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REPORTS

Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Ex-Employees Say
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The Making of a Global Security State
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

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The Terror Con
By Robert Scheer

Ear to the ground

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Nate Silver vs. Politico: It’s on Again

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Answers Cheney Criticism, and More

Bill Ayers: Try Obama, Bush for War Crimes

Experts Don’t Buy Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons

A/V Booth

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The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

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Arts & Culture

Ernest Hemingway: Dud KGB Spy?

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The Unwinding
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Tag: Compelling

An Olympic Athlete With No Tragic History? That Won’t Do!

By Andy Borowitz —

A member of the U.S. Olympic ski team was disqualified from competition today when it was learned that he did not have a sufficiently compelling human storyline to exploit on the NBC telecast of the worldwide sporting event. (satire)