Press Release – Greg Palast
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Column – Michael Collins
“WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top American military commander there, has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to the country, three senior American officials …
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Article – Bradblog.Com
On October 17th, we reported that World’s Worst Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent of Sarasota, FL, had discovered in pre-election tests that her new Diebold/Premier optical-scan voting systems failed to properly read paper ballots marked with blue …
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Opinion – Greg Palast
On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi Arabians, funded by Saudi Arabians. And so, in response to the Saudis’ attack, America invaded … Afghanistan. Like, HUH?
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Opinion – Michael Collins
The Supreme Court of the United States will soon announce a major decision on our lightly controlled system of campaign funding. Will it retain some limitations on corporate influence or will the court blow the lid off and cause a perpetual flood …
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Article – Bradblog.Com
We’re watching results as they’re coming in tonight, while continuing to comb through various problem reports as they’ve been coming in throughout the day (the usual “hiccups” “glitches” “snags” and “snafus” reportage — anything but the proper word for them …
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Article – Michael Collins
Do you know what the “public option” does or who it covers? If you’ve had trouble finding out, it’s not your fault. Reading the corporate media coverage provides little or no clue. It’s hardly ever defined. There’s a very good reason for the lack of …
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Column – Bob Fitrakis
Who is Dr. Larry James? A man who in his biography claims responsibility for “Fixing Hell.” Whose hell did he fix? Or did he look the other way while the Devil’s work was done?
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Column – Greg Palast
Health care Rx from my socialist fire department. Tell me where it hurts, Mr. President. What’s killing you, Barack, is what’s killing us all: an evil germ called “Medical Loss Ratio.” “Medical Loss Ratio” [MLR] is the fancy term used by health insurance …
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Column – Michael Collins
First we’re told that our health care is only worth the time and effort if the remedy has no negative impact on the budget. No deficits allowed. The deficit risk defines your chances for health and longevity.
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Column – Michael Collins
PITTSBURGH — A new world order is emerging at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh with a decision by the group to become the premier coordinating body on economic issues. Radio Free Europe , Sep. 26, 2009
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Column – Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
Unless US Attorney General Eric Holder intervenes, your electronic vote in 2010 will probably be owned by the Republican-connected ES&S Corporation. With 80% ownership of America’s electronic voting machines, ES&S could have the power to shape America’s …
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Column – Greg Palast
Column – Bob Fitrakis
I’m always amazed at the political career of Matt Damschroder, Deputy Director of the Franklin County Board of Elections. He’s just been named to the bipartisan Committee to Modernize Voter Registration (CMVR).
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Opinion – Michael Collins
President Obama closed his address to the joint session of Congress by scolding those who have raised the absurd charges regarding his health care initiative. It was well timed and diverted attention from fundamental flaws in his proposal.
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Column – Bob Fitrakis
Thinking about the death of Senator Edward Kennedy causes me to reflect on my own life and political activism. First, I was struck by the fact that “Teddy” was only one year younger than my father. The Senator always seemed eternally youthful, …
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Column – Michael Collins
If you work for yourself, you are literally screwed out of large sums of money every year for health insurance. There are few differences in cost based on region or state regulation. Ultimately, plans in Salt Lake City and Boston cost the same, about $17,000 …
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Column – Greg Palast
Eighty billion dollars of WHAT? I searched all over the newspapers and TV transcripts and no one asked the President what is probably the most important question of what passes for debate on the issue of health care reform: $80 billion of WHAT ?
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Opinion – Michael Collins
Some major health insurers and other health interests are behind some of the highly emotional and disruptive scenes at town hall meetings around the country. What does this say about their level of desperation concerning the health care debate?
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Column – Greg Palast
He’s in hot water now. For a moment, on national television, the President of the United States turned black!
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