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Medicare Takes Center Stage In Close Congressional Races

A woman holds medications she takes for various medical conditions Thursday, July 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) As a physician running for Congress in the Philadelphia suburbs, Democrat Manan Trivedi frequently talks about Medicare on the campaign trail. But last week, the dozens of seniors and baby boomers who packed an event wanted to discuss […]

Marilyn Werber Serafini
بواسطة Marilyn Werber Serafini
A woman holds medications she takes for various medical conditions Thursday, July 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

As a physician running for Congress in the Philadelphia suburbs, Democrat Manan Trivedi frequently talks about Medicare on the campaign trail. But last week, the dozens of seniors and baby boomers who packed an event wanted to discuss little else. Guests listen to Dr. Manan Trivedi's speech during a campaign event in Reading, Pennsylvania

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No Tax Returns for You, Dark Money Groups Say

Accounting information is shown for filing taxes. (Photo by PT Money via Flikr) It was mid-July and I had come to Hilltop Public Solutions because Jessie Bradley, a partner with the consulting firm, appeared to run two social-welfare nonprofits out of its Washington, D.C., office. ProPublica was preparing a story about how such groups – also known as 501(c)(4)s […]

Kim Barker
بواسطة Kim Barker
Accounting information is shown for filing taxes. (Photo by PT Money via Flikr)

It was mid-July and I had come to Hilltop Public Solutions because Jessie Bradley, a partner with the consulting firm, appeared to run two social-welfare nonprofits out of its Washington, D.C., office. ProPublica was preparing a story about how such groups – also known as 501(c)(4)s for their section of the tax code – were pouring money into

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40 Indicted In Drug Ring Run From Indiana Prisons

A prison inmate uses his mirror to look at down the hall at a meeting taking place with prison officials and Republican lawmakers. (AP Photo/Brian Baer, Pool) Two inmates housed at different Indiana prisons ran a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs thanks to cellphones smuggled in by guards, according to a […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
A prison inmate uses his mirror to look at down the hall at a meeting taking place with prison officials and Republican lawmakers. (AP Photo/Brian Baer, Pool)

Two inmates housed at different Indiana prisons ran a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs thanks to cellphones smuggled in by guards, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday that charges 40 people in connection with the scheme. The indictment alleges that the purported ringleader, Oscar Perez, and an

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Analysis: ‘Armed Revolution’ Threat Likely To Be Overlooked In Today’s Congress

A billboard stands in Blue Springs, Mo. in October 2009. (Photo by JL Johnson via Flikr) Update | By Joey LeMay A judge in Lubbock County, Texas has called for a tax increase to help “beef up” resources for the state’s district attorney’s office and sheriff’s office should President Barack Obama win re-election. Judge Tom […]

Joey LeMay
بواسطة Joey LeMay
A billboard stands in Blue Springs, Mo. in October 2009. (Photo by JL Johnson via Flikr)

Update | By Joey LeMay A judge in Lubbock County, Texas has called for a tax increase to help "beef up" resources for the state's district attorney's office and sheriff's office should President Barack Obama win re-election. Judge Tom Head says his call for a potential "civil war" comes on the grounds of his belief that Obama would hand over

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Rise Of Conservative Book Sales Speak To Growing Right-Wing Political, Media Climate

In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy of “Going Rogue” during a book signing event at a Sam’s Club in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall, File) (Mint Press) – Democrats vs. Republicans; the left vs. the right; red vs. blue. It’s a polarizing political landscape in America, […]

Joey LeMay
بواسطة Joey LeMay
In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy of "Going Rogue" during a book signing event at a Sam's Club in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall, File)

(Mint Press) – Democrats vs. Republicans; the left vs. the right; red vs. blue. It’s a polarizing political landscape in America, but what doesn’t seem to be as polarizing is the literature being purchased across the country, as all but five states predominantly purchase books written by conservative authors with traditionally conservative

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Big Business Leads the Way in Fight Against Proposition 37

Gary Johnson holds the heads of milo sorghum plants on his farm in Waukomis, Okla, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (MintPress) — Agribusiness giants Monsanto, Dupont and a cadre of other food companies have outspent organic advocates by millions in their quest to defeat California’s Proposition 37, a new requirement which mandates companies […]

Carissa Wyant
بواسطة Carissa Wyant
Gary Johnson holds the heads of milo sorghum plants on his farm in Waukomis, Okla, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

(MintPress) — Agribusiness giants Monsanto, Dupont and a cadre of other food companies have outspent organic advocates by millions in their quest to defeat California’s Proposition 37, a new requirement which mandates companies to disclose genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling on raw or processed foods. If passed, the law would make the

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