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How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform

Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progressive agenda for our country, ranging from Medicare for all to the decentralization and re-regulation of Wall Street. Indeed, in the elections of 2006 and 2008, people voted for a fundamental break from Washington's 30-year push to enthrone a corporate kleptocracy.

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Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

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There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos

"I make a lot of money these days speaking to corporations, so I'd really prefer not to admit how...
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Swim Against the Current

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