Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Undercover Agents Assault Journalists at Democratic Convention in Charlotte
Charlotte, NC — Two journalists covering the Democratic National Convention were confronted on Sunday by two undercover agents who assaulted one and threatened to punch the other in the mouth for photographing them.
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Four Ways the Ohio GOP Is Already Stealing the 2012 Election
The Ohio Republican Party has moved four ways to steal America's 2012 election. The Buckeye State is almost certain to emerge as a decider in this year's presidential election, and the GOP is moving fast to ensure victory, no matter what it takes.
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Hot & Crusty Employees Occupy Their Workplace
After the owners of an Upper East Side Hot & Crusty planned a lockout in response to its workers forming a union, those workers occupied.
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Police Admit to Infiltrating Occupy Austin
When the local offshoot of Occupy Wall Street began a five-month encampment in Austin, Texas last fall, the Austin police assigned at least three undercover officers to infiltrate the group and gather information on potentially illegal actions.
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A Thief Lurks in the Shadows
A colossal theft of national resources, dwarfing anything we could imagine, is taking place while no one is watching.
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2,500 March on Wall Street South
Activists from cities across the country gathered in Charlotte ahead of the Democratic National Convention to demonstrate fro jobs and justice.
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Opinion: Joining the Forces of Rebellion
Occupy’s biggest challenge, aside from bringing down the corporatocracy, is to convince the Tea Party that they’re also the 99 percent -- that the system is screwing them just as bad as it's screwing us.
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Sad But True: Corporate Crime Does Pay
The SEC could bring contempt of court charges against a raft of corporate offenders, but it doesn’t -- and financial firms on Wall Street keep reaping the profits of their criminality.
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The Numbers Are In: Tax the Rich to Pay the Deficit
Contrary to conservative arguments our ballooning deficit crisis is a result of withheld revenue, not excessive spending. These three basic tax enforcement fixes -- and a few new taxes on the wealthy -- would solve it all.
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Corporate America and the Homeless Students it Creates
With official unemployment holding steady at 9.5 percent and with the state budget cuts producing yet more tuition increases, a growing phenomenon is sweeping the nation: homeless and hungry college students.
