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Free Speech TV: Live Coverage of the Midterm Elections (Video)
Starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Time tonight, Free Speech TV is broadcasting live coverage of the midterm elections from broadcasting centers in New York, Washington, DC and from their …
On a Volatile Election Day, California Supports Democrats
While election results remain tensely in the air for states like Nevada and Alaska, which have received nationwide attention for their high-profile senatorial and governor campaigns, early California voters …
Swiss Embassy Attack in Athens Follows Discovery of Six Greece “Parcel Bombs“
So-called “parcel bombs” exploded today in the compounds of the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens, injuring no one, according to the Associated Press. They came a day after …
US vs. Brazil: A Tale of Two Elections
This week the Western Hemisphere will see a tale of two elections: two elections that have a number of key features in common, and some key points of divergence. …
News in Brief: Google Sues US Government, and More
Google Sues US Government
Torture Orders Were Part of US Sectarian War Strategy
Washington - The revelation by Wikileaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees by Iraqis has been treated in news …
The New York Times Gets Women Voters Wrong
New York Times Los Angeles bureau chief Adam Nagourney can't seem to figure out why the latest polls in California show that Republicans Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, a …
Michael Moore | Today Is the Day
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That — and where to go from here — will be …
US Elections: The Deficit Hawks Have Already Won
Austerity economics has won in Europe. But there is a mythology traveling around that the U.S., at least, has retained the Keynesian orientation that helped cut short an economy …
Tea Party Politics and the Dixiecrats of 1948
It has been said and rightly so, history has a way of repeating itself. The British philosopher Edmund Burk said, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat …