The Pain of the $100 Trillion Economic Mess | Maddow's Stunning Success | The Truth About ACORN

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How Wall Street Hustlers Built a $100 Trillion House of Cards and Stuck You with the Fallout By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Deregulation brought us hugely "leveraged" investments, and they brought us panicked markets and pain. Read more »   The Mormon Church Is Leading the Fight Against Gay Marriage in California By Ray Ring, High Country News California's Prop. 8 has exploded into an expensive, extensive battle between religious conservatives and gay rights advocates. Read more »   As Democratic Landslide Looms, Big Media Try to Peddle More 'Right-Wing Nation' B.S. By Paul Waldman, Media Matters for America When Democrats win we're told that they need to move to the center. What a joke. Read more »   The Power of the Internet and the Failure of Rovian Politics By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Age has finally become an issue for John McCain. But the problem isn't the candidate's 72 years; it's the antediluvian approach of his campaign. Read more »   Oliver Stone's "W." -- A Catastrophe Worthy of the Worst President By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online You can practically feel Oilver Stone sitting behind you, breathing on the back of your neck and willing you to see the brilliance of his vision. Read more »   You Can't be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Author John R. MacArthur's new book ponders the enduring problems in American democracy. Read more »   Karl Rove Nearly Handcuffed by Activist Who Tried to Put Him Under Citizen's Arrest for 'Treason' By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet A group of CODEPINK activists at a mortgage bankers' meeting in San Francisco try to arrest Karl Rove. Read more »   Brave New Films Exposes the Truth About ACORN By Lindsay Beyerstein, Firedoglake BNF released a new short film yesterday debunking the McCain campaign's smears against ACORN. Read more »   Saving the Environment May be Our Best Hope for the Economy -- Election Guide AlterNet From climate change to energy independence, a look at where the candidates stand on this year's top 10 environmental issues. Read more »   Cable News Phenom Maddow Doubles Her Audience in a Matter of Days By Brian Stelter, The New York Times Word is spreading like wildfire about the MSNBC host's hard-hitting new show. Read more »   Mexican Government Covers Up Murder of Journalist By John Gibler, AlterNet The cover-up is part of a horrid tradition where impunity is cemented into the fabric of the law. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     McCain Says Western Pennsylvania Is Racist By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Oh, man, what a gaffe. This will certainly go down as one of the more awkward moments of this campaign cycle. Read more »   Palin Claims Vice President 'In Charge of the U.S. Senate' By Ryan Powers, Think Progress Governor, there's this great document called the Constitution that you should really take a look at. Read more »   McCain Blames Feminists for Campaign's Slipping Support By Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network And apparently they're mighty proud of it. Read more »

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