The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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The Populist Revolution: Bernie and Beyond
From the Syriza Party in Greece and the Podemos Party in Spain, to the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, contenders with their fingers on the popular pulse are surging ahead of their establishment rivals.
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Act Out! [46] - Some Facts Over Fiction, A Presidential Obsession & Less Meat 4 the Planet
This week, politicians lie – and we're buying it? Let's do some fact checking and lie wrecking post-State of the Union and mid-presidential primary madness.
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Acronym TV 2015 Year in Review: War, Protest and Politics
A look back on some of the biggest stories of the year – from what to do about the threat of ISIS, to the unlikely rise of a socialist Senator from Vermont.
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The Revolt of the Anxious Class Has Just Begun
For years I’ve listened to their growing anger – in union halls and bars, in coal mines and beauty parlors, on the Main Streets and byways of the washed-out backwaters of America.
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Acronym TV [50] - Trump Jumps the Shark, Paris Climate Summit Ends With Protests
Activists are preparing for massive 12.12.12. protests (Dec. 12 at 12pm) as the 21st UN climate summit concludes, in the words of Chris Hedges, “with lofty rhetoric and ineffectual cosmetic reforms.”
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Acronym TV [48] - ISIS Threatens Attack on America, Trump's Making American White Again + More
ISIS is planning an Attack on America – what lessons can we learn from the post 9-11 era, and how respond to such an attack? Then, what to do about Donald Trump's not-so-silent majority that's starting to scream "White Power"?
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The Extremist Governor: What Scott Walker Doesn't Want You to Know
The punditocracy may declare Walker the “most electable” based on his plain vanilla demeanor and shortage of gaffes – but his record as Wisconsin governor makes him the most dangerous, extremist candidate on the GOP stage.
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Naming and Shaming: 10 Worst Forbes Billionaires in 2013
The combined wealth of the world's billionaires this year hit an all-time high of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion in 2012.
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Trump Tower Gets Illuminated
The Illuminator shames Donald Trump on the side of his own building.
