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  by Naomi Klein The early results are in: Hurricane Gustav has helped John McCain's bid for the White House. This is nothing short of incredible.

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• Rambo and the Mean Girl view story

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  Former Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan let the strategy slip in an unguarded open mike moment. Asked if Sarah Palin is the most qualified woman Republican the McCain camp could have found, Noonan exploded: "The most qualified? No! I think they went for

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• At The RNC: Issues McCain Left Behind (or Didn’t Remind You About) view story

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  Oddly missing from this warm, feel-good picture, however, was a single mention of McCain's first wife Carol Shepp-the one who stood by him, raising their three kids, through his trying five years in a Vietnamese prison, only to be dumped upon his heroic r

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• The Anti-Obama Hate-Fest view story

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  The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again, bashing Barack Obama and the news media in an ugly display that rivaled the old days of Nixon-Agnew - or George W. Bush's last convention where GOP operatives pass

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• Antiwar March Ends In Tense Standoff, 396 Arrests view story

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  Police arrested scores more people Thursday night after another series of tense showdowns with protesters on the final night of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Sweeping into the State Capitol grounds in riot gear, police used snowplows

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• Corporations and the Conventions view story

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  At the Democratic convention last week, I kept bumping into two different kinds of corporate professionals. Most have headed over to the Republican convention this week. One type says its job is "public affairs;" the other, "government affairs." They soun

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• Sarah Palin and Mark Halperin's Complaints of 'Liberal Media' view story

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  The very notion of the "Liberal Media" is one of the most inane myths in American politics -- something spat out and repeated in the lowest right-wing sewers for so long that it has become conventional wisdom -- but Halperin's frequent vouching for that m

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• Why We Were Falsely Arrested! Amy Goodman view story

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  Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists. I was arrested with my two colleagues, "Democracy Now!" produc

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• Taxpayers Off The Hook For GOP Convention Lawsuits view story

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  Critics say the agreement has only encouraged police to use aggressive tactics knowing they won't have to pay damages.

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• Cheney Colleague Admits Bribery in Halliburton Oil Deals view story

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  A former colleague of the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has pleaded guilty to funnelling millions of dollars in bribes to win lucrative contracts in Nigeria for Halliburton, during the period in the Nineties when Mr Cheney ran the giant oil and gas

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