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In this Feb. 11, 2012 fie photo, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Some GOP Back Down From Norquist’s Tax Pledge

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Trade Rep Moving Ahead With Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Despite Public Opposition

Demonstrators march with cookware during an anti-consumption tax hike, nuclear plant and TPP rally in Tokyo, Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) (NEW YORK) MintPress – The Obama administration’s so-called “Asia pivot” has received widespread media coverage ever since the president started to shift his foreign policy focus to  Asia-Pacific in order to counter […]

Lisa Barron
بواسطة Lisa Barron
Demonstrators march with cookware during an anti-consumption tax hike, nuclear plant and TPP rally in Tokyo, Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – The Obama administration’s so-called “Asia pivot” has received widespread media coverage ever since the president started to shift his foreign policy focus to  Asia-Pacific in order to counter China’s growing power in the region. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced America’s strategic reorientation even before

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North Dakota’s Publicly Owned Banks Hold Key To Financial Reform

The Bank of North Dakota’s headquarters sits in west Bismarck, N.D. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel) (MintPress) – The 2008 financial collapse wiped out more than $11 billion in personal wealth and led to the foreclosure of 10 million homes across the U.S. With few changes to financial oversight, citizen-led actions on the state and local levels are […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
The Bank of North Dakota's headquarters sits in west Bismarck, N.D. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)

(MintPress) – The 2008 financial collapse wiped out more than $11 billion in personal wealth and led to the foreclosure of 10 million homes across the U.S. With few changes to financial oversight, citizen-led actions on the state and local levels are attempting to construct accountable alternatives to the vagaries of the Wall Street

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Hot Air: How The Struggle Between Rich And Poor Is Endangering Climate Change Reform

In this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2012 file photo, conference flags are displayed ahead of the Doha Climate Change Conference, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File) (MintPress) – Throughout the world, a new normal is settling in. As the climate shifts and changes on a daily basis, a new world of extreme weather is opening […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Doha

(MintPress) – Throughout the world, a new normal is settling in. As the climate shifts and changes on a daily basis, a new world of extreme weather is opening — the massive flooding and landslides in Brazil last January; the wildfires in Chile; the record-breaking cold in Europe and the scorching heat in the United States; the droughts in Africa,

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Talks Of Drone Strikes Linger As Al-Qaida Affiliates Gain Ground In Mali

People originally from northern Mali carry signs reading ‘We support army action to liberate the North,’ as thousands of Malians, including elected officials, front, marched in support of foreign aid and military intervention to retake Mali’s north from Islamist groups, in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore) (NAMIBIA) MintPress – Fears are […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
بواسطة Janessa Schilmoeller
People originally from northern Mali carry signs reading 'We support army action to liberate the North,' as thousands of Malians, including elected officials, front, marched in support of foreign aid and military intervention to retake Mali's north from Islamist groups, in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)

(NAMIBIA) MintPress – Fears are mounting that a drone campaign in the Sahel may be drawing near as al-Qaida affiliates gain ground in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and a Tuareg rebellion in Mali earlier this year. The growing influence of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on the Sahel countries of Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad, has

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Talking Politics And Progress At Thanksgiving

In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, Anne Brennan, right, of Hingham Mass., speaks as, from left, brother-in-law Steve Marshall, of Hingham, niece Rebecca Malone, and her husband Brian Malone, both of Duxbury, Mass., and nephew Andrew Marshall, of Quincy, Mass., are gathered for dinner in Hingham, Mass., where politics are a frequent, and […]

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh
In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, Anne Brennan, right, of Hingham Mass., speaks as, from left, brother-in-law Steve Marshall, of Hingham, niece Rebecca Malone, and her husband Brian Malone, both of Duxbury, Mass., and nephew Andrew Marshall, of Quincy, Mass., are gathered for dinner in Hingham, Mass., where politics are a frequent, and divisive topic of conversation. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Thanksgiving Dinner during election season can often be a family affair fraught with tension and heavy silences. Out of nowhere, a comment about a certain candidate or political party can raise unexpected hackles that can derail even the best planned holiday meal. While often uncomfortable, these holiday exchanges represent an American tradition of

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Millions Continue To Struggle As Gaza Still Boils

Palestinian school children walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli strike destroyed the Hamas interior ministry in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (CHICAGO) — Pillar of Cloud settled nothing. Little changed for 1.7 million Gazans. Suffocating siege continues. Israel provoked two border incidents. One Palestinian was shot and killed. […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman
Palestinian school children walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli strike destroyed the Hamas interior ministry in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

(CHICAGO) -- Pillar of Cloud settled nothing. Little changed for 1.7 million Gazans. Suffocating siege continues. Israel provoked two border incidents. One Palestinian was shot and killed. Others were wounded. They threatened no one. These type incidents are commonplace. They won't end. Palestinians are blamed for Israeli crimes. Daily life

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