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The Fed Under Fire (VIDEO)

Harry Hanbury | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

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As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.

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Bruno Review

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Bruno is still a movie that will make you laugh so hard you'll gasp for breath. The set-up is almost identical to Borat's, but Baron Cohen still finds ways to shock you into guffaws, over and over.

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How Long Before the Fed's Days Are Numbered?

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 07.07.2009 | Business

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The truth is that, aside from those periods when conditions and markets have set out a relatively easy path for central bankers to follow, the Federal Reserve has not lived up to its mission or its promise.

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Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Legislation

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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How many Democrats do we need to elect to Congress before such commonsense laws are passed to rein in some of the excesses of past eras?

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Ron Paul: The World's Most Popular U.S. Congressman (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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Months after his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination ended, Rep. Ron Paul has become a hot ticket on the international stage. Unl...

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Ron Paul Is Sole "No" Vote On Iran Resolution

Talking Points Memo | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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The House voted 405-1 today for a resolution in support of the Iranian dissidents and condemning the ruling government. And the one man who opposed it...

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Congressman Ron Paul Talks Foreign Policy: New Face, Same Policy

Kathleen Wells | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Congressman Ron Paul: I think Obama is purely political. I think he has backed down on what he said.

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Ron Paul "Liberty Dollars": Counterfeiters Indicted

The Hill | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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A federal grand jury brought indictments Friday against the maker of an obscure currency supported by some libertarians....

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Glenn Beck Sub Holds Sane Discussion On Gitmo With Ron Paul (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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Well, you have to give credit where credit is due. Glenn Beck takes time off from his eponymous Fox News show, no doubt to nurse the scars he receive...

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The New Evita? Obama's Political Outreach by Lottery

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Today, I received the note from Senator Bob Menendez promising Obama-time for a select few picked from those who kick in five bucks to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

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Worse Spokespeople Than Bristol Palin

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy

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1. George W. Bush for RIF (Reading Is Fundamental). He's is not just the former president, he's a client.

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Bachmann Does Something Serious: Signs Bipartisan Letter Calling For Fed Transparency

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who generally graces these pages after saying something bonkers, broke with tradition Tuesday and joined a bipartisan...

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Palin and Perry Skirt Secession

Matt Sledge | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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The Tenth Amendment resolutions have been promoted by the Council of Conservative Citizens, the racist successor organization to the White Citizens' Councils of the 1950s.

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Houston, We Have A Solution: Let Texas Secede (VIDEO)

Posted 04.23.2009 | Comedy

At a "tax day tea party" last week, Governor Rick Perry fired up the crowd by yelling "secede." He said that the federal government had abandoned the ...

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Ron Paul Defends Secession: "Very Much American" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

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Texas Governor Rick Perry may be on the receiving end of some political mockery for his recent endorsement of his home state's right to secede from th...

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Dog the Pirate Hunter???

Warren Holstein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Comedy

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Avast, ye picaroons! If landlubber Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has his way, good ole American privateers will be set loose on ye wily pillaging Somalian buccaneers and get all War of 1812 on yer booties.

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Santelli: I'm Proud Of The Tea Party Movement I Helped Spawn

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

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The man who delivered the rant that spurred the epidemic of tea party demonstrations around the nation said on Wednesday that he was "pretty proud" of...

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Tax Protest Origins: Ron Paul Supporters Make Case On "Rachel Maddow" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

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HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Who invented this Tea Party stuf...

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Bruno Fools Ron Paul: "By The Time He Started Pulling His Pants Down..." (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 04.15.2009 | Entertainment

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(SCROLL FOR AUDIO) Sacha Baron Cohen's gay Austrian fashion commentator Bruno did conduct an interview with Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman has confi...

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Hemp Bill Introduced In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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A bipartisan group of agitating members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Currently eight states...

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Is Your Representative Opposing Escalation in Afghanistan?

Norman Solomon | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to "reconsider" his order deploying 17,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. But the list of signers was awfully short.

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Ron Paul: Depression For 15 Years

ft.com | Posted 03.24.2009 | Business

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Pension trustees and insurance company portfolio managers look away now. Your increased commitment to government bond holdings in recent times is abou...

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Ron Paul Seduced By Sacha Baron Cohen In New Movie "Bruno"

Slate | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics

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Presidential candidates will do almost anything for publicity. But Ron Paul's appearance in Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming Bruno movie suggests he draws...

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An Insider's Look At How Ayn Rand Destroyed The World

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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I know my Ayn Rand. In fact, when it comes to Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism I'll put put my Ayn Cred up against almost anyone. I attended he...

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Paul Whacks Obama on Afghanistan: Don't We Know History?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Ron Paul, who despite being removed from the height of his primary popularity is still a star among a certain brand of conservative, took a whack at P...

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