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Ron Paul: 2-party US political system in reality a monopoly
Former Congressman Ron Paul told RT in the midst of Tuesday’s midterm elections that the “monopoly" system run by the leaders of the two main parties is all too evident as Americans go to the polls this Election Day.
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Deceased Candidate Leading Washington State House Race
A candidate who died days before Tuesday’s election is leading his race. Democrat state Rep. Roger Freeman died last Wednesday after battling cancer, but voters in the 30th district are voting for him. Early results show Freeman is taking 53 percent of the vote in the district that covers parts of southern King County and smaller areas of northern Pierce County.
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10 Elections Decided by One Vote (Or Less)
In these elections, every vote really did count.
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Catalonia’s Human Towers as a Metaphor for Independence
It took the child about a minute to scramble up the wobbly human tower, more than three stories tall. He paused for a few precarious seconds, to steady himself, before raising his hand to thunderous applause from the crowds packed into this town’s main square.
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Palin says she’s ‘seriously interested’ in 2016 campaign
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told The Washington Post in an interview Friday that she is “seriously interested” in running for the White House in 2016. “You can absolutely say that I am seriously interested,” Palin said, when asked to clarify her thinking about a possible presidential bid. Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice-presidential nominee, said she stood by comments she made Thursday in Las Vegas to ABC News, where she first expressed...
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Anti-austerity party wins Greek poll
Anti-austerity Syriza party has won Greece's general election, putting the country on a possible collision course with the EU over its massive bailout. With nearly 75% of the votes counted, Syriza is projected to win 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority, though that number could change. Left-wing party leader Alexis Tsipras, who wants to renegotiate Greece's debt, said "the Greeks wrote history".
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Sanders promises 'clash of ideas' with Hillary Clinton if both run in 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Saturday morning that voters will see stark differences between himself and Hillary Clinton if the two both decide to run for the White House in 2016. “Trust me, there will be a real clash of ideas,” Sanders said on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki.”
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Voters don't think Jeb is his 'own man' and how could they?
Jeb Bush launched his "I'm my own man" campaign this week but voters just aren't feeling it. In a Quinnipiac poll of the swing states Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia, 35-39 percent of respondents in each state said they were "less likely" to vote for Bush because of his family ties, while only 8-9 percent in each state were "more likely."
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Meet The 'Mega Troll' Who's Turned A Major US Senate Race Into His Own Performance Art Piece
Charles C. Johnson hadn't covered the Mississippi Senate Republican primary until it was already over. Almost a week after incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran officially staved off a primary challenge from state Sen. Chris McDaniel — results that were certified this week — Johnson exploded onto the Mississippi scene in a major way.
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Israel election: Netanyahu's Likud storms to victory
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party has won a surprise victory in Israel's election. Exit polls had forecast a dead heat but with almost all votes counted, results give Likud a clear lead over its main rival, the centre-left Zionist Union. The outcome gives Mr Netanyahu a strong chance of forming a right-wing coalition government.
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Ted Cruz to announce 2016 presidential bid on Monday
Ted Cruz is first out the gate. The first-term senator from Texas will announce Monday that he's running for the Republican presidential nomination, CNN has confirmed from two aides to Cruz. He will make his official declaration in Lynchburg, Virginia, at Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world. The news was first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
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President should act to make campaign financing transparent
A majority of the American people believe their elected officials are in the pocket of big donors.
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Hillary Clinton Calls For 'Toppling' the 1%...While Being Bankrolled by the 1%
This really happened. As crazy as it sounds, Hillary Clinton is trying to repackage her war-torn reputation into a populist spitting image of progressive icon Elizabeth Warren. The New York Times reports that “Mrs. Clinton pointed at the top category and said the economy required a ‘toppling’ of the wealthiest 1 percent, according to several people who were briefed on Mrs. Clinton’s policy discussions.”
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Ben Carson announces presidential campaign
Ben Carson, a world-famous neurosurgeon and newly minted conservative folk hero, announced Sunday in an interview with a Florida TV station that he is seeking the Republican nomination for president. He will make a formal declaration Monday in his home town of Detroit. Carson said on CBS affiliate WPEC-TV that he is ready to be part of the "equation."
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Candidate with no votes demands recount because he ‘voted for himself’
An embarrassed candidate who got no votes at the UK’s local elections is demanding a recount — because he knows he should have at least one. Paul Dennis, who stood for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition in Rainham North, Kent, insisted the result was wrong because he had “definitely” voted for himself. Mr Dennis, a train conductor, said his wife and father had pledged their support too, The Mirror reported.
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Mexico counts votes after rocky election day
Mexicans voted Sunday in midterm elections expected to renew the congressional majority of President Enrique Pena Nieto's ruling party despite attempts by radical teachers to thwart the vote. While the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) appears set to survive discontent against Pena Nieto, an independent candidate was favored to make a political shockwave in the northern industrial state of Nuevo Leon.
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“Yup, I’m sitting next to Sen. Rand Paul”: Jeb Bush strategist trolls Rand on Twitter for entire flight to L.A.
Mike Murphy chronicled Paul's reading material (Newsmax!), breakfast choice (quiche!) and more...
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Yes, but how will Clinton persuade Republicans to vote for all this?
The big question lurking behind Hillary Clinton's campaign.
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Scott Walker's Shady Deals Win Him Campaign Cash From Billionaires
The dark money web behind Walker's ascendance.
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Hillary Clinton the Fighter Takes Center Stage
ROOSEVELT ISLAND, New York—Hillary Clinton’s campaign held a grand opening on Roosevelt Island on Saturday. She reiterated that she wants to be a “people’s champion,” fighting to rebalance an economy that has been tilted toward the “billionaires and corporations.” She aligned herself with factory employees and food-service workers “who stand...
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