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Campaign Cash: Citizens United Becomes Get Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Corporate Criminals
The votes are in, and while some close races are still being tallied, there is a clear winner from the 2010 elections: Secret corporate cash. Such unaccounted for political …
Robert Scheer | Payback at the Polls
Let's not shoot the messenger. Yes, the tea party victors are a mixed bag espousing often contradictory and at times weird positions, the source of their funding is questionable, …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | And Now for the Next Battle
Washington - President Obama allowed Republicans to define the terms of the nation's political argument for the past two years and permitted them to draw battle lines the way …
Conspiracy Tactics: Splitting the Vote (VIDEO)
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Death and Profits: The Utility Protection Racket
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is a multibillion dollar, privately owned, publicly regulated utility whose main function is to make enormous profits for its shareholders at great cost to …
Bill Moyers: “Welcome to the Plutocracy!“
Bill Moyers speech at Boston University on October 29, 2010, as a part of the Howard Zinn Lecture Series. I was honored when you asked me to join in …
President Obama’s Post-Election Press Conference 1PM Eastern (Live Feed)
President Obama is scheduled to hold a press conference to discuss yesterday's elections. The conference is scheduled to begin at 1PM Eastern, 10AM Pacific. The President will likely lay …
Nevada Senate Race: Harry Reid Wins in Election Night’s Biggest Houdini Act
In one of the toughest, most closely-watched, and perhaps weirdest US Senate races, majority leader Harry Reid has defeated GOP challenger and tea party favorite Sharron Angle. As with …
This Modern World: Mortgaging Our Kids’ Future – Literally
More Than 30 Killed in New Baghdad Bomb Attacks
Baghdad - More than a dozen bombs struck Baghdad on Tuesday evening, killing almost 40 people and wounding 70 others in coordinated blasts two days after Al Qaeda-linked gunmen …