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AP/Arkansas Secretary of State, Lori McElroy
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From defending slavery to advocating for the killing of disobedient children, there’s been a lot of crazy talk by some GOP politicians in the state of Arkansas recently.
Posted on Oct 11, 2012
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By Robert Reich — Joe Biden’s job during Thursday’s vice presidential debate is to smoke Paul Ryan out, exposing his fanaticism. And the best way to do this is to force him to take responsibility for the regressive budget he created as chairman of the House Budget Committee.
Posted on Oct 11, 2012
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By Robert Reich — The latest Pew Research Center poll shows Mitt Romney ahead of President Barack Obama among likely voters, 49% to 45%. But the latest Gallup poll shows President Obama leading Romney among likely voters, 50% to 45%.
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including details about a pro-life conservative who reportedly pressured his mistress to get an abortion, and a major case makes its way to the Supreme Court.
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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Photo by Paul Weiskel (rights reserved)
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By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law —
Occupiers say the movement is about building connections, creating alternative media sources and learning to cope without government.
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Reece Lodder
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By William Pfaff — It is no surprise to find a businessman who is clueless with respect to America’s international relations, but when a businessman is running for the American presidency, you would expect an effort to read and learn.
Posted on Oct 9, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Bain Capital and Mitt Romney’s connection to Big Tobacoo and why a Republican lawmaker thinks the death penalty is appropriate for kids who don’t respect their parents.
Posted on Oct 9, 2012
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Oct 9, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
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John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri —
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Mitt Romney makes a major foreign policy speech and a Republican lawmaker defends slavery.
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — There are forces working to make the campaign about something more than a suffocating battle to influence tiny slivers of the electorate.
Posted on Oct 7, 2012
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Pavel Constantin, Cagle Cartoons, Romania —
Posted on Oct 7, 2012
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Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
Posted on Oct 7, 2012
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Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle —
Posted on Oct 6, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Oct 6, 2012
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By Justin Elliott, ProPublica —
The Government Integrity Fund, which has spent money on ads attacking Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), told the IRS last year it did not plan to spend any money to influence elections when it applied for recognition of its tax-exempt status.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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By Robert Reich — We’re still crawling out of the deep crater we fell into in 2008 and 2009. The percent of the working-age population now working or actively looking for work is higher than it was, but still near a 30-year low. But at least we’re crawling out.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Mitt Romney apologizing to nearly half of America, Justice Scalia weighing in on abortion and gay rights, and the horrendous thing Rick Santorum wants to do to Big Bird.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle —
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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AP/Charlie Neibergall
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By Robert Scheer — The presidential debate this week was much ado about nothing, and Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama because he was more energetic in distorting the significance of their miniscule differences.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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By David Sirota — If we can’t have a debate about Social Security before we make a presidential choice, at what point can we ever have such a debate in a way that honors our democratic ideals?
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — I would be careful about declaring the presidential contest “a whole new race” following Wednesday’s debate.
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — The strangest aspect of Wednesday night’s debate was Mitt Romney’s decision to change his tax policies on the fly.
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Romney tax double-speak, a shift in strategy for the Obama campaign and Al Gore’s latest “theory.”
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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By Amy Goodman — A few miles south of the campus arena in the Mile High City where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met in their first debate, “Democracy Now!” news hour broke the sound barrier by expanding their gated debate to include two third-party presidential candidates.
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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By Robert Reich — In Wednesday night’s debate, Romney won on style while Obama won on substance. Romney sounded as if he had conviction, which means he’s either convinced himself that the lies he tells are true or he’s a fabulous actor.
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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AP/David Goldman
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By Bill Boyarsky — Massachusetts Mitt is back. The right-winger of the Republican primaries is gone. And the mainstream media couldn’t be happier.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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AP/Eric Gay
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Mitt Romney came prepared, Barack Obama looked like he didn’t want to be there and Jim Lehrer probably wishes he hadn’t agreed to moderate Wednesday night’s debate.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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White House/Pete Souza
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Although the Electoral College usually gives Republicans an advantage, the system is working in President Obama’s favor in 2012.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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AP/Alex Brandon
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By Bill Blum — Four of the sitting justices are 74 or older. Each can be expected to step down over the next four to eight years.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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Photo by Adam Campbell (CC-BY-ND)
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A Guardian survey of six swing states finds new voter registration markedly down from 2008 levels, particularly among Democrats. A lack of enthusiasm could be to blame, as could the nationwide effort by Republican-controlled state legislatures to make it more difficult to vote.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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By Robert Reich — A sampling of questions you should not expect debate moderator Jim Lehrer to ask during Wednesday’s night highly anticipated showdown between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including how Paul Ryan’s 30 percent compares with Mitt Romney’s 47 percent and a Pennsylvania judge decides the fate of the state’s voter ID law for the 2012 election.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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Daryl Cagle, Cagle Cartoons, MSNBC.com —
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Paul Ryan offers a reason why he would not give details of Mitt Romney’s tax plan in a TV interview over the weekend, the GOP tries to explain why its presidential candidate is probably winning and the 2012 election gets the video game treatment.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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By Robert Reich — The biggest election news this week won’t be who wins the presidential debate Wednesday night. It will be how many new jobs were created in September, announced Friday morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Dr. Martin Makary blows the whistle on hospital horror stories, Paul Ryan’s “secret” tape, women hand it to Obama and Nato Green says the left will never be happy.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey (CC-BY)
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Dr. Martin Makary blows the whistle on hospital horror stories, Paul Ryan’s “secret” tape, women hand it to Obama and Nato Green says the left will never be happy.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — In this week’s debate, Mitt Romney has too much to do. President Obama has a great deal to lose. Romney’s is the most difficult position. Obama’s is the most dangerous.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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