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The Obama administration has already declared war on Syria, even if it isn't "official" yet. Consider the facts, all of them acts of…

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The labor movement is in terminal crisis. After decades of declining membership the union movement has been targeted for destruction: private sector union…

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With pro-Obama election posters still visible in most union halls across the country, the President has already taken steps towards selling out…

Literally the day after the election a sudden "urgency" gripped the nation: the imminent danger of the so-called "fiscal cliff" — the…