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Democracy Stolen

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BY SHARON MARTIN The five Supreme Court Justices who handed down the Citizens United ruling have fundamentally changed our country from a democracy into a...

The Disinformation Assault Begins

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BY VERN TURNER The Supreme Court regained its senses and realized that it was the Constitution it was serving instead of corporate/banking America. Chief Justice John...

Here’s To The Yankee Doodle Liberal

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BY FROMA HARROP In 1940, a Los Angeles jury released testimony linking James Cagney to the Communist Party, or at least to “communist members, sympathizers or heavy contributors.” He had supported something called the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, apparently not knowing that it was a Soviet front. Until old age, Cagney was an unapologetic liberal, who […]

Fox’s Brazen Star

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BY JOE CONASON Forever incapable of embarrassment, let alone sober reflection, Karl Rove is very well suited to his current roles as Fox News commentator and Crossroads Super PAC smear sponsor. But he achieved a moment of near-perfection last week when, appearing on a Fox morning news broadcast, he spoke up about President Obama’s invocation […]

Hey Congress, What About The ‘Doug Jones Average’?

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER To report on how our economy is doing, media outlets keep a constant eye on the Dow Jones Average. But they’re like cats watching the wrong mouse hole, for the great majority of Americans have between zero and next-to-nothing in the stock market. The economic measure that matters most to most folks […]