How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Allen Raymond, a former Republican National Committee operative, shares secrets from the GOP bunker.
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Punishing Thoughtcrime: Would New Bill Make YOU a Terrorist?
By Scott Thill, AlterNet
Meet the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.
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Media’s Political Coverage Like Kindergartners Playing Telephone
By Megan Garber, Columbia Journalism Review
How the press fanned Dem candidates’ so-called “racial tension.”
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Misogyny Is America’s True National Pastime
By Bob Herbert, The New York Times
Even baseball can’t compete with misogyny.
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Powerless in Prison: Sexual Abuse Against Incarcerated Women
By Nicole Summer, RH Reality Check
For women in prison, sexual assault and inadequate reproductive health care are facts of life.
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A Heathen’s Guide to the Rapture
By Jim Gerard, Nation Books
How to navigate your way through born-again America, with tips on how to avoid being Left Behind.
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Iraq: Less Violent But Not Less Hellish
By Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News
Looking around Iraq, one finds a ruined country.
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Romney Runs His Campaign Like Bush Runs His Presidency
By Bob Moser, TheNation.com
Here’s what Romney’s Michigan win means for Democrats.
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Why the Saudis Hate Bush
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig
Even Osama bin Laden and Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scored higher in a poll last month.
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Historic Agreement Reached in Klamath Dam Controversy
By Tara Lohan, AlterNet
Things have moved one step closer to the largest river restoration process getting the green light.
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Uncle Sam Wants to Read Your Email and Control the Climate in Your Home
By Pam Spaulding, Pam’s House Blend
And you thought the Patriot Act and warrantless wiretapping was a big deal. Hah
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Jim Hightower: Republicans Want to Put Reagan on Rushmore [VIDEO]
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet
The real Reagan certainly doesn’t deserve the heights of Rushmore, but neither did he fall to the depth of today’s extremists who claim his image.
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Bush OKs Navy Use of Sonar to Kill Whales, Other Mammals
By Paddy, Cliff Schecter’s Blog
“The president’s action is an attack on the rule of law,” said Joel Reynolds, director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project at the NRDC.
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