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Romney Collects More in Donations From the Five Biggest Banks Than All Other Candidates Combined
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:30 AM EST (Truthout - All Articles)
So far, the financial industry has made 69 percent of its donations in the presidential race to Republicans, a trend that, if it continues, “would mark the most skewed to one party the spending has been in more than two decades.”
Beware Celebrations of Republican Disarray
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:18 PM EST (The Nation)
As a political scientist trained in the late twentieth century, I believe in certain political truths. I trust my colleague David Mayhew’s insight that “congressmen are single-minded seekers of reelection” as the organizing principle of Congressional behavior.
Opinion: Can conservatives welcome the stranger?
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:01 AM EST ()
Over the past 30 years there has been an increasing divide between conservatives and liberals. This divide has grown not only in politics, but religious identity as well. The liberal or conservative label defines not only someone’s identity, but also their foe.
When a party flirts with suicide
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:09 AM EST (Salon.com)
Everything about Newt Gingrich screams “general election disaster.” He is burdened with far too much personal and ethical baggage, is far too prone to needlessly inflammatory and polarizing antics, and turns off far too many voters with his arrogance and unconcealed c …
Anonymous strikes back after feds shut piracy hub Megaupload
Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:18 PM EST (CNN)
"Hacktivist" collective Anonymous on Thursday took credit for taking down U.S.
Five myths about Barack Obama
Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:01 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Barack Obama’s rise in politics was so rapid, and his background so unusual, that he was immediately subjected to malicious myths — from the bogus story that he was raised Muslim to the lie that he wasn’t born in the United States.
GOP nightmare: Obama fixes the economy
Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:27 AM EST (Salon.com)
President Obama’s bold decision to ignore GOP obstructionism and make recess appointments at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board started off 2012 with a bang, inspiring long-deferred jubilation among liberals and paroxysms of o …
How Cities and States are Sticking It to Citizens United
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 8:55 AM EST (Common Dreams)
It won’t be easy to stop big money from undermining our democracy. But momentum is building.
Have the Super-Rich Seceded from the United States?
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 8:52 AM EST (CounterPunch.org)
I do not mean secession in terms of physical withdrawal from the territory of the state, although that happens occasionally.
Ohio earthquake was not a natural event, expert says
Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 1:17 PM EST (Reuters)
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Ohio on New Year's Eve did not occur naturally and may have been caused by high-pressure liquid injection related to oil and gas exploration and production, an expert hired by the state of Ohio said on Tuesday. Ohio's Department of Natural Resou …
American Psychosis: What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?
Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:07 AM EST ()
The United States, locked in the kind of twilight disconnect that grips dying empires, is a country entranced by illusions. It spends its emotional and intellectual energy on the trivial and the absurd.
CNN: Newt Gingrich, not wife, pressed for first divorce
Seeded on Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:49 AM EST (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Last month, on a campaign website, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said it was his first wife, Jackie Battley Gingrich, who asked for their divorce back in 1980. But CNN reports that it has obtained previously – shall we say – protected documents from the Ca …
GOP Voter Suppression Plan: Seven Tactics To Block Your Vote in 2012
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:37 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
If you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, your ability to vote may be a lot harder in 2012—especially if you live in states that have a history of racial repression during the Civil Rights Movement.
Obama refuses to back down on payroll tax fight with Republicans
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:31 AM EST ()
President Barack Obama demanded on Tuesday that Republicans in the House of Representatives pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 million Americans.The Republican-led House earl …
The Corporations That Occupy Congress
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:09 AM EST (Common Dreams)
Some of the biggest companies in the United States have been firing workers and in some cases lobbying for rules that depress wages at the very time that jobs are needed, pay is low, and the federal budget suffers from a lack of revenue. Last month Citizens for Tax …
Frustration with Congress Could Hurt Republican Incumbents
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:30 PM EST ()
Public discontent with Congress has reached record levels, and the implications for incumbents in next year's elections could be stark, according to the the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Dec. 7-11.
Gingrich Uses Fog of Words to Cloud Our Memory
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:28 AM EST (Bloomberg.com)
Newt Gingrich is back in contention for the Republican presidential nomination partly because he understands the power of words, the pervasiveness of amnesia, and the dark art of making them work together.It’s still hard to imagine Gingrich as president.
Gary Johnson "In 1997 Newt Gingrich Proposed The Death Penalty For Marijuana Possession"
Seeded on Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:28 PM EST (YouTube)
Gary Johnson discusses Newt's extremism, Romney's confused positions, and the possibility of running for President as a libertarian candidate.
How Washington Orthodoxy Fails the Middle Class
Seeded on Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:47 AM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
On Tuesday, Barack Obama declared the debate over how to restore growth, balance, and fairness to the American economy the "defining issue of our time." "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class," he said in a Kansas speech, "and for all those who are fighting to g …
Republicans, 'Reformers' Open New Fronts In The War On Childhood
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 10:26 AM EST (Today's Ideas & Actions | OurFuture.org)
Normally, it would be apparent to all that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich forgot the first rule of holes when he recently doubled-down on his proposal to solve the problem of poor urban schools by recruiting impoverished children into the janitorial trade. But t …
Rumors Surface That Nixon Was Gay
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 10:23 AM EST (US News & World Report)
First, it was former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Owner of car dealership labeled Owner of car dealership labeled "Taliban Toyota" wins millions
Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 8:45 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
The owner of a large southwest Alabama car dealership derided as "Taliban Toyota" by a competitor has been awarded $7.5 million in damages after a jury trial for his slander claim.Iranian-born Shawn Esfahani, owner of Eastern Shore Toyota in Daphne, Alabama, sought $28 million in …
Sabotage: The Story Behind The Republican Party's "Top Political Priority"
Seeded on Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:55 PM EDT (Political Correction)
Congressional Republicans won't admit it, but President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act is popular — with voters and economists alike. According to the most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 63 percent of Americans support the president's bill, which independent …
Why Compromise Is Vital, Even In Rush Limbaugh Fantasyland
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:43 AM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Rush Limbaugh says that mutually beneficial compromise among Republicans and Democrats is impossible. "One party is abject no doubt socialist," he argues.
Pennsylvania GOP's Plan To Rig 2012 presidential Election Meets Opposition From Within the Party
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:42 PM EDT ()
The GOP’s plan to rig the 2012 Presidential election has hit a stumbling block as some PA Republicans are refusing to follow leadership. Rejecting the movement started by All Votes Matter, a.k.a.
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