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    • 44 Ratings
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    NSA: It's a LOT worse than you think!

    JUNE 11, 2013 7:04PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: nsa, cia, national security state, barack obama, george w. bush, military industrial complex, jfk, fourth amendment, civil liberties, the 1%, surveillance, belief/religion, economy, politics, news, technology

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 838 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Sandra Day O'Connor's Mea Culpa

    MAY 1, 2013 9:46AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, law, supreme court, sandra day o'connor, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, conservatism, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, constitution, chicago tribune, rachel maddow, democratic party, republican party, partisanship, william rehnquist, george w. bush, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1209 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The Bush Family. The Gift That Keeps on Giving

    MARCH 5, 2013 12:52PM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: hurricane katrina, george h.w. bush, george w. bush

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3016 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1950 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Mittens’ Etch A Sketch at full tilt

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 3:41PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: romney, reset button, presidential politics, presidential debates, presidential debate, president obama, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pbs, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, lies, liars, john kerry, jim lehrer, george w. bush, etch-a-sketch, eric fehrnstrom, big bird, barack obama, 47 percent, barack obama, big bird, george w. bush, jim lehrer, liars, lies, mitt romney, mittens romney, obama, pbs, politics, president barack obama, president obama, presidential debate, presidential debates, presidential politics, romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3943 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1501 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Hurricane Karma heads toward Tampa

    AUGUST 24, 2012 12:02AM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, environment, tropical storm isaac, texas, tampa, republican national convention, new orleans, mississippi, louisiana, katrina, karma, john mccain, isaac, hurricanes, hurricane katrina, hurricane karma, hurricane isaac, hurricane, houston astrodome, gulf coast states, gulf coast, global warming, george w. bush, florida, climate change, class warfare, barbara bush, august 29 2005, abraham

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3574 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Right wing has full bag of tricks to protect the rich

    JULY 17, 2012 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: economics, politics, arthur brooks, american enterprise institute, wall street, financial crisis, oligarchy, plutocracy, capitalism, supply side capitalism, cronyism, barney frank, elizabeth warren, free enterpise, big government, thomas frank, subprime mortgages, george w. bush, elitism, catholic church, pedophile, ayn rand, poverty, wal mart, entrepreneurs, corporate raiders, laissez faire, jonathan chait, president obama, housing bubble, whigs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5627 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Hemp Babies

    JULY 3, 2012 3:43PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: president barack obama., george w. bush, heroin, crack cocaine, michele leonhardt, african americans, 4th amendment, war on drugs, drug war, justice department, dea, nausea, medical marijuana, anti anxiety medication, alcohol, ethyl alcohal, dr. john spangler, winston-salem, wake forest university, dr. peter fried, ottaw prenatal prospective project, scientific studies, jamaica, dr. melanie dreher, thc, university of north carolina chapel hill, university of california san francisco, dr. carl seashore, profiling, discrimination, race, healthcare, poverty, risk factors, north carolina, cvs, aveeno, johnson and johnson, false positives, newborn babies, hospitals, courts, child protecitive services, law enforcement, drug use, drug testing, public policy, marijuana

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1877 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Mitch Daniels Goes to Purdue

    JUNE 21, 2012 5:08PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: mitch daniels, education, higher education, western governor's university, cecil bonham, indiana policy review, george w. bush, indiana, ivy tech, purdue university

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2507 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Dan Rather's Revenge

    MAY 30, 2012 5:55AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, fred friendly, tom degan, jack kennedy, franklin roosevelt, george clooney, edward r. murrow, george w. bush, dan rather

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1756 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 956 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Open Primaries: We Need a Return to Voting By Party Members

    MAY 14, 2012 6:30AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: news, politics, washington state, u.s. supreme court, u. s. senate, republican party, proposition 198, proposition 14, primary elections, peace and freedom party, pat buchanan, non-partisan blanket primary, michael russnow, louisiana, libertarian party, google, george w. bush, dianne feinstein, california democratic party, butterfly ballot, blanket primary system, american independent party, al gore, 2000 presidential election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 3506 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Romney Goes Ugly Early

    APRIL 19, 2012 8:31AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, presidential election 2012, mitt romney, barack obama, negative campaigns, a failed president, war on women, george w. bush, romney attacks obama, who is mitt romney really?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3534 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Mitt Romney and GOP: Wiping the Slate Clean

    MARCH 22, 2012 10:19AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, republican party, mitt romney, eric fehrnstrom, etch-a-sketch, conservatism, george w. bush, gaffe, president obama, ohio art, rachel maddow, timothy noah, cnn, massachusetts, mike dukakis, social media, going viral, fraud, november election, massachusetts state house press gallary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2587 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The Newest X-Man: Rick Perry

    JULY 5, 2011 3:47PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, x-men: first class, campaign 2012, george w. bush, rick perry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1420 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The neocons are back in town.

    NOVEMBER 11, 2010 2:30PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: pnac, neocons, chickenhawks, george w. bush, donald rumsfeld, john yoo, john bolton, paul wolfowitz

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 2161 Views
    • 103 Comments
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    Has Bush Sent a Doppelganger to Today?

    NOVEMBER 10, 2010 7:44AM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: do i have to turn in my os card?, george w. bush, decision points, book tour, matt lauer interview

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2276 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Sarah Palin and GOP ‘Manhood’

    NOVEMBER 9, 2010 10:32PM

    By Martin Hill


    Topics: politics, news, sarah palin, alaska, manhood, republican, gop, televison, sarah palin’s alaska, john kerry, george w. bush, richard nixon, george mcgovern, jimmy carter, richard nixon, mitt romney, huckabee, squirrel, obama, election, reality tv

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4366 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It

    MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters

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