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2012-01-26T09:46:00.001-05:00

The Daily Show
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2012-01-25T12:49:00.002-05:00

2012-01-22T16:16:00.001-05:00

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2012-01-19T15:25:00.001-05:00

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2012-01-13T17:16:00.002-05:00

2012-01-13T10:15:00.001-05:00

The Colbert Report
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2012-01-08T10:46:00.002-05:00

Conservatives Prefer Reagan Fantasies To Reality (and so did Reagan)
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2012-01-03T17:59:00.000-05:00

Contrary To GOP Candidates’ Claims, Obama And The Fed Aren’t Devaluing The Dollar

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A favorite line of Republicans in the 2012 GOP presidential primary has been to claim that President Obama is devaluing the American dollar.
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2011-12-28T11:22:00.002-05:00

2011-12-23T18:36:00.001-05:00

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2011-12-23T10:29:00.001-05:00

The Post-Truth Campaign
by Paul Krugman
Mitt Romney is blazing new trails in politics, where not telling the truth doesn’t seem to have any consequences.
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2011-12-22T17:08:00.000-05:00

How Democrats Are Winning the Payroll Tax Fight
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2011-12-22T17:06:00.001-05:00

A Libertarian's Lament: Why Ron Paul Is An Embarrassment To The Creed
by Will Wilkerson
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2011-12-22T12:30:00.002-05:00

2011-12-20T22:13:00.000-05:00

2011-12-20T18:05:00.000-05:00

News Bulletin: Ron Paul is a Huge Racist
By Jonathan Chait
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2011-12-14T11:43:00.001-05:00

2011-12-13T20:04:00.001-05:00

2011-12-11T10:49:00.001-05:00

Andrew Cuomo and the Spirit of Occupy
How Occupy Wall Street made Andrew Cuomo act less like Chris Christie.
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
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2011-12-09T10:43:00.001-05:00

All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos
In getting to the truth about those wealthy “job creators” the Republicans aim to protect, the ’80s film “Wall Street” seems more relevant than ever. by Paul Krugman

2011-12-08T07:55:00.000-05:00

The Candidate Of ‘NO’: Legislation Ron Paul Has Voted Against

www.addictinginfo.org

Ron Paul is one of those politicians who says no for a living. As a representative of Texas, Paul has surprisingly voted against quite a few pieces of legislation that would shock many Americans.

Romney: Medicare May Not Be Guaranteed Every Year, If I’m President

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Mitt Romney clarified his plan to partially privatize the Medicare program during an interview with the Washington Examiner’s editorial board Wednesday morning, suggesting that he would allow Congress to vote on the amount of “premium support” credits (or vouchers) seniors receive to buy health care...
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2011-12-06T09:46:00.001-05:00

2011-12-03T10:36:00.001-05:00

The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! - Forbes

www.forbes.com

Image by AFP via @daylife I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as opponents would have you believe. At the end of the day, the law is - in the main - little more than a successful effort [...]
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2011-12-02T17:07:00.001-05:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-12-02T16:40:00.000-05:00

Norquist Tells GOP That Raising Taxes On The Middle Class Doesn’t Count As A Tax Increase

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Anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist, the president of Americans For Tax Reform and author of the radical anti-tax pledge that has played a significant role in hamstringing budget and deficit-reduction negotiations, has said that it is unacceptable for those who have signed his pledge to vote in favor of any tax increase. But now that President Obama and congressional Democrats are backing a tax cut aimed at stimulating economic growth, Norquist has changed his tune.
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2011-12-01T20:15:00.001-05:00

The Republicans' Farcical Candidates: A Club of Liars, Demagogues and Ignoramuses - SPIEGEL ONLINE -

www.spiegel.de

The US Republican race is dominated by ignorance, lies and scandals. The current crop of candidates have shown such a basic lack of knowledge that they make George W. Bush look like Einstein. The Grand Old Party is ruining the entire country's reputation.
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2011-11-30T23:14:00.001-05:00

2011-11-29T17:52:00.001-05:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-11-28T10:06:00.001-05:00

2011-11-28T09:55:00.001-05:00

2011-11-26T13:38:00.000-05:00

The Iran-contra scandal, 25 years later
By Peter Kornbluh
In 1990s, U.S. prosecutors assessed "criminal liabilty" of Reagan, George H.W. Bush.
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2011-11-24T09:21:00.000-05:00

How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War
by Juan Cole
What led comfortable, bright, middle-class students to join the Occupy protest movement against income inequality and big-money politics in the first place?
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2011-11-24T09:20:00.000-05:00

Realism and Compassion: Unacceptable in Today’s GOP
By Joe Conason —
Tasteless and questionable as it was for CNN to “co-sponsor” a Republican presidential debate with a pair of right-wing Washington think-tanks, at least the branding was accurate.
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2011-11-22T12:55:00.002-05:00

Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailout:
by Mike Taibbi
Had a quick piece of news I wanted to call attention to, in light of the recent developments at Zuccotti Park. For all of those who say the protesters have it wrong, and don’t really have a cause worth causing public unrest over, consider this story, sent to me by a friend on the Hill.
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2011-11-22T11:21:00.001-05:00

2011-11-21T17:46:00.000-05:00

Super Committee Member Sen. Kerry: Grover Norquist Is ‘The 13th Member Of This Committee’

thinkprogress.org
Today, the 12-member congressional super committee is expected to announce failure to reach an agreement to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal budget.
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2011-11-21T12:02:00.000-05:00

The Republicans Aren’t Funny, They’re Scary
By Bill Boyarsky — Unfortunately, the media's fascination with antics has diverted attention from what the Republicans would do if they win.
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2011-11-21T09:46:00.002-05:00

2011-11-20T18:20:00.001-05:00

2011-11-20T10:23:00.001-05:00

How Pizza Became A Vegetable Through The Magic Of Influence-Peddling

www.huffingtonpost.com

On Tuesday, Congress decided that pizza is a vegetable. I have to imagine that this news instilled confusion in many Americans, as many Americans are (a) familiar with pizza, (b) familiar with vegetables and (c) sane.
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2011-11-19T10:31:00.002-05:00

“The Stupid Party.”
by Paul Begala
Republicans used to admire intelligence. But now they’re dumbing themselves down.

2011-11-17T19:15:00.001-05:00

The GOP’s Message Problem
By Eugene Robinson —
This should be the Republicans’ election to lose. They seem well on their way.

New ‘Mature’ Newt Is Just Same Old Gingrich
By Joe Conason —
All politicians lie, but Gingrich specializes in a brand of self-puffing fantasy.
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2011-11-17T19:13:00.000-05:00

The Villain Occupy Wall Street Has Been Waiting For
By Robert Scheer — In the pantheon of billionaires without shame, Michael Bloomberg, the Wall Street banker-turned-business-press-lord-turned-mayor, is now secure at the top.
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2011-11-17T10:22:00.002-05:00

2011-11-16T12:18:00.001-05:00

2011-11-16T08:23:00.001-05:00

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2011-11-15T11:14:00.000-05:00

'Impartial' Supreme Court Justices Raise Money for Opponents of Health Care Law
by Bob Edgar
Suppose you were party to a lawsuit and you learned that the judge handling your case was hobnobbing with lawyers on the other side and helping to raise money for a group dedicated to defeating you in court?

2011-11-14T20:04:00.001-05:00

2011-11-13T10:24:00.000-05:00

Penn State Riots About White Men Not Liking to Be Held Accountable
By Mike Elk

If, like me, you scanned the crowds rioting at Penn State last night after the announcement of the firing of Joe Paterno, you may have noticed that nearly all the people there were white men. The riots were about white men not liking to be held accountable.

As a native Pennsylvanian, I never once considered attending Penn State University. Penn State always seemed like a place full of cliquish white people recalling their glory years of making fun of the dorky kids in high school. More progressive white people and people of color went to big city state schools like Pitt or Temple while whiter, more conservative types tended to dominate the settings of the rural, fraternity-heavy Penn State campus.

At the center of Penn State’s conservative culture stood Joe Paterno -- who frequently campaigned and fundraised for conservative politicians throughout Pennsylvania. As my friend sportswriter Dave Zirin points out, Penn State was a company town and football was the company that funded Penn State. Home football games attracted 100,000 people per game. Each year the program pumped a whopping $59 million into the poor rural economy of the surrounding area, from the sales of food to buying hotel rooms to the selling of sports gears, and created $50 million in pure profit that could be distributed to other programs at the university. In addition, Penn State football fostered large alumni donations as football games fostered strong bonds with graduates. To many Pennsylvanians, Joe Paterno represented Penn State and all it stood for.

Old, conservative white men around the state revered the football coach who stayed on well past his prime into his eighties. Paterno stayed on when others told him he was wrong not to change his old ways, well after his coaching seemed ineffective and his team’s record suffered. Paterno’s perseverance in the face of his deficiencies was a beacon of hope for many white men in Pennsylvania who felt their power challenged by liberals and people of color seeking to change their ways.

That's why I paid attention to the crowd rioting on television at Penn State last night. The firing of Joe Paterno upset the natural order that white men like Joe Paterno could rule not based on merit -- as Paterno’s coaching deficiencies showed -- but because white men always had.

As a Pennsylvanian, I could not be more ashamed of Penn State. This weekend I will instead be rooting for the University of California-Berkeley Golden Bears. There students participating in OccupyCal bravely faced police attacks for peaceably assembling, at the same moment Penn State white males attacked police over the firing of an 84-year-old football coach who enabled a child rapist.
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2011-11-12T10:44:00.000-05:00

2011-11-11T08:00:00.001-05:00

How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich

2011-11-11T07:53:00.002-05:00

Yes, it is Wall Street’s fault
Bloomberg joins Republicans in claiming Congress "forced" banks to give bad loans. Don't buy the propaganda
By Gene Lyons
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2011-11-11T07:53:00.001-05:00

The shame of Penn State
The university buried a child sex scandal for years. And rioting students dare blame the media?
by Allen Barra
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2011-11-10T22:59:00.000-05:00

» America Was Occupied by Sanity in Tuesday Election, As Tea Party Was Bagged - BuzzFlash

2011-11-10T22:52:00.001-05:00

Elizabeth Warren Responds To Rove Group’s Ad: ‘Yeah, I’ve Been Fighting Wall Street’

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Elizabeth Warren has responded to the new attack ad from Karl Rove’s group, Crossroads GPS, which linked her to all manner of alleged depravity and radicalism at the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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2011-11-10T14:41:00.002-05:00

2011-11-08T09:49:00.000-05:00

2011-11-07T18:07:00.001-05:00

Correcting the ‘fairy tale’: A SEAL’s account of how Osama bin Laden really died

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Forget whatever you think you know about the night Osama bin Laden was killed. According to a former Navy SEAL who claims to have the inside track, the mangled tales told of that historic night have only now been corrected.
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2011-11-06T20:05:00.001-05:00

Mitt Romney Vows To Privatize Medicare, Raise The Retirement Age, And Fire Thousands Of Government Workers
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2011-11-06T19:22:00.000-05:00

2011-11-05T18:12:00.000-04:00

The third Koch brother?
Facing charges Koch groups illegally funded his campaign, Herman Cain says he's their "brother from another mother"
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2011-11-05T17:53:00.001-04:00

"Justice Scalia's Catholic Dissent on the Death Penalty."

"Justice Scalia speaks for himself on death penalty, not the Catholic Church,"
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2011-11-05T17:37:00.001-04:00

Oligarchy, American Style
by Paul Krugman
Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means: It’s time to roll out the obfuscators!
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2011-11-03T10:04:00.001-04:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-11-03T08:28:00.001-04:00

John Nichols

Herman Cain, David Koch, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan & the Smoking Man

2011-11-02T11:37:00.001-04:00

2011-11-01T10:05:00.001-04:00

Our ethically permissive Supreme Court

Conservative justices wink at their own conflicts of interest
by Ronald Goldfarb

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2011-10-31T17:33:00.002-04:00

Letters Reveal Eric Cantor Begged For Obama Stimulus Money To Create Jobs

www.politicususa.com

Among the Tea Partiers Newsweek uncovered begging for federal dollars, one name stood out. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor requested tens of millions of federal stimulus dollars to create jobs in his district.
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2011-10-31T17:00:00.003-04:00

Cain’s bungling campaign

2011-10-31T16:59:00.004-04:00

It’s not ‘class warfare,’ it’s Christianity

2011-10-31T16:52:00.001-04:00

Why Paul Ryan is angryThe GOP is losing control of the narrative.
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2011-10-29T16:49:00.000-04:00

Taibbi: Wall Street Isn't Winning – It's Cheating

2011-10-29T10:59:00.001-04:00

2011-10-28T21:38:00.000-04:00

Speaking Up for That ‘1 Percent’

By Joe Conason — Before Paul Ryan delivers another lecture on the “fatal conceit of liberalism,” he ought to examine his own silly conceit: that he and others like him represent the hardworking majority, when he was merely born at the top.
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2011-10-27T16:34:00.001-04:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-10-27T11:39:00.001-04:00

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2011-10-27T08:30:00.000-04:00

Balloon Juice: Paul Ryan explains that simply acknowledging America’s record income inequality constitutes class warfare.
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2011-10-26T16:53:00.001-04:00

Rich People Create Jobs!

motherjones.com

And five other myths that must die for our economy to live.
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2011-10-25T10:56:00.001-04:00

Perry, Cain and Flat Earth Government By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
It’s one of the strangest things in our politics: The only “big” ideas Republicans and conservatives seem to offer these days revolve around novel and sometimes bizarre ways of cutting taxes on rich people.

What Romney’s Religion Reveals About His Politics
By Joe Conason —
What does the career of the former Massachusetts governor tell us about the ideology of the LDS church—and what his personal beliefs may portend if he becomes the first Mormon in the Oval Office?
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2011-10-25T10:20:00.001-04:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-10-22T16:51:00.000-04:00

Cain: If Al Qaeda Demanded It, I’d Consider Freeing Every Gitmo Prisoner For The Release Of An American Soldier
Be on the look out for a sharp increase in al Qaeda kidnappings in a Cain administration.
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2011-10-22T16:33:00.001-04:00

2011-10-21T20:02:00.000-04:00

After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq
by Tom Hayden
In a stunning victory for the American peace movement and Iraqi opponents of the US occupation, virtually all US troops will withdraw from Iraq by this December 31.
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2011-10-21T19:28:00.000-04:00

Obama's Iraq promise comes true
His campaign was rooted in a pledge to bring the troops home, which he just announced will happen by year's end
by Steve Kornacki
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2011-10-21T11:42:00.001-04:00

Success in Libya
Obama chose the right course.
by David Ignatius

The GOP’s foreign policy gap
The candidates forget the rest of the world.
by Eugene Robinson

2011-10-21T11:29:00.001-04:00

2011-10-21T11:20:00.001-04:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-10-20T12:32:00.001-04:00

2011-10-19T19:30:00.000-04:00

Labor News and Notes Round-upBy Kenneth Quinnell

The layoffs of local public employees are fueling the economic crisis.

Cornell University released a study that finds that Project Labor Agreements are expanding job opportunities for veterans, women, and minorities, among others.

Abuse of warehouse workers is increasing, but the Department of Labor may be taking action soon.

Yahoo! is the latest company to abandon the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Turns out Wall Street is responsible for higher oil and gas prices.

Greg Sargent asks the important question: What if working class Americans actually like Occupy Wall Street?

Plumbers are not backing "Joe the Plumber" in his possible congressional run.

Transport Workers Union President Jim Little's letter of support for Occupy Wall Street.

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick and the state's AFL-CIO leaders are supporting Occupy Boston

The agreement between United Auto Workers and Ford is headed toward approval.

2011-10-19T11:34:00.001-04:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2011-10-18T13:23:00.000-04:00

Rick Santorum’s Family Provocation

By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Lost in the hubbub over Herman Cain’s love affair with the number 9 during last week’s Republican debate were some compelling observations by Rick Santorum about “the breakdown of the American family” and its relationship to poverty.

The Tax Hikes That Republicans Love

By Joe Conason — Rather than close the grossest loopholes and deductions exploited by billionaires, Republican politicians want to punish all those families living large on $300 a week by taxing them more.
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2011-10-17T10:43:00.001-04:00

Corrupt Justice: Investigate, Impeach, and Remove Clarence Thomas

www.politicususa.com

Justice, is supposed to be honest, impartial, and above suspicion, but Clarence Thomas is none of those things.
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2011-10-16T12:20:00.002-04:00

Here's The Herminator
by Gail Collins

2011-10-15T11:25:00.001-04:00

2011-10-14T20:19:00.000-04:00

2011-10-13T19:02:00.000-04:00

The Rise of the Reverse Houdinis

By E.J. Dionne, Jr.
So let’s see: The solution to large-scale abuses of the financial system, a breakdown of the private sector, extreme economic inequality and the failure of companies and individuals to invest and create jobs is—well, to give even more money and power to very wealthy people, to disable government and to trust those who got us into the mess to get us out of it.
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2011-10-13T18:46:00.001-04:00

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2011-10-13T18:13:00.002-04:00

What does Mount Rushmore look like on the Canadian side?

2011-10-11T11:46:00.001-04:00

2011-10-11T11:22:00.000-04:00

Panic of the Plutocrats

www.nytimes.com

A look at why there is so much hysteria over the Wall Street protests.
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