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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#MeToo: Thousands March in L.A. as Sexual Misconduct Allegations Continue
The #MeToo march culminated in a rally on Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday night, and follows a relentless series of accusations by men and women who say they were victimised by high-powered figures in the entertainment industry.
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Debt Company Makes Sheriffs Rich by Jailing the Poor, Lawsuit Claims
A private company increases debts by 30 percent, then tells Oklahomans to pay up or go to jail. Law enforcement is in its pocket, a new lawsuit claims.
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The Effects of Sears Crash Show Capitalism is Morally Bankrupt
No coherent theory of justice could endure such successive material indignities as the ones poor people in America endure every single day.
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Paradise Papers: Apple Secretly Moved Parts of Empire to Jersey After Row Over Tax Affairs
Apple reacted to widespread criticism of its tax affairs by secretly shifting key parts of its empire to Jersey as part of a complex rearrangement that has allowed it to keep an ultra-low tax rate on holdings of more than $250 billion.
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In Texas, A High School Student Sues for the Right To Sit During Pledge of Allegiance
The debate over kneeling in the NFL during the National Anthem has spread to other institutions. Now, the public is about to rediscover why schools expelling students for sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance is a constitutional violation.
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Robert Mercer Invested Offshore Dark Money to Sink Clinton. He Must Be Delighted
According to the Paradise Papers, billionaire Robert Mercer achieved his political objectives while making very nice tax savings
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Trumpism Defeated: Northam Wins Virginia Governor’s Race As Murphy Takes New Jersey
The lieutenant governor’s victory joins Democrat Phil Murphy’s win in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race to hand Democrats new hope in the Donald Trump era.
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Facing the Nazi Threat: At What Point Do We Counter-Protest?
Beating up a Nazi will not teach him or her to stop being a Nazi, but will enforce the internal narrative that they are a marginalized group under attack.
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The Public Bank Option: Safer, Local and Half the Cost
Phil Murphy, a former banker with a double-digit lead in New Jersey’s race for governor, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his platform. If he wins on Nov. 7, the nation’s second state-owned bank in a century could follow.
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Probe Demanded After Wilbur Ross, Rex Tillerson Implicated in Paradise Papers
The latest revelations are part of a disturbing pattern of Trump administration officials seeking to hide their links to Russian business interests and members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
