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    Romney's "Dog Whistles" Are Clear to White Racists Online

    AUGUST 9, 2012 2:42PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: politics, 2012 campaign, welfare reform, racism, white nationalists, race, media, obama, romney, tea party gop, election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1522 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    The backwards-sideways 21st century world

    AUGUST 7, 2012 4:13PM

    By Laura Deurmyer


    Topics: business, economy, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2510 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Why I am not a brain-dead adherent to either party.

    AUGUST 3, 2012 1:49PM

    By Jeff Wilder


    Topics: democrats., republicans, liberals, conservative, divisions, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1512 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    No Room for Moderates: Tales of a Community Organizer

    AUGUST 3, 2012 11:16AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: martin luther king, dalai lama, malcolm x, jimmy carter, abbie hoffman, ghandi, grassroots, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 3992 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    The Prepper Next Door

    AUGUST 2, 2012 2:31PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: politics, family, belief/religion, where's will smith when you need him?, babylon, alas, end of the world as we know it, guns, doomsday preppers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3567 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences

    JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, republican party, chick-fil-a, free speech, gay marriage, dan cathy, mayor tom menino, public opinion, fairness doctrine, mike huckabee, christian right, focus on the family, founding fathers, first amendment, constitution, fact versus opinion, democracy, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, fox news, msnbc, ann coulter, communism, treason, marketplace of ideas, boston globe, bigotry, president obama, paranoia, science, gender discrimination, gun control, hunger, justice clarence thomas, liberalism, conservatism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3765 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Romney bombs in Poland

    JULY 31, 2012 9:02AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, europe, 2012 election, politics, palestinians, israel, britain, poland, barack obama, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 7116 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break

    JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: health care, gun control, abortion, plutocrats, free market, public sector unions, richard hofstadter, nlrb, epa, affordable care act, colonial america, gordon wood, conservative media, national reivew, fox news, keynesian stimulus, fiscal policy, exotic derivatives, libor, predatory corporate raiders, capitalism, corporate contributions, citizens united, supreme court, voter disenfranchisement, labor, manufacturing, oligarchy, george romney, tax returns, democracy, think progress, paranoid style, conspiracy theory, big government, income tax, punish success, president obama, elizabeth warren, scott brown, mitt romney, welfare queens, republican party, ronald reagan, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 12134 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Mitt Romney’s $100M IRA: Gaming the System at Bain

    JULY 26, 2012 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: bain capital, personal integrity as a measure of fitness to lead, ann romney, mitt romney’s fortune, wall street journal, mark maremont, “bain gave staff way to swell iras by investing in deals”, tax avoidance run amok, tax code abuse, $100 million ira, 2012 presidential election, finance, mitt romney, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3199 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Why did Sally Ride wait to come out posthumously?

    JULY 24, 2012 11:19AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: feminism, gay/lesbian, news, science, politics, technology, family, sally ride

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 4471 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Right wing takes aim at public education

    JULY 23, 2012 10:32AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, education, public schools, charter schools, texas board of education, right wing, history, massachusetts education reform act, a nation at risk, william weld, bi-partisanship, curriculum frameworks, teachers unions, tenure, mandatory testing, class size, republican party, rick scott, scott walker, president obama, mitt romney, diane ravitch, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, school vouchers, school choice, evolution, creationism, bible-based math, religious right, christian fundamentalism, outcomes based education, john birch society, john adams, horace mann, civil war, confederates, jim crow, ku klux klan, mccarthyism, education reform, tax cuts, national governors association, federal student loans, privitization

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 6018 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Believe In Love At First Sight? Confessions of a Love Addict

    JULY 20, 2012 2:26PM

    By Jason D. Hill


    Topics: gossip, travel, politics, gay/lesbian, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1589 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Suleiman: The Spymaster Who Came in From the Cold?

    JULY 19, 2012 5:17PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: omar suleiman, egypt, revolution, tahrir, martyrs, mubarak, morsi, parliament, military, court, january 25, muslim brotherhood, mohamed baradei, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2200 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Politics, Of Rape, Sexuality and Government Meddling

    JULY 18, 2012 3:13AM

    By Rita Banerji


    Topics: india, rape, sexuality, politics, sports, gay/lesbian, feminism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3459 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Right wing has full bag of tricks to protect the rich

    JULY 17, 2012 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: economics, politics, arthur brooks, american enterprise institute, wall street, financial crisis, oligarchy, plutocracy, capitalism, supply side capitalism, cronyism, barney frank, elizabeth warren, free enterpise, big government, thomas frank, subprime mortgages, george w. bush, elitism, catholic church, pedophile, ayn rand, poverty, wal mart, entrepreneurs, corporate raiders, laissez faire, jonathan chait, president obama, housing bubble, whigs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 741 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Getting Out the Vote 1964

    JULY 16, 2012 9:07AM

    By geezerchick


    Topics: politics, class, race, getting out the vote, babysitting, voting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1646 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Are You Kidding? As a Liberal I Hate Taxes!

    JULY 16, 2012 9:19AM

    By Jason D. Hill


    Topics: taxes open call, politics, business, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2448 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Why Bain Matters.

    JULY 16, 2012 12:20AM

    By TheVagabond


    Topics: 2012 election, mitt romney, bain, politics, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 3813 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The bumper sticker slapped 'cross the world

    JULY 13, 2012 2:52PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: marriage equality, liberal, gop, open call, politics, politics open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2541 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Health Care vs. Politics: Who Wins?

    JULY 9, 2012 6:01PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: 2012 election, affordable care act, americans, community, democrats, economy, fact check, family planning, health care, health care reform, health insurance, obama, obamacare, obesity, politics, republicans, romney, supreme court

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