“The War Is Making You Poor Act”
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation called the “War Is Making You Poor Act,” which aims to call attention to a) how much …
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Wisconsin Bar Burns Obama Effigy
The Secret Service is investigating a bar in West Allis, Wisconsin after a bartender burned President Obama in effigy in front of a cheering …
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Coast Guard Shields BP from Press
As oil from the massive BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico approached the US coastline, a CBS News crew was threatened by the …
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Rand Paul Criticizes Civil Rights Act
Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, fresh off his primary victory in Kentucky, defended his criticism of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in an interview …
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BP: “Modest” Impact From Oil Disaster
Tony Hayward, CEO of oil giant BP, is betting that the environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster will be “very, very modest.” Even …
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NRA: “Obama Will Take Our Guns”
ThinkProgress interviewed dozens of NRA members at the NRA’s annual conference in Charlotte, NC. While many offered reasonable positions on issues that haven’t been …
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GOP Attends Oil Industry Fundraiser
About an hour before the House congressional investigation began on the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast oil spill, Republicans gathered a few blocks away for …
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BP Finally Releases Oil Spill Video
BP officials finally made an underwater video of its broken well gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, after being pressured to do so …
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Soldiers Joked about Killing Civilians
An Iraq War veteran who served with the company shown in the “Collateral Murder” video released by whistleblower web site Wikileaks says the military …
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Telecoms Plan Attack on Net Neutrality
Net neutrality, a guiding principle for preserving a free and fair Internet, means that Internet service providers are not allowed to discriminate based on …
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