On a recent morning in the upper-middle-class neighborhood of Papagou here, members of the Greek ultranationalist group Golden Dawn stood at an outdoor vegetable market campaigning for the coming national elections. “This is our party’s program, for a clean Greece, o …
Federal budgeting is genuinely complex. The process has a lot of relatively obscure stages: There’s authorization, appropriations, reconciliation, 302b allocations, and more. There’s something called a “budget resolution,” which is sort of a budget, but so …
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) was asked at an event Tuesday what percentage of the American legislature he thought were card-carrying Marxists. A daffy question the equally daffy Tea Partyer gladly entertained. “I believe there is about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party tha …
Even in an election year Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton remain wildly popular. New surveys have found both Sec. Clinton and the First Lady enjoy 66% approval ratings. A new Marist poll found that First Lady Michelle Obama has a 65% favorable rating. Only 23% of those po …
Out of touch, waging a war on women, pursuing an "alarming" foreign policy, trying to "end Medicare as we know it." President Obama must feel like he's gone through the looking glass to hear Mitt Romney leveling those charges against him -- after all, Romney is the former CEO wi …
Gasoline prices, which have vexed President Obama politically in recent months, may have reached their peak, according to energy analysts. Prices at the pump reached nearly $3.94 last Friday, the highest point this year, according to AAA. But prices have decreased slightly over …
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing corporate front group that helped passed “stand your ground” laws and voter suppression initiatives in states across the country, lost two more member companies. In an email sent to Color of Change, a progressive …
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The Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has accused Mel Gibson of sabotaging a planned film about a famous 2nd century BC Jewish revolt for antisemitic reasons in an explosive letter to the disgraced actor and director. Studio Warner Bros yesterday announced the cancellation …
As part of a despicable years-long attempt by conservatives to associate President Obama with the fringe New Black Panther Party, Fox News’ Sean Hannity resurrected a smear that President Obama “spoke with” the designated hate group at a 2007 event, and chirpe …
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