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It Happens Every Time

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NIXON’S “TREASON”

The Heinous Crime Behind Watergate Exclusive: The mainstream media’s big takeaway from Richard Nixon’s Watergate resignation is that “the cover-up is always worse than the crime.” But that’s because few understand the crime behind Watergate, Nixon’s frantic search for a file on his 1968 subversion … Continue reading

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But You Knew That

Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It’s Not a Democracy By Tom McKay/ PolicyMic/ April 16, 2014 The news: A new scientific study from Princeton researcher Martin Gilens and Northwestern researcher Benjamin I. Page has finally put some science … Continue reading

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When the Future Looked Bright

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More Realistically One Percent

BPR Quote of the Day

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AT LAST: GOOD NEWS FOR PROGRESSIVES

Wellstone’s Revenge: How Minnesota Democrats Took Their State Back Minnesota’s once-woebegone progressives have quietly crafted a road map for turning state capitols blue. By Andy Kroll/ Mother Jones/ September/October 2013 Illustration: Owen Smith It was the Friday before Memorial Day, … Continue reading

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Chuck Hagel’s Questionable Election Wins

This  article by Thom Hartmann from ten years 0ld ago seems relevant (or at least interesting) as former Senator Chuck Hagel awaits confirmation as Secretary of Defense: “If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines” By … Continue reading

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It’s Time to Choose: Democracy or Plutocracy?

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report The ease with which Harry Reid capitulated to Mitch McConnell on filibuster reform has me worried about a lot of things concerning the Democratic Party, in particular the elections in 2014 and beyond. … Continue reading

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How the Elite Rule

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Are Some Supreme Court Justices Corporations?

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