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    License to Lie

    AUGUST 23, 2012 2:21PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: white working class, welfare queen, ronald reagan, global warming, fiscal policy, deficit hawks, paul krugman, obamacare, fox news, budget deficits, brit hume, walter lippmann, jr., martin luther king, republican national convention, liberalism, conservatism, right wing, political extemism, barry goldwater, 2012 campaign, citizens united, joe soptic, bain capital, super pac, newt gingrich, president obama, " lies and deception, "morning joe, joe scarborough, medicare, welfare, paul ryan, george will, mitt romney, republican party, economics, politics

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 5663 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Right wing attacks one of its own -- again

    JULY 6, 2012 3:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: small government, constitution, paul krugman, william buckley, michael savage, john roberts, david frum, dissent, politico, conservative movement, fascism, sarah palin, abortion, conservative talk radio, cpac, jonathan krohn, tea party, right wing, republican party, politics

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 1641 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Democrats expected to do GOP's dirty work for it

    MAY 29, 2012 6:24AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, democratic party, president obama, mitt romney, politifact, pants on fire liar, fedeal spending, tea party, deficits, joan walsh, american enterprise institute, ann coulter, wall street journal, david frum, fiscal austerity, economic crisis, herbert hoover, great depression, paul krugman, fiscal stimulus, conservative principles

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 3798 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 3879 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    OWS: A 21st Century Revolution (Updated)

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 4:06PM

    By profkeck


    Topics: paul rosenberg, andrea schmidt, glenn greenwald, feminism, gay/lesbian, politics, environment, economy, protest, democracy, wall street, bill maher, vandana shiva, paul krugman, earth democracy, feminism, now, tea party, vietnam war, ows, occupy wall street, patriarchy, open call, occupy america

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1810 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Krugman: Republicans made us bleed our own blood

    AUGUST 1, 2011 10:13AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: deficit, tea party, republicans, john boehner, president obama, debt ceiling, gop, politics, open call, paul krugman

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2934 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    The Big Bad "Socialist" Stimulus Package and Me

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 12:03PM

    By Ester Amy Fischer


    Topics: economy, grant writing, grants, western north carolina, ginseng, tea party, paul krugman, obama, undemployment, jobs, stimulus package, economic stimulus, economic recovery, rural america, farms, small farms, economic development, recession, mortgage crisis

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 998 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Bernanke To Be Reappointed Fed Chairman

    AUGUST 25, 2009 1:03AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: is bailout one word or two?, paul krugman, brad delong, financial crisis, federal reserve chairman, bernanke second term, barack obama, president obama, the fed, federal reserve, economics, larry summers, ben bernanke

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 2705 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Ninety-two Days of Timothy F. Geithner

    APRIL 29, 2009 4:12AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: geithner, timothy f. geithner, tim geithner, treasury, obama, 100 days, politics, economy, paul krugman, banks, banking, aig, the onion, is robert reich still locked in the cabinet?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3325 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    New Treasury Plan: Yo' Momma's TARP

    APRIL 21, 2009 2:26AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: paul krugman, banks, banking, finance, tarp, felix salmon, economics, econospeak, is bailout one word or two?, bailout, bank bailout, whisky

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2381 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties

    APRIL 14, 2009 2:27PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: open call, news, business, tea party, tea parties, taxes, tax revolt, sales tax, republicans, regressive taxes, recession, prop 13, progressive taxes, politics, paul krugman, orange county politics, orange county, obama campaign, middle class, howard jarvis, grover norquist, gasoline tax, elections, democrats, democratic party, california taxes, california republicans, california republican party, california property tax, california politics, california democrats, california democratic party, california budget crisis, california budget, california, automoble tax, anti-tax movement

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 3364 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Negative Capability: Debating the Geithner Plan

    MARCH 23, 2009 6:00PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: geithner, geithner plan, paul krugman, brad delong, economics, finance, financial crisis, is bailout one word or two?, politics, treasury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2434 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Cites Asimov's Foundation Series

    OCTOBER 14, 2008 3:41AM

    By Paul Levinson


    Topics: paul krugman, isaac asimov, science fiction

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