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When Right-Wing Blather Killed

By Joan Walsh / Salon

Irish Catholics peddling nonsense about "dependency on government" need to read a new history of the Great Famine.

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5 Obscenely Rich People Who Should Stop Whining About Taxes (and Listen to Warren Buffett)

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

9 Greedy CEOs Trying to Shred the Safety Net While Pigging Out on Corporate Welfare

By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Matt Bors -- Jesus Tells Disciples to Go Shopping

By Matt Bors / AlterNet

Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rates by Stunning 20% in One Year

By Susan Ferriss / The Center for Public Integrity

Most Americans Paying Less Taxes Now Than in the 80s, But the Poor Get No Break

Is Mississippi About to Execute an Innocent Man?

Hazing Epidemic Continues: Coach Reportedly Witnessed Sexual Assault, Congratulated Victim

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3 Right-Wing Lies About Rich People and Taxes -- Debunked

Albert Kleine / Media Matters

Why Are Police Allowed to Break Into Your Phone?

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Grover Norquist Warns Dems, GOP: Anti-Tax Pledge Will Hold

David Daley / Salon

NYPD Investigating Hate as Possible Motive in Brooklyn Murders

Bill Morlin / Southern Poverty Law Center

The Rights of Voters Got a Lot of Attention in '12 -- Here Are 10 Things We learned

Brentin Mock / ColorLines

Why Karl Rove's New Plan to Save the Republican Party Will Fail

Irin Carmon / Salon

Meet the Bi-Partisan Group of Senators Pressuring Obama to Speed Up Destruction of the Planet

William Boardman / Politics in the Zeros

As The Anti-Citizens United Movement Grows, The Plutocrats Will Surely Attack

Derek Cressman / AlterNet

Man Pulls Gun on Black Friday Line-Cutter in Texas

Editorial Staff / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on How Birth Control Was Obama's Secret Weapon to Beat Romney

Jen Sorensen / AlteNet

Fox "News" Pushing Debunked Conspiracy Theory Tying George Soros to Walmart Protests

Todd Gregory / Media Matters

Republicans' "Plan B" for Tax Hikes Is the Same as Plan A: Lie Through Their Teeth

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Why the Country's Top Economists Keep Making Wildly Stupid Claims

Dean Baker / AlterNet

Argentinian Politician in Hot Water After Tweeting Photo of Pot Plant in Her Home

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Michigan Republicans Offer a Tax Credit for Fetuses After Cutting Tax Credits for Children

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

Israeli Troops Kill 1 Palestinian, Wound 19 in First Violence Since Cease-Fire

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Pat Robertson Admits He Blew The Election Prediction He Got From God

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch

Walmart Retaliates Against Black Friday Activists

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

6 Reasons the Fiscal Cliff is a Scam

James K. Galbraith / AlterNet

12 Reasons I’m Thankful on Turkey Day 2012: A Political Reporter’s Gratitude List

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

5 Crucial New Findings About Climate Change

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

No Thanks for Thanksgiving

Robert Jensen / AlterNet

Research Points to Clear Benefits of MDMA for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Craig K Comstock / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Keith Knight on America's Cowardly Secessionists

Keith Knight / AlterNet

It's Simple: Cutting the Deficit Will Kill Jobs and Hurt Growth; Taxing the Rich Won't

Robert Reich / RobertReich.org

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