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TomPaine.com is a website with news and opinion on United States politics from a liberal perspective. It features a mixture of original articles and links to articles on other websites. TomPaine.com was founded in 1999 by John Moyers as an independent, non-profit journal of opinion. The project became best known for its opinion advertisements or "op ads," a term coined by Moyers which ran almost weekly on the op-ed page of the New York Times, and also in the Weekly Standard, Roll Call, and other publications. In its op ads and online content, TomPaine.com featured the best work ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Webb's Righteous Amendment
() The Webb Amendment is a powerful piece of legislation, backed by the Military Officers Association and many military families who are seeing their loved ones deployed over and ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Greenspan Spills The Beans
() For those still wondering why President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney sent our young men and women into Iraq, the secret is now "largely" out. The uncommon ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Stealing The 2008 Vote
() If you thought Tom DeLay's Texas gerrymandering scam in 2003 was bad, just wait. Now partisans are seeking to steal the 2008 presidential election. It's that serious. ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Joining A Union, Easy As Organ Donation
() In many ways, the lack of overwhelming support for EFCA is surprising. Under current law, workers who want to form a union must currently undergo a risky, grueling and ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Keep out the vote
() What's the real motive for knocking off those eight, now nine, maybe more U.S. attorneys--Republican appointees all--apparently replaced for insufficient fealty to the Bushie ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Reagan, White As Snow
() Last week, as we've heard, the Republican presidential candidates praised the name and heritage of Ronald Reagan 40 times during the televised Show and Tell at the Reagan ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
On Journalism And Democracy
() Bill Moyers is chairman of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy and an independent journalist with his own production company. He is launching a new weekly series on ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Why Conservatives Can't Govern
() Donald Rumsfeld has been axed. Tom DeLay cut and ran. "Scooter" Libby stands convicted. Michael "you're doing a heck of a job" Brown was tossed. Newt Gingrich disgraced ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Outsourcing Walter Reed
() Supporting the troops--or supporting the contractors? The real story behind the scandal at Walter Reed.Posted by Chris Finnie -
Public Misconduct
() Last week, apparently belatedly realizing the obvious -- that the attack on former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame was a White House family affair -- New ...Posted by Ara Gregorian



