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Newlyweds
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Not With a Bang, but a Derp: It’s Mitt
The last lingering echoes of the most ludicrous GOP field ever to seek the presidency roared over the gunwales of Romney's campaign battleship like a wall of green water, …
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Stigmatize the Money
In Congress and state legislatures, both sides of the aisle are awash with special-interest money.
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Romney’s Regressivism
According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, Romneyu2019s plan would give a $250K tax cut, on average, to everyone now earning over a million dollars a year.
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Henry A. Giroux: The Occupy Movement and the Politics of Educated Hope
American society has lost its claim on democracy. One indication of such a loss is that the crises produced on a daily basis by crony capitalism operate within a …
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Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals
Don't Worry About Obama; Worry about Seamus Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has got more to worry about than a lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy. …
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Mitt Romney: The Salesman Trapped in the GOP Madhouse
Mitt Romney is not a flip-flopper. He's a salesman. Romney has been running for president since 2007. He has been running as a pragmatic conservative in a party no …
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The “Suicidal State” and the War on Youth
For over thirty years, the North American public has been reared on a neoliberal dystopian vision.
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Handicapping the Veep Stakes
Washingotn - Playing second fiddle to Mitt Romney won't be easy, but somebody has to be his running mate. Let's handicap the field:Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: The choice who …
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Did the Koch Machine Put Romney Over the Top in Wisconsin?
After outspending Santorum 4-to1, Romney won the endorsements of a raft of Koch-allied politicians. Then he endorsed the Koch agenda. In a closer race than the polls predicted, …