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Lawmakers Push Back Against Administration’s Failed Latin America Policy
In a remarkable eruption of sanity in Washington, there is finally some pushback from Congress against the far-right and “center” on US policy toward Venezuela and Latin America — …
Senate Debates Constitutional Amendment to Rein in Outside Cash
Though Democrats and Republicans are split down party lines on whether to add a constitutional amendment to limit campaign spending, both parties ignore 50 percent of Americans in favor …
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The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
The sheer volume of conspiracies out there about our Commander-in-Chief is pretty astounding.
Clueless in Cairo
Amid the deadly chaos in Egypt, Washington has been reduced to the role of a helpless bystander.
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The Real Villains of the Bergdahl Tale
The right-wing media is denouncing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as a “deserter” who wasn't worth ransoming from the Taliban, but the real villains are the architects of the disastrous Iraq …
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“Force Protection Alpha in Effect” — Coming to a Town Near You
The latest revelation is but the exposure of one more lie, one more layer of criminality and venality of this corrupt and dangerous program.
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That Surveillance Reform Bill Was Gutted, Passed and Sent to the Senate
Want real surveillance reform? Well, we almost had it. The USA Freedom Act started off with a roar before being slightly weakened (compromised is the word being used) by …
Astroturf America
Radical cartoonist Sarah Rosenblatt illustrates astroturfing, or fake grassroots organizing, to demonstrate how corporations and politicians undermine social democracy.
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Remembering Maya Angelou: Fiery Poet of Peace
In Angelou's poem “A Brave and Startling Truth,” we can sense the poet's yearning for a more peaceful and loving future.
The State Department’s Ukraine Fiasco
The State Department's handling of the Ukraine crisis may go down as a textbook diplomatic fiasco, doing nothing to advance genuine US interests while disrupting cooperation with Moscow and …