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Obama’s Latino Strategy Faces Voting Barriers in Swing States
This week could help decide the fate of the mid-term elections. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid - facing a close re-election fight in Nevada - brought to the …
With Just 40 Votes, Republicans Block Debate Over Defense Authorization Bill
Moments ago, in a 56-43 vote, Senate Democrats failed to invoke cloture on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, falling three votes shy of the 60 need to break …
Afghan Election Panel Reports New Evidence of Serious Fraud
KABUL, Afghanistan — Internal reports Tuesday from Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission provided new evidence of serious fraud in the country's parliamentary elections, including turnouts that exceeded 100 percent in …
Tom Engelhardt | One and a Half Cheers for American Decline: The Future’s Not Ours and That’s Good News
Compare two assessments of the American future:
Amid Violence, Afghans Vote
KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite scattered rocket attacks, kidnappings, and explosions, there was a tangible holiday feel in the air as polls opened Saturday morning in the Afghan capital. Shops …
The Ultimate Political No-Brainer
I am beginning to strongly suspect the Democrats in Congress would vastly prefer to lose their majority status come November, rather than continue to carry the apparently onerous burden …
Guitars Not Wars
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead entertains only?
Tea Party Wins Could Derail GOP Bid for Senate Control
Washington - The tea party movement's upset victory Tuesday by an insurgent conservative in Delaware's Republican Senate primary puts GOP chances to win control of the U.S. Senate in …
Max Eternity | Guitars Not Wars
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead entertains only? Is such a thing possible, and is it occurring now? Social justice, politics and music have always been …
Election Day Problems Reported in NYC, Statewide on NY’s New E-Voting Systems
Mayor declares “royal mess” on city's ES&S machines; Probs elsewhere on systems made by Dominion/Sequoia. Election officials, advocates had long warned, were ignored...