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The Media Desperately Wants Bernie Sanders to Attack Clinton
On September 15, The Hill published a story with the headline, "Bernie Sanders goes on the attack against Hillary Clinton." Now, this is a big deal because up until now Sanders has promised not to go ...
18 Sep, 2015
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3 Lies About Members of Congress You Are Fooled Into Believing
From PT Barnum traveling the country dazzling audiences with "genuine fakes," to the modern day Internet, Americans love a good lie.They excite us and at times elicit outrage. Often, though, in the mo ...
18 Sep, 2015
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The Search For A Better Way To Fund Elections Is On In California
Is there a way to find more consistent and sustainable funding for administering local, state and federal elections in California?The search for those answers is underway at California Forward.Right n ...
17 Sep, 2015
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The BDS Movement: How Do We Define Anti-Semitism?
Criticism of Israel and Zionism is increasingly being considered 'the new anti-Semitism.' BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) supporters claim that conflating anti-Israel and anti-Zioinist sentiments with ...
17 Sep, 2015
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The Two-Party System is the Disease, But We Have an Antidote
In a piece for the Daily Beast last week, James K. Glassman, former Under Secretary of State in the George W. Bush administration, made an impassioned - and, in our view, logical - case for a sep ...
14 Sep, 2015
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6 Countries That Can Teach Us Something About Improving Life in the U.S.
Regardless of how you feel about the current trajectory of our country, or the notion of “American Exceptionalism,” there’s no denying that the U.S. is still one of the greatest places on Earth to liv ...
11 Sep, 2015
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Martin O'Malley Says DNC Rolling Out The Carpet for Queen Hillary
The independent news program, Democracy Now!, interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley on Thursday about his ongoing protest against the DNC's debate schedule. O'Malley has been t ...
11 Sep, 2015
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Can the U.S. Sustain Bernie Sanders' Dream of Scandinavian-Style Socialism?
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has not been shy about his vision for America. As a democratic socialist, Sanders looks fondly upon the Scandinavian countries, such as Norway, Sweden, and Denmar ...
10 Sep, 2015
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The BDS Movement: A Call for Human Rights or Anti-Semitism in the U.S.?
BDS means Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. In 2005, the movement rose out of civil society in Palestine as a call to the world for solidarity against the illegal actions of Israel toward Palestini ...
10 Sep, 2015
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GOP Conspiracy Says Efforts to Open Debates A Ploy to Elect Democrats
Paul Bedard's recent foray into the world of conjecture about an action of two FEC commissioners is far from the mark.In a Washington Examiner piece, Bedard devised a theory out of whole cloth th ...
09 Sep, 2015
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