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The two brothers who scaled the face of Big Ben in London with a banner reading Time for Truth sent the right message on the anniversary of the beginning of the US-led war on Iraq and just days b

The Democrats can make a persuasive case that Bush is outside the mainstream.

A hypocritical Bush uses 9/11 images but resists an accounting of the truth.

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The John Kerry who won nine of ten Super Tuesday states, and with those victories Democratic nominee-in-waiting status, was not the John Kerry who officially launched his presidential campaign si

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Forty-six people in Miami-Dade County have had their votes challenged.

November 6, 2012

Our overblown state of election coverage is shrinking our democracy. 

November 6, 2012

Republican poll-watchers are exacerbating long lines in the battleground state, by demanding extra forms of ID from voters. 

November 6, 2012

Major reports of election day problems with voting due to Hurricane Sandy, photo ID in Pennsylvania and broken voting machines in Ohio.

November 6, 2012

The view from Obama campaign HQ, plus wrap-ups from Senate races, ballot initiative results, and more!

November 6, 2012

Voters in key swing states won’t learn their ballots are challenged until they show up to their polling station.

November 6, 2012

Romney's attempt to woo Latino voters failed—they overwhelmingly support Obama, and even more strongly in recent weeks.

November 6, 2012

See the election as conservatives see it.

November 6, 2012

Around the country, rumors are popping up that straight-ticket ballots won't be counted. Unless you're voting in North Carolina, those rumors are false.

November 6, 2012

Christ wouldn't like the craven and callous policies presented by the GOP.

November 6, 2012
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