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Democratic Congress Needs To Show Strength

Paul Peete | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

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If ever there was a time for the Democrats to stand as one and refuse to cave in to the Administration and Congressional Republican version of a Wall Street bail out plan, this is it.

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Appropriately, Bush Hosts Death Squad President As He Appeals For Massive Corporate Bailout

Dan Kovalik | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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"Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties Are Free to Drink Martinis And Watch The Sun Rise . . ." -- Bob Dylan, Hurr...

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They're bluffing unless Bush & Cheney resign

Dave Winer | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Henry Paulson, Pelosi, Paulson, Mother of All Bailouts, Cheney, Bush, Politics News

People are struggling to find a way to test the sincerity of the Bushes, but I think I've stumbled across the best guarantee they can provide. Here go...

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Every Day a Little Death: The Five Stages of Democratic Grief

Ellis Weiner | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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2. Depression: Who am I kidding? McCain winning is a nightmare and the one thing you can't do in a nightmare is "accept" it. What am I doing to do -- leave the country? Ridiculous.

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Robin Hood Bush?

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 09.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Subprime Crisis, Paulson, Bush, Business News

Yes, we all know that this is the administration that robbed from the poor and gave to the rich and there are countless examples of that. The most ob...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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The Mind-Boggling Trillion Dollar Bailout: A Q&A With Finance Writer Max Wolff

Zack Exley | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

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"We just went from Free Fall to Free Lunch. It turns out free markets are the greatest system on earth, but only when they go up. Market discipline is for low-income people and homeowners."

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Filmmaker: Steal This Idea and Save Your Country!

Peter Samuelson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Don't we go to an auto-mechanic because we think they'll be trained in fixing the car? So why is the job of President Of The United States somehow exempt from our being demanding of expertise?

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Has the 'Surge' Brought Us Any Closer to 'Victory'?

Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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If the surge has worked, that must mean victory is just around the corner, right? That's certainly the impression that the Bush White House is trying to give -- without exactly coming out and saying so.

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Are You a Fundamental?

Matt Littman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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John McCain is taking this whole "not meeting" thing to a new level. He won't meet with Iran, fine. But now, he won't rule in or out meeting with ...

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As Colombian President Comes To D.C., His Government's Death Squad Links Are Further Revealed

Dan Kovalik | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Breaking: As Colombian President Alvaro Uribe arrives in Washington D.C. on September 19, his government continues to sink amidst the weight of the "...

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Confront the Funk, Knock on a Door

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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This Saturday, 25,000 volunteers from all 50 states will contact one million Americans and ask them to sign a petition urging the next Congress to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq within one year.

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The Fundamentals of the Economy are Not Strong

Jeff Madrick | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business

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Of course, Americans workers are energetic and skilled. But this does not mean the fundamentals are nearly in place for rapid economic growth in the new global environment.

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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Denial is Not An Economic Recovery Plan

Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Under the leadership of President Bush, Senator McCain and the Republican Congress, Wall Street gamed the system and American families and businesses paid the price.

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A Tale of Two Hurricanes: Ike and Iraq

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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If it weren't tragic, it would be almost funny that the worst hurricane to hit America this season begins with the letter 'I". "I" as in Ike. "I" a...

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Secret Memo From Bush: "Don't Throw Up Just Yet!"

Steven Denlinger | Posted 09.14.2008 | Business

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I think it's very possible the Bush administration might be willing to make bad financial decisions in the short run just to keep the Republican Party in power.

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A Perfect Storm Brewing in Pakistan

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan, Helicopter Attack, Afghanistan, Mccain, Obama, US Presidential Election, Afghan Taliban, Bush, US-Pakistan Relations, Politics News

The next time the US physically invades Pakistani territory to take out suspected militants, it may meet the Pakistan army head on.

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Joan Crawford for President

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Change? It's what McCain and Palin are promising for their administration? Some "changes" look a lot like what came before. Bush, McCain, Pal...

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Community Organizing Experience v. Executive Experience

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

As we seek to find ways for our bloodied world to live in peace, we will need people who can build the community of nations.

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We're Not All Talking About Palin

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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A few quick searches on Technorati confirms it: We're not all talking about Palin. The Obama machine continues to dominate the web, with mentions of his name in 1.7 million blog posts.

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Ad Suggestion For Obama -- McCain AWOL On GI Bill

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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It's time to fight fire with fire -- point out McCain's most embarassing votes, and paint him as an extremist or a party hack while doing so. Also paint him as anti-middle-class.

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Left Behind

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Europe, John McCain, Science & Technology, Cern, Particle Collider, Taxes, Chicago, Iraq, Obama, Mccain, R&D, Bush, Omnibus, Fermilab, Politics News

By Pat Barry and Hanna Lundqvist It's easy to look at science as an apolitical issue, something apart from partisan discord. But today's news of the...

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McCain and His Band of Pedophilers

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove, Smear, Unfit, Mccain, Mccain Sex Education Ad, Dishonor, Bush, Politics News

This sex-education smear is straight from Karl Rove's playbook. Or is it from his resume? Rove seems to have a thing for pedophilia.

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Bush's History of the World Part. 1: The Surge

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Al Qaeda, Return on Success, Surge, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, Deployments, Iraq, Bush, Politics News

In so many ways, yesterday's speech by President Bush offered absolutely nothing to distinguish itself from his past addresses - it felt hostile, dec...

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