By Robert Reich — A president is supposed to represent all of America, not just the 51 percent who elect him, and have a modicum of sympathy for the less fortunate among us.
Posted on Sep 19, 2012
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According to the Russian government, the U.S. is using its foreign aid organization in Moscow to secretly influence the country’s politics and elections. The U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, will be expelled as part of a broad attempt to stifle the opposition movement.
Posted on Sep 19, 2012
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With his dismissal of 47 percent of Americans this week, Mitt Romney gave Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston an opportunity to talk about how Republicans blame members of the public for the economic conditions conservatives have made for them.
Posted on Sep 19, 2012
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By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch —
The one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street produced a lot of mainstream media stories that assured you Occupy was only a bunch of tents that came down last year. Don’t buy it. A year is nothing and the mainstream media is oblivious to where power lies and how change works.
Posted on Sep 19, 2012
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By Michael Dirda —
The writer’s diaries reveal that he was happiest while gardening and watching his hens. But he also comments that “apparently nothing will ever teach [the rich] that the other 99 percent of the population exist.”
Posted on Sep 19, 2012
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Taking advantage of the recently unearthed footage of rival Mitt Romney dismissing 47 percent of the voting public, President Obama tells talk show host David Letterman, “One of the things I’ve learned as president is you represent the entire country.”
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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By William Pfaff — Mrs. Clinton, the secretary of state, appears to believe that the Arabs and Egyptians should be grateful to America, and most Americans would probably agree.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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In his article “The Cancer in Occupy” posted on Truthdig in February, Chris Hedges criticized Black Bloc activists, saying their use of violence in the streets would alienate the Occupy movement from mainstream Americans and legitimize the use of police violence in the eyes of the public. Black Bloc supporter Brian Traven debated him in New York City last week.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar came out onto the field during a game Saturday against the Boston Red Sox with “tu ere maricon” written in Spanish on his eye black, which translates to “you are a faggot.”
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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The most eagerly anticipated face-off of the election season will not be between President Obama and Mitt Romney, but rather will pit longtime nemeses Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly. On Monday, it was announced that the pair would be meeting up for a 90-minute debate next month at The George Washington University in D.C.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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Social scientist and late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently conducted a classic experiment, asking unsuspecting pedestrians to comment on the new iPhone 5, which was actually an old iPhone 4S.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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By Tracy Bloom — A look at the day’s political happenings, including a former president’s connection to the leaked video footage of Mitt Romney and an update on the controversial voter ID law in Pennsylvania.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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During periodic interviews in which church elders asked Adam Streeter whether he touched himself, the boy endured the agony of being forbidden to be fully himself.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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A federal appeals court judge placed an emergency stay Monday on a lower court’s ruling against the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, meaning the government has again made clear its intent to abolish trials for anyone it considers a suspect of terrorism.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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In one of the largest prison breaks in Mexico in recent years, 132 inmates escaped from a facility in the northern state of Coahuila on Monday, setting off a massive manhunt by police and soldiers near the U.S. border.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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Conservative blogs are saying U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was gay and shouldn’t have been sent to the Middle East; Google’s censorship of the controversial anti-Muslim video proves Web companies have more power than governments; meanwhile, a Stanford University study claiming organic foods are useless is being called fraudulent. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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The footage was shot during a fundraiser at the home of Marc Leder, a hedge fund manager known for throwing pretty lascivious affairs in the Hamptons, N.Y. We’re talking about parties that involve sex, but not the kind intended for the purpose of planting a zygote in the womb, thereby going against a core conservative value and basically everything Republicans stand for.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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By Stanley Kutler — For selfish, political reasons, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has inserted himself into the American presidential election. American Jews won’t fall for it.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — Teachers are heroes, not villains, and it’s time to stop demonizing them.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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You may have seen the video secretly taken at a Romney Q and A during which the Republican candidate says roughly 47 percent of Americans pay no taxes, depend on the government and will vote for President Obama no matter what.
Posted on Sep 17, 2012
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By Tracy Bloom — A look at the day’s political happenings, including a rape remark from the wife of Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell mulls another run for public office.
Posted on Sep 17, 2012
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By Richard Schickel — The critics simply have too much invested in the still young director to acknowledge that “The Master” has to rank somewhere between a disappointment and a disaster.
Posted on Sep 17, 2012
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Contrary to what conservatives have been pushing, reducing taxes for the wealthiest Americans will not grow the economy. However, according to a new study by the Congressional Research Service, it does help to create income inequality.
Posted on Sep 17, 2012
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