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Recognizing American privilege
Joan Walsh
Can we have empathy for our fellow citizens and our president, as well as those killed in drone wars? We have to
Obama’s drone war and the conservative media
Alex Pareene
Why the right can't celebrate the "liberal media's" attack on the president's foreign policy
Lindsey Graham’s salute to the targeted killing of American citizens
Alex Pareene
The dumbest response yet to the Obama administration's targeted killing white paper
Boy Scouts punt on lifting anti-gay ban
Katie McDonough
The national organization, expected to vote today on their anti-gay policy, has put off the decision until May
Will Democrats sell your political opinions to credit card companies?
Lois Beckett
Records of what voters have told Democratic volunteers may go up for sale -- and not just to political groups
Obama’s head speechwriter stepping down, may pursue screenwriting
Prachi Gupta
Jon Favreau, 31, is leaving the White House come March
Obama to ask for short term budget plan
Jim Kuhnhenn
The President will ask Congress for prevent the automatic spending cuts that kick in March 1
Report: 54 countries supported CIA rendition
Natasha Lennard
More than a quarter of the world's governments covertly helped the U.S.'s controversial program
Obama’s gutsy gun control push
Joan Walsh
He’s asking for what he wants, not just what he thinks is possible. Hope that’s the template for his second term
Obama to campaign for gun proposals in Minnesota
Julie Pace
The President will attempt to rally support for an assault weapons ban and universal background checks on Monday
GOP to Reid: Thanks for caving on filibuster reform, we will now destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Board
Alex Pareene
The Senate minority exercises its right to block an agency from functioning because they don't like it
Noam Chomsky: America’s “yearning for democracy is a bad joke”
Noam Chomsky
In his new book "Power Systems," the political critic reflects on the Arab Spring and our role in the Middle East
When Ed Koch backed George Bush
David Sirota
A bipartisan crowd lauds him as a quintessential New Yorker, studiously avoiding one of his last roles: warmonger
Skeet-gate rocks the Internet
Katie McDonough
A newly released photo of the president shooting clay pigeons didn't fly well with the far-right
Boehner steadies GOP team, reframes deficit debate
Charles Babington
Boehner is persuading his Republican caucus to pick its fights with Democrats more strategically
Will Obama break the filibuster?
Jonathan Bernstein
The D.C. Court of Appeals decision knocking out recess appointments may give him no other choice
Gavin Newsom: We put a human face on same-sex marriage debate
David Daley
When Gavin Newsom allowed gay marriage in S.F., some Democrats blamed him for reelecting Bush. He still remembers
White House releases photo of Obama firing gun
Associated Press
The picture comes a week after an interview mentioned his fondness for skeet shooting
John McCain’s sad, bitter twilight
Steve Erickson
The senator's contempt for Chuck Hagel in Thursday's confirmation hearing was all about the guy who nominated him
Obama’s shameless finance reform flip-flopping
Justin Elliott
Turning his campaign into a nonprofit that accepts unlimited donations is just the president's latest reversal
Right-wing media fails again!
Jonathan Bernstein
The conservative echo machine wants to compare Chuck Hagel to a failed Bush nominee, no matter the reality
Obama channels George W. Bush in CIA pick
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
John Brennan's been a key player in the president's possibly illegal drone attacks. Now he's up for a promotion
Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule
Rachel Zoll, Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar
The new regulation attempts to create a barrier between religious groups and contraception coverage
White House expects Senate confirmation of Hagel
Donna Cassata
Despite Hagel's struggles at the confirmation hearing, the White House says it expects him to be confirmed
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