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Cash and Congress: The Tie That Binds
Their fat wallets and deep pockets bring together Democrats and Republicans like no one else in a collegial spirit of kumbaya as they dive for dollars in exchange for …
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Feinstein Defends Congress’ Intelligence Oversight Amid New Revelations
Feinstein claims that the infomation revealed in the Post was old news to her NSA cohorts and contends that the NSA did not deliberately break any laws.
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Why Congress’s Gridlock Doesn’t Paralyze Government but Gridlocks Democracy
Just because the legislature has ceased to function doesn't mean our government has. Political decision making has moved to peripheral public entities, where power is exercised less transparently and …
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A Lack of Spine on Egypt
Eugene Robinson: Obama should speak the truth and cut off military aid.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Cayman Islands Have Agreed to Make it More Difficult for the Rich to Evade Taxes, and More
The bankers, billionaires, and wealthy elite are losing one of their favorite offshore tax havens.
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Will Washington, D.C. Be Named “Reaganville?”
Itu2019s easier to abolish women and to send illegal immigrants to the moon than it is to improve our nation, at least for Republicans.
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Two Easy Ways for Congress to Raise its Public Approval Rating
There are two easy steps our Senators and Representatives can take now that will dramatically improve the public approval rating of the United States Congress.
With Iran US Is Stuck in False Dilemma
Like Longine Symphonettes that once played over and over again, the U.S. is again playing a “false dilemma” record with Iran. When President Hassan Rouhan offered an olive branch …
John Nichols and Robert McChesney: Progressives Ask for Too Little, Not Too Much in Age of Plutocratic Rule
Truthout speaks with John Nichols and Robert McChesney about their new book, “Dollarocracy.”
Senate Insider Speaks Out: Ex-Wyden Staffer on Secret Laws, Domestic Spying and Obama’s NSA Reforms
We speak to Jennifer Hoelzer, the former deputy chief of staff for Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, a longtime critic of the Obama administration for using a secret interpretation of …