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David Sirota is a senior writer for the International Business Times and the best-selling author of the books "Hostile Takeover," "The Uprising" and "Back to Our Future." E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com, follow him on Twitter @davidsirota or visit his website at www.davidsirota.com.

Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

The best politician is a nervous one

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T.V. host Glenn Beck addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Saturday Feb. 20,2010.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (Jose Luis Magana)

Glenn Beck’s authoritarian manifesto

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Left to right: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, DEA agent Jeffrey Sweetin, and President Obama.

Who’s in control in the White House?

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President Barack Obama delivers a statement on his budget that he sent to Congress, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

It’s time to get serious about the budget

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in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 22, 2010. The two ballot measures will be determined next Tuesday in Oregon's vote-by-mail special election.(AP Photo/Don Ryan) (Don Ryan)

When communities “choose life”

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Brian Williams

Media turns to disaster porn to keep an audience

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about financial reform after his meeting with Presidential Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chair Paul Volcker (L) at the White House in Washington January 21, 2010. Obama proposed stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in a new populist-tinged move that sent bank shares lower and aimed to shore up his own political base. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS HEADSHOT) (© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

Obama’s magic spell goes awry, accidentally revives Reagan

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Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt.

When war is peace and right is center

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U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during an announcement that the U.S. military will not leave Iraq because of the influence of any hostile forces, while in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 2, 2003. As a new poll showed American confidence slipping over the U.S.-role in post-war Iraq, Bush vowed to defeat those attacking U.S. occupying forces. REUTERS/Larry Downing LSD (Reuters)

The decade’s top 10 quotations

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What happens when we can’t trust the verifiers?

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President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care reform after meeting with Senators, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at the White House in Washington. From left are, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.; the president; and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Candidate flip, president flop

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(Associated Press)

Moral hazards for Democrats

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Close-up of new stainless steel kitchen sink. Short DOF, focus on front side of drain

How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!

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David Broder, left, and Jackson Diehl

Intelligentsia against intelligence

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The real deficit hawks

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Farmers work on a paddy field near a cement factory in Sai Son village, outside Hanoi

We are what we trade (and how we trade it)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, to testify before the House Financial Services Committee.

Meet TARP on steroids

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Why is it bad to smoke weed and OK to sell beer?

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Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, right, says "aye" during a roll call vote as she sits with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, as the committee voted regarding health care reform bill.

Good healthcare policy makes good politics — and vice versa

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What’s with all the zombies?

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander, US Forces Afghanistan delivers a speech in London, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Who are “the deciders”?

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Mack Sheav takes Vice President Joe Biden food order at the M&D Cafe in Denver on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, as he sits with Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.

Obama crushes Democratic dissent

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Gina Vaughn of Acworth, GA makes her opinion known as she stands on the barrier at the Atlanta Tea Party, Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Washington’s selective deficit disorder

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President Barack Obama speaks to a joint session of Congress on healthcare at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

We’ve seen this healthcare trigger before

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