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O'Malley Goes Big On Social Security Martin O'Malley releases Social Security expansion plan. Politico: "[He] will call for expanding Social Security benefits to all Americans for 'current and future' retirees, in addition to lifting the payroll tax cap on people...
Why Jeb May Have Bested Trump In The Town Hall Duel
Trump is not only the obstacle in Jeb's way. His anti-immigrant bigotry is a cancer on the Republican Party. Jeb seems to grasp more than most that the cancer needs to be removed
Trump: Don't Make Corporations Pay Their Taxes
Donald Trump has perfectly articulated the case for low corporate taxes: Corporations don’t want to pay taxes, so let’s not make them pay taxes. There it is in a nutshell.
Summer Spells Hunger for Kids in Small American Towns
Only one in seven children who get help with food at school continue to get the food they need from summer programs. Many programs in low-income communities don’t qualify for summer meals under the current rules.
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Trump Sides With Multinationals Donald Trump backs repatriation in Time interview: "Pfizer is talking about moving to Ireland. Or someplace else ... Do you know how big that is? It would wipe out New Jersey ... They have $2.5 trillion sitting out of the country that...
Sanders and Trump: The Populist and the Demagogue
Conservative commentators have begun to label both Sanders and Trump "populists," one from the left, the other from the right. This is a slur both on Sanders and on populism.
Why Hillary Needs an Army of Digital Defenders
Wolf Blitzer spent an entire segment discussing with a Republican guest whether Hillary Clinton had committed a felony or a misdemeanor by using a private email server, without a single allegation of criminality or scintilla of evidence.
Shielding Wall Street from the Ravages of Bigotry
Former right-wing senator Phil Gram seems to have developed a new empathy for people who are demonized. He turned up on Capitol Hill recently, wailing that overpaid corporate chieftains are actually — get this — victims of public bigotry.
Why Republicans Vote For Bernie
While Americans disagree on social issues like gay marriage and abortion, they’re actually pretty unified on the bread and butter economic issues that Bernie has made the core of his campaign.
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Dem Race Tightens Bernie Sanders moves up in CNN national poll: "Overall, 47% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters say they support Clinton for the party's nomination. That's down 9 points since July ... Sanders has climbed 10 points since July and holds second...
