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 Vol. 080 Issue 002 (February 1 2016)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 A New Low, and a New Beginning
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Conniff, Ruth
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EDITOR’S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF A New Low, and a New Beginning The presidential primaries are upon us, and rightwing demagoguery has reached a fever pitch. In December, during the Republican debate...
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Money Isn't Everything
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LUEDERS, BILL
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COMMENT by BILL LUEDERS Money Isn’t Everything Here’s a perspective you don’t usually hear about the vast infusions of cash into the political process: So what? Yes, spending by fat cats and...
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No Comment
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NO COMMENT The Price of Patriotism A report released by Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, both Republicans of Arizona, found $6.8 million in Defense Department spending since 2012 on sports...
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We Hear You
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WE HEAR YOU Jimmy Carter’s Flaws Before he became President, Jimmy Carter was a principled man. So why did he risk tarnishing his reputation, knowing full well that as chief executive he’d have to...
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Personal Finances of the Contenders
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LUEDERS, BILL
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SMOKING GUN by BILL LUEDERS Personal Finances of the Contenders Through law and tradition, candidates for President face a high level of disclosure regarding their personal finances. The records...
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Latinos Defend Immigrant Rights
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ON THE LINE Latinos Defend Immigrant...
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Marco Rubio's Florida Problem
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Nielsen, Kirk
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Marco Rubio’s Florida Problem By Kirk Nielsen y hunt for Marco Rubio supporters began in October in the heavily urbanized swamplands of Miami-Dade County, the presidential candidate’s homeland. My...
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Deconstructing the Rightwing Spin Machine
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Lombardo, Cara
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Deconstructing the Rightwing Spin Machine By Cara Lombardo It was an astonishing claim: President Obama unilaterally decided that the United States was going to let in 250,000 refugees from Syria...
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The View from Iowa
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Lounsbury, Jud
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The View from Iowa by Jud Lounsbury Jud Lounsbury is a frequent contributor to The Progressive. Dr. Ben Carson is about to step into his campaign bus, I begin posing a few questions. A...
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Dark Money's Front Man
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Murphy, Bruce
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Dark Money’s Front Man Eric O’Keefe works behind the scenes to help the Koch brothers sway elections The Progressive ? 29 In November 2013, a little-known conservative activist named Eric O’Keefe...
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On the Ground with Syrian Rebels
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Erlich, Reese
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On the Ground with Syrian Rebels By Reese Erlich Giant pallets packed with arms and ammunition floated down from the sky into the Kurdish region of Syria in October. The Pentagon droppedfifty...
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Building Things to Solve Problems: An Interview with Van Jones
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Kupfer, David
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Building Things to Solve Problems An Interview with Van Jones By David Kupfer nthony Kapel “Van” Jones is among the most productive and best known activists of his generation. He joined the...
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Medicare & Me
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED by KATE CLINTON Medicare & Me Seems get-ting older is all about paperwork. It should be about prepar-ing for one’s personal Rap-ture, the lifting-off into the Great Maybe. Just when I...
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The NFL's Hollywood Concussion
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN The NFL’s Hollywood Concussion Any time Hollywood makes a film based on a true story, the casting teils all. Filmmakers signal who the heroes and villains are when...
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On Lava
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Moscaliuc, Mihaela
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POEM by MIHAELA MOSCALIUC On Lava Thera/Santorini, Greece Just as we resolve, as a herd, to signal we’re parched and itchy, but remain too meek to let more than silence stress we’ve stored...
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John Ross, Rebel with a Cause
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LUEDERS, BILL
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BOOKS John Ross, Rebel with a Cause By Bill Lueders Rebel Reporting: John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists Edited by Cristalyne Bell and Norman Stockwell Hamilton Books. 134 pages....
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Merger Mania: Worst. Mania. Ever.
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER Merger Mania: Worst. Mania. Ever. The corporate world is experiencing a surge in the urge to merge. Control of market after market—from cable TV to chickens, and...
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