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How Americans for Prosperity Will Keep Hiding Donors in Shifting Election Landscape, but Retain Tax-Exempt Status
Despite a recent court decision that should bring transparency to campaign spending, the non-profit run by David Koch continues to hide its donors as it drops $27 million on …
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Justice Department Closes Investigation of Interrogation Deaths
Unable to secure evidence that would sustain a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt, charges resulting the death of two men who were killed during US interrogation will be dropped.
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Jim Hightower: Welcome to GOP Nutland!
As the Republican National Convention down in Tampa, Florida continues to entertain, the American people wonder what crazy thing the GOP will say next.
Don’t Pay Polluters
Paying firms not to pollute gives rise to a perverse incentive.
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Uprising in Montana: Activists Take a Stand Against Coal Exports
It didnu2019t really matter though: Hundreds converged from across the country for the Coal Export Action and 23 participated in five days of civil disobedience in protest of the …
Chart: How Ending the High End Bush Tax Cuts Saves Nearly $1 Trillion
President Obama has promised to end the Bush tax cuts on income in excess of $250,000 when they expire at the end of the year, with his aides saying …
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An American Journey Across Expendable Communities and People
In a journey across expendable communities and people u2013 the collateral damage created by an elite oligarchical and political class u2013 Chris Hedges, along with illustrator Joe Sacco, trenchantly …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Colorado, Washington and Oregon Are Giving Voters a Chance to Legalize Marijuana, and More
CNN reports that early drafts of the Republican Partyu2019s 2012 platform include a constitutional ban on abortion.
Mitt Romney’s Southern Strategy Gambit
On August 3, 1980 GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point at the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually lily-white, wildly enthusiastic throng that …
Economic Update: “Democracy at Work”
Updates on European crisis (creative Spanish anti-austerity politics, Mondragon avoids worst of crisis, suicides in response to crisis), Chilean students' strike against privatized education as bad education.