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Why Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein Called Bernie Sanders “Dangerous”
Blankfein doesn't want someone running for president asking why the U.S. "can't afford" Social Security and Medicare but could afford to bail out his bank.
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Fiorina Cheers Self Up By Firing Campaign Staff
“Every failure is an opportunity, and in this case I had an opportunity to give some people the axe,” the former business executive said.
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Why Clinton's Lead Among Superdelegates Shouldn't Worry Sanders Supporters
Oh no, you might be thinking, look at those delegate totals! He’s getting killed! The New Hampshire primary is meaningless! He didn’t even really win!
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The Echo Chamber, by David Byrne
Lately it seems that anything that contradicts a passionate belief has become invisible. ... Am I imagining this or has the echo chamber, where one only hears what one agrees with, expanded in scope and at the same time had the effect of increasing that anger and the inability to have a dialogue?
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People Keep Talking About 'The Establishment.' What Is It, Anyway?
People have been sticking it to The Man for years. And in this year's presidential race, The Man is really, really easy to stick it to.
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Who Are The Possible Candidates To Fill Scalia's Seat?
Any pick by President Obama is sure to touch off a tough confirmation fight. But who will be at the center of the fray? Here are a few likely candidates.
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Could Superdelegates Really Stop Bernie Sanders?
The Democratic Party's un-democratic nightmare is unlikely to unfold—but if it did, this summer's convention could make Chicago 1968 look like a picnic.
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Jill Stein is trying to open the presidential debates
Mitt Romney, President Obama, the DNC and the RNC are trying to get a joint Green-Libertarian lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) thrown out. We believe that debates are for the people, not the parties, and that open debates are essential if we are ever to have real democracy in our country.
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Project VoteSmart's Political Galaxy
Search through 41,236 Politicians, 1,671,252 Key Votes, 923,682 Speeches, 1,479,318 Special Interest Ratings, 41,450 Issue Positions, $11,229,155,763 In Campaign Gifts
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The Death of the Republican Party
I’m writing to you today to announce the death of the Republican Party. It is no longer a living, vital, animate organization. It died in 2016. RIP. It has been replaced by warring tribes:
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Why Evangelicals Won’t Save Ted Cruz
The religious voters Cruz was counting on are ditching the Bible thumper for Donald Trump. By Tina Nguyen.
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America Changed. Antonin Scalia Never Did.
When the Supreme Court justice joined the bench, his views were mainstream. What a difference 30 years makes.
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The Seven Habits of Highly Depolarizing People
What would depolarization look and sound like? Would we know it if we saw it, in others or in ourselves? How does the depolarizer understand conflict and try to make sense of the world? **open in privacy/incognito mode to avoid 1 article/mo. limit**
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If only Hunter S. Thompson could have lived to take on this election
Trump on ibogaine! Clinton staffers at Owl Creek! To dream of Dr. Gonzo on the ’16 trail.
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Kochs Plotting Multi-Million-Dollar Assault On Electric Vehicles
The oil and gas industry may have thought it had killed the electric car, but sales -- boosted by generous government subsidies -- rose dramatically between 2010 and 2014, and energy giants are worried the thing may have come back to life. Time to kill it again. A new group that's being cobbled together with fossil fuel backing hopes to spend about $10 million dollars per year to boost petroleum-based transportation fuels and attack government subsidies for electric vehicles...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Republicans on North Carolina Voting Map
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a new congressional voting map in North Carolina this year, rejecting a Republican bid to reinstate district lines thrown out by a lower court.
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Will Free Wi-Fi Destroy the Party System?
The populism of this election might be as much about the medium as the message.
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Republican Marco Rubio Winning Wall Street Fundraising Race
Republican Marco Rubio's presidential run has drawn more money from Wall Street donors than any other candidate, according to a Reuters review of campaign finance disclosures, shoring up his position as his party's establishment alternative to front-runner Donald Trump.
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Obama plan to close Guantanamo proposes 13 potential U.S. transfer sites
A Pentagon plan to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would transfer detainees to any of 13 potential sites on U.S. soil but does not identify the facilities or endorse a specific one, administration officials said on Tuesday.
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Analysis: Donald Trump does the 'impossible.' Again
Three wins in a row for the billionaire businessman, and in Nevada he breaks that 'ceiling'
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