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Sanders-Klobuchar Shred GOP Cruelty In Debate Against Graham-Cassidy

The debate came shortly after Susan Collins announced her opposition to the Graham-Cassidy bill, a blow to the GOP’s Obamacare repeal efforts that may ultimately prove to be fatal.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, listens as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Shortly following Sen. Susan Collins' (R-Maine) announcement that she plans to vote against the latest iteration of Trumpcare—likely dealing a death blow to deeply unpopular legislation that was already teetering on the edge of collapse—Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) piled it on the GOP Monday night in a CNN-hosted debate

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Centrism.biz: Scathing New Parody Site Rips Mask Off ‘Zombie Neoliberalism’

“We don’t need visionary leaders with big, cumbersome ideas. We need competent managers with small ideas. Ideas that we can fit in our wallet. Like money.” 

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There is no shortage of overtly ideological internet publications and websites in 2017—Breitbart for the alt-right, National Review for the so-called "respectable" conservatives, Jacobin for the socialist left. But what about an online home for the dedicated centrists: for those who prefer small ideas to large ones; for those who oppose both

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Amid Deep Cuts To Social Programs, Senate Approves $700 Billion In Military Spending

“Note ‘where will the money come from?’ deficit trolls will be silent on this $700 billion defense spending bill.”

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Servicemen of the "Fighting Eagles" 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, walk by tanks that arrived via train to the US base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP/Andreea Alexandru)

Where were the pundits and elected lawmakers who complain about the cost of providing healthcare to all Americans when the Senate voted to spend $700 billion on the military? Many critics were raising this question Monday after the Senate—in what was portrayed as yet another indication of bipartisan support for endless

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After Failing To Prosecute Bankers, Obama Cashes In With Wall Street Speeches

The former president is reportedly raking in $400,000 per speech to massive financial firms.

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the audience after delivering his speech during the 4th Congress of the Indonesian Diasporas in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Less than a year has passed since he departed from the White House, and former President Barack Obama has already joined the "well-trod and well paid" Wall Street speaking circuit, a decision many argued will negatively impact the Democratic Party's credibility as it attempts to fashion a message around taking on corporate monopolies,

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Sen. Warren Introduces Legislation To Save Consumers From ‘Equifax Exploitation’

“Companies like Equifax make billions selling access to your data without your consent, then charge you if you want to stop them. It’s nuts.”

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Warren, D-Mass. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington

On the heels of Equifax's massive data breach and its subsequent efforts to force victims into a "rip-off clause" that prevents them from filing class-action lawsuits against the company, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday announced that she is both launching an investigation into the credit-reporting giant's security practices and

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In Signal To Leakers, Sessions Wants White House Staff Polygraphed

Jeff Sessions declared last month that the Justice Department plans to intensify its pursuit of those leaking to the media, and asserted that the Trump administration has “tripled” the number of leak probes during its first seven months in power.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledges applause at the Fraternal Order of Police convention, Aug. 28, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn, where Sessions announced that President Donald Trump will revive a program that provides local police departments with surplus military equipment such as high-caliber weapons and grenade launchers. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

Amid a furious and "chilling" push by the Trump Justice Department to root out leakers — which has included suggestions that even journalists could be targeted—Axios reported Sunday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has floated the idea of putting White House officials through a polygraph test, a proposal that was quickly denounced as

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New Project Reveals Corrupting Web Of Trump’s Empire

“The information in this report should provide a clarion call to Congress to require him to disclose his taxes and to establish prohibitions on Trump using his office to enrich himself.”

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Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump challenges U.S. intelligence agencies to provide decisive evidence of Russian involvement in election-season hacking. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Public Citizen on Tuesday launched a new project aimed at documenting President Donald Trump's vast entanglement of business interests and highlighting "the urgent need for the president to disclose his tax returns so Americans can determine the extent of his business holdings and how they may be affecting his policy decisions." "Our current

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