Day: June 17, 2015

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What Spain’s Populist, Gender-Neutral Mayoral Shift Could Mean for America in 2016

Last weekend, the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona put the official celebratory touches on a revolutionary transition that occurred during May’s municipal elections. In Madrid, 71 year-old retired judge Manuela Carmena’s supporters leveraged a bit of the Obama slogan magic (“Yes We Can!”) in a jubilant mayoral oath of office ceremony that promised real populist change for the third largest city in the European Union.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is America’s Favorite SC Justice, Clarence Thomas Is Least Favorite

A PPP poll finds that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is America’s favorite Supreme Court Justice and Clarence Thomas is the nation’s least favorite.

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Bernie-mentum Spreads As Huge Demand For Sanders Forces Nevada Event Into A Bigger Hall

The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has announced that due to high demand their upcoming events in South Carolina and Nevada were moved to larger venues.

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Bombshell Report Finds Walmart Is Hiding Billions Of Dollars To Avoid Paying US Taxes

A new report from Americans For Tax Fairness uncovered Walmart’s vast network of international subsidiaries that Walmart is using to hide $76 billion in order to avoid paying taxes in the United States.

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Donald Trump Gets A Lesson In Reality As He Pines For Oprah But Ends Up With Sarah Palin

Donald Trump wants Oprah Winfrey to be his running mate, but instead of Oprah, resident Republican crazy person Sarah Palin stepped up to champion his candidacy.

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Bernie Surge Storms The South As Sanders Event Moved To Bigger Venue In South Carolina

The momentum behind the Bernie Sanders campaign for president is spreading from New Hampshire to South Carolina as interest was so high in Sanders’ message that the campaign was forced to move his upcoming speech in Charleston to a larger venue.

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No Matter How The Media Tries To Spin It, Hillary Clinton Leads Every GOP Candidate

A PPP poll finds Hillary Clinton leading all other presidential candidates in the Democratic primary and in the general election race..

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Democrats Bust Republicans For Refusing Release Full Transcript of Benghazi Deposition

Republicans keep saying their costly and far-fetched Benghazi obsession is all about transparency. And yet, once again, they are refusing to show the public the full transcript of a deposition.

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Rush Limbaugh’s Death Spiral Continues As He Gets Demoted To Low Rated Boston Station

The end is coming for both Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio as Limbaugh has seen his show demoted and shipped off to another low rated small station. Boston has become the latest city to send Limbaugh into a dark corner of the radio dial.

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Republicans Join With Democrats In A Rare Bipartisan Senate Effort To Ban Torture

The vote in the Republican-controlled Senate on Monday was an overwhelming bipartisan statement that the President’s 2009 executive order banning torture must be ensconced in permanent law to prevent a Republican administration’s repeat performance in the future.

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Why Fox News Should Sit Out the Rachel Dolezal Debate

Andrea Tantaros wondered, “If I self-identify as a cat, a feline, do I have to pay income taxes? I mean, I’m just wondering.”

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