Republican Party

Thom Hartmann | (Video Report) – – “Thom Hartmann comments on Hillary Clinton’s appearance before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.” Thom Hartmann: “Hillary hits back at the Benghazi Committee”

Bush

Yes, George W. Bush bears some Responsibility for US Vulnerability on 9/11

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Donald Trump-Jeb Bush tiff over whether George W. Bush “kept us safe” is another example of how Donald Trump is better than Karl Rove at politics. Rove had some success with his doctrine of attacking people on their strengths. Like a spiteful child, Trump attacks […]

National Security State

Former Detainees Sue CIA Torture Psychologists

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By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | – – “Ten months after the Senate released its report on the CIA’s illegal torture program, the ACLU is getting involved. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. “Three former CIA detainees are suing over […]

Democratic Party

Hillary Ad: GOP has admitted Benghazi Investigation Bogus

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Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | – – “Hillary Clinton responded to Kevin McCarthy’s recent gaffe admitting the political motivations for the Benghazi committees. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. . . “Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has leveraged House Majority Leader […]

Featured

No, Donald Trump, Mideast wouldn’t be more Stable under Saddam & other Dictators

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump alleged this weekend that “of course” the Middle East would be more stable if dictators like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still around or if Bashar al-Assad could be restored in Syria. The mistake Mr. Trump is making is to think ahistorically, that […]

Republican Party

Kathleen Turner: The Real Target of the Planned Parenthood Attacks

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By Kathleen Turner | (Otherwords.org) “The leading GOP candidates have aligned themselves with a platform based on endangering women’s health care access. In the first two Republican presidential debates, the candidates slugged it out over who hated Planned Parenthood the most. Virtually every hopeful promised to defund the organization. Some of them, including Senator Ted […]

Arab Americans

Can anti-Muslim Bigotry Help Donald Trump Or Ben Carson Win The Republican Race?

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump may still lead the Republican polls, but Ben Carson is now only a point behind. What do the two candidates have in common? Well, for one thing, they’ve both been involved in anti-Muslim sentiment this month.” AJ+: “Can Bigotry Help Donald Trump Or Ben Carson […]

Republican Party

Reason Trumped: How the Donald Phenom will Change our Lives

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By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The 2016 election campaign is certainly a billionaire’s playground when it comes to “establishment candidates” like Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush who cater to mega-donors and use their money to try to rally party bases. The only genuine exception to the rule this time around has […]

Republican Party

Carly Fiorina Says Waterboarding Keeps America Safe

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Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTv) | – – “Carly Fiorina has defended the use of CIA waterboarding by the Bush administration in the aftermath of 9/11, in an interview with Yahoo News. The Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO called the controversial interrogation method, which is equivalent to torture, an important strategy […]