Five myths about independent voters and the corresponding "facts"- The Washington Post

Myth: 1. Independent voters aren’t really independent. Fact: About half are, swinging from party to party. Myth: 2. Independent voters are less engaged.

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How badly has fracking polluted drinking water in Dimock, Pennsylvania

The trouble started in 2008, when the wells used by several Dimock families were contaminated with methane. In 2009, fracking firm Cabot Oil & Gas was fined by state regulators for contaminating the wells with methane while fracking underground. Cabot routinely denies cau …

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BREAKING: The Third Party National Group "Americans Elect" drops out: Is this a Sign of the Demise of Democracy in America?

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President Obama's Wealth Level Makes Him One of the Elite 1%

President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account.  "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. The president's other principal assets …

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A Risky Chase Bet Gone South, a Lack of Oversight, and JPM Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon

While President Obama and his Hollywood apostles broke fundraising records at a sumptuous $40,000 per plate dinner at George Clooney's place, word of JPM Chase's 'mistake' rippled through the news. Not long ago, Dimon's name was batted about to become Treasury Secre …

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JPMorgan Chase's $2 Billion Loss: Bank Hubris, Inadequate Regulation, and Nothing to Prevent another Meltdown

JPMorgan, like the nation’s other big banks, is still engaged in activities that can provoke catastrophic losses and, as things now stand, luck is the only thing preventing another meltdown. Bank regulators should start by adopting a forceful Volcker Rule. Proposed by Paul …

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BREAKING: The People's Bishop is Arrested as an OWS activist calls it a Badge of Honor

''Arrests are not arrests anymore," Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard said. ''They are badges of honor. They are, as you are taken away with your comrades, exhilarating. The spirit is calling us now into the streets, calling us to reject the old institutional order …

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Citing security, U.S. abandons consulate site in Afghanistan and $80M spent - The Washington Post

After signing a 10-year lease and spending more than $80 million on a site envisioned as the United States' diplomatic hub in northern Afghanistan, American officials say they have abandoned their plans, deeming the location for the proposed compound too dangerous. The emba …

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New Police Strategy in New York - Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters

On March 17 there were numerous reported cases of police intentionally grabbing women’s breasts, and in later nightly evictions from Union Square, the practice became so systematic that at least one woman told me her breasts were grabbed by five different police off …

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The Globalization of Hollow Politics as Republicans and Democrats Represent the Powerful 1%| NationofChange

Every election cycle, our self-identified left dutifully lines up like sheep to vote for the corporate wolves who control the Democratic Party and who warn us that the corporate technocrat Mitt Romney is, in fact, an extremist. The extremists are already in power and have been f …

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