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    The Sequester Blame Game Comes to A Head

    FEBRUARY 25, 2013 2:04PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: politics, spending cuts, sequestration, senate, republicans, house of representatives, fact check, economy, congress, blame game, americans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1640 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Big Bank Reform and the Game of Snooker

    MAY 11, 2012 3:45PM

    By escrito por nada


    Topics: business, economy, politics, gambling, regulation, congress

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 7520 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    What if Sandra Fluke were a Woman of Color?

    MARCH 15, 2012 9:44PM

    By profkeck


    Topics: rush limbaugh, sandra fluke, bill maher, gop, presidential race, contraception, advertisement, corporation, race, racism, women, women of color, listening post, aljazeera, national press club, congress, aol, allstate, rick santorum, mitt romney, newt gingrich, ron paul, andrew breitbart, shirley sherrod, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 5621 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Gun Control: Where do our priorities lie?

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 12:34PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: reform, politics, opinion, gun shows, gun laws, gun control, congress, concealed weapons, community, bloomberg, arizona

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2945 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Online Piracy’s Cure is Worse Than the Curse

    JANUARY 18, 2012 11:45AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, economics, sopa protest, legislation, sopa, stop online piracy act, protect ip act, pipa, wikipedia protest, web shutdown, online piracy, music industry, film industry, publishing, electronic freedom, censorship, homeland security, congress, illegal downloading, content providers, creatives, protecting creative jobs, intellectual property

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 3080 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Pizza is a Vegetable, Says Congress

    NOVEMBER 21, 2011 8:02AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: food, school lunches, congress, politics, lobbyists, usda

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1164 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Who Is Making Congress Look Bad?

    OCTOBER 15, 2011 11:15AM

    By MuddyPolitics


    Topics: democrats, gop, washington, conservatives, tea party, congress, president obama, barack obama, mitch mcconnell, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 3362 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Congress Diddles Women While Americans Suffer

    OCTOBER 14, 2011 10:13AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: science, politics, health, gay/lesbian, feminism, belief/religion, congress, women's bodies, abortion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1301 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Gang of 12. Ready. Aim. Negotiate!

    OCTOBER 7, 2011 12:46PM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: saturday cartoons, cartoons, humor, graham sale, congress, obama, economy, debt, jobs, negotiation, democrats, gop, follies, super debt committee, gang of 12

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2193 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Oh Canada!

    AUGUST 22, 2011 4:58PM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: travel, politics, obama, tea party, congress, nova scotia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1339 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    When Courage Fails: A Lesson in Political Cowardice

    AUGUST 2, 2011 12:17PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: the president, the usa, flylooper, debt ceiling, congress, obama, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2006 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Plutocrats Win. Flawless Victory.

    AUGUST 1, 2011 12:56PM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: washington, social security, republicans, politics, plutocracy, obama, medicare, democrats, debt ceiling, debt, corporate power, congress, 2012 election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3156 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    American exceptionalism fuels Republican obstructionism

    JULY 21, 2011 8:06PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: china, europe, jimmy zuma, default, world reserve currency, us treasuries, eric cantor, congress, republicans, american exceptionalism, jim moran, debt ceiling, budget

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 644 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Some Advice For Roger Clemens

    JULY 8, 2011 1:38AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: mlb, the mitchelll report, miranda warnings, the fifth amendment, perjury, congress, brian mcnamee, jason grimsley, jose canseco, juiced, steroids, rogers hornsby, detroit tigers, boston red sox, new york yankees, roger clemens

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 10391 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Obama signals era of permanent war

    JUNE 24, 2011 9:37AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: president, military contractor, washington post, jimmy zuma, john mccain, joe lieberman, congress, all volunteer military, al qaeda, taliban, bush, doctrine of preemption, war, afghanistan, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2000 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    What Democrats must say to win the 2012 election

    APRIL 22, 2011 10:14AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: democrats, election, 2012, birtherism, taxes, budget, defense spending, medicare, republicans, paul ryan, obama, class warfare, citizen’s united, corporate welfare, congress

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3039 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    On the Shutdown: Sometimes, Courage Means Looking Foolish

    APRIL 8, 2011 5:38PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: budget showdown, government shutdown, current events, george orwell, rep. farenthold, elephants, shooting an elephant, congress, government, politics, budget, obama, senate

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 5737 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Nazis, muckrakers, and yellow journalism

    MARCH 1, 2011 4:47PM

    By Felisa Rogers


    Topics: history, journalism, senate, congress, cpb, npr, media, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1875 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Attacking abortion via family-planning funds is wrong

    FEBRUARY 17, 2011 3:51PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: abortion, planned parenthood, title x, low-income women, low-income families, family-planning, family-planning clinics, pap tests, contraception, breast exams, cancer screenings, pregnancy, pregnancy tests, republican spending proposal, congress, politics, preventative health services, pro-choice, anti-choice, women's rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 706 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Can Tucson Help Renew Respect for Public Service?

    JANUARY 18, 2011 12:31AM

    By Brian Lucas


    Topics: christina taylor green, congress, tucson, giffords, politics

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