Republicans
Rough going for anti-union drives
April 12, 2012The right-wing anti-labor agenda continues, as bills in state capitols countrywide - designed to attack workers rights - still threaten middle and working class families.
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Congressman says 80 fellow House members are communists
April 12, 2012The statement has drawn quick condemnation from both Congressional progressives and from the Communist Party USA itself.
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Santorum quits Republican contest
April 10, 2012The announcement, coming after GOP kingpins were already rallying around Romney, has the effect of crushing opposition to the former Massachusetts governor from inside the Republican Party.
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Stand Your Ground: Self-protection or vigilante justice?
April 9, 2012A recent decision by a local judge seems to some to suggest the law is turning Florida into a modern Wild West, in which vigilante justice is the norm.
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Ryan budget: A nightmare in the making
April 3, 2012House Republicans approved a budget that is far worse than any reasonable person could, up to now, have imagined would ever come out of a U.S. Congress.
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