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Government Shutdown
On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Continue to Blame President Obama for the Government Shutdown, and More
House Republicans continue to point the finger at President Obama for the government shutdown.
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William Rivers Pitt | Boehner, Obama and the Triple-Dog Dare
President Obama's most significant achievement, his legacy for all time, could be facing down these cretins.
Noam Chomsky | On Shutdown, Waning US Influence, Syrian Showdown
Noam Chomsky gives his perspective on the US government shutdown, the Syrian civil war, capitalist reform in South America and more in a Truthout interview.
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American Craziness and Class Warfare
Paul Krugman: The monster the wealthy created has turned on its creators.
Bill Moyers: On the Sabotage of Democracy
Bill Moyers shares his own thoughts on the shutdown, and the resulting sabotage of democracy.
Will Seniors Have to Pay for President Obama’s Victory on Budget Standoff?
As Republicans consider another
Cruzonomics: The Problem of Free Market Psychology
Is Wall Street rationality deeply irrational?
The Radical Christian Right and the War on Government
While the radical religious right wants to lead a world based on conservative values, in reality it has no interest in promoting actual social values.
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The NSA Deserves a Permanent Shutdown
Despite the reality that domestic government surveillance is the one of the most unnecessary programs, the NSAu2019s surveillance programs are exempt from a government shutdown.
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Veterans Don’t Want to be “Pawns” in Shutdown Fight
As the impact on veterans becomes part of the contentious debate over the government shutdown, the commander of one of the nationu2019s leading veterans organizations said Friday that they …