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Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Responds To John McCain Calling Her 'Low Life Scum'

30 January 2015, 7:46 pm by: Heather
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Code Pink's Medea Benjamin had a question for Sen. John McCain after he called her and her group "low life scum" while protesting Henry Kissinger during a Senate committee hearing this week. My money is on option one.…
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'Clueless' Star Tells Fox Panel Romney's Still Going To Run: 'It's A Chess Move'

30 January 2015, 5:15 pm by: Heather
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It looks like someone's having a hard time accepting that her buddy Mittens isn't going to run for president: Fox Panelist Thinks Romney's Still Going To Run: 'It's A Chess Move':…
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This Bakery Will Hire Felons, Addicts, Immigrants

30 January 2015, 3:44 pm by: Susie Madrak
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What an inspiring story. It sure seems like putting the right thing first pays off:…
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'Radical Brownies' Group Emphasizes Social Justice

30 January 2015, 3:25 pm by: Susie Madrak
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In addition to the community involvement, they also do crafts and other fun projects. Won't this make wingnut heads explode!…
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Jim Webb: Dems Need White Working People To Win

30 January 2015, 12:51 pm by: Susie Madrak
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Some progressives are openly hostile and accusatory toward Jim Webb, but pretty much every progressive organizer and campaign operative I know agrees with his main point. We can win the White House, but we will never get a lasting majority and get to…
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Is Netanyahu Backpedaling On Congressional Visit?

30 January 2015, 12:14 pm by: John Amato
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Since Speaker John Boehner announced that he invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress on Iran, it has become a smoldering story about how Republicans broke protocol by bypassing the administration and the State Department to…
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Romney Isn't Running

30 January 2015, 11:19 am by: John Amato
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Even though several Republican talkers were trying to dissuade Romney from entering the general election in 2016 for the presidency, all indications were that Mittens was going to run again. And the Intertubes were very happy. The Daily Beast even teased this…
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The Mainstream Meets Occupy

30 January 2015, 10:44 am by: Robert Borosage
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The 1 percent continue to capture virtually all of the income growth in the country, while the average incomes of the 99 percent continue to fall.…
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Karl Rove Compares Clinton's 'Benghazi' To Obama's 'Birthers'

30 January 2015, 9:00 am by: John Amato
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The news that Hillary Clinton is willing to testify before another Benghazi kangaroo Republican tribunal made some waves the other day, but it also sent a few mixed signals. Karl Rove joined swiftboating and sounded a warning bell to conservatives obsessed…
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Former Klan Leader David Duke Says He May Run Against Steve Scalise

30 January 2015, 9:00 am by: Heather
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It seems former KKK leader David Duke, who has been doing his best to continue to pretend that he's really not a white supremacist, is not very happy with Rep. Steve Scalise, who, as we discussed here, was trying to distance himself from Duke after it was…
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