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The Bush Administration's Anti-Torture Team and Their Anti-Torture Memos

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| Wed May. 13, 2009 9:35 AM PDT
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The Torture Dissidents' Tale

How a group of Bush admin officials opposed harsh techniques—and how they were shot down.

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| Wed May. 13, 2009 9:13 AM PDT
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The Anti-Cap-and-Trade Lobbying Blitz

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| Wed May. 13, 2009 8:04 AM PDT
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The Battle Over Wall Street Reform

Obama and Barney Frank want a financial "supercop." Chris Dodd has other ideas.

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| Wed May. 13, 2009 5:45 AM PDT

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Flunking the Stress Tests

Why the long-awaited results are meaningless.

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| Fri May. 8, 2009 6:10 AM PDT

Now Bybee Wants to Explain His OLC Advice

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| Thu May. 7, 2009 11:19 AM PDT

AIPAC on the Run?

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| Thu May. 7, 2009 7:02 AM PDT
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Meet K Street's Worst Nightmare

Lisa Rosenberg is the lobbyist lobbyists hate.

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| Thu May. 7, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Murtha: Keeping it in the Family

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| Tue May. 5, 2009 10:02 AM PDT

Make Billionaires Pay Taxes? Say It Ain't So!

Obama makes his move against offshore tax cheats

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| Mon May. 4, 2009 1:31 PM PDT

John Murtha Airport: Earmark Reform Poster Child

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| Thu Apr. 30, 2009 11:06 AM PDT

Michael Steele, Really Bumbling Through This Specter Situation

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| Wed Apr. 29, 2009 7:33 AM PDT
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How the Far Right Handed Dems a 60-Vote Majority

Arlen Specter, spooked by the GOP's march rightward, switches parties.

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| Tue Apr. 28, 2009 9:10 AM PDT

McCain's Curious Support for "Moving On"

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| Tue Apr. 28, 2009 6:35 AM PDT
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Bailout for Breakfast: GM Rolls Out New Plan

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| Mon Apr. 27, 2009 2:40 PM PDT
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Conservatives Live in a Different Moral Universe—And Here's Why It Matters

Liberals and conservatives have highly different moral priorities. And we have to understand them if we want to accomplish anything.

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| Mon Apr. 27, 2009 1:38 PM PDT

Republicans Stripped Flu Funding from Stimulus Package

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| Mon Apr. 27, 2009 11:22 AM PDT
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The Problem With a Special Prosecutor

Want the truth on torture? A Patrick Fitzgerald-style inquiry may be the wrong way to go.

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| Mon Apr. 27, 2009 6:00 AM PDT

Video: Why Fighting Climate Change Is So God-Dang Hard

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| Fri Apr. 24, 2009 7:50 AM PDT
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The Unbearable Vagueness of Tim Geithner

Is the treasury secretary leveling with America about the financial crisis?

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| Fri Apr. 24, 2009 5:01 AM PDT