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With only five US Representatives in attendance, a Pakistani school teacher and his two children brought tears to the House this week describing the drone attack that killed his …

Here is the real danger: We're making murder in its most recognizable form acceptable.

Why do Tea Party adherents favor policies that are often directly counter to their economic interests?

Is the media giving Americans the information they need in order to make informed decisions?

It appears that none of the $40 million collected for drone strike victims and their families has actually reached them.

Some politicians are involved in a type of “legal extortion” to get their hands on cash, with terms like the “tollbooth” and “milker bills” describing some of these practices.

Senator Ted Cruz declined taxpayer-funded coverage because of his wife's Cadillac policy.

Despite speculations that the government shutdown finally would be the end of Tea Party members, it is possible they will use the same tactics come 2014.

Rachel Maddow tells the history of the “Gephardt rule” that made raising the debt ceiling automatic with the budget to avoiding damaging default threats.

Republicans still have one power: the power to destroy. And they will use that power until we take it away from them.