Recommended Reading

American Exceptionalism:

	Mitt Romney: "Corporations Are People, My Friend"
	Supreme Court Closes Door to Justice
	Senators Who Voted to Kill Medicare
	The Conservative Class War
	America Hardens its Heart
	Damn Right, It Could Happen Here
	Just as Reagan Removed the White House Solar Panels...
	The First Lady's Anti-Obesity Campaign: UnAmerican?
	The Right's Campaign to Steal the Constitution
	Extreme Politics: Meet the GOP Freshman Class
	Montana Republican Party Wants to Make Gays Illegal
	God Forbid We Turn Out Like Europe!

Best Gov't Money Can Buy:

	State Department Helps Tar Sands Pipeline Lobbyist
	Warren Buffett: Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
	GOP vs. Consumer Financial Protection
	GOP vs. Consumer Product Safety
	Koch Study Backfires: We Really Are Warming
	Koch Brothers Now at The Heart of GOP Power
	Hear Koch Brother Imposter's Chat with Wisconsin Governor
	Go v't Contractors Harrass Chamber Critics
	Did Allergan Buy FDA Lap-Band Approval?
	GOP Targets Environmental Regulations
	GOP Defunds Curb on Oil Speculation as Oil Prices Soar
	What's Wrong With Ballot Measures: A West Hollywood Case Study
	Republican Blocks Gun Safety Hearings--'Now's Not the Time'
	510 Lobbyist Meetings With Regulators to Weaken Finance Reform
	The Billionaire Tea Baggers' War on Obama, You and Me

Culture Corruption:

	Must We Shit on Old Glory? Photo: Carolyn Cole, © Los Angeles Times

Foreign Policy:

	Libya: Unauthorized
	Libya: Let's Call a War a War, Mr. President
	Where's the $6.6 Billion? Iraq Cash Probably Stolen
	Democracy, Iraqi Style
	Jane Bright, who Lost Her Son in Iraq, Won't Read Bush's Book
	How CIA & Our Allies Thwarted Khan Nuke Prosecutions
	A U.S. 'Legacy of Waste' in Iraq: Your Tax Dollars at Work
	"U.S. Combat Role Over in Iraq": Mission Accomplished? Photo: Luis Sinco, © Los Angeles Times

Government Waste:

	Government Loses Billions to E-Claim Fraud

Gulf Oil Disaster:

	Scientist Finds Gulf Bottom Still Oily, Dead
	Under Bush and Obama, Oil Drilling Allowed Without Needed Permits
	Gulf Wildlife Apocalypse
	BP Rushed Job Despite Problems, Says Rig Mechanic
	Expert Calls Well's Cement Flaws "Shocking"

Media:

	Confronting the Climate Cranks with Cameras Rolling
	Beck Fans Threaten 78-Year-Old Professor
	5 Investigations Clear "Climategate" Scientists But Damage is Done
	Lou Dobbs: American Hypocrite
	Are You Watching Fake News?
	Remember the Liberal Media Establishment?

Military:

	Judges Slam VA's Mental Health Care
	What Obama Won't Tell You About Afghanistan
	Marines Left Behind in Poison Water Cover-Up at Camp Lejeune
	Record High Military Suicides Blamed on Multiple Wars
	If the Enemy Doesn't Get You, the Burn Pits Will

More to the Story?

	Arctic Warming Expert Placed on Leave as Oil & Gas Decisions Loom
	Another Nuclear Scientist Killed in Iran
	Two Climate Change Satellites Lost in Identical Accidents

Most Corrupt Agencies:

	ATF's "Fast & Furious" Gun Dealer Had Doubts
	Fukishima Fallout: Regulatory Loopholes at U.S. Nuclear Plants
	FCC, Brought to You By Comcast
	HHS Blocks Disability Fraud Inquiry
	Glitches Mar California Radiation Warning System
	FEC Deadlock Compounds Citizens United Damage
	ICE Attorney Sentenced to 17 Years
	ACLU Monitor Tells How L.A. Deputies Beat Unconscious Inmate
	How U.S. Forest Service Bungled L.A.'s Station Fire, Then Covered It Up
	Filthy Conditions Found at Two Iowa Egg Farms, Where Regulation is Lax
	Top Secret U.S.A. Who's Watching Big Brother?
	How MMS' Partnership With Industry Led to Failure
	NHTSA Believed Toyota and Not the Drivers

Most Corrupt Cities:

	Bell, CA, Where Leaders Go to Jail

Most Corrupt Companies:

	Gouge, Baby, Gouge: How Big Oil Does It
	Chevron: You Lie!
	Mmm mmm bad! "Less Sodium" Soups Aren't
	That Body from This Machine? Bowflex Scam
	Toyota's New Spin Doctor
	The Document Toyota Didn't Want You to See

Most Corrupt Cops:

	Most Corrupt Cops: FBI Probes L.A. Jail Beatings
	Fullerton Cop Charged with 2nd Degree Murder
	Fullerton CA Stonewalls on Taser Death
	"America's Sheriff" Skips Disneyland, Goes to Prison

Most Corrupt Governors:

	On Way Out, Arnold Cut Prison Time for Stabber
	Florida's Rick Scott & Medicare Fraud

Reality Check:

	Romney Tax Plan Would Help Wealthy, Hurt Middle Class
	Documents Show Rubio's Parents Didn't Flee Castro
	President's Council on Jobs Filled with Job-Cutting CEOs
	Fact-Checking the Republican Debate
	Deficit Obsession Disorder: Repeating 1937's Big Mistake
	Debt Deal's a Killer for Economy
	Crashing the Tea Party, Exploding the Myths
	Think Less Regulation is the Answer? Try China
	If Tax Cuts Create Jobs, Where Are They?
	Less Henry Clay & More FDR, Please
	How To Cut the Deficit Without Hurting People
	Koch Guards' Jobs Saved by Stimulus Kochs Tried to Kill
	Tea Party Candidates Take Office, Hire Lobbyists
	Healthcare Reform Should Go Farther, More Americans Feel
	We Hate Them, but What if TARP and the Stimulus Never Happened?
	So How Did Bush Tax Cuts Work Out for the Economy?