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Autocratic forces are ascendant in America, but the story isn’t fully written. Truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against the unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to power, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought or broken. Please stand with us.

Politics

October 9, 2013

VIDEO: David Corn on Why Obama Is Defending Boehner

Mother Jones DC bureau chief David Corn spoke with MSNBC’s Joy Reid this week about why President Obama won’t paint House Speaker John Boehner as a government shutdown villain and what the chances are for a new supercommittee. Watch here: