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Syrian Refugees Face Perilous Journey Across Jordanian Border

In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, a Syrian refugee woman walks with her two kids at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan. A Jordanian official says a nighttime riot at a Syrian refugee camp close to the Jordan-Syria border has left two Syrian refugees and a Jordanian policeman […]

Dale Gavlak
Par Dale Gavlak

JORDAN-SYRIA BORDER - (MintPress) - Fleeing with the clothes on their backs and a few treasured possessions packed in flimsy suitcases and plastic bags, the strain was clearly etched on the faces of these Syrian refugees — what they left behind and of their arduous flight to safety. Hundreds now stood in a pleasant olive grove just across the

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The Reel Deal: The Far Right Is Afraid Of Democracy

  Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) addressing a Tea Party Express rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building in April 2010. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country — why in the name of God don’t you have any faith in the system of government you’re so hell-bent […]

Edward Rhymes
Par Edward Rhymes

  You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country — why in the name of God don’t you have any faith in the system of government you’re so hell-bent to protect? — "Seven Days in May" (1964) When someone continually and conceitedly touts their fidelity, check the scandal sheets for their names. When someone,

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Sequester Chicken

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio wraps up a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, where he and GOP leaders challenged President Obama and the Senate to avoid the automatic spending cuts set to take effect in four days. Boehner complained that the House, with Republicans in the majority, has twice […]

Stephen Lendman
Par Stephen Lendman

On March 1, $85 billion in automatic sequestered cuts are scheduled. Congress may or may permit them. Obama calls instituting them dire. On Feb. 19, he said: "(They) won't help the economy, won't create jobs, will visit hardship on a whole lot of people." He spent four years benefitting bankers, war profiteers, other corporate favorites and

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Voting Rights Law Gets Supreme Court Challenge

In this Oct. 1, 2012, file photo people wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington at the start of the new term. The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments […]

Associated Press
Par Associated Press

The most potent weapon in fighting discrimination at the ballot box comes before the Supreme Court in a case that weighs the nation's enormous progress in civil rights against the need to continue to protect minority voters. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in a challenge to the part of the Voting Rights Act that forces places with a

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Hagel Takes Helm At Pentagon After Bitter Fight

In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo, Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hagel is expected to be sworn in as Secretary of Defense Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013 and is likely to address the staff in his first day […]

Associated Press
Par Associated Press

Chuck Hagel takes charge at the Defense Department with deep budget cuts looming and Republican opponents still doubtful that he's up to the job. Hagel is expected to be sworn in Wednesday and is likely to address the staff in his first day as defense secretary. The bitter, seven-week fight over his nomination ended Tuesday as a deeply divided

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Wary Of Crises, Americans Tune Out Budget Cut Talk

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and the Senate GOP leadership, face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, to answer questions on the looming automatic spending cuts, following the weekly Republican strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what […]

Associated Press
Par Associated Press

President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn. They know the shtick: Obama raises the alarm, Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of holding a deal hostage, there's a lot of yelling on cable news, and then finally, when

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