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The Big Story, By Matt Taylor Sorry, America, the cash isn't coming out of politics anytime soon. Reform advocates who had expressed cautious optimism that the Supreme Court might reconsider the Citizens United decision while reviewing a Montana Supreme Court case are likely to see their hopes dashed -- especially because there's no indication that swing voting Justice Anthony Kennedy regrets allowing corporations and individuals to funnel unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns. "The Supreme Court has fundamentally changed the rules of the game here," former Supreme Court clerk and Harvard legal historian Noah Feldman told The National Memo. "But if it doesn't particularly look like it affects partisan outcomes, people may not care." READ MORE | ||||||
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Today In Stupid On Monday the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette obtained a letter from Indiana state Rep. Bob Morris, in which he warns his fellow Republicans about a "radicalized organization" that promotes feminists, lesbians, and abortions: the Girl Scouts of America. READ MORE | ||||||
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Money A second, 130 billion Euro ($172 billion) bailout and a deep debt write-off for financially stricken Greece will ward off a financial disaster in Europe. Economists, however, only give the deal a slim chance of putting the Mediterranean nation on the path to recovery -- and steadying its place in Europe's currency union. READ MORE | ||||||
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Featured Column: David Cay Johnston If you make more than about $33,500 a year, your federal income tax burden is probably lighter than you think. The portion of your income that you pay in taxes is your "effective tax rate." But when politicians and pundits talk about effective tax rates, the data they typically use relies on an incomplete measure for income. READ MORE | ||||||
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Featured Column: Carl Hiaasen As political miscalculations go, this one could be epic. If you're looking for a sure way to galvanize female voters against your own party, attack birth control. READ MORE | ||||||
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Featured Column: Gene Lyons The feel-good story of Jeremy Lin, the underdog Chinese-American player from Harvard, has made NBA fans of millions who scarcely know the 24-second clock from a goaltending call. Here's hoping they stick around, because it's a heck of a show. Meanwhile, how about if we dialed down the ethnic sensitivity meter until the kid settles in? READ MORE | ||||||
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