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Benghazi, the attack and the scandal, explained
Let's start with what actually happened on September 11, 2012.
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Economix Comix
What's going on with Social Security?
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CIA Debunks Gowdy’s Allegation That Clinton Email Contained Classified CIA Source
Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy to correct the public record after the CIA debunked Chairman Gowdy’s accusation that Secretary Clinton sent an email containing "some of the most protected information in our intelligence community, the release of which could jeopardize not only national security but human lives.”
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Why George Orwell Would Vote for Bernie Sanders, Not Hillary Clinton
The legendary George Orwell would vote for Bernie Sanders, not Clinton or Trump, because Sanders doesn't use semantics as a weapon or shield. The Vermont Senator will win the Democratic nomination and presidency because Americans are tired of what Orwell refers to as defending the "indefensible."
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The Future Of The Democratic Party Will Be Decided By The Supreme Court
The Democratic Party is facing an apocalypse if the Supreme Court moves further to the right, and the only way for them to stop this apocalypse is to hold on to the White House.
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Ryan makes pitch to run for House speaker, under conditions
The 2012 vice presidential candidate wants assurances that he won’t face constant intraparty revolts, allies said.
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Joe Biden rules out White House 2016 run
US Vice-President Joe Biden announces he will not run for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 White House race.
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Obama vetoes NDAA over Gitmo, budget workaround
President Barack Obama has vetoed the military funding bill passed by Congress, envisioning almost $1 billion in aid to Syrian rebels and the Ukrainian government.
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DoJ closes IRS investigation with no charges
The Justice Department notified members of Congress on Friday that it is closing its two-year investigation into whether the IRS improperly targeted the tea party and other conservative groups.
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Carl Icahn Is Making a Brazen $150 Million Bid to Buy Congress
When people talk about money in politics, they invariably focus on elections — on the insidious role played by outside groups to push into office those with hidden political agendas.
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America is changing its mind on Israel: How Netanyahu is alienating his most essential ally
The most recent flare-up in the Middle East reveals America's shifting political fault lines
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Benghazi, Joe McCarthy and the witch trials: Trey Gowdy’s farcical hearings tap into a deep, dark American current
Sure, Hillary trounced those clowns. But Benghazi true believers will fight on to save America -- or destroy it
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Why Are Libertarians Mostly Dudes?
Rand Paul is polling terribly among women. His political philosophy might be to blame.
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Red states spent $2 billion in 2015 to screw the poor
Medicaid funding is shared by the states and the federal government. Between 2000 and 2013—the most recent year reported by the CMS actuaries—the share of Medicaid spending shouldered by the states increased by an average of 6.1 percent per year. This is not total spending. It's just the portion the states themselves paid for.
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Noam Chomsky Nails Why the GOP Has Fallen Off the Deep End
The renowned commentator also bashed today's Democrats.
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Charles Koch’s Frankenstein problem: He created the Tea Party monster — and now he’s horrified with the results
The Koch network gave rise to the rabid right. But now Charles Koch wails about a "lack of substance and civility"
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Robert Reich Explains Why Capitalism Is Broken and the Importance of Bernie Sanders
Capitalism needs to be rescued.
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GOP-led Science Committee subpoenas climate researchers
Congressional oversight can be a great thing, but by any fair measure, the House Science Committee's antics are attempts at harassment, not accountability.
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Marco Rubio faces pressure to resign
It's entirely possible that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) heard the expression “don’t quit your day job” and took it too literally. The far-right Floridian, more so than other senators running for president, just doesn’t show up for work much anymore. After five years in Congress, Rubio doesn’t even like his job, and he makes no real effort to do it effectively – choosing instead to routinely skip votes, briefings, hearings, and practically all day-to-day tasks.
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Why Early 20th-Century Muckraker Lincoln Steffens Is a Man For Our Times
The political reporter who understood that political corruption was about a warped system. (Not just immoral politicians.)
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