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Joe Biden

Will Biden’s Billion-Dollar Plan Help Central America?
Militarizing security, deregulating markets, and dismantling labor rights isn't the solution.

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If Hillary Is the Only Candidate, Where Does She Stand on Keystone XL?
Robert Naiman: Hillary Clinton may be the only candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, but we still need to know what her positions are.

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Is Hillary Clinton a Neocon-Lite?
The prospect of a President Hillary Clinton could represent a step back from some of President Barack Obama's more innovative foreign policy strategies.

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Memo to Media: Israeli Settlement Expansion Is Not All About the United States
It's the existence of Israel's West Bank settlements at all, not the timing of an announcement about new construction, that should concern the media.

How the Financial Plutocracy Tugs the Leash on the Two-Party Duopoly
An interview with former senate staffer and retired lobbyist Jeff Connaughton, whose 2012 book The Payoff gives an insider's account of Wall Street's stranglehold on DC.

Democrats Share the Blame for Tragedy of Iraq War
The Democrats who voted to support the war and rationalized that vote by making false claims about Iraq's WMD programs were responsible for allowing the Bush administration to get …

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William Rivers Pitt | Winning the Outside Chance
All we won on Tuesday night was the outside chance of not losing. What is made of that very slim margin is entirely up to you.

Why Biden Won
The vice presidential debate was a contest between a genuine political veteran and a wooden marionette.

Election Countdown 2012: Thousands of Absentee Ballots Were Discarded in Key West Due to Voter Negligence
Mission elapsed time: T + 34 and counting* “The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions.” …

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Biden to the Rescue
If the question is who did more to help his ticket, Joe Biden won the vice presidential debate by a mile.