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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

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    • 39 Ratings
    • 3027 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief

    AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 1909 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Taking Charge of the Debt

    JUNE 29, 2011 9:14AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: constitution, default, concession, agreement, republican, democratic, liberal, progressive, hillary clinton, hillary, compromiser-in-chief, compromiser, compromised, pre-compromise, compromise, barack obama, president obama, obama, brinksmanship, deficit, debt ceiling, dangerous game of chicken, game of chicken, chicken, 14th amendment, fourteenth amendment, debt, national debt, politics

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    • 13 Ratings
    • 2437 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Who Would Jesus Deport?

    FEBRUARY 24, 2011 11:53AM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: 14th amendment, arizona, citizenship clause, birthright citizenship, politics

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 2303 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Two Arizonas

    NOVEMBER 8, 2010 4:54PM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: civil rights, hispanic, latino, mlk, november election, undocumented immigrant, illegal immigrant, tarantula, immigration, russell pearce, 14th amendment, racism, election, desert, evan mecham, birthright citizenship, anchor babies, sb1070, jan brewer, arizona, politics

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    • 69 Ratings
    • 3588 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    What is Justice?

    AUGUST 4, 2010 7:41AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: jonathan wolfman's open call, obama birthday, jackson state, radicalism, leftists, political awakenings, belief/religion, family, injustice, bias, anchor babies, 14th amendment, feminism, television, politics

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 4900 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    There Is No Immigration Crisis

    AUGUST 4, 2010 6:06AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: politics, open call, rachel maddow, john mccain, john kyl, immigration, conservatives, arizona, 2010 elections, 14th amendment

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    • 13 Ratings
    • 4243 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Why the Arizona Immigation Law is Unconstitutional

    APRIL 29, 2010 4:30PM

    By Paul Levinson


    Topics: immigration, 14th amendment, arizona immigration law

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