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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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    • 46 Ratings
    • 4161 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    SOCIAL SECURITY vs. SOCIAL PARASITES

    JANUARY 6, 2011 12:18PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: working-class, working class, poor, handicapped, elderly, poverty, progressive, corruption, bankster, bank, dlc, greenspan commission, greenspan, che, social security, social-security, populist, populism, galbraith, parasite, predator, corporatist, financier, wall-street, wall street, republican, greed

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1866 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    "One Nation" Event A Bit Disappointing, We Didn't March

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 9:48AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: unions, workers, jobs, washington d.c., lincoln memorial, tea party, beck, rally, one nation, one nation working together, education, environment, immigration, liberals, progressive, enthusiasm gap, obama, president obama, democrats, republicans, reporting the midterms, midterms, elections, voting, change, hope

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2662 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Glenn Beck: If You Like it, It's Right Wing

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 4:21PM

    By American Heretic


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, glenn beck, restoring honor, rally, mlk, martin luther king, civil rights, obama, social justice, racist, racism, communist, communism, progressive, 8/28, lies, libertarian, conservative, right wing, jack o'dell, stanley levison, elizabeth dilling, slavery, nazism, anti-semitic, nazi, socialist, marxist, church, religion, the red network, conspiracy, infiltrators

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1269 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    What Flavor is Your Politics?

    JULY 9, 2010 10:49AM

    By liza Donnelly


    Topics: ice cream, senate, progressive, hearings, supreme court, elena kaga

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 3362 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    The Future of Publishing: Not as Bleak as We Might Think

    NOVEMBER 3, 2009 3:29PM

    By Lonnie Lazar


    Topics: cake, freaky, going rouge, palin, print-on-demand, progressive, ebooks, publishing, books, beta corps, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 811 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Now Let’s Get the Health Care Job Done!

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 9:16AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: medicare, ted kennedy, television, sicko, sick, democratic party, single payer, public option, politics, news, media, speech, baucus, healthcare, corporations, greed, human rights, obama, democrat, republican, liberal, progressive, health care

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 4292 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Racist Anti-Obama Sentiment Inevitable

    JULY 30, 2009 3:43PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: america, anti-obama, anti-semite, arab, birthers, cnn, fox and friends, fringe, george w. bush, glenn beck, hatred, lou dobbs, mccain, obama, palin, president, press, progressive, rabbi yigael shandorfi, racist, white people, yitzhak shadmi

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1238 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    The Looming War on Bloggers

    JULY 1, 2009 5:04PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: politics, future, newspapers, iran, journalism, citizen journalism, obama, republicans, conservative, progressive, liberal, huffington post, nico pitney, press, news corp, fox news, murdoch, rupert murdoch, hartigan, business, corporations, media, news, cnbc, facebook, twitter, blogs, bloggers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2388 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Are the Days of Free Internet News Coming to an End?

    MAY 8, 2009 12:27PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: internet, obama, media, media reform, bloggers, blogs, progressive, conservative, murdoch, rupert murdoch, fox news, corporations, wall street, newspapers, journalism, freedom of the press, truth, politics, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1520 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Recession Advertising and the Resilience of Capitalism

    MARCH 25, 2009 1:55PM

    By montcalm


    Topics: capitalism, economy, economics, socialism, socialist, recession, globalization, advertising, ads, commercial, commercials, consumerism, populism, populist anger, wall street, obama, politics, progressive, liberal, left, leftist, leftists

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