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Representative Steve Cohen: Schools DEA Official at House Oversight Hearing

I agree with Representative Steve Cohen that marijuana prohibition is definitely a joke and overwhelmingly hurts ethnic and racial minorities compared with Anglos and Caucasians.  It is a war on freedom to criminalize what people do to themselves, especially when … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: Video: Mike Papantonio: Our Looming Judicial Crisis

Source:The New Democrat At risk of sounding completely inside the beltway and like a congressional junky who knows too much about U.S. Senate rules, Senate Democrats should consider a new rule and even do it with a 51-vote majority necessary … Continue reading

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PBS: NewsHour: Shields & Brooks on the Debt Limit Drama & Health Care Reform

Source:The New Democrat  The whole debt limit debate in Congress was really about the 2014 mid-term congressional elections for House and Senate Republicans who want to add to their House majority and win back the Senate and not see another … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Judy Woodruff: Mark Shields & Ramesh Ponnuru On Government Shutdown & Iran

Source:PBS NewsHour– syndicated columnist and PBS NewsHour political analyst Mark Shields. Source:The Daily Times “Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at The National Review, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including the standoff in … Continue reading

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