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John Kerry expresses 'deep reservations' about all-volunteer military at Vietnam forum
Raw Story - Wed Apr 27, 2016
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he feels all Americans should find a way to serve their country, suggesting the need for a renewal in public service that could also affect the military. More»

Poll worker testifies on AZ voting problems: 'Every single time it happened - it was a Democratic voter'
Raw Story - Mon Apr 25, 2016
An Arizona poll worker testified Monday that dozens of voters - all of them Democrats - were affected by a computer glitch during last months primary election. More»

New York election official is suspended after primary voting issues in Brooklyn due to her 'removing more than 100,000 active voters from registration roll'
Daily Mail - Fri Apr 22, 2016
A New York City Board of Elections official has been suspended after reports of voters being turned away and polling sites opening late in Brooklyn during Tuesdays presidential primary election. More»

Bible-thumping Alabama governor expelled from church after racy phone calls go public
Raw Story - Mon Mar 28, 2016
The Republican governor of Alabama is no longer a member of his church, where he was once a deacon, after admitting to inappropriate sexual conversations with a top staffer. More»

Days after promising riots Donald Trump vows: 'We're going to win with our Second Amendment'
Raw Story - Sat Mar 19, 2016
Donald Trump, who has recently predicted riots at the GOP convention in Ohio this summer if he is denied the nomination, issued what could be interpreted as a threat at an Arizona rally on Saturday. More»

Last Night, Donald Trump Disqualified Himself
William Astore: Writer, Professor, Retired Lt. Colonel, Air Force - Sat Mar 5, 2016
As a retired military officer, I watched last nights Republican debate from Detroit. More»

Trump Jr. offers to pay for blacks to leave US when President Trump is elected
Raw Story - Sun Feb 28, 2016
Don Trump Jr said he would happily pay for some of his fathers black critics to leave the United States. More»

'I needed a BJ': Kentucky mayor admits favors-for-sex scheme - but charges are dismissed anyway
Raw Story - Wed Feb 3, 2016
Evidence uncovered this week showed that Kentucky prosecutors dismissed charges against Shepherdsville Mayor Scott Ellis even though he had admitted helping a parolee in exchange for sexual favors. More»

Trump says 'torture works,' backs waterboarding and 'much worse'
Washington Post - Mon Feb 1, 2016
BLUFFTON, South Carolina - Donald Trump went even further in his support of waterboarding and other barred interrogation techniques Wednesday, saying that as president he would use torture in the fight against terrorism. More»

Trippers Document Their Experience Of Taking LSD At A Donald Trump Rally
True Activist - Fri Jan 22, 2016
Last week, Redditor /u/flipper8088 posted a detailed trip journal on the "psychonaut" section of Reddit, describing his experience at a Donald Trump rally while under the influence of LSD. More»

Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship
Politico - Thu Nov 5, 2015
Ben Carsons campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the US Military Academy at West Point. More»

Historic: Bernie Sanders Becomes First Candidate To Endorse Full Pot Legalization
Occupy Democrats - Wed Oct 28, 2015
A Gallup Poll taken last week found that nearly 60% of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana (also referred to as "pot" or "weed"), consistent with previous findings over the past couple of years. More»

MI6 spy who was found dead in locked bag had 'hacked secret files about US president'
The Independent - Sun Aug 30, 2015
An MI6 spy who was found dead inside a bag in 2010 had hacked into restricted information about Bill Clinton, it has been claimed. More»

Bernie Sanders Just Promised To End The For-Profit Prison Industry
Counter Current - Wed Aug 19, 2015
At a Nevada rally for Bernie Sanders last night, the Democratic hopeful focused on issues of police brutality and civil rights. More»

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
The Guardian - Mon Jul 20, 2015
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. More»

Donald Trump insults wheelchair-using columnist: He's a 'jerk' who just 'sits there'
Raw Story - Tue Jun 16, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may not have chosen the best insult on Wednesday for a wheelchair-using conservative columnist who he said would just "sit there" and do nothing but be a "jerk". More»

Fox guest: Keep discrimination legal because Bible tells businesses not to hire atheists
Raw Story - Sun Apr 5, 2015
A former Department of Justice official went on Fox & Friends over the weekend to discuss the passage of a Madison, Wisconsin city ordinance that prohibits businesses from discriminating against atheists. More»

Florida officials banned from saying 'climate change' because Gov. Rick Scott doesn't think it's real
Raw Story - Sat Mar 7, 2015
Administrators working for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have been banned from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in any state documents, as well in meetings, on orders handed down from high-ranking officials in Governor Rick Scotts administration, reports the Miami Herald. More»

Right-wing radio host: I want to shoot Clinton right in the vagina
The Raw Story - Sat May 18, 2013
Fringe right-wing radio host Pete Santilli made disturbing comments about Hillary Clinton last week, calling for sexual violence against the former secretary of state because of her alleged involvement in a bizarre conspiracy theory. More»

Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghanistan president's office
Reuters - Mon Apr 29, 2013
Tens of millions of US dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. More»

Some US hospitals are deporting patients without consulting any court
Associated Press - Tue Apr 23, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa - Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. More»

Boehner Says Out Loud He Hopes Blacks and Latinos 'Won't Show Up' This Election
Atlantic Wire - Mon Aug 27, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner is the most prominent Republican to admit, out loud, that his partys strategy for winning in November doesnt suppose that the GOP can win over some black and Latino voters, but hoping they wont vote at all. More»

Doctors fight "gag orders" over fracking chemicals
American Medical News - Sun Aug 26, 2012
When several unrelated patients visited McMurray, Pennsylvania-based plastic surgeon Amy Par, MD, she initially was unsure what to make of the bleeding, oozing legions covering their faces. More»

Ron Paul Admits He's On Social Security, Even Though He Believes It's Unconstitutional
Huffington Post - Wed Jun 20, 2012
Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) may rail against Social Security insolvency in the public eye, but that hasnt stopped him from accepting the government checks. More»

For Pennsylvania's Doctors, a Gag Order on Fracking Chemicals
The Atlantic - Mon Mar 26, 2012
Under a new law, doctors in Pennsylvania can access information about chemicals used in natural gas extraction -- but they wont be able to share it with their patients. More»

Newt Gingrich: Child Labor Laws Are 'Stupid'
Huffington Post - Sun Nov 20, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called child labor laws "stupid" Friday in an appearance at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. More»

Judge William Adams: Texas Police Investigate Video of Judge Beating Daughter
Business & Law - Tue Nov 1, 2011
A video of Aransas County Judge William Adams allegedly beating his disabled daughter is being investigated by the Rockport, Texas Police Department. More»

Right-Wing Editor Brags about "Infiltrating" DC Protest March
AlterNet - Sat Oct 8, 2011
Washington, DC saw not one but two major protest actions this weekend, and one of them, a peaceful march to the Air and Space Museum to protest an exhibit on unmanned drones, saw a confrontation with police that led to protesters getting pepper-sprayed. More»

Farmers complain about rotting crops but Sen. Scott Beason says no to immigration law changes
Associated Press - Tue Oct 4, 2011
STEELE, Alabama - A sponsor of Alabamas tough new immigration law told desperate tomato farmers Monday that he wont change the law, even though they told him that their crops are rotting in the field and they are at risk of losing their farms. More»

When Prison Is Just Not Convenient for Rich People
Forbes - Mon Jul 4, 2011
Both former CEOs Jeff Skilling (Enron) and Bernie Ebbers (WorldCom) received 25 year sentences and were allowed to drive to prison as if it were a first day of work. More»

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