The GOP’s chief executive branch watchdog is using his committee to try to stop the SEC from investigating criminal behavior on Wall Street.
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It’s not that Paul is a libertarian and therefore holds these views. It’s that Paul holds these views and so do many libertarians, combined with the fact that Paul claims to be a libertarian and constantly links the two together.
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Rick Santorum’s statements regarding same-sex marriage illustrate what’s wrong with modern conservatism.
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The twits on CNBC are desperately blaming this on bad news of Europe, so I’m sure it’s a totally cooincidence that this happened right after the GOP forced America to go from stimulus, to non-action, to outright harsh austerity: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) at one point fell nearly 428 points, or 3.6 percent, settling […]
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An independent political analyst predicts a civil war in the Republican Party if the GOP wins control of the White House — caused by the Tea Party.
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A company nobody knows anything about founded in March donates $1 million to Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, then vanishes.
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Glenn Greewald’s contribution to a NYT debate on the Tea Party and debt ceiling deal illustrates its divisive nature within the GOP.
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Bush 41 and Reagan economist Bruce Bartlett is again urging the abolition of the debt ceiling: Almost 10 years ago, I testified before the Senate Finance Committee that the debt limit should be abolished. Among the others who testified that day, including Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, no one supported my position. [..] Unless the party […]