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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 …
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Feast of Fools: How American Democracy Became the Property of a Commercial Oligarchy
The country is being asked to vote in November for television commercials.
The Taxing Terms of the GOP Plan Invite Class Carnage
Rationalizers for the really rich want it both ways.
Election 2012
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The Delusional Mr. Romney
Mitt Romney told supporters behind closed doors that heu2019s disadvantaged because he was born to a rich white family, that heu2019d have a better chance to win if his …
Notice to the President: Your Nominee to the State Justice Institute Is Corrupt
On May 23rd, 2012, President Obama announced his nomination of New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to serve on the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute. …
Romney Calls 47% of Voters Dependent in Leaked Video
Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as