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By Jabari Asim — Va. Sen. George Allen, who has a history of racist behavior, incomprehensibly wants us to believe that his opponent is no better—because he has written novels whose characters use racist language.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006
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Truthdig salutes all the journalists, activists and researchers who have been working to expose the security flaws of electronic voting machines—an underappreciated endeavor that is essential to the safeguarding of our democracy.
Posted on Nov 3, 2006
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The political satirist reports on the terrifying rampage of a touchscreen computer apparently programmed to go berserk upon the recording of a Democratic vote.
Posted on Nov 3, 2006
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Mohammad Khatami, the reform-minded former president of Iran who favored a “dialogue among civilizations,” labeled America’s efforts to impose democracy on the Middle East a “great joke.” He added, “Democracy is not something to get exported.”
Listen to his BBC interview
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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Republicans showed the same delicacy in barging into Terri Schiavo’s hospital room as Rush Limbaugh did when he accused Michael J. Fox of faking his Parkinson’s symptoms.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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By Ellen Goodman — Nancy Pelosi can stand the political heat, and so can a raft of women candidates slugging their way to Election Day.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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By Joe Conason — Anticipating a bruising defeat at the polls, Republicans have begun claiming that many Democratic victories would actually validate conservative policies.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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By Molly Ivins — Bush & Co.‘s attacks on Sen. John Kerry’s quasi-gaffe reveal the utter political bankruptcy of the GOP.
Posted on Nov 1, 2006
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By Danny Postel and Nader Hashemi — Two experts on Iran tear to shreds the L.A. Times columnist’s recent essay about America’s “need” to intervene in that country.
Posted on Oct 31, 2006
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By Robert Scheer — The dire predictions President Bush is making about “cutting and running” from Iraq are almost identical to the horrifically inaccurate ones Presidents Johnson and Nixon made about Vietnam.
Posted on Oct 31, 2006
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By Molly Ivins — The columnist warns against dancing a jig on the coffin of the Republican Party.
Posted on Oct 30, 2006
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A measure to raise the minimum wage is the rare ballot option that isn’t a choice between the lesser of two evils.
Posted on Oct 30, 2006
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By Rep. Dennis Kucinich — In advance of the election, Republicans painted Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) as the specter of a Democrat-controlled House. In this piece for Truthdig (originally posted on 10/30), Kucinich responds to the attack, and gives the American people a preview of what’s to come.
Posted on Oct 30, 2006
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By Jabari Asim — There’s something off about making a TV ad that equates your first time voting with your first time having sex.
Posted on Oct 29, 2006
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By Andy Borowitz — The political satirist reports that the president also proposed erecting a 700-foot fence around Hillary Clinton.
Posted on Oct 27, 2006
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