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How the Senate Armed Services Committee Is Undermining Minsk II
A peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine may be at risk.
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U.S. Government: We Can Classify Anything and Judges Can't Stop Us
At a hearing today on a lawsuit seeking to make videotapes of force-feedings at Guantánamo public, Justice Department attorneys argued that the courts cannot order evidence used in trial to be unsealed if it has been classified by the government. “We don’t think there is a First Amendment right to classified documents,” stated Justice Department lawyer Catherine Dorsey.
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George Carlin ~ The American Dream
"You have to be asleep to believe it." A short excerpt from the video "Life Is Worth Losing" (2005).
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New Hampshire Supreme Court Rules Voter Registration Poll Tax Is Unconstitutional
The voter registration form is likely to confuse voters and prevent them from registering, the court found.
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Sanders to introduce bill to make college tuition-free - The Boston Globe
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will introduce legislation on Tuesday to make college tuition-free in the United States.
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Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System
There were some decidedly Kafkaesque aspects of the Congressional debate this week on Fast Track legislation, designed to speed through the passage of secret trade deals that could have a serious impact on our food system. At first, the Senate refused to approve a bill to limit debate on Fast Track. Then, when the Senate did approve that bill, it turned out the real debate over Fast Track wouldn’t be happening in the Senate at all, but rather in the House (but not yet).
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Voters Don't Like Being Spied On: Will 2016 Candidates Listen?
A new poll commissioned by the ACLU shows voters of all stripes would like to see changes made to section 215 of the Patriot Act.
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Jeb Bush blasts 'arrogance' in climate change debate
Jeb Bush hit back at the President's claim that climate change is an immediate risk, saying it shouldn't be ignored, but it's not
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Bernie Sanders: “Too Big To Fail Banks Are Too Big To Exist”
Bernie Sanders is calling for the largest banks to be split up in light of the recent news that 6 major financial institutions manipulated lending rates.
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10 questions with Bernie Sanders
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders sits down with CNBC's John Harwood to talk about income inequality, Wall Street greed and Hillary Clinton.
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Ex-Speaker Hastert indicted on federal charges
Dennis Hastert was charged with structuring cash withdrawals to evade currency transaction reporting requirements and lying to the FBI.
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Mike Huckabee: I wish I could have claimed to be transgender to 'shower with the girls' in high school
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Will these big Obamacare rates get approved?
Many of the proposed rate increases of 10 percent or more for Obamacare health insurance plans have been revealed.
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Pols arrested in Albany as rent war ratchets up
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Elizabeth Warren: I know too much about banking for Wall Street's liking
Elizabeth Warren fired back at Jamie Dimon for suggesting she has no clue what she’s talking about in her attacks on Wall Street. “The problem is not that I don’t understand the global banking system,” the Massachusetts Democrat told the Huffington Post’s “So That Happened” podcast. “The problem for these...
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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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This is the NRA’s worst nightmare: The new gun safety study that gun nuts don’t want you to hear about
Think gun safety reforms don't actually reduce violent crime? Connecticut debunks that tired myth
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Inside The Messy Kansas Fight To Save Face On Tea Party Tax Cuts
Can Kansas get itself out of a massive budget hole created by tax cuts?
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Jeb Bush Unveiled His 2016 Logo, and the Internet Shouted Unkind Things at It
There's nothing more infectious than good old fashioned enthusiasm from a presidential candidate. And what better way to project that political fervor than by adding an exclamation point to your campaign logo? On Sunday, John Ellis Bush, known colloquially by a snappier acronym, did just that in unveiling his 2016 logo.
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Poll finds Sanders closing in on Clinton
Sanders trails Clinton by 12 percentage points in a new online poll of Granite State voters.
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