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Top Pennsylvania prosecutor keeps releasing raunchy emails
Facing criminal charges, relieved of her law license and threatened with removal by the Legislature, Pennsylvania's attorney general seems to have decided that if she has to go, she's going to take others down with her.
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How the South Won the Civil War
The Union may have been victorious in battle, but American politics has been Southernized. By Nicholas Lemann.
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Ben Carson pushes the boundaries of post-knowledge politics
If Mitt Romney was the first post-truth candidate, perhaps Ben Carson is the first post-knowledge candidate?
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Rubio's controversial finances keep getting messier
It's not just Marco Rubio's messy finances -- his evasiveness and misstatements matter just as much as the underlying controversy.
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6th November 1860 - Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois.
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Ben Carson got caught: Who stands to benefit
If the revelation that Carson didn't receive a West Point scholarship drives him from the race, where will his supporters go?
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Bernie Sanders, In Full: His Take On Clinton, Socialism And SuperPACs
In the extended, 16-minute cut of Sanders' NPR interview, the presidential candidate discusses the state of his campaign, and two aspects of his political identity: being a socialist and being Jewish.
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The GOP Is a Neo-Confederate Party Now: The South and the Religious Right Have Devoured the Republicans Whole
To understand the insane 2016 campaign, you must understand the Southern, religious, anti-immigrant GOP base.
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What I Learned on My Red State Book Tour
I’ve just returned from three weeks in “red” America. It was ostensibly a book tour but I wanted to talk with conservative Republicans and Tea Partiers. I intended to put into practice what I tell my students – that the best way to learn is to talk with people who disagree you.
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The Real Republican Debate
When it comes to Republican presidential candidate silliness, it doesn’t get any better than this. (Oh wait, unless you’re talking about this.) After the recent on-stage mayhem, the GOP presidential candidates are trying to get control of the debate formats. Now multiple campaigns are getting into details like the temperature of the venue — which shall henceforth be a crisp sixty-seven degrees Fahrenheit.
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Increasingly The World Sees Republicans As The Greatest Threat To America
The Republican base is the Ugly American and the rest of the world has taken note of the threat posed by religious fundamentalism and racism.
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How Corrupt Is Your State?
Click on your state and see how corrupt it is.
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Inequality: Recent Trends and Future Prospects
What is clear is that the current state of inequality did not just happen. There are policies that aid and abet it.
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Local politician compares political endorsement to domestic violence.
"Your endorsement of Edwards is a vehement act of retribution. Your behavior somewhat parallels what might be in the mind frame and actions of an angry and rageful husband," Mr. Egan wrote in the letter.
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2016 Presidential Election Candidate Quiz - Find Your Match!
Quiz that matches your views on the issues with the presidential candidates and where they stand on those same issues.
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Kentucky counties with highest Medicaid rates backed Matt Bevin, who plans to cut Medicaid
The 66 percent of Owsley County that gets health coverage through Medicaid now must reconcile itself with the 70 percent that voted for Republican Governor-elect Matt Bevin, who pledged to cut the state's Medicaid program and close the state-run Kynect health insurance. By John Cheves.
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4 Things To Know About The Vetting Process For Syrian Refugees
The Paris attacks have ignited a debate over whether Syrian refugees should be allowed into the U.S. Refugees are vetted by various agencies, but several state officials have cited security concerns.
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The Perils of Circus Politics
The next president of the United States will confront a virulent jihadist threat, mounting effects of climate change, and an economy becoming ever more unequal. We’re going to need an especially wise and able leader.
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Marksville [Louisiana] residents unsurprised after officers accused in six-year-old’s death
Residents of small Louisiana town describe ‘dangerous’ Norris Greenhouse, one of two officers charged in fatal shooting of Jeremy Mardis: ‘He feels like because he has that badge, he can do anything he wants.’ By Matthew Teague.
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Let’s Not Whitewash George W. Bush’s Actual, Heinous Record on Muslims in the U.S.
On U.S. soil, Bush perpetrated a wide array of radical abuses aimed at Muslims in the wake of 9/11. His pretty rhetoric should not serve to justify or suppress that.
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