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    No "Gipper" To Save GOP This Time

    FEBRUARY 9, 2013 12:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, ronald reagan, barry goldwater, tea party, republican establishment, republican party, 1964 election, richard hofstadter, pseudo-conservative, right wing, new deal, eisenhower administration, extremism no vice, great communicator, bobby jindal, eric cantor, mark rubio, paul ryan, medicaid, vouchers, social security, evil empire, tax hikes

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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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    Stocks point to a dying middle class

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 8:09AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, class war, great society, new deal, business insider, bloomberg, jimmy zuma, nick hanauer, tax, upper class, policy, economic, economy, middle class, stocks

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    • 1872 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Forgotten Math

    JANUARY 6, 2009 4:38PM

    By David Sirota


    Topics: new deal, fdr

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    Fox: "Historians Pretty Much Agree" FDR Hurt the Economy

    DECEMBER 25, 2008 1:23PM

    By David Sirota


    Topics: fox news, franklin roosevelt, great depression, new deal

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    • 16 Ratings
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    Limbaugh Offers New Hope to Progressives Nervous about Obama

    DECEMBER 8, 2008 5:02PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: economics, news, politics, rush, barack obama, conservatives, disaster capitalism, economic crisis, economy, fdr, frank rich, franklin roosevelt, limbaugh, milton friedman, naomi klein, new deal, obama, obama administration, obama cabinet, obama transition, obama's economics, progressives, rush limbaugh, september 11, shock doctrine, business, eric holder, robert gates, bill richardson, hillary clinton

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