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Democracy v. Zip Code 10021 - Jim Hightower


One thing we can do is get behind the Fair Elections Now Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Dick Durbin and Arlen Specter. This proposal, S   read more
Location: USA

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Westlake Hills Election - Weird Letters


The city council elections in Westlake Hills are pretty heated. Check out this strange letter one resident received.rnrn   read more
Location: Westlake Hills, Texas

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Stealing National Elections: Ask about the US Attorney Hires rather than Fires


Investigative reporter Greg Palast says 4.5 million votes will be shoplifted in 2008, thanks largely to the “Rove-bots” that have been placed in the   read more
Location: USA

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Bush Government to Poor Voters: We Don't Want You to Vote


The Justice Department is pressuring 10 states to purge their voter rolls, while states are ignoring laws to help low-income Americans register to vote.   read more

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Forget the TV Debates, MoveOn's Dem Primary Has All the Action


MoveOn.org's issue-driven primary may not end up naming a winner, but it's shaping up to be more substantive, thoughtful and participatory than the actual presidential primary.   read more

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How Lost the War Is


Neither the President nor the war's intellectual architects are prepared to admit this. Nonetheless, the specter of defeat shapes their thinking in telling ways.   read more

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Why Does Milk Cost More Than Gas?


Our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer means pricey milk for everyone.   read more

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Pulitzer-winning journalist: Why I asked if Clinton's al Qaeda strike was like 'Wag the Dog'


Reporter's 'lighthearted' query spread like wildfire in mediaHollywood often lifts its stories from the front pages, but nearly nine years ago, a sitting president was accused of doing directly the opposite.   read more

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NYT: What is Ron Paul's message?


Christopher Caldwell, writing in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, says that 2008 candidate for president Ron "Paul represents a different Republican Party from the one that Iraq, deficits and corruption have soured the country on."Editor & Publisher   read more

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Senate Judiciary Chairman subpoenas Karl Rove


Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy announced Thursday he had subpoenaed White House adviser Karl Rove and his deputy. He accused them of stonewalling a widening probe into the firing of federal prosecutors."The Bush-Cheney White House continues   read more

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