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America’s Illegal Foreclosure Epidemic
Two-year-olds often go running around the house too wildly and crash into something. They get an “ouchie” and fall down crying, but they learn from it. That's …
Why Do The Koch Brothers Want to End Public Education?
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The Struggle for Syria (2)
Demonstrators react during a march through city center Hama, in Syria, July 16, 2011. “Come on Bashar, leave,” is a song that in the weeks since it was heard …
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At Outsize Ritual of the Straw Poll, GOP Candidates Jockey for Position
Des Moines - A half-dozen Republican presidential hopefuls jockeyed Friday for attention on the eve of the Iowa straw poll, a ritual that has taken on outsize meaning as …
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The People Beg to Differ, Mr. Romney: Corporations Aren’t People
The political world is abuzz with a heat-of-the-moment comment by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that is starkly revealing. Here's how The Huffington Post reported it: …
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Rick Perry Says Social Security and Medicare Are Unconstitutional
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has, to say the least, a very odd understanding of the Constitution. He thinks Texas should be able to opt out of Social Security, …
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Why the President Doesn’t Present a Bold Plan to Create Jobs and Jumpstart the Economy
Americans are deeply confused about why the economy is so bad – and their President isn't telling them. In fact, the White House apparently has decided to join with …
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Capitulation, Not Compromise, Led to a Debt Deal
President Barack Obama signed an agreement on August 2 that raised the United States’ debt ceiling. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) What would …
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The Economic Illiterates Step Up the Attack on Social Security and Medicare
(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: Eddy Pula, SqueakyMarmot) Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgrade of US debt should be seen as the joke it is. The rating agency, …
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Paul Ryan Signals Willingness to Raise Revenues, Shifting Positions Following Downgrade
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) said he is open to revenue increases as part of a deal to reduce the deficit today, seemingly shifting positions from the hardline …