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Eye on Europe: Once Public Trust Goes, Can Democracy Be Far Behind?
Is Western Democracy coming apart at the seams? A decade ago, only paranoid alarmists would have posed that question. Today, it may be an expression of …
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We Are Wisconsin, and We’re Already Winners
This morning Wisconsin voters will stream to the polls in a historic recall election that pits defenders of working people against six incumbents who backed a right-wing legislative assault …
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The Wisconsin Solution
Protesters demonstrating against the Budget Repair Bill in Madison, Wisconsin, February 17 2011. (Photo: Richard Hurd) It was, simply, one of the worst weeks in recent memory. …
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Can America Still Lead?
London - The first week of August 2011 will be remembered as a singularly irrational, wasteful and shameful moment in the political and economic history of the United States. …
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The Bizarro FDR
Barack Obama is a lot of things — eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak. This basic truth …
Matthew Vadum, Master of Misinformation, Subverts the Truth With More Democratic “Voter Fraud” Lies
Matthew Vadum will lie about anything he needs to in order to collect his wingnut welfare paychecks apparently. American values such as democracy be damned. It's partisan politics (and …
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Media Malpractice on Debt Ceiling
There are specific patterns in corporate media coverage of political debates: Progressive ideas are generally marginalized. “Compromise” between the major parties is encouraged. Democrats should “move to the center,” …
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Wisconsin Citizen Jumps Through DMV Hoops to Get Photo ID in Order to Cast Legal Vote
A video captured by a woman trying to obtain an ID so that her son can vote under new GOP laws in Wisconsin reveals some of the hurdles legal …
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A Future Without Coal: In New Mexico Supreme Court, Again
A Coal Power Plant in New Mexico. (Photo: glennia / Flickr) It’s time we secure a future without coal in New Mexico, across America, and around the world. …
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New Court Filing Reveals How the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election Was Hacked
Tomas Rueda, of the Hispanic Republican Club of Cleveland, a poll challenger, monitors voting at a polling site in Cleveland on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov 2, 2004. (Photo: Andrea …