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New poll: Republicans in big trouble in 2014
Carville and Greenberg have released data from the latest survey by Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund — and the numbers aren’t good for the GOP.
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GOP blackmail over the debt won’t work this time
Members of the GOP-controlled House are wreaking havoc on Capitol Hill. Indeed, they saved for last their most lunatic attempt yet to destroy Obamacare.
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My name is Jason, I’m a 35-year-old white male combat veteran…and I’m on food stamps
I’ve never gone longer than six months without employment in my life and I just spent the last three years in the military, one of which consisted of a combat tour of Afghanistan.
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Republicans in congress: Jesus hates the hungry and poor; loves the rich
Republicans claim this is a “Christian nation.” The key part to being a Christian is the belief in Jesus Christ and believers striving to live their lives the way he did. So why cut…
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Two Americas – now more than ever
There's no doubt that John Edwards' warning during the 2004 Democratic National Convention about "two Americas" was right on the money. And, as this week's report from the Census Bureau…
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The wages of poverty
This week brought some good news for working people – for a change. California, the biggest state in the nation by population is on the verge of increasing the minimum wage to $9 an…
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Typical American family makes less than it did in 1989
The most depressing fact about the economy is not the fact that household incomes were basically flat in 2012. It wasn't even the fact that 15 percent of the U.S. population was living…
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Washington must show proof of payments in trial of The Five
The U.S. State Department in October will release documents that could demonstrate the government's involvement in a press campaign prejudicial to five Cuban security agents during the…
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Obama vs. Obama
More than once the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to persons who may not have deserved it; the only one who’s received it “on credit” was Barack Obama. But anyone with a minimum of…
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Georgia congressman “stuck” only making $172,000 a year
Rep. Phil Gingrey ranted about how he was “stuck” making $172,000 a year while staffers in congress can use their experience to go on to bigger and better lobbying careers later in…
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