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Feds to investigate killing of Trayvon Martin
March 20, 2012Martin's family hopes that the federal government will be able to bring justice to what many around this state see as a blatantly racist miscarriage of justice.
Read moreWalker allies lose grip on Wisconsin Senate
March 19, 2012One of the GOP state senators under recall here, Pam Galloway (claiming a family health problem) resigned this weekend, wiping out the Republican majority and leaving that chamber split 16-16.
Read moreSantorum played the clown in Puerto Rico
March 19, 2012The minute Santorum opened his mouth, he managed to infuse an unusual degree of unity in the Puerto Rican political scene, around the following concept: Santorum is an ass.
Read moreObama calls for end to oil subsidies as gas prices rise
March 19, 2012Republican presidential candidates have shifted the general election debate to rising gas prices amid an improving economy and 24 consecutive months of job growth in the private sector.
Read moreLabor raising an “army of 400,000” for the 2012 elections
March 16, 2012"At stake is nothing less than our democracy itself. What the labor movement intends to do is magnitudes greater than anything we have ever done in an election before."
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