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Gingrich Surges With Old, Familiar Ploy: Racist Attacks on Poor People
Newt Gingrich looks to be winning the race-baiting competition this Republican primary season. Fueled by a new version of his well honed attacks on the safety net, Gingrich celebrated …
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Suddenly Romney’s on the Ropes as Developments Rock GOP Race
Charleston - Put the champagne on ice. Hold the coronation. Mitt Romney's hopes of quickly clinching the Republican presidential nomination may be fading. He now finds himself …
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Thanks to Citizens United, Multinational Mega Lobbyist Firm Salivates Over $4 Billion in Campaign Cash
On Saturday, protesters will stage demonstrations across the country to mark the two year anniversary of the Citizens United, the Supreme Court case that opened the door to unlimited, …
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Corporate Personhood Cannot Withstand Organized Persons
There are many schemes now for undoing the doctrines under which corporations claim constitutional rights and bribery is deemed constitutionally protected “speech.” Every single one of these schemes depends …
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A Voters’ Rights Amendment as a Focus for Dissent
A voter at a polling station at Parker-Varney School in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 10, 2012. (Photo: Nathaniel Brooks/The New York Times) Unification of the Tea Party …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Leaders Now Trying to Skirt Around the Tea Party, and More
I'm Jacob Dean in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
New James O’Keefe Hoax Video Purports to Detail Fraudulent Cases of “Voter Fraud” in New Hampshire
Long ago discredited, federally convicted criminal, Rightwing con-artist, pretend journalist, and accomplished liar James O'Keefe is pimping another secretly-taped and selectively-edited video sure to be a sensation on Fox …
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The GOP’s 2012 Iowa Caucuses: A National Model for Transparent Democracy
Before we move on to the nightmare of democracy and secret, concealed “trust-me” vote-counting which will comprise the bulk of the “First-in-the-Nation” primary in New Hampshire, I'd like to …
How Media and Pollsters Pundify the Public and Marginalize Actual Ideas
As so many follow “the opinion polls” in New Hampshire, keep this in mind: They don't measure opinion. The tracking question being continuously asked is some minor varient of …
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Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary
Manchester, N.H. - Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his …