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Former House Speaker Pleads Guilty to Concealing Blackmail Payments
Former House Speaker, Dennis Hastert plead guilty on Wednesday to concealing $1.7 million in blackmail payments. In exchange for his guilty plea, federal prosecutors agreed to drop the second count—making false statements to the FBI.
My Pick for the Next Speaker of the US House
While the Speaker of the House doesn't actually have to be a member of Congress, why don't we choose someone like a kindergarten teacher, a minimum-wage worker, or organic farmer to run the show? They might be exactly who is needed.
Is Benghazi the Real Motive Behind Jason Chaffetz’s Bid for House...
Is Chaffetz now running against McCarthy to avenge the infuriated Trey Gowdy? He has denied it emphatically, which is only another reason to think it may be true.
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Senior climate activists rally across US to ‘stop dirty banks’
"We must break the big banks' addiction to Big Oil."
Black residents of Cancer Alley sue local government for discrimination in siting chemical facilities
“We’re being ignored and we have to do whatever we have to do to stop it.”
A highway to peace or a highway to hell?
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry, fully engaged in corralling, containing, and constraining it, Eisenhower concluded, could save democracy and bolster peaceful methods and goals.
Is pretend politics—hawking a counterfeit self—the ultimate right-wing propaganda?
For “real” Rethugs one looks in vain –/ It’s quicksand, whether frauds or insane.
What red state vs. blue state looks like to an ant
Signs of decline and decay are all around us, behind the glitter and the glitz.