Tar Sands Giants’ Sneaky New Playbook Revealed

Tar Sands Giants' Sneaky New Playbook Revealed
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 7, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/b25ac


by Tony Iallonardo, via National Wildlife Federation Polluters seem to have drawn the wrong lesson from the Keystone XL ... Read more

Obamacare is an effective middle-class tax cut; GOP repeal would be an effective tax increase

Obamacare is an effective middle-class tax cut; GOP repeal would be an effective tax increase
DAILY KOS | JULY 6, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/b25we


As usual, serving their corporate owners, Republicans are trying to undermine President Obama's Affordable Care Act, now ... Read more

Reagan-Appointed Judge Defends Roberts, Says GOP Has Become 'Goofy'

Reagan-Appointed Judge Defends Roberts, Says GOP Has Become 'Goofy'
TPMDC | JULY 6, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aZSmI


Judge Richard Posner was appointed to the bench by former President Ronald Reagan, earning a sparkling reputation as a ... Read more

Fact-checking Romney’s 59-point jobs plan - Video on msnbc.com

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/48099837/

Week In The News: God Particle, Barclays, Health Care Fallout | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/07/06/week-in-the-news-203

Friday News Roundup - Domestic | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-07-06/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Friday News Roundup - International | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-07-06/friday-news-roundup-international

How Will the Health Care Law Work? Americans Ask, We Answer

Interview, video:

What is the Higgs Boson? Has it been discovered yet?

Article: What is the Higgs boson? - video

What is the Higgs boson? - video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2012/jul/03/what-is-a-higgs-boson-video

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Dr Quantum - Double Slit Experiment

House Republicans pushing $16 billion in food stamp cuts

House Republicans pushing $16 billion in food stamp cuts
DAILY KOS | JULY 5, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aYCRG


Senate Democrats gave Senate Republicans a farm bill that included $4.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition ... Read more

Obamacare Is A Major Tax Cut For Middle Class Families

Obamacare Is A Major Tax Cut For Middle Class Families
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 5, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aYzbd


Following the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling, Republicans — including Mitt Romney — have ... Read more

Maddow: Ron Paul Could Still Possibly Win the Republican Nomination - 7/6/2012

States Bucking 'Obamacare' Are Among Those With Highest Rates Of Uninsured

States Bucking 'Obamacare' Are Among Those With Highest Rates Of Uninsured
TPMDC | JULY 5, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aWYZY


Many of the governors threatening to stymie implementation of the Affordable Care Act by refusing to expand their Medicaid ... Read more

Romney Considers Oil Lobbyist For Chief Of Staff

Here's why the Catholic Church's opposition to contraception coverage under Obamacare is wrong

(Source of graphic: the below-posted ThinkProgress article titled 10 Things Americans Can Be Proud Of On Independence Day)

Media Connecting The Dots On U.S. Storms, Heat And Wildfires: ‘This Is What Global Warming Looks Like’

Media Connecting The Dots On U.S. Storms, Heat And Wildfires: 'This Is What Global Warming Looks Like'
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 3, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aTzdZ


Who's connecting the dots on the extraordinary bout of extreme weather events hitting the U.S.? No, it's not the ... Read more

10 Things Americans Can Be Proud Of On Independence Day

10 Things Americans Can Be Proud Of On Independence Day
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 4, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aW1Jb


In celebration of the Fourth of July, ThinkProgress has compiled the following 10 things Americans and progressives can be ... Read more

McConnell: I’m ‘Not Convinced’ Congress Should Prohibit Insurers From Discriminating Against The Sick

McConnell: I'm 'Not Convinced' Congress Should Prohibit Insurers From Discriminating Against The Sick
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 4, 2012
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/07/04/511054/mcconnell-im-not-convinced-congress-should-prohibit-insurers-from-discriminating-against-the-sick/


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reiterated the GOP's commitment to taking away health care insurance from ... Read more

Republican Senator Agrees Americans Are ‘Dying’ Under The ‘Burdens’ Of Obamacare

Republican Senator Agrees Americans Are 'Dying' Under The 'Burdens' Of Obamacare
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 4, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aVULQ


During an appearance on Hugh Hewitt's radio show on Tuesday, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) pledged that Republicans would ... Read more

How are they dying under a burden that has not started yet?

Romney’s whopper claim on an Obama health care pledge - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/romneys-whopper-claim-on-an-obama-health-care-pledge/2012/07/03/gJQAVhk3IW_blog.html

What The Affordable Care Act Means For Consumers

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-07-02/what-affordable-care-act-means-consumers

Debate Over The Senate’s Use Of The Filibuster

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-21/debate-over-senate%E2%80%99s-use-filibuster

Congressional Republicans Take Aim At Attorney General Eric Holder

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-21/congressional-republicans-take-aim-attorney-general-eric-holder

Debate Over U.S Immigration Policy

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-19/debate-over-us-immigration-policy

Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse And Helping Victims Recover

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-13/protecting-children-sexual-abuse-and-helping-victims-recover

New Cholesterol Research And Heart Disease Prevention

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-12/new-cholesterol-research-and-heart-disease-prevention

Debate Over How to Teach Evolution and Climate Change

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-04-09/debate-over-how-teach-evolution-and-climate-change?page=5

Cutting Back on Unnecessary Medical Tests and Procedures

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-04-09/cutting-back-unnecessary-medical-tests-and-procedures

Alabama’s Immigration Law Examined

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/10/10/alabama-immigration

How Europe Theatens The World Economy

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/05/21/greece

Minority Births Outnumber White Births

Interview: Look for the Listen link at the top of the page at this location:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/05/21/births

Arctic Oil Drilling

Koch Bros Helped By Ear Marks From Tea Party Congressman

Romney Credits Obama For Lower Gas Prices?

Raped Woman Arrested Then Denied Contraception

Do Republicans Hate Obamacare?

Romney's Finances Look Really Suspicious - Vanity Fair details all the strange contortions Romney is doing to dodge taxes

http://www.newser.com/story/149418/romneys-finances-look-really-suspicious.html

Bill O'Reilly Mocks Boehner For Being Vague On Health Care Fixes (VIDEO)

Bill O'Reilly Mocks Boehner For Being Vague On Health Care Fixes (VIDEO)
TPMDC | JULY 3, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aU7rf


Fox News' Bill O'Reilly isn't buying national Republicans' attempts to remain vague on how they will fix the health care system ... Read more

Is Obamacare's Individual Mandate Really The Largest Tax Hike In The History Of The World? (CHART)

Is Obamacare's Individual Mandate Really The Largest Tax Hike In The History Of The World? (CHART)
TPMDC | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aRTOW


If you look at the numbers, it turns out the GOP's claim that the individual mandate is the greatest tax increase in U.S. ... Read more

Dems: Individual Mandate Is About Punishing 'Freeloaders'

Dems: Individual Mandate Is About Punishing 'Freeloaders'
TPMDC | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aRl0k


In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the 'Obamacare' mandate under Congress's taxing power, Democrats are ... Read more

Republican governors will let people die to make political point

Republican governors will let people die to make political point
DAILY KOS | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aUtpt


Proving that making a political point is more important to Republicans than anything else, including saving potentially ... Read more

White House Turns To Scott Brown To Deflect GOP Criticism

White House Turns To Scott Brown To Deflect GOP Criticism
THE HUFFINGTON POST -FEATURED NEWS | JULY 3, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aTjTy


WASHINGTON -- With the debate over the Affordable Care Act law morphing from a constitutional matter before the Supreme Court ... Read more

STUDY: Medicaid Expansion Saves States Billions

STUDY: Medicaid Expansion Saves States Billions
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 3, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aUbQB


Republican politicians across the country claim that Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid, the widely popular program which ... Read more

71% of Super PAC $ Comes From...

There are now ninety-five donors or collections of related donors that have given more than $500,000 to super PACs, according to a review of reports filed on June 20 with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Those donors had given $153.6 million through the end of May.

Romney Invested in Medical-Waste Firm That Disposed of Aborted Fetuses, Government Documents Show | Mother Jones

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/romney-bain-abortion-stericycle-sec

American People To GOP On Health Care: Move On

American People To GOP On Health Care: Move On
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aSdms


A new Kaiser health tracking poll reveals that the American people are sick of Republicans dwelling on their hatred of the ... Read more

Romney Adviser John Bolton Campaigns For Alleged Terror Group

Romney Adviser John Bolton Campaigns For Alleged Terror Group
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aRHmY
On June 23, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and current Mitt Romney adviser John Bolton was among several prominent former ... Read more

VIDEO: Catholic Nuns Finish Bus Tour By Blasting ‘Immoral’ House GOP Budget At D.C. Rally

VIDEO: Catholic Nuns Finish Bus Tour By Blasting 'Immoral' House GOP Budget At D.C. Rally
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aSvKe


The Catholic nuns who began the "Nuns on the Bus" tour across the United States to protest cuts contained in the ... Read more

What The Press Isn’t Telling You About Abound Solar

What The Press Isn't Telling You About Abound Solar
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aSudB


by Shauna Theel, via Media Matters Following the announced bankruptcy of Abound Solar, which borrowed about $70 million against ... Read more

Regulators Missing Many Wall Street Reform Deadlines, As GOP Cuts Their Budgets

Regulators Missing Many Wall Street Reform Deadlines, As GOP Cuts Their Budgets
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aSzb2
According to a new report, more than one-third of the new rules mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law have yet ... Read more

Could gay marriage debate drive young Christians from church?

Could gay marriage debate drive young Christians from church?
TOP MSNBC.COM HEADLINES | JULY 2, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aRLzK

As the battle over gay marriage heats up in this election year, one evangelical Christian writer is calling for a truce, fearing that the outspoken o... Read more

Romney's Latest Bain Problem: Aborted Fetuses - Mitt may have been involved with controversial Stericycle deal

http://www.newser.com/story/149334/romneys-latest-bain-problem-aborted-fetuses.html

Abound Solar Files for Bankruptcy - US Department of Energy had funded this one, too

http://www.newser.com/story/149355/abound-solar-files-for-bankruptcy.html

Republican Threatening Armed Rebellion Over Obamacare

Legislators Ban Phrase "Sea Level Rise"

Largest Tax Increase In The History Of The World?

Fox Doctors Panel Reacts to Obamacare

Fortnight for Freedom farce and deception

Attorney Andrew Seidel exposes the bishops' phony claim that the contraception mandate is religious persecution.

Interview:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/ffrf/FTradio_321_062312.mp3

Our First Freedom - Our Publications - Freedom From Religion Foundation

A Statement Exposing the Catholic Church’s Attempt to Redefine Religion

http://ffrf.org/publications/OurFirstFreedom/

FFRF’s ‘Quit the Catholic Church’ ad in weekend USA Today - Freedom From Religion Foundation - FFRF.org

http://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrfs-quit-the-catholic-church-ad-in-weekend-usa-today/

Must Read: Investigation Reveals True Hazards Of Piping Tar Sands Across America

Must Read: Investigation Reveals True Hazards Of Piping Tar Sands Across America
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 1, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aPVmO


America has a new word to learn: Dilbit. Dilbit, short for diluted bitumen, is a combination of tar sands crude (bitumen) and ... Read more

If you're pro-life...

If you're pro-life...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JULY 1, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aQzuT


Read more... 1014 score | 233 comments > submitted by 4_am subreddit: atheism ... Read more

Julia Sweeney FFRF TV Spot: Stand Up to Catholic Bishops