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- President Obama talks about Jan Brewer exchange
- Single Payer Healthcare Falls 2 Votes Short in California Senate
- Chicago's Legendary Hull House Social Service Agency Abruptly Shuts Down to Economic Insolvency
- An Iraq Vet's Journey From Wall Street to OWS
- Global Corporations Don't Give a Hoot About Jobs in America, Including Apple -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Pentagon Solutions: How to Actually Get Control of Defense Spending
- Selling the ‘Supply-Side’ Myth
- After the Battle Against SOPA — What's Next?
- The Self-Destruction of Newt Gingrich: He broke his own cardinal rule of debating on Thursday night – and will now pay in humiliation
- Ron Paul Signed Off on Racist Newsletters in the 1990s, Associates Say
- The G-8/NATO Fracas in Chicago
- The 10 Most Brazen Lies Offered By the Remaining GOP Presidential Hopefuls
- Arizona Cop Investigated Over Bullet-Riddled Picture of Obama
- FBI Seeking Social Media Monitoring Tool
- Twitter announces it will begin blocking messages opposed by governments. Boycott of Twitter planned.
- Predatory Payday Lenders Threatening Churches in Missouri
- An Open Letter to My Surly Republican Friends
- New Research: Scott Walker's Criminal Path to Power
- Gingrich Falls into Romney's 'Ghetto' Trap
- The Dems Now Know How To Deal With OWS: Embrace It
- Romney’s Tax Return Nightmare Worsens After Errors Found In Financial Disclosure Statements
- Justice Dept. Takes On Itself in Probe of 2001 Anthrax Attacks
- Senate Dems Should Force GOP to Hold Vote on Buffett Rule
- Bill Moyers: Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood
- Nightmare on Elm Street: Orly Taitz and the Birther Movement Are Back. Watch on Maddow
- Thomas Friedman Wants to Take Away the Weekend
- Tired and Broke, Santorum Heads Home to Do Taxes
- Google and the End of Privacy
- Watch Elizabeth Warren’s Amazing 30 Second Destruction Of Mitt Romney
- Atheist Teen Forces School to Remove Prayer from Wall after 49 Years
- Not A Peep About President's Praise for War
- Congress Puts Google On Defense Over Privacy Policy Changes
- Jesuit priest and peace activist Father Bill Bichsel is reportedly being held in solitary confinement at SeaTac Federal Detention Center south of Seattle. According to friends, Bichsel has not eaten solid food since January 10 in protest of his treatment. Fr. Bichsel, known to friends and colleagues as “Bix,” is a member of the Disarm Now Plowshares group. He has been arrested several times in connection with nonviolent civil disobedience at military bases, nuclear weapons manufacturers, and the School of the Americas.
- Out of Jail, but Still in Prison: The hellish existence of many of Russia’s former inmates is everybody’s problem.
- Tenderizing the Opposition to War with Iran
- WI Gov. Walker's Deceitful State of the State
- Former Walker Aide Copping A Plea In Probe Of Other Ex-Aides
- Davos Chief Offers to Meet with Occupy Protesters
- Maine's Tea Party Governor: 'Slash Health and Human Services or I'll Close Schools'
- We are the Champions...of the World?
- Obama Administration And Banks Near Deal On Mortgage Fraud Legal Liability
- How Fox News Is Destroying the Republican Party
- GOP Presidential Candidates Tell Unemployed, Uninsured Woman: You’re On Your Own
- Neither Gingrich Nor Romney Has Much Claim on Ronald Reagan: Two candidates who used to be to the left of Ronald Reagan are vying to represent a party that has since moved to the Gipper's right.
- We Have Every Right to Be Furious About ACTA
- TransCanada’s Dirty Keystone XL Jobs Claims Draw Complaint To SEC
- Thanks to Occupy Arrests, US Falls 27 Places in Worldwide Press Freedom Rankings
- Mo Money: Facebook to File for IPO Next Week
- Judge Orders Arizona Candidate Struck from Ballot over English Skills
- 2nd Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter
- FDA Draws Criticism After U-Turn on Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- An Infographic So Mitt Romney Can Remember the Real Tax Percentage he Pays
- Bomb in Baghdad Neighborhood Kills Dozens in Funeral Procession. Peace in Our Time.
- Obama Hits Close to Home - Education Costs
- Gingrich Readies Brutal New Ad
- Man Spends Two Years in Solitary after DWI Arrest
- Federal Judge Finds Same-Sex Long-Term Care Ban Unconstitutional
- Experts Cast Doubt on Japan Nuclear Power Plant Stress Tests
- Another Day of Debunking Romney
- NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Urged to Resign After Police Conceal Role in Anti-Muslim Documentary
- During Debate, Candidates Gush about How Their Spouses Would Be Great First Ladies -- Tony Peyser for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Despite Salary Caps, Treasury Approved Lucrative Exec Payouts at Dozens of Bailed-Out Firms
- One Hundred Brooklyn Community Members and Occupiers Peacefully Disrupt Foreclosure Auction
- Michele Bachmann, Ann Coulter Named As Witnesses In Suit Over Alleged Tea Party Tv Network Scam
- LAPD And Special Forces Conduct Military Maneuvers In The Skies Above Downtown LA
- With Campaign Season Here, Obama Shows Some Swagger
- Thrice-Married Gingrich: Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Pagan’ Behavior
- Bill Gates Joins Buffet: I Don't Pay Enough Taxes
- Corruption Scandal Shakes Vatican as Internal Letters Leaked
- US Economy Picks Up Speed
- Gingrich Under Fire from Conservative Media
- Corporate Rule Is Not Inevitable: 7 signs the corporatocracy is losing its legitimacy, and 7 populist tools to help shut it down.
- What's Good For General Motors Is Awful for Rush Limbaugh
- Watch Out for Jeb Bush in a Possible Brokered Convention. He's Positioning Himself.
- Greed is Good? The GOP Seems To Be OK with That.
- Shot-Up Image of President Draws a Secret Service Inquiry
- Hillary Clinton: Done with the ‘High Wire’ of Politics. Really.
- Occupy Wall Street is Alive and Well: The 99% Are the New Political Narrative -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Avoiding a Catastrophic War with Iran -- Nathaniel Batchelder for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Obama's State of the Union: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly on the Environment and Energy -- Stefanie Penn Spear for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Beware Celebrations of Republican Disarray
- "The Pentagon budget will actually shrink next year, for the first time since 1998, under a proposal released by the Obama administration that will cut the size of the Army and Marine Corps, trim the number of fighter aircraft and ships, and seek congressional approval for another round of military base closures."
- Mitch Daniels? Chris Christie? GOP Begins to Think the Unthinkable
- The Pathology of Inequality in the US: Our National Dementia About Work and Wealth -- Paul Buchheit for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Newt Gingrich Is a Master Magician of the Dark Arts: His Blathering Can Explode a Sane Person's Brain -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
- When is Opinion Just Disrespect? -- Ann Davidow for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- How Newt Stopped Marianne From Revealing Secrets the First Time
- Newt Gingrich Gets Angry Again in Florida
- Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American Journalists
- William Rivers Pitt | Staring at Empty Pages
- Adbusters Issues New Call to Action: Occupy Chicago for G8/NATO Summit
- Bob Dole Trashes Gingrich: "He Will Ruin GOP's 2012 Prospects Like He Did In 1996"
- "After hearing evidence with neither President Barack Obama nor his lawyers in attendance, a state administrative law judge on Thursday did not issue a ruling as to whether Obama can be allowed on the state ballot in November." The Word You're Looking For is "Derp."
- Apple Makes Good Products but Flawed Arguments
- Paul Krugman | Romney's Anti-Obama Rhetoric: A Demonstration of Moral Cowardice
- Ostroy Report: Why I'll Be Watching Yet Another Republican Debate Tonight
- Bernie Sanders Cracks The Coded Threat To Entitlements In Obama’s State Of The Union
- Iran Set to Turn Off Oil Supply to Europe
- Actual Wall Street Journal Headline: "The GOP Deserves to Lose"
- STUDY: The Press And The Pipeline
- Why Evangelicals Don't Care When Rich White Conservatives Defile Marriage
- Majority Would Vote Out Every Member of Congress
- "The chairman of the National Labor Relations Board hopes to have another round of regulations in place by the end of the year that would make it easier for unions to establish and win representation elections in workplaces."
- US Nonprofit Staff Members Barred From Leaving Egypt
- "Five Missouri state senators, all Democrats, found stickers resembling rifle crosshairs on the doors to their Capitol offices Tuesday as the legislature debated health care reform."
- Barney Frank Marriage: Retiring Congressman Intends To Marry Longtime Partner Jim Ready
- Lobbying Disclosures Reveal Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Used State Dollars To Lobby For Keystone XL Pipeline
- Romney Retakes Lead in Florida
- Congress Doesn't Want to Give Up Its Insider Trading Privileges
- Police Drag Occupy Activists from Santorum Event
- Iraqis Voice Outrage as Haditha Massacre Trial Ends In No Jail Time for Accused US Marines
- After Recent Revelations, Hospitals Must Finally Become Safety-First Environments
- Department Of Homeland Security Should Change Its Intelligence Mission, Experts Say
- Kornacki: Boehner ‘Entirely at the Mercy’ of the Tea Party
- Bill Moyers | How Can Ordinary People Fight Citizens United?
- Tim Geithner Won't Stay On If Obama Wins Second Term: Report
- Is Coca-Cola Propping Up Swaziland's Dictator? -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Ten Steps to a Radical Revolution of Values in the USA -- Bill Quigley for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Two Ex-Walker Aides Charged With Illegal Campaigning On Government Time
- Top Dem Offshoring Expert Smells Something Fishy In Romney’s Tax Code
- The 10 Most Racist Moments of the GOP Primary (So Far)
- DE AG Beau Biden: Too Big to Fail Banks Believe the Enforcement Side Is ‘Scared’
- A Response to the State of the Union Address, from the 'West Wing' President
- The Right Drops a Bomb on Newt
- Mayor's Crude Plan to Better GOP Relations with Latinos: 'Have Tacos'
- Veterans Call On West Point To Cancel Planned Speech By Islamophobic General
- Tom DeLay: Newt Gingrich Was ‘Erratic, Undisciplined’
- Romney Tax Break Rejected as Welfare for Rich in Investor Poll
- Occupy Oakland Says It Will Seize Vacant Building
- US Federal Reserve to Keep Interest Rates Near Zero Until 2014
- Why the GOP Race could be Irrelevant
- Constitution Check: Where Does the Campaign against Citizens United Go Next?
- Ow, My Brain: Oklahoma GOPer Proposes Bill To Outlaw ‘Aborted Human Fetuses’ In Food
- Sen. Michael Bennett Of Florida Proposes Bill To Shelter Homeless People In Taxpayer-Funded Sports Stadiums
- Why Florida is Make-or-Break Moment for Republicans
- Poor Mitt, or 'The problem with being the Swiss bank account guy'
- New Taxes on the Rich Not Likely Before the Election: "The prospects of a so-called Buffett tax on high-earning households remain uncertain, if not remote, for the immediate future."
- Gingrich Pledges Moon Colony during Presidency. Little Green Men Say LOL ROFL LOL.
- Tester, Baucus Support Constitutional Amendment against Citizens United
- The GOP’s Unemployment Trap - Romney and Gingrich aren't talking about unemployment for a reason: They don't have any solutions.
- Ahmadinejad Says Iran Ready for Talks
- Teens, Advocates Say Washington Must Address Youth Unemployment
- Fed Signals that a Full Recovery is Years Away
- Florida: Occupy demonstrators arrested; protests continue against investor conference
- Romney Profited From Mortgage Lenders Foreclosing On Thousands Of Floridians
- Mideast Cyberwar Continues to Claim More Victims
- Arizona Gov. Brewer Gets Book Critique from Obama
- Mitt Romney's Maids' Salary Raises Questions
- Breast Cancer Behind Bars: How a Prison Sentence Can Become a Death Sentence
- You Can Thank The Supreme Court For Newt Gingrich’s Extended Campaign
- When A Philandering Politician (Like Newt) Plays The God Card -- Tony Peyser for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Christie, Democrats Clash on Gay Marriage
- States Weaken Tenure Rights for Teachers
- Obama’s 99 Percent Speech
- Dems Want Koch Reps to Testify on Keystone XL Pipeline
- Will the Young Rise Up and Fight Their Indentured Servitude to the Student Loan Industry?
- How The 2012 Conventions Will Leave A Permanent Surveillance And Security Footprint In Host Cities
- Occupy DC Faces No-Camping Clampdown "Very Soon"
- Nomi Prins: President Obama's State of the Union - Ten Skirted Issues
- John Nichols: Obama Bully-Pulpits Romney
- Focus Group Suggests State of the Union Speech Was Well-Received
- 2012 State of the Union: Five Things Obama Didn't Say
- How Private Equity Firms Like Bain Capital Earn Profits
- In Police Training, a Dark Film on US Muslims
- Google Announces Privacy Changes Across Products; Users Can’t Opt Out
- Europe Weighs Tough Law on Online Privacy
- David Corn: Obama's SOTU - Winning the Next 9 Months
- The Best Excerpt From Barney Frank's Interview With The NY Times
- Tax lawyers Question Gingrich's 2010 return
- Monsanto Says It Won't Sell GMO Maize in France in 2012
- Thousands Gather In Tahrir Square To Mark First Anniversary Of Uprising
- Rates to Stay Near Zero Through Late 2014, Fed Says
- Obama makes strong call for clean energy — oh, and drilling and fracking too
- Obama Uses His State Of The Union To Obliterate Everything The GOP Stands For
- Story of the Week (Exclusive): Lobbyists target Occupy Wall Street
- The New York Times: The State of the Union in 2012
- Report: New Poll Suggests Gingrich Surging in Florida
- Best-Selling Author Thomas Frank Reads From His New Book, "Pity the Billionaire"
- In Haditha Case: Marine Gets No Jail Time in Killing of 24 Iraqi Civilians
- Limerick Ode To Newt’s Latest Temper Tantrum
- Scott Walker’s Plutonomy: An Economy for the One Percent
- Execs At Bailed Out Banks Convinced Government They Couldn't Survive On $500K
- Yahoo! Audience Reacts: 63% Say Obama Made the Case for a Second Term
- Partnership-Driven Growth: A Bipartisan Way Forward
- In His Victory Speech, Newt Doubles Down on Racism, Hints at Anti-Semitism
- How Newt Stopped Marianne From Revealing Secrets the First Time
- Apple's Chinese Factories to be Audited After Violation of Working Conditions
- In State of the Union, Obama Calls for Minimum 30 Percent Tax on Millionaires
- Did Schneiderman Sell Out on Industry Friendly Mortgage Fraud Settlement? Time Will Tell.
- Transcript of Obama's State of the Union: Per the Past Few Weeks, Obama Continues to Reclaim the Counter-Narrative. Now the question, yet again, is can Obama deliver? One of His Best Speeches: Defining, Specific, and Progressive. Leaves Republicans to Continue Creating a Mythical, Hateful Counter-Narrative.
- Obama Announces Mortgage Crisis Unit Chaired By New York Attorney General Schneiderman Schnedierman's Great, But Will It Actually Lead to Wall Street Prosecutions?
- Blowing the Whistle on Big Pharma
- Economic Fairness Key Theme in Obama State of the Union
- Chris Dodd, Now Working for the "Old" Hollywood Studios, Threatens Congress to Pass SOPA and PIPA: No Vote, No Checks -- Paul Mutter for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Breast Cancer Behind Bars: How a Prison Sentence Can Become a Death Sentence
- Some Facts You Should Know As Background to the State of the Union Such as: "The top 1 percent of Americans own 40 percent of our country’s wealth while the bottom 80 percent owns only 7 percent."
- Report: Gay marriage in Washington: Legislature has the votes
- Obama To Announce Mortgage Crisis Unit Chaired By New York Attorney General Schneiderman Obama Housing Crisis
- Leader of Gingrich ethics investigation rejects call to release more documents, but its not her decision anymore
- Draft Jeb Bush? Ugh!
- Was the Occupy Movement the Influence That Turned Gingrich Into a Raving Right Wing Populist -- In Part, At Least
- Apple's $46 billion sales set new tech record
- The Death of an Ordinary Housecat
- Romney tax returns shine light on Mormon tithing
- Thirty Years Before SOPA, MPAA Feared the VCR: MPAA Then Head Jack Valenti Said: "I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone…"
- We're Number One in the World in Putting People in Prison: Shameful -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Graphic Anti-Abortion Ad During the Super Bowl? Nix It. -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- NJ Gov Christie Says He’ll Veto Gay-Marriage Bill, Wants To Let Voters Decide
- Who Is the GOP Nominee for President Going to Be - the Adulterer, the Flip Flopper, the Radical, or the Homophobe? -- Pat Weller for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Occupy DC Protest Draws Right-Wing Congressional Scrutiny
- Gingrich: ‘Most Of The Asians,’ Some Latinos, But Not Many African Americans Understand Entrepreneurship
- The Obama Memos
- Gay marriage in Washington: Legislature has the votes
- Human Rights Watch: Iraq Getting Worse
- Sheldon Adelson's $5 Million Investment in Newt Gingrich's Pro-Netanyahu Policies -- Paul Mutter for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Corporate Media Long Ago Abandoned Reporting the Truth: Stenography is Their Game -- Robert Pappas for BuzzFlash at Truthout
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THE LIGHTER SIDE: - Time Traveler From The Year 1998 Warns Nation Not To Elect Newt Gingrich
- The Gingrich Open Marriage Initiative (GO-MI) Explained
- Latest Poll: Newt’s ‘Campaign’ Against Saul Alinsky May Backfire
- The Rude Pundit: A Brief List of Conservative Men Who Need to Be Punched in the Balls