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The NRA Lobbies for Gunmakers, Not Gun Owners
The NRA is more likely to pay heed to gunmakers at the expense of rank-and-file members, who actually tend to support gun control.
Lisa and Me: Birthdays and Republican-Style Medicare
Unless the pre-existing condition nightmare is clearly and permanently eliminated from all health care situations, all of our health care will suffer.
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Hacked Intel Email: NYPD Involved in “Damn Right Felonious Activity“
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) really has gone rogue; at least that's what a high-level FBI official believes.
Reforming Welfare and Gutting the Poor: A Bipartisan Platform
This punitive approach to poverty has driven poor mothers of color further to the margins of the economy, making them even more politically invisible.
Afghanistan’s Base Bonanza: Total Tops Iraq at That War’s Height
Afghanistan may turn out to be one of the great misbegotten u201cstimulus packagesu201d of the modern era, a construction boom in the middle of nowhere with materials largely shipped …
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Trickle Down
How Americans for Prosperity Will Keep Hiding Donors in Shifting Election Landscape, but Retain Tax-Exempt Status
Despite a recent court decision that should bring transparency to campaign spending, the non-profit run by David Koch continues to hide its donors as it drops $27 million on …
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Justice Department Closes Investigation of Interrogation Deaths
Unable to secure evidence that would sustain a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt, charges resulting the death of two men who were killed during US interrogation will be dropped.
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Jim Hightower: Welcome to GOP Nutland!
As the Republican National Convention down in Tampa, Florida continues to entertain, the American people wonder what crazy thing the GOP will say next.
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Uprising in Montana: Activists Take a Stand Against Coal Exports
It didnu2019t really matter though: Hundreds converged from across the country for the Coal Export Action and 23 participated in five days of civil disobedience in protest of the …