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Ukrainian president offers surprise concessions as protests turn violent
The Guardian
Ukrainian president offers surprise concessions as protests turn violent Ukraine's embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, on Saturday night made a surprising and wide-ranging compromise offer to the who
The New Mitt Romney Documentary Is Fantastic, And It Exposes The Fundamental Flaw In A Lot Of Campaigns
Business Insider - Brett LoGiurato
"Tonight, I want to speak about what lies ahead. About the tomorrow we can build together. … That freedom, so integral to the American experience, will again propel us forward to new heights of discovery,
5 of this year's biggest issues Congress will probably fail to address
Salon - Sarah Wolfe
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) January 25, 2014 9:30PM (UTC) This article originally appeared on GlobalPost. Don't be fooled by the recent lovefest on Capitol Hill. US lawmakers may have come together to pass
Wealthy venture capitalist Tom Perkins says the 1% in America are treated like Jews in Nazi Germany
Salon - Elias Isquith
(Twentieth Century Fox) January 25, 2014 10:34PM (UTC) Thomas Perkins is a hyper-wealthy venture capitalist. Beyond his enormous success in business, he may be best known as the man who was profiled by
The Sochi Olympics: Putin's shiny new surveillance state
Salon - Henry Grabar
Vladimir Putin (AP/Alexei Nikolsky/Vadim Georgiev via Shutterstock/Salon) January 26, 2014 4:00AM (UTC) The records are supposed to be set on the slopes at Sochi, not on the spreadsheets. But Vladimir
Report: Global Freedom Has Been Declining for Nearly a Decade
The Atlantic - Uri Friedman
A third of the world's population lives in countries without political rights and civil liberties, according to a new study. In 2013, for the eighth year in a row, more countries registered declines in
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The Telegraph
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Amid Egypt's uprising anniversary, US condemns violence, pledges Middle East support
Fox News - By
The three-year anniversary of Egypt’s political uprising was marked this weekend with government-backed rallies and deadly anti-government protests, as the Obama administration vowed continued support
Fringe Factor: Florida Pol Wants Obama Hanged
The Daily Beast - Caitlin Dickson
The President Should Be Arrested and Executed “It’s time to arrest” Obama, Republican Florida statehouse candidate Joshua Black tweeted this week. …
Confessions of a former Libertarian: My personal, psychological and intellectual epiphany
Salon - Scott Parker
A photo of the author January 26, 2014 5:00PM (UTC) During college, a friend admitted he was confounded by my politics. He didn’t know how to reconcile my libertarianism with my other commitments. We Buddhists
Painting Wendy Davis as a bad mother is political sexism at its worst
The Guardian - Jessica Luther
Here we go again: sexist tropes being used against a high-profile female political candidate. A recent article in the Dallas Morning News by the paper's senior political writer Wayne Slater purported correct