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Massachusetts is Latest State to Target Greenhouse Gases
State thinks it can slash emissions without new programs. So, now Massachusetts has joined the list of states that aren't waiting for Congress to turn this country away from …
Right-Wing Bloggers Use Terror Attack To Launch Another False Attack Against Obama
Conservative bloggers are denouncing President Obama for his statement condemning a terrorist attack against a church in Egypt on New Year's Day. These bloggers are falsely claiming that, in …
Birth of Pakistan’s Islamic Extremism
Editor’s Note: Thanks in part to the iconic status of Ronald Reagan – and the “Charlie Wilson’s War” lionizing of the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan – Americans have little …
Jerry Brown as California Governor, Act 2: Can He Save the State?
Jerry Brown may be mellower and more experienced than when he first served as governor in 1975. Now he faces big challenges given California's more diverse population and flagging …
“The Left Has Nowhere to Go“
Ralph Nader in a CNN poll a few days before the 2008 presidential election had an estimated 3 percent of the electorate, or about 4 million people, behind his …
News in Brief: GOP Congress to Target Spending, and More
GOP Congress to Target Spending
Wendell Potter: The Health Care Spin Continues
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews had a good laugh during a recent segment about the five biggest political lies of 2010. PolitiFact gave the top prize to Republicans and pundits who …
Job No. 1: Jobs
As Paul Krugman aptly summarizes, “recovery” is today's fool’s gold. Good news about the economy — higher holiday sales, lower unemployment filings – feeds a truly dangerous beltway conventional …
How Afghanistan Became a War for NATO
Washington - The official line of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the NATO command in Afghanistan, is that the war against Afghan insurgents is vital to the security …
Hugh Jidette and Hugh Janus Go to Washington
By this point, many people have come across the name Hugh Jidette, the moniker of the fictional presidential candidate created by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation to advance its …