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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
8.13.09 1:08 PM |
A new SurveyUSA poll in the CA-10 special election primary shows that three Democratic candidates are bunched and have a chance to advance to the general election. While there are 14 candidates...
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
8.13.09 1:08 PM |
Although South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) wants to move on, the Columbia State reports he may still have some explaining to do.
The state attorney general today asked the state Ethics...
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Science Progress
8.13.09 1:05 PM |
Chris Mooney joined us at the very beginning and has been contributing to _Science Progress_ since we launched in October 2007. He'll be taking a break for the next school year and will head to MIT...
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Suburban Guerrilla
8.13.09 1:04 PM |
Douglas Rushkoff executes an absolutely brilliant takedown of the current economic model (weirdly, you have to scroll down the page a bit to find the beginning. Hint: it's next to the picture of...
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Shakesville
8.13.09 12:58 PM |
Let's start with the very beginning of this article:
> Republican mayoral candidate Anna Falling said Tuesday that putting a Christian creationism display in the Tulsa Zoo is No. 1 in...
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
8.13.09 12:56 PM |
Former Bush adviser Mark McKinnon says a presidential bid by former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) is a scary prospect.
"Santorum represents, in my view, much of what is wrong the in the Republican...
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Daily Kos
8.13.09 12:49 PM |
Since no one at Whole Foods Market Inc., can tell CEO and co-founder John Mackey just how bad he screwed up, I will. Mr. Mackey, your extremist views on employee benefits and unionization have,...
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The NonSequitur
8.13.09 12:49 PM |
I wandered into this contribution on the Huffington Post. It argues, in a comically bad fashion, that health care is not a "right." It also argues that the government is bad. In any case, you...
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Think Progress
8.13.09 12:45 PM |
ThinkProgress and nearly 2,000 other progressive bloggers and activists are currently in Pittsburgh for the annual Netroots Nation conference. Speakers at the event include White House adviser...
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Corrente
8.13.09 12:43 PM |
WMCB writes about running a doctor's office, the incredible amount of time spent dealing with insurance companies on paperwork, appeals, rules, code entries, ad nauseam. Her first example is a...
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onegoodmove
8.13.09 12:42 PM |
* DIRECT Ezine for Democrats
A weekly must read
* BBC - Newsnight: From the web team: What have the noughties done for God?
tip to pedansareus
* Ron Paul: Quackery enabler,...
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Firedoglake
8.13.09 12:35 PM |
This has nothing to do with Blue Dogs, they are only incidental to an ad buy. It's a persuasion campaign giving Republicans and ConservaDems cover for voting for the "bipartisan" Baucus deal. The...
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Sensico
8.13.09 12:31 PM |
Lets face it, we all knew this was bound to happen. You have a politician as secretary of state and they're bound to say something they shouldn't. Hillary catching an attitude with a Nigerian...
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
8.13.09 12:31 PM |
Reliable Source: "It's been nearly a year since Sarah Palin's wardrobe flap began -- and the mystery of the missing designer duds still hasn't been solved."
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
8.13.09 12:24 PM |
Democratic lawmakers and their aides are frustrated with the DNC because a campaign to deluge state and district offices with health care overhaul supporters has left many constituents mistakenly...
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Shakesville
8.13.09 12:15 PM |
...because he wanted to kill his mother.
In a new interview for _Playboy_ Seth MacFarlane outs infant Stewie Griffin:
> Ultimately, Stewie will be gay or a very unhappy repressed...
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Griper Blade
8.13.09 12:10 PM |
Outside a town hall, a man in military fatigues carries a sign (see photo) reading, "I own a gun and I didn't bring it -- yet!" In New Hampshire, a man wasn't waiting to bring a gun to the...
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The Political Carnival
8.13.09 12:01 PM |
By GottaLaff
Via Garry Trudeau, wonder creator of Doonesbury:
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Crooks and Liars
8.13.09 12:00 PM |
That irresistible line about the caveman, by the way, came from a reddit commenter. He was probably feeling celebratory over the fact that GEICO pulled all its advertising from Glenn Beck's hateful...
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