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Robert Reich on the Shutdown: "You Can't Negotiate with Extortionists"
Members of the Tea Party hate government viscerally. They say we ought to shrink government down to the size that it can drown in a bathtub. They're not in Washington to govern; they're in Washington to tear it down.
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In Latest Scandal at UT Austin, a Bake Sale Attacks Race
The University of Texas at Austin’s Young Conservatives of Texas group last month hosted an “Affirmative Action Bake Sale” where they charged customers prices based on their race.
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Rightwing Truckers to Clog D.C. Freeways to Protest "Unconstitutional" Congress
On October 11, anti-government truckers and tractor-trailer drivers plan to launch a coordinated "three lanes deep" assault, clogging the inner loop of the Washington D.C. beltway, adding populist muscle to the government shutdown.
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Global Power Project: Exposing the Institute of International Finance, Part 1
The Institute of International Finance represents the very "visible hand" of financial markets, wielding immense influence and boasting unparalleled access to central bankers and top policymakers from around the world.
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How Redistribution to the Rich Has Furthered Poverty and Crushed the Middle Class
Because of the housing crisis and recession, the median family net worth dropped 40 percent between 2007 and 2010, while the richest Americans regained all their losses and began an even steeper climb to the top.
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Seattle Social Justice Film Festival Brings New Voices to the Big Screen
This week in Seattle, the second Social Justice Film Festival draws a sharp focus to injustice and unfairness.
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NSA Security at Utah Data Center Stops Journalists From Shooting Video
The NSA does not want you at the Utah Data Center, nor does it want you filming there.
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Shutdown Shrinks Federal Election Commission to Just 4 Employees
The FEC chairwoman warns that the public's right to information about elections has already been compromised thanks to the federal shutdown.
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The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution
Vast troves of U.S. secrets get regularly leaked by skilled teams of government officials engaged in propaganda campaigns to influence public opinion — posing a far graver threat to national security than revelations by Edward Snowden.
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Public Education At Peril With ALEC's Private Scholarship Tax Credits
Tuition scholarship tax credit laws being pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council will use state tax codes to subsidize private or parochial education, with grave consequences for public education spending.
