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This Is What Happens When Congress Is for Sale
Thom Hartmann: Now is the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and end the terrifying reign of money in politics.
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Newtown’s Hidden Crime-Scene Photos
As a father and grandfather, I appreciate the feelings of those Newtown, Connecticut, parents who don't want the gruesome crime-scene photos of last December's massacre released. But it is …
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All Politics Is Local
Do what you can within reach of your arm for it is part of a tapestry that reaches far and wide.
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How Can Congress Ignore 92 percent Support for Gun Control?
Gun control presents the greatest test in recent memory of whether we still have a representative democracy in the United States. Despite national polls showing 92 per cent support …
Robert Reich on Lessons Learned From Watergate
Interview with economist and former secretary of labor, Robert Reich, on the influence of money over politics from Watergate to today.
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The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick
Criticism of Ernest Moniz has focused on his support for nuclear power and for natural gas extracted through fracking.
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Anti-Politics in So Cal: Why is LA So Boring?
or the first time in my life, like 84% of Los Angeles registered voters, I failed to cast a ballot in last week's election. It was a primary to …
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GOP Uses Science to Find White Bigots … How About Using Science for Climate Change?
It was science that determined that global warming and climate change were real, and now it's science that's determined that the Republican Party is full of ‘stuffy old men.’
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GOP Marketing
Clay Bennett Cartoon.
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Time to End the GOP’s Voter Fraud Lie
Donu2019t be fooled by all of these GOP laws, because they have absolutely nothing to do with combatting voter fraud, and have everything to do with keeping typically Democratic …