We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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The Real "Recovery": Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control
Since June of 2009, 88% of all U.S. growth went to corporate profits, while wages and salaries represented 1% of growth. There's never been a worse recovery for jobs and worker pay -- and never a better one for corporate profits.
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Obama Transparency Check: Wikileaks, the Espionage Act and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
From his unprecedented six-time use of the Espionage Act, to his administration's failure to uphold First Amendment rights for Wikileaks, to the suppression of information about TPP negotiations, Obama has been anything but transparent.
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Seven Brides For Seven Corporations
Days before the third anniversary of the Citizens United ruling, Occupy Wall Street organized an extravagant piece of political street theater: a wedding in which seven brides were to marry seven corporations.
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Wagging the Dog on Bahrain, Where U.S.-Backed Crackdown on Democracy Continues
Amid so many non-news stories in the past few weeks, the U.S. government aiding in Bahrain's brutal crackdown of nonviolent pro-democracy protests has gone completely unnoticed.
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Your Daily Dose of Satire: "N.R.A. Defends Right to Own Politicians"
We laugh, because we will cry if we don't.
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Money For Nothing: An Hourly Breakdown of Congressional Influence
Members of Congress spend just four hours a day doing the work citizens elected them to do.
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How Factory Farming is Burning Up Our Planet
Organic consumers and climate hawks alike are taking a more comprehensive look at the fundamental causes of global warming - and finding that industrial food and farming systems are the major cause.
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Three Ways to Block Republican Gerrymandering of the Electoral College
RNC chairman Reince Priebus is promoting one of the most blatant assaults on democracy in modern times—a scheme to gerrymander the Electoral College so that the loser of the popular vote could win key states and the presidency.
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The Military Spy Drone So Powerful It Can See Your iPhone from 17,500 Feet
The ARGUS-IS can view an area of 15 square miles in a single image, with a zoom capability can detect an object as small as six inches on the ground.
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The Extremist Cult of Capitalism
Capitalism is a cult devoted to the ideals of privatization over the common good, profit over social needs, and control by a small group of people who defy the public's will.
