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Bernie Sanders Explained Why Voters Aren’t Voting Ten Years Ago

Commentary, Featured News
Sat, May 9th, 2015

Before perusing the one-time “world’s leading democracy” and its truly pathetic voter turnout record, it is worth looking back at comments from Senator Bernie Sanders that he recorded for posterity nearly ten years ago.

The Significant Role That Stupidity Played in Republicans Winning Control of Congress

Commentary, Featured News
Sat, Nov 8th, 2014

The sad fact is that the stupidity that drove the results of the midterms is not reserved to the Republican base, or Democratic voters would not have stayed home in a repeat performance of the devastating 2010 midterms.