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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The Year of Magical Spending
Now that we've survived the elections, a new analysis shows companies contributed roughly $75 million to super PACs in the 2012 election cycle, 85% of which went to Republican-allied groups.
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Legalize It! Voters in Colorado and Washington Make History
In an unprecedented popular vote, Colorado and Washington become the first two political jurisdictions in the world to legalize the sale of marijuana.
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This Is the Worst Election for Wall Street in Decades
The combination of President Obama, Elizabeth Warren and a newly invigorated Democratic Party should make some bankers very, very nervous.
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After Sandy, Communities Mobilize a New Kind of Disaster Relief
A grassroots network of community-run relief stations and free kitchens have sprung up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in a mobilization reminiscent of the early days of Zuccotti Park.
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From Germany: Why America Has Already Lost Today's Election
Germans see the U.S. election as a battle between the good Obama and the evil Romney. But this is a mistake. Regardless of who wins the election on Tuesday, total capitalism is America's true ruler, and it has the power to destroy the country.
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No One in America Should Have to Wait 7 Hours to Vote
What's happening at polling stations in Ohio and Florida isn't some fluke of nature or breakdown in equipment. It's all part of a partisan design.
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Portland Anti-Austerity Protest Draws 1,000 Despite Police Violence
More than 1,000 people marched the streets in Portland, Oregon, against austerity cuts.
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For Our Corporate Masters, First Greece, Then Us
If the corporate masters with their austerity regime are successful, Greece will be run by transnational CEOs via the European Union. The country's collapse and the privatization of its commons will be Globalism's first takedown. Soon, it will happen to us.
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Apple Pays Just 2% Tax on Overseas Profits
Apple paid just 1.9% tax in 2012. The U.S. corporate tax rate is 35%.
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Net Surveillance Laws Target Activists, Not Terrorists
Britain's plan's comprehensive data law hit a setback when the Information Commissioner knocked it as a system "looking for the incompetent criminal and the accidental anarchist.”
