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NYU’s Nouriel 'Dr. Doom' Roubini: ‘Karl Marx Was Right’ | Common Dreams

Facing Ninth Deployment, Army Ranger Kills Himself. 'No Way' That God Would Forgive Him For What He'd Seen, Done, He Told Wife | Crooks and Liars

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Herman Cain Quotes Pokémon Theme Song | Video Cafe

Another Closeted Gay Republican? It's Getting Awfully Crowded In There | Crooks and Liars

Sanders Says He Doesn't Know Who Would Step Up to Primary Obama | Common Dreams

Republicans directly to blame for S&P credit downgrade

Sandcastles of Capitalism Crumbling | Common Dreams

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The Partisanship Canard | Common Dreams

Mitt Romney: Corporations Are People! – Updated With Hecklers | Crooks and Liars

Kentucky taxpayers to foot bill for creationist theme park

Tea partiers demand low taxes on wealthy, everybody else disagrees

The Daily Show: The Florida Couple Who Foreclosed on Bank of America | Video Cafe

The Empathy Ceiling: The Rich Are Different — And Not In a Good Way, Studies Suggest | Common Dreams

Congressional Tea Party Downgrade of America | Common Dreams

Best News Coverage of Rick Perry's 'The Response'

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Stock Market Tanks? Fox Nation Goes Full 'Southern Strategy' | Crooks and Liars

Obama: The Bizarro FDR | Common Dreams

Bad News About Water Quality — and Quantity | Common Dreams

Why We Can Thank Republicans for a Double-dip Recession | Economy | AlterNet

Dow Plunges More Than 500 Points | Crooks and Liars

Doing Debt Ceiling Battle the FDR Way | Common Dreams

Frank Rich: Murdoch and O'Reilly are 'Thugs' | Video Cafe

Lowering America’s War Ceiling? Imperial Psychosis on Display | Common Dreams

The Lost Decade on Steroids | Crooks and Liars

To Whom Do We Now Turn? | War Is A Crime .org

The War on You

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We Must Destroy the Government in Order to Save It | Common Dreams

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Open Thread | Crooks and Liars

US Judge Orders Nixon's Secret Watergate Testimony Released Despite Obama Opposition | Common Dreams