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Is Palin's "Crosshairs" Map Relevant? Giffords Thought So

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, Gabrielle Giffords Shot, New York Times, Washington Post, Gabrielle Giffords, foxon15th, Sarah Palin, Arizona Shooting, Media News
Robert Naiman

Is the target map that Sarah Palin published, showing Gabrielle Giffords' congressional district under the cross hairs of a gun, relevant to press coverage of the shootings today in Arizona? The New York Times and the Washington Post disagree.

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A "Pledge of Resistance" to Defend Social Security (and Defund the Empire)

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pledge of Resistance, Social Security, Jan Schakowsky, foxon15th, Afghanistan, Washington Post, Obama Afghanistan Troop Level, Dean Baker, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Robert Naiman

For the third time in the last 20 years, establishment voices, with high-profile slots in traditional media, are trying to convince the public to accept cuts to Social Security by endlessly claiming it necessary without providing any evidence.

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Will "Free Trade" Save Obama in 2012?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oliver Stone, Free Trade Agreements, Trade, Brazil, Pew Research Center, Los Angeles Times, Free Trade, New York Times, Washington Post, South of the Border, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, foxon15th, World News
Robert Naiman

Despite the tireless efforts of the nation's editorialists, the American people don't believe in free trade agreements, and their failure to take instruction on this point is greater among Republican voters and independents.

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US: We're Through Palling Around With Iranian Terrorists

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Ap, Cnn, Flynt Leverett, foxon15th, Jundallah, Hillary Mann Leverett, Obama Administration, Jackson Diehl, Washington Post, ABC News, State Department, World News
Robert Naiman

On Wednesday -- burying the news in the post-election media frenzy -- the State Department formally designated the Iranian terrorist organization Jundallah as a "foreign terrorist organization."

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