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    Worst Since Watergate? Please

    MAY 22, 2013 7:14PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: al qaeda, osama bin laden, kevin drum, war on terror, right wing propaganda, rush limbaugh, lindsey graham, john mccain, neoconservatives, watergate, peggy noonan, meet the press, david gregory, dick cheney, karl rove, scooter libby, george w bush, valarie plame, ronald reagan, iran contra, benghazi, irs scandal, president obama, peggy noonan, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, democratic party, republican party, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 145 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Magical Elves, sparkleponies and other assorted gay shit

    MAY 21, 2013 10:34PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: sports, news, gay/lesbian, sparklepony, sparkleponies, same-sex marriage, rhode island, proposition hate, proposition h8, proposition 2, prop h8, prop 8, president obama, president barack obama, oppression, obama, oakland raiders, oakland, nfl, nba, national football league, national basketball association, morehouse college, minnesota vikings, minnesota, midwest, masculinity, marriage rights, manliness, jason collins, iowa, human rights, homophobia, homophobes, hollingsworth vs. perry, hollingsworth v. perry, haters, georgia, gay rights, gay allies, equality, equal rights, discrimination, delaware, civil rights, chris kluwe, california, bret easton ellis, brendon ayanbadejo, bigots, bigotry, beautifully unique sparkleponies, barack obama

    • 9 Ratings
    • 192 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Act Two

    MAY 19, 2013 10:29AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, paranoid style in politics, republican party, democratic party, tea party, heritage foundation, irs scandal, karl rove, tax exempt social welfare organizations, donors list, political activity, president obama, ted cruz, speaker boehner, rand paul, fox news, sean hannity, michelle backmann, super pacs, citizens united, supreme court, scandal, congress, debt ceiling, impeachment, filibuster, revolutionary, liberalism, conservatism, reactionary, watergate, nixon enemies list, mitch mcconnell, neo-mccarthyism

    • 0 Ratings
    • 68 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    PICKING FLY MANURE OUT OF GROUND BLACK PEPPER

    MAY 11, 2013 6:16PM

    By WhistleBerries


    Topics: president obama, air force one, presidential vacations, vacation costs

    • 6 Ratings
    • 302 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The US-Israeli "Special Relationship"

    APRIL 28, 2013 10:29AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, israel, zionism, liberalism, bibi netanyahu, likud, west bank, conservatism, republican party, voter suppression, palestinians, discrimination, avigor lieberman, far right, arab israeli citizens, jewish settlers, united nations, president obama, peter beinart, rick scott, western democracy, ethnicity, authoritarianism, tribalism, religion, knesset, kach party, yisrael beiteinu party, racism, jimmy carter, apartheid, anti-semitism, fascism, holocaust, green line, 1967 war, tea party, jonathan chait, obsctructionism, compromise, welfare state, ronald reagan

    • 14 Ratings
    • 522 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    More Disturbing Insights

    APRIL 24, 2013 8:58AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: travel, technology, politics, news, belief/religion, civil liberties, the best congress that money can buy, fbi, tamarlan tsarnaev, dagestan, sochi winter olympics, vladimir putin, president obama, us-russian relations, military-industrial complex, boston marathon, russia, usa, al queda, chechnya

    • 7 Ratings
    • 409 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Unimpressed

    APRIL 20, 2013 3:28PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: f.b.i., police, manhunt, fear, president obama, terrorism, boston bombing

    • 4 Ratings
    • 510 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Sequester Begins to Bite

    APRIL 11, 2013 6:09AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: domestic tranquility, general welfare, justice, constitution, fiscal cliff, fdr, paul ryan, balanced budget, new deal, debt ceiling, worcester regional airport, faa, jetblue, president obama, tax increases, medicare, social security, entitlement programs, budget sequester, republican party, democratic party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1256 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality

    MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation

    • 2 Ratings
    • 102 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    G.O.P.: PSYCHOPATHS ARE GOOD AT REBRANDING TOO!

    MARCH 20, 2013 10:51AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, racism, cato institute, heritage foundation, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, koch industries, americans for tax reform, tax loopholes, congressional deadlock, grover norquist, club for growth, american enterprise institute, freedomworks, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, sarah palin, gop, rebranding, campaign 2012, mitt romney, bill o'reilly, ann coulter, politics of personal destruction, bigotry, stereotypes, president obama, hate radio, right-wing talk radio, ann coulter, michelle malkin, michael savage, rand paul, latino community, latinos, secretary of labor, thomas perez, rush limbaugh, austerity, paul ryan, conservative movement, conservatism, reince priebus, cpac, republican party

    • 2 Ratings
    • 270 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Winning Back House Key To Second Term

    MARCH 19, 2013 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: thomas edsall, state of the union address, house of representatives, 2014 election, federal government, american medical assocation, infrastructure, technology, education, progressive agenda, unemployment, liquidity trap, depression, welfare state, bush tax cuts, military spending, debts and deficits, liberal, conservative, supply side economics, keynesian stimulus, paul krugman, middle class, socialist, fiscal cliff, jeffrey sachs, tea party, fiscal responsibility, budget cut, tax hike, sequester, austerity, john boehner, democratic party, debt ceiling, republican party, president obama, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1795 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Dictatorship v. Democracy

    MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 890 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 142 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    G.O.P.: ANYTHING FOR THE MILLIONAIRES…

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:17PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, paul ryan, americans for tax reform, the club for growth, grover norquist, americans for prosperity, david and charles koch, freedomworks, matt kibbe, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party, recession, economy, job losses, sequester, president obama, swiss bank accounts, grand cayman, tax havens, access, equality, communism, cold war, democratic party, liberalism, socialism, capitalism, conservative movement, conservatism, republican party, rand paul, john boehner, mitch mcconnell

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 750 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    GOP `disaster capitalism' is key to the sequester

    FEBRUARY 25, 2013 3:16PM

    By Ron Legro


    Topics: deficit, fiscal policy, president obama, shock doctrine, disaster capitalism, gop, politics, economy, budgert, federal government, sequestration, republican party, gop, bob woodward

    • 4 Ratings
    • 484 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    "Active Inertia" of a Dying Party

    FEBRUARY 15, 2013 8:21AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: supply side economics ll, president obama, george bush, ronald reagan, southern radicalism, mitch mcconnell, state of the union, marco rubio, tea party, republican party, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 92 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The White House's White Paper Looks Awfully Red to Me

    FEBRUARY 12, 2013 9:23AM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: tyranny, power, government, patriot act, murder, impeachment, 9/11, september 11, war on terror, abdulrahman al-aulaqi, anwar al-aulaqi, al-aulaqi, president obama, obama, drone strikes, white paper, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1267 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Hagel Blows Chance to Show Israel Who's Boss

    FEBRUARY 3, 2013 2:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, foreign affairs, chuck hagel, israel, middle east, united states, president obama, john mccain, lindsey graham, secretary of defense, iran, neoconservatives, bibi netanyahu, likud, palestinians, nuclear bombs, tea party, ted cruz, peter beinart

    • 6 Ratings
    • 567 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    GOP A House Divided

    FEBRUARY 2, 2013 8:57AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, david brooks, conservatism, supply side economics, charles krauthammer, deep south, republican party, tea party, president obama, second inaugural, globalization, financialization, inequality, ronald reagan, ideology, big government, personal freedom, radical individualism, ej dionne, government encroachment, public opinion, bobby jindal, barry goldwater, paranoid style, richard hofstader

    • 7 Ratings
    • 573 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    "Liberal! Liberal! Liberal!"

    JANUARY 28, 2013 3:50PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: communist manifesto, declaration of independence, obama second inaugural, ayn rand, 47 percent, paul krugman, welfare state, gun control, ronald reagan, l-word, pell grants, theocracy, democracy, bain capital, income tax, tea party, right wing, conservatism, social security, medicaid, mediare, fdr, marxist, radical, reactionary, charles kruathammer, peggy noonan, president obama, republican party, democratic party, liberal, new deal, economics, politics

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