Three from Truthout:

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Democrat Kathy Hochul Beats Republican Jane Corwin in New York's 26th District
Tanya Somanader, ThinkProgress: "Tonight, Democrat Kathy Hochul defeated Republican state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin in New York's special election to replace former Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY). Despite the $2.36 million spent by groups like Karl Rove's American Crossroads and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to keep the district red and the $60 per vote Corwin spent herself, Hochul secured a clear victory in a traditionally Republican district."
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Richard D. Wolff | The Crisis Enters Year Five
Richard D. Wolff, Richard D. Wolff's Blog: "The current capitalist global crisis began with the severe contraction in the housing markets in mid-2007. Therefore welcome to Year Five. This inventory of where things stand may begin with the good news: the major banks, the stock market, and corporate profits have largely or completely 'recovered' from the lows they reached early in 2009. The US dollar has fallen sharply against many currencies of countries with which the US trades and that has enabled US exports to rebound from their crisis lows."
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Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution
Michael Pirsch, Truthout: "Our country is in tatters. While more and more of us plunge into official poverty status, our elected leaders, who are in service to the wealthy elite, argue about how much to cut from programs that 'promote the general welfare.' They squander our exhaustible resources on illegal wars. The rich have stolen so much from us that they comprise the wealthiest 1 percent in well over 100 years, and they are supported in all this by their pet pundits, who dominate the corporate media. And none of our elected leaders from either of the two parties question the morality of shredding the most basic programs 'to promote the general welfare.'"
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