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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Public Workers’ Trump Card
Never underestimate the power of airport delays to arouse the nation. If there’s no border security agreement this time around, the controllers won’t work another 35 days without pay.
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A Shutdown for the 99 Percent, Concierge Government For the 1 Percent
A wide range of interests across the economic spectrum are jeopardized. But not all interests are suffering equally: Wealthier and more powerful interest groups have been granted preference by the government.
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'It's a Crisis Alright': Report Details Serious Public Health and Safety Risks of Trump Shutdown
"Corporate lawbreakers are going unpunished, safety inspections are being postponed, discrimination charges are going uninvestigated, polluters are not being held in check, financial fraudsters are not being policed."
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Why Big Media Lied to Americans About the Government Shutdown
The shutdown was anything but an “ideological battle” as the L.A. Times and others tried to make us believe. Why don't the media lay proper blame?
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This Is What Happens When You Try To Kill A Park
In June, a peaceful, highly innovative and organized community sprang to life in a matter of days to preserve Istanbul's Gezi Park.
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Rightwing Truckers to Clog D.C. Freeways to Protest "Unconstitutional" Congress
On October 11, anti-government truckers and tractor-trailer drivers plan to launch a coordinated "three lanes deep" assault, clogging the inner loop of the Washington D.C. beltway, adding populist muscle to the government shutdown.
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A U.S. Soldier Talks About Shutdown and Government's Betrayal of a Promise
Matt Harrison, one of many U.S. Army Band musicians being dis-enrolled due to the federal shutdown, says Congress's decisions are based entirely on self-interest.
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In Government Shutdown, "Nonessential" Federal Workers Are First To Go
On Tuesday, military recruiters, drug enforcement agents and National Weather Service meteorologists will be reporting for duty, while environmental engineers, food inspectors, labor statisticians and off-duty firefighters will not.
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U.S. Government Begins "Tea Party" Shutdown
The extreme faction of the Republican party forced a stalemate over health care that has shut down the government.
