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Suspicious Voter Forms Found in Florida – Again
ic Allied Consulting, hired by GOP to sign up new voters, may have forms containing questionable signatures.
Romney’s Goal for the Companies Bain Acquired: “Harvest Them at Significant Profit”
We need someone who doesnu2019t see the economy as profits to be harvested, but as people who need more and better jobs.
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Democratic Senators Want a Stop to Arctic Drilling
Problems on the Arctic Challenger has caused Shell to give up for the year on drilling for oil in the Arctic waters off Alaska.
Is There Any Such Thing as Progressive US Foreign Policy in the Middle East?
The US progressive movement must reconcile positions on US foreign policy that often support US imperial projects abroad with its push for social justice at home.
Elizabeth Warren Is GOP Target #1: Smear Campaigns Start in Key Races – It’s the Start of Political Mud Season
Massachusettu2019s Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has taken some serious fire this political season, especially in the past 24 hours.
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Obama Heads to UN, Skipping Meetings With Foreign Leaders
President Barack Obama will use an address Tuesday at the United Nations to press back against Republican criticism that heu2019s mishandling the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Election Countdown 2012: Eight Tree-Sitters Block Keystone XL Pipeline in Texas, and More
This week in the Election Countdown, eight people scaled 80-feet into trees to block Kthe southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline; A virus transmitted by biting flies has …
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Ask Your Mama
“I got a question.” I didn’t see him—or the other kid with him—approaching. In their teens, I’d guess. My back was turned to them. I was interviewing a lady …
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Obama Against the World: Forget Mitt Romney, Can the President Make It to November 7?
So yes, the smartest political odds-givers around believe President Obama has a distinct edge over Mitt Romney coming out of the conventions, the Senate is trending Democratic, and who …
Citizen’s United (A Poem)
If we kidnapped THEIR children They would find us If we put guns In the hands of those young They would tag them “Child soldiers” But here We prefer …