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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Inequality-Fighting Lawmakers Won Big in Election
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Techtivist Report: A Pivotal Moment for Internet Freedom
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OWS Buys Up Debt — To Abolish it
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Europe Braces for a Mega-Strike Against Austerity
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The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalpyse
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The Occupied Times of London: 18 Issues and Counting
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