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A look at the day’s political happenings, including why an Oklahoma senator thinks federal disaster relief to his state after a deadly tornado is unnecessary and John McCain gets all maverick-y again.
Posted on May 23, 2013
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By Eugene Robinson — President Obama should spend his remaining years in office making the United States part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem.
Posted on May 23, 2013
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By Amy Goodman — Nearly 12 years after it was first enacted, the Authorization for Use of Military Force remains in force, giving the Obama administration and the Pentagon carte blanche to wage war, to occupy nations, to kill people with drone “signature strikes,” based not on guilt but on a remote analysis of a suspect’s “patterns of life.”
Posted on May 22, 2013
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A landmark bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday when the legislation was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Posted on May 21, 2013
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By Richard Reeves — Here’s a modest idea to break the gridlock, the stupidity, the meanness, the partisan lying and irresponsible ineffectiveness of modern Washington. We should consider returning to the Middle Ages.
Posted on May 21, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including a senator’s attempt to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act and the real IRS scandal that is being missed.
Posted on May 21, 2013
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on May 21, 2013
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on May 21, 2013
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on May 21, 2013
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 21, 2013
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By Susan Zakin — It’s likely Tamerlan Tsarnaev was just another angry young man in our brave new America, a burgeoning dystopia where mass murder suddenly seems like a weekly occurrence.
Posted on May 20, 2013
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The Democratic senator from New York has proposed legislation that would allow holders of student debt to refinance their loans at lower interest rates, a move that could save tens of millions of borrowers a combined $14.5 billion in the first year.
Posted on May 20, 2013
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Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis —
Posted on May 20, 2013
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on May 20, 2013
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By Robert Reich — The Internal Revenue Service has interpreted our tax laws to allow big corporations and wealthy individuals to make unlimited secret campaign donations through sham political fronts called “social welfare organizations,” like Karl Rove’s Crossroads, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Priorities USA.
Posted on May 19, 2013
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By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica —
The IRS division responsible for flagging tea party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former officials and experts say.
Posted on May 17, 2013
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By Joe Conason — Having served in Congress for more than three decades—and in the upper chamber since 1996—Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden has established a reputation as one of the Senate’s more serious and diligent members.
Posted on May 16, 2013
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By Robert Scheer — How astonishing to have a public servant who actually cares to inform the public about the inner workings of the system of crony capitalism that has wedded big government with big business.
Posted on May 14, 2013
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on May 12, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on May 11, 2013
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This is incredibly sad, outrageous or corrupt, depending on where you sit, but it is being reported that Kathleen Sebelius has been asking health insurers to help fund the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Posted on May 10, 2013
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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on May 10, 2013
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 10, 2013
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By Amy Goodman — Rape is center stage this week after the dramatic rescue of three women from close to a decade of imprisonment in a house on a quiet street in Cleveland.
Posted on May 8, 2013
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on May 8, 2013
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Yes, the same Mark Sanford who as governor of South Carolina in 2009 blew off Father’s Day for a love jaunt to Argentina just persuaded the state’s Bible Belt voters to give him another chance.
Posted on May 7, 2013
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By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica —
Among other effects, cancer clinics in March began turning away thousands of Medicare patients being treated with expensive chemotherapy drugs, which the clinics say they can no longer afford.
Posted on May 7, 2013
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on May 7, 2013
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Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 7, 2013
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — President Obama got roughed up by the pundit class last week. The question is what lessons he draws from the going-over.
Posted on May 6, 2013
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Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands —
Posted on May 6, 2013
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on May 6, 2013
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 5, 2013
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 5, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on May 4, 2013
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 4, 2013
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“Our freedom is under attack like never before,” said Chris Cox of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action on Friday at the gun lobby’s big get-together in Houston. As if that wasn’t enough, Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his mouth.
Posted on May 3, 2013
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By David Sirota — In case you missed the news, humanity just spent the Earth Day week reaching another sad milestone in the history of catastrophic climate change.
Posted on May 3, 2013
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Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 3, 2013
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