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Acclaimed social philosopher Noam Chomsky wants you to know that presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are ignoring two of the gravest threats to humankind: climate change and nuclear war.
Posted on Oct 6, 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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The bloated Pentagon budget, the mounting ravages of climate change and governmental threats to civil liberties were among the issues that were missing from the presidential debate this week.
Posted on Oct 6, 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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The presidential campaign got a jolt this week with an uplifting jobs report and a big debate win for Mitt Romney. The falling unemployment numbers released Friday have skeptics wondering whether unemployment could have dropped 0.3 percentage points last month, just in time for President Obama’s campaign to tout it. The “Left, Right & Center” panelists dissect the implications of these matters and more on this week’s program.
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 —
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
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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 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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Third-party candidates shut out of the debate in Denver had their voices heard on a special live, expanded broadcast of “Democracy Now!” on Wednesday evening. The program paused to give Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson equal time to respond to questions asked during the official debate.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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The airline is raffling off 1,000 free tickets to foreign destinations for sore losers who can’t stand the idea of living under the other guy’s rule.
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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By William Pfaff — The West Europeans are contemplating handing their independent arms and aerospace companies over to a conglomerate that would bestow on the United States an effective veto over the greater part of Europe’s rival defense industry.
Posted on Oct 2, 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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AP/Charles Dharapak
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President Obama has defanged the military, gave his first interview to Muslim journalists and “seeks to purposefully bankrupt and bring about the downfall of America,” fans of Mitt Romney argued at a campaign event Monday.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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AP/Ed Andrieski
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In his best effort to appear knowledgeable about matters of social importance, former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway cutely endorsed Mitt Romney ahead of the presidential debate in the Mile High City on Wednesday.
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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Collage of photos by Gage Skidmore(CC-BY-SA)
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By Eugene Robinson — It promises to be an epic clash: Mitt Romney vs. Mitt Romney. Oh, and President Obama will be there, too.
Posted on Oct 1, 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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By Joe Conason — Amid the ongoing uproar over Mitt Romney’s snooty remarks at a Florida fundraiser concerning the “47 percent” who pay no federal income taxes, the party’s high-rolling host hasn’t drawn quite as much attention as he deserves.
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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Romney and Obama face off in their first presidential debate next week. Whom do they need to reach? What topics should they address? Are their portrayals of American workers accurate or productive? How should the U.S. respond to Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech about Iran’s uranium enrichment program? The “Left, Right & Center” panelists debate these questions on this week’s show.
Posted on Sep 28, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including more bad news for Mitt Romney, Claire McCaskill’s response to Todd Akin’s sexist remarks and further Republican charges about President Obama’s religion.
Posted on Sep 28, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Sep 27, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — Conservative activist circles are abuzz with a new conspiracy theory: Polls showing President Obama with a growing lead over Mitt Romney are deliberately being skewed by the Liberal Mainstream Media so that Republicans will be disheartened and stay home on Election Day.
Posted on Sep 27, 2012
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