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Speaker Pelosi: Please Stop Bullsh*ting Us on Dropping State Single Payer Amendment

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Kucinich Amendment, Anthony Weiner Health Care, House Progressive Caucus, Single Payer, Obama Health Care, Progressive Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Health, Dennis Kucinich, Democrats Public Option, Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Pelosi Public Option, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, Healthcare, Politics News

Progressive leaders are calling the neutered public option in the House bill a "once in a lifetime reform," despite the fact that it has eliminated the very provision they promised was essential.

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The Medicare-for-All Moment

Robert Weissman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Insurance Companies, Single Payer, Health Care, Dennis Kucinich, Politics News

In a Medicare-for-All system, health care is available as a matter of right. No one is denied treatment because they can't pay. No one is mandated to buy coverage.

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Standing Against the 'Wrong is Right' Goldstone Resolution

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Goldstone Gaza, Goldstone Resolution, Dennis Kucinich, Goldstone Report, Foreign Affairs, Richard Goldstone, Hamas, Israel, Richard Goldstone Gaza, World News

If this Congress votes today to condemn a report it has not read, concerning events it has totally ignored, about violations of law of which it is unaware, it will have brought shame to this great institution.

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Dennis Kucinich Wants His Single-Payer Provision Reinstated In Health Bill

The Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Kucinich Health Care, Dennis Kucinich Nancy Pelosi, House Health Bill, Health Care Single-Payer, Dennis Kucinich Single-Payer, Dennis Kucinich, Health Care Reform, Dennis Kucinich Health Bill, Nancy Pelosi Single-Payer Provision, Health Bill, Single-Payer Provision, Politics News

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) was none too happy when House leaders stripped his single-payer provision from their $894 billion health reform proposal...

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Jonathan Safran Foer - America's #1 Terrorist?

Mikko Alanne | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Rights, Dennis Kucinich, Eating Animals, Huntingdon Life Sciences, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, Factory Farms, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, Fbi, Jonathan Safran Foer, Green News

Foer's undercover reporting -- while clearly an important public service -- are actually illegal, and what's more, they constitute acts of domestic terrorism under the little-known Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.

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Reps Kucinich & LaTourette Do Trust Falls, Wear Snuggies On 'Leno' (VIDEO)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: D.L. Hughley, Video, Dennis Kucinich Steve LaTourette, Dennis Kucinich, Dennis Kucinich Leno, Hughley Kucinich, Steve LaTourette Dennis Kucinich, Steve LaTourette, D.L. Hughley Leno, Steve LaTourette Leno, Political Playmates, Comedy News

Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and Steve LaTourette appeared on the "Jay Leno Show" last night in a D.L. Hughley segment about finding common ground. In ...

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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Insurance Execs Testify: No Need for the Public Option

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Public Health Insurance Plan, Health Care Debate, Dennis Kucinich, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Politics News

Isn't it high time for all Americans to realize that we are being fleeced by those who claim that we don't need a public option?

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Palin Supports Corsi: District 9 Is a Documentary

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Charles Grassley, Death Panels, The Rapture, Immigration, Iran, Obama, Media, Facebook, Civil Rights, The Washington Post, South Africa, Politics, Liz Cheney, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Cheney, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Washington Post, Health Care, Sharia, Abortion, Birthers, Twitter, Food Stamps, Books, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Aliens, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Illegal Aliens, Tom Coburn, District 9, Jerome Corsi, Todd Palin, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Return-of-Shantytowns, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Alaska, NY Times, Metacritic, Comedy News

An indignant Palin immediately released a series of searing Facebook status updates denouncing the impending alien immigrant infestation as "icky" and "un-American,"

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Kucinich Keeps Single-Payer Alive

Michael Carmichael | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Amy Goodman, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Democracy Now, Dennis Kucinich, Walter Cronkite, Health Care Reform Congress, Congress, Kucinich, Universal Health Care, Politics News

While Americans pay more for their health care than any other nation, more Americans realize that they are not getting their money's worth.

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The Fed Under Fire (VIDEO)

Harry Hanbury | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Kucinich, Bill Greider, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Obama, Alan Grayson, Grayson, Bank of America, William Greider, Ken Lewis, Fed, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, The Fed, Ben Bernanke, Audit, Corruption, Grider, Business News

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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The Hypocrisy of Bill Maher

Jeff Norman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Noam Chomsky, Television, Hyprocrisy, Ballot, Liberals, Dennis Kucinich, Tv, President, Election, Ralph Nader, Bill Maher, Politics News

Bill Maher blasted the Democratic Party for kowtowing to its corporate paymasters, and bemoaned the lack of real liberals on ballots and television.

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Kucinich Rips Lewis For Duping Shareholders (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Fed, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Wall Street, Ken Lewis, Dennis Kucinich, Bernanke, Financial Crisis, Frbny, Politics News

Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis took a pounding Thursday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. One of the most damning exchanges ...

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Abraham Lincoln's Vegetarian Address

Dave Astor | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Gop, Whole Foods, Veggie Burgers, Vegetarian, Vegan, Healthy Diet, Tofu, Factory Farms, People Magazine, Civil War, Animals, Chowhound, Vegetarianism, Tempeh, Star Trek, Cats, Dennis Kucinich, Salad, Mr. Spock, Abraham Lincoln, Catsup, Faux Meat, Coretta Scott King, Meat-Free, Hormone-Laden Meat, Red Meat, Gettysburg Address, Veganism, Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth, Frank Perdue, Zucchini, Carnivores, Whole Paycheck, Caged Animals, Organic Food, Sonia Sotomayor, Vulcan, Pasta Primavera, Cruelty to Animals, Republicans, Meat, Dogs, Comedy News

"Four score and seven meals ago my conscience brought forth to the anti-rebel north a new diet conceived in kindness and dedicated to the proposition that all animals are created equal.

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Merrill Lynch Bonuses 22 Times The Size Of AIG

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Aig, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Aig Bonuses, Dennis Kucinich, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

Dennis Kucinich sent out a round of letters to top Treasury officials Monday morning, questioning how much they knew about bonuses paid to Merrill Lyn...

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Is Your Representative Opposing Escalation in Afghanistan?

Norman Solomon | Posted 04.24.2009 | 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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Kucinich To Investigate "Executive Assassination Ring"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edolphus Towns, Dennis Kucinich, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Executive Assassination Ring, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Politics News

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has sent a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns on Friday requesting an ...

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Can Congress Save Obama from Afghan Quagmire?

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: John Murtha, Congress, Ben Nelson, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Dennis Kucinich, Walter Jones, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, World News

A progressive presidency is a terrible thing to waste. It only comes around once every so often. Wouldn't it be a shame if Americans' hopes for the Obama administration were squandered in Afghanistan?

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Obama's Iraq Speech Receives Mixed Reviews On Capitol Hill

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, The Hill, Capitol Hill, Obama Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Lynn Woolsey, Obama Troop Drawdown, John Boehner, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Obama Iraq Speech, Obama Iraq, Iraq, Politics News

There has been something of an inverse partisan reaction in Congress to President Obama's speech on Friday outlining a drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq...

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Kucinich Leads Trend for Even Handed Foreign Policy

Michael Carmichael | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, Neil Abercrombie, Sam Farr, George MItchell, James McDermott, Ron Paul, Walter Jones, Fortney Stark, Keith Ellison, Todd Tiahrt, John Dingell, Frederick Boucher, William Delahunt, John Oliver, Henry Johnson, Dennis Kucinich, Brian Baird, Council for the National Interest, Robert Berry, Donna Edwards, Gwen Moore, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Paul Ronald, Nick Rahall, Raul Grijalva, Donald Payne, Lynn Woolsey, Earl Blumenauer, Loretta Sanchez, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Betty McCollum, John Shadegg, Samuel Graves, Victor Snyder, Barack Obama, James Moran, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Hilda Solis, Maurice Hinchey, Steve Kagan, Peter DeFazio, Kay Granger, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Jeb Hensarling, Henry Brown, George Miller, Israel Gaza Operation, Elton Gallegly, Politics News

According to astute observers -- there is a new trend in Congress in favor of a more even-handed approach to foreign policy. The bipartisan group, Co...

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Kucinich to Introduce Gaza Ceasefire Resolution -- Who Will Co-Sponsor?

Robert Naiman | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Congress, Gaza, Palestinians, Dennis Kucinich, Foreign Policy, World News

It's great that Dennis is on the floor of the House telling the truth. But it's terrible for the prospects of changing disastrous U.S. policies towards the Palestinians for Dennis to be standing alone.

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Can Congress Speak Out Against Gaza Violence? Yes, They Can!

Robert Naiman | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Congress, Gaza, Dennis Kucinich, Foreign Policy, World News

Don't whine about Congress if you haven't exerted the minimal effort to ask it to behave differently.

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Kucinich Calls For UN Probe Of Israel

Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kucinich Israel, Dennis Kucinich, Gaza, Gaza Crisis, Dennis Kucinich Israel, Israel Gaza, Politics News

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is calling for a United Nations investigation into Israel's attacks on Gaza, criticizing Israel for a disproportionate r...

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Gold Medals, Begich, Ron Paul, Ramsey, Mccain, Awards, China, Sarah Palin, Cindy Sheehan, Turncoat of the Year, Miss America, Enough Already, Mark Begich, 2008, Sofa, Dennis Kucinich, American Taxpayer, Turncoat, Status of Forces, Shinseki, Prime Minister, America Does Not Torture, Obama Wins, Edwards, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Best Comeback, Taliban, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Maliki, Worst Politician, Styx, George Bush, President, Jon Benet, Beijing, President Elect Barack Obama, Iraq, Obama, President-Elect, Most Original Thinker, Spitzer, Bush, Lieberman, Michael Phelps, Blagojevich, Paulson, Mclaughlin, Stevens, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Pirates, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Shoes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Biggest Loser, Somali Pirates, McLaughlin Group, Most Boring, Person of the Year, Jesse Jackson, Throwing Shoes, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Richardson, Olympics, Best Photo Op, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Palin, Best Politician, Fairest Rap, Ramseys, Politics News

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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Drug Czar of My Dreams

Matt Elrod | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Jim P. Gray, Non-Violent Crime, Drug Policy Alliance, Prison System, Marijuana, Czar of My Dreams, Ron Paul, Medical Marijuana, President Elect Obama Drug Policy, Office of National Drug Control Policy, The Drug War, Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, Us Prison System, Jim P. Gray, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Prison, Dennis Kucinich, Drug Offenders, Drug Czar, Christian Science Moniter, Drug Policy, Legalize Marijuana, Alternative Treatment Drug Offenders, Politics News

A significant reallocation of scarce resources from criminal justice to public health solutions is long overdue, but drug policy is multi-disciplinary and international in scope.

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