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There are two questions on every issue that every politician worries about: Do my constituents care? And, more importantly, how much do they care?
Posted on Jun 14, 2013
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By Robert Reich — Conservative Republicans in our nation’s capital have managed to accomplish something they only dreamed of when tea partyers streamed into Congress at the start of 2011: They’ve basically shut Congress down.
Posted on Jun 9, 2013
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By Lois Beckett, ProPublica —
Since the 1980s, the National Rifle Association and other groups have led a successful campaign to get state legislatures to limit local control over gun regulations. These “preemption” laws block cities from enacting their own gun policies, effectively requiring cities with higher rates of gun violence to have the same gun regulations as smaller towns.
Posted on Jun 3, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the likely next head of the FBI is revealed and a governor up for re-election in 2014 gets set to switch political parties this week.
Posted on May 29, 2013
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 28, 2013
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on May 21, 2013
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Public officials are very selective about when violence and death matter. Massacres and terrorist incidents cannot be ignored, but the day-to-day toll from gun violence is often swept aside. Politicians who tout themselves as advocates of law and order don’t want to be unmasked as caring even more about their ratings from gun lobbyists.
Posted on May 12, 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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A look at the day’s political happenings, including President Obama shifts his attention and Gabrielle Giffords’ gun control group gears up to go head to head with the NRA.
Posted on May 9, 2013
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on May 8, 2013
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Guns produced using 3-D printers have found an opponent in state Sen. Leland Yee, who plans to introduce legislation that would ban in California the use of the do-it-yourself technology to create firearms.
Posted on May 8, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including another state legalizes gay marriage and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reveals how he’s trying to slim down.
Posted on May 7, 2013
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Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 7, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the House’s 37th attempt to appeal Obamacare, and George Takei has some suggestions on how to deal with anti-gay hypocrites.
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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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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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on May 3, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including President Obama’s hilarious White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech and top U.S. political figures give their take on NBA player Jason Collins’ decision to come out.
Posted on Apr 29, 2013
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A bipartisan panel tries to end the debate on torture so we don’t do it again, U.S. terrorism, why Congress is free to ignore demand for gun control and the best show you’re not watching.
Posted on Apr 28, 2013
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A bipartisan panel tries to end the debate on torture so we don’t do it again, U.S. terrorism, why Congress is free to ignore demand for gun control and the best show you’re not watching.
Posted on Apr 28, 2013
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Apr 26, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Apr 24, 2013
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Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Apr 24, 2013
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Apr 23, 2013
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By Eugene Robinson — The nation demonstrated again last week how resolute it can be when threatened by murderous terrorists—and how helpless when ordered to heel by smug lobbyists for the gun industry.
Posted on Apr 23, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the Republican governor who is pushing for stricter gun control and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake pulls a fast one on the mother of a mass shooting victim.
Posted on Apr 22, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Apr 22, 2013
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Apr 22, 2013
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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on Apr 22, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Apr 22, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the husband of an Arkansas Republican Party official suggests shooting GOP lawmakers over Medicaid expansion and a New York state lawmaker advocates torturing the Boston bombing suspect.
Posted on Apr 21, 2013
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Victories often contain the seeds of future defeats. So it is—or at least should be—with the Senate’s morally reprehensible rejection of expanded background checks for gun buyers.
Posted on Apr 21, 2013
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Apr 21, 2013
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Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss the urge to jump to sweeping conclusions about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Gun control legislation goes down in the Senate, and economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff of Harvard make an epic Excel error.
Posted on Apr 19, 2013
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The British actor says what the obituaries are leaving out about Margaret Thatcher—her administration was nasty, especially when it came to homosexuality; gruesome images, like those taken during the Boston Marathon attacks, can teach us true sympathy and should not be censored or ignored; and maybe our Founding Fathers are to blame for the seeming impossibility of gun control. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Apr 19, 2013
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By Joe Conason — The gun lobby and its legislative servants are “soft on crime”—although they routinely pretend to be tough on criminals.
Posted on Apr 19, 2013
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