 2, 2011. …

How the Murdoch Press Keeps Australia’s Dirty Secret
An Aboriginal Australian in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: tunnelarmr) The illegal eavesdropping on famous people by the News of the World is said to be Rupert Murdoch's Watergate. …

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Students, Parents and Teachers Nationwide Protest Gutting of Public Education
Members of the Detroit community protest the arrest of young women and teachers who defied authorities over the closing of Catherine Ferguson Academy on Friday, April 15, 2011. (Screengrab: …

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Court Demands Mental Health Care Reform for Veterans, Cites VA’s “Unchecked Incompetence” (2)
Before he left office more than two years ago, George W. Bush released two reports touting his accomplishments during his tenure as president, boasting that he "provided unprecedented resources …