DN Speak: 11/25/12

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Karl Rove stopped from rigging election by hacker group anonymous

Karl Rove stopped from rigging election by hacker group anonymous
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Meanwhile, in Waxahachie, TX...

Meanwhile, in Waxahachie, TX...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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UK considering cutting all funding to schools that don't teach evolution

UK considering cutting all funding to schools that don't teach evolution
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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Bill Maher: Americans would label drone attacks “terrorism” if another country were to act against the U.S. in a similar way

Bill Maher: Americans would label drone attacks "terrorism" if another country were to act against the U.S. in a similar way
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Our Class War Rages On - Super-rich are just being more stealthy about it after election: Paul Krugman

http://www.newser.com/story/158546/our-class-war-rages-on.html

Britain and US condemn Israel's Jewish settlement plan | World news | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/01/britain-us-condemn-israel-settlement

Penn Jillette: Don't Leave Atheists Out on Christmas

Fox News Fake War on Christmas 2012?

Stand Up!: Poll Reveals What Americans Want From Big Debate

Stand Up!: Poll Reveals What Americans Want From Big Debate
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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A majority of Americans are in favor of requiring senators who wish to filibuster a bill to actually stand up on the Senate ... Read more

Pot Has Surprisingly Positive Side-Effect

Pot Has Surprisingly Positive Side-Effect
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Between 2010 and 2011, California experienced a drastic 20 percent decrease in juvenile crime--bringing the underage crime rate ... Read more

Time To Freak Out?!: Obama's Opening Move Explained

Time To Freak Out?!: Obama's Opening Move Explained
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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No. But there are several interesting elements, particularly among the combined $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue. Obama has ... Read more

Friday, November 30, 2012

Amazon’s Push For Dominance -- Tom Ashbrook, On Point

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/11/09/amazon

Amazon goes even bolder. In the face of offline retailers. In the homes of shoppers. We’ll look at the Amazon push for retail dominance.

Is there anything Amazon.com can’t sell? We’re about to find out. The online retail giant just keeps expanding. This week, wine. But that’s the least of it. New warehouses. New delivery speed. New package deals to tie you in lock, stock and barrel to the Amazon retail juggernaut.

What’s going to be left of brick and mortar retail? Of the commercial retail centers, shops, where we have forever gathered and browsed and rubbed shoulders? Ask Borders – gone. Ask Best Buy – reeling. And a lot of others.

This hour, On Point: what next, as Amazon conquers the retail world?

-Tom Ashbrook

Thomas Jefferson: Politics And Power (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/11/13/thomas-jefferson-politics-and-power

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham on lessons from the politics of Thomas Jefferson. What we can learn now.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the radical document at the heart of the American experiment. The Declaration of Independence. “All men are created equal.” And he kept slaves. He argued mightily against a too-powerful central government, and he led the federal government as the nation’s third president.

He was a planter, a scientist, an historian, an Enlightenment-smitten philosopher, and – says biographer Jon Meacham – a surpassing politician. With a flexibility that our politicians today could use.

This hour, On Point: Thomas Jefferson, the philosopher politician.

-Tom Ashbrook

Week In The News: Palestinian Statehood, Tax Pledge, Susan Rice -- Tom Ashbrook, On Point

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/11/30/week-in-the-news-223

The happy talk and camera grins fading off the fiscal cliff negotiations this week. It’s colder and tougher again in Washington. The president says high-end taxes are going up. John Boehner says “get serious.” Some Republicans wavered on the no new taxes pledge, but the cliff comes closer.

At the U.N., observer state status for the Palestinians, and the US and Israel lonely in opposition. We’ve got uproar in Egypt. Obama and Romney in a quiet White House lunch. Powerball mania. Susan Rice, grilled again.

This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

-Tom Ashbrook

Friday News Roundup - Domestic -- Diane Rehm Show

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-11-30/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" continue. A fight over U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice heats up. And President Obama lunches with former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The week’s top national stories: what happened and why.

Friday News Roundup - International -- Diane Rehm Show

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-11-30/friday-news-roundup-international

Protests in Egypt over the president's power grab. The Palestinian Authority makes a U.N. bid. And European finance ministers set new bailout terms for Greece. Moises Naim of El Pais, Anne Applebaum of Slate and The Washington Post and Tom Gjelten of NPR join Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

Meet Four Conservative State Supreme Court Justices Thankful For Citizens United

Meet Four Conservative State Supreme Court Justices Thankful For Citizens United
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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Our guest blogger is Billy Corriher, associate director of research for Legal Progress. Despite spending nearly half a billion ... Read more

House Committee Leaders Deny Climate Change While Extreme Weather Devastates Their States

House Committee Leaders Deny Climate Change While Extreme Weather Devastates Their States
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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by Jackie Weidman and Whitney Allen On November 27th, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced new and returning House ... Read more

Michigan Senate Committee Advances ‘License To Discriminate’ Healthcare Bill

Michigan Senate Committee Advances 'License To Discriminate' Healthcare Bill
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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The Michigan Senate's Committee on Health Policy has approved a bill that would protect health care professionals who ... Read more

Not an atheist, but I figured you folks would appreciate this

Not an atheist, but I figured you folks would appreciate this
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Roger Waters: “The U.N. needs to embrace a new democracy. The veto must be rethought, or the U.N. will die. The system is too open to abuses. The blanket protection afforded to Israel by the United States’ use of the veto is but one example of such abuse.”

Roger Waters: "The U.N. needs to embrace a new democracy. The veto must be rethought, or the U.N. will die. The system is too open to abuses. The blanket protection afforded to Israel by the United States' use of the veto is but one example of such abuse."
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How Congressional Republicans And Fox News Displayed Their Profound Debt Ceiling Ignorance

Or maybe they are being deliberately deceptive...

How Congressional Republicans And Fox News Displayed Their Profound Debt Ceiling Ignorance
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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One of the key pieces of the package President Obama put forward yesterday to deal with the so-called "fiscal ... Read more

How The Big Oil Lobby Secretly Funded 2012 Election Attack Ads

How The Big Oil Lobby Secretly Funded 2012 Election Attack Ads
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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When Big Oil's lobby, the American Petroleum Institute, ramped up its election-year spending, API President Jack Gerard ... Read more

Israel Approves 3,000 New Settler Homes After U.N. Vote

Israel Approves 3,000 New Settler Homes After U.N. Vote
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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Israel announced plans to build 3,000 new homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem one day after the United Nations ... Read more

Family Research Council Blatantly Lies About Supporting Uganda’s ‘Kill The Gays’ Bill

Family Research Council Blatantly Lies About Supporting Uganda's 'Kill The Gays' Bill
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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The Family Research Council is engaging in some very interesting damage control spin this week over its present and past ... Read more

Fox News Host Dismisses New GOP Attack On Susan Rice

Fox News Host Dismisses New GOP Attack On Susan Rice
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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Fox News' Geraldo Rivera criticized a claim made by Republicans that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is partly responsible for ... Read more

Will India Surge Ahead Of The West In Renewable Energy?

Will India Surge Ahead Of The West In Renewable Energy?
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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by Hannah Green This August, power shortages in India that left 300 million in the dark made it very clear that one of the ... Read more

Fischer & Beisner: Not Using Fossil Fuels Is An Insult To God

Congressman: Muslim Brotherhood Advises Obama!

Senators: Gitmo Can Be Closed, Civil Rights Enforced

Republicans Shocked At White House’s Opening Budget Bid Is Everything Obama Campaigned On

Republicans Shocked At White House's Opening Budget Bid Is Everything Obama Campaigned On
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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Obama to GOP: I’m done negotiating with myself

Obama to GOP: I'm done negotiating with myself
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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Saw this guy walking around work today. It's his own quote.

Saw this guy walking around work today. It's his own quote.
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Seeing only the good in religion?

Seeing only the good in religion?
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Dems Laugh Off GOP Demand That They Make First Move On Medicare Benefit Cuts

Dems Laugh Off GOP Demand That They Make First Move On Medicare Benefit Cuts
TPMDC | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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Faced with the reality that taxes are going up, either automatically or with their tacit assent, Republicans are hoping that ... Read more

How Obama's Opening Fiscal Cliff Bid Surprised Republicans

How Obama's Opening Fiscal Cliff Bid Surprised Republicans
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Republicans in Congress reacted angrily to an Obama administration proposal delivered Thursday by Treasury ... Read more

Julian Assange: 'We Will Continue Our Fight'

Julian Assange: 'We Will Continue Our Fight'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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The information WikiLeaks has disclosed frustrates the controlled political discourse that is trumpeted by establishment media ... Read more

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UN Elevates Status of Palestine

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Harry Reid was right. Mitt Romney avoided taxes for at least 10 years

Harry Reid was right. Mitt Romney avoided taxes for at least 10 years
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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TIL that in 2009 1,400 American millionaires paid no income taxes

TIL that in 2009 1,400 American millionaires paid no income taxes
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Republicans protest Obama inaction on entitlements but ignore previous proposals

Republicans protest Obama inaction on entitlements but ignore previous proposals
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> As Republicans position themselves in their wrestling match with President Barack Obama on how to avert the year-end tax increases and spen... Read more

Republicans Seek To Delay Important Financial Regulation They’ve Already Delayed, Watered Down

Republicans Seek To Delay Important Financial Regulation They've Already Delayed, Watered Down
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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Republicans, with help from Wall Street's biggest banks, have already successfully watered down one of the most important ... Read more

What it looks like inside Amazon..

What it looks like inside Amazon..
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Jon Stewart exposes blatant hypocrisy of McCain and Graham | The Raw Story

Jon Stewart exposes blatant hypocrisy of McCain and Graham | The Raw Story
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Rick Warren: Churches Are ‘Probably’ Responsible For Negative Attitudes Towards Gays

Rick Warren: Churches Are 'Probably' Responsible For Negative Attitudes Towards Gays
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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Pastor Rick Warren admitted on CNN on Thursday that Evangelical churches are at least partly responsible for some of the ... Read more

After buying Hostess in a bankruptcy sale, these equity hucksters feathered their own nests, rather than modernize Hostess's equipment and upgrade its products. They piled an unbearable debt load of $860 million, diverting its revenues into interest payments made to rich, absentee speculators.

After buying Hostess in a bankruptcy sale, these equity hucksters feathered their own nests, rather than modernize Hostess's equipment and upgrade its products. They piled an unbearable debt load of $860 million, diverting its revenues into interest payments made to rich, absentee speculators.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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About sums it up

About sums it up
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TTA Podcast 83 - The Christ That Stole Christmas

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CNBC Blames Progressive Congressman for Stock Market Tank

Gangnam Style - O'Reilly's Racist, Confused Analysis

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Study: Sea Levels Rising 60% Faster Than Projected, Planet Keeps Warming As Expected

Study: Sea Levels Rising 60% Faster Than Projected, Planet Keeps Warming As Expected
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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A new study, "Comparing climate projections to observations up to 2011," confirms that climate change is happening ... Read more

Rep. Lamar Smith, Who Criticized ‘The Idea Of Human-Made Global Warming,’ Set To Chair House Science Panel

Rep. Lamar Smith, Who Criticized 'The Idea Of Human-Made Global Warming,' Set To Chair House Science Panel
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Climate advocates celebrated after winning nearly every Congressional race they targeted during the national elections, ... Read more

How to fool a baboon

How to fool a baboon
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Endorses Palestinian U.N. Bid

Former Israeli Prime Minister Endorses Palestinian U.N. Bid
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Israel's former leader, Ehud Olmert, today endorsed the Palestinian campaign for being recognized as a "non-member ... Read more

Teacher Reprimanded After Writing ‘You Can’t Be A Democrat & Go To Heaven’ On Chalkboard

Teacher Reprimanded After Writing 'You Can't Be A Democrat & Go To Heaven' On Chalkboard
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Karen Baker, a Kentucky high school teacher, apologized to her class after being reprimanded by the school district for ... Read more

Conservatives Apply Faulty Regnerus Method To Other Same-Sex Parenting Studies

Conservatives Apply Faulty Regnerus Method To Other Same-Sex Parenting Studies
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Anti-gay activists have been championing Mark Regnerus' "family structures" study since its publication ... Read more

Watch: Self-Described Climate Skeptic Says She’s Changed By ‘Chasing Ice’ Documentary

Watch: Self-Described Climate Skeptic Says She's Changed By 'Chasing Ice' Documentary
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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This YouTube video of a self-described climate skeptic was posted earlier this week and picked up yesterday over at Take Part. ... Read more

Exclusive: Since Election Day, Big Oil Lobby Dropped $3 Million On Ads To Protect Its Tax Loopholes

Exclusive: Since Election Day, Big Oil Lobby Dropped $3 Million On Ads To Protect Its Tax Loopholes
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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On election night, polluter-backed candidates lost in some of the most expensive races targeted by polluters, despite outside ... Read more

response to the fb anti use of the word "holidays" picture going around.

response to the fb anti use of the word "holidays" picture going around.
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IAmA a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon and I wish the Arab world gets as little as 10% of the criticism Israel gets for treating Palestinians. AMA.

IAmA a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon and I wish the Arab world gets as little as 10% of the criticism Israel gets for treating Palestinians. AMA.
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WalMart earns record profits while supporting Republicans who want to slash their employees' food stamps

WalMart earns record profits while supporting Republicans who want to slash their employees' food stamps
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Huntsman: All GOP Wants To Talk About Is 'Starting Wars'

Huntsman: All GOP Wants To Talk About Is 'Starting Wars'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Jon Huntsman's run for president was widely anticipated but ultimately brief. The former Utah governor and ... Read more

Obamacare countdown: What is slated to happen over next year?

Obamacare countdown: What is slated to happen over next year?
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR | POLITICS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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The health-care reform law, aka Obamacare, is poised to enter a crucial 12 months that includes setting up state exchanges, ... Read more

Dance vs. PowerPoint, a modest proposal - John Bohannon

Florida GOP Admits to Suppressing Black, Democrat Voters

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Survey Shows Surprisingly Low Marks For U.S. In Core Area

Survey Shows Surprisingly Low Marks For U.S. In Core Area
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
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Access to justice is a core American value. But a new survey of the rule of law across the globe finds that the U.S. ranks... Read more

Disturbing Facts About Low-Wage Retail Workers

Disturbing Facts About Low-Wage Retail Workers
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012
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This Black Friday the lives of low-wage retail workers were thrust into the spot light as employees of a variety of stores weent to work on Thanksgivi... Read more

McConnell Rails Against Dem 'Bomb'

McConnell Rails Against Dem 'Bomb'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Democrats Tuesday of throwing a "bomb" into the ... Read more

Huntsman Weighs In On Harsh GOP Criticism

Huntsman Weighs In On Harsh GOP Criticism
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman on Monday urged lawmakers, including those in his own ... Read more

Article: Grayson: Walmart is ‘the largest recipient of public aid in the

Grayson: Walmart is 'the largest recipient of public aid in the country'
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/27/grayson-walmart-is-the-largest-recipient-of-public-aid-in-the-country/

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Rick Santorum Opposes Equal Rights Treaty For People With Disabilities

Rick Santorum Opposes Equal Rights Treaty For People With Disabilities
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012
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On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) read a letter from former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) imploring Senate Republicans to ... Read more

The Top 4 Whoppers Norquist Tells To Keep Republicans From Defecting

The Top 4 Whoppers Norquist Tells To Keep Republicans From Defecting
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012
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Grover Norquist has launched a wide-ranging media campaign to combat the perception that Republicans are abandoning his pledge ... Read more

GOP Senator: If Immigrants Want A Path To Citizenship, They Can Just Marry Americans

GOP Senator: If Immigrants Want A Path To Citizenship, They Can Just Marry Americans
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012
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Lawmakers from both parties have expressed new interest in comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship ... Read more

Accusations of voter suppression growing in Florida | wtsp.com

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/284293/250/Accusations-of-voter-suppression-grows

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

How Increasing Infrastructure Spending Provides A Major Boost To Our Economy

How Increasing Infrastructure Spending Provides A Major Boost To Our Economy
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
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The United States has a massive infrastructure deficit, with independent analysts finding that the country could need as much ... Read more

New Scientist Special Report: 7 Reasons Climate Change Is ‘Even Worse Than We Thought’

New Scientist Special Report: 7 Reasons Climate Change Is 'Even Worse Than We Thought'
THINKPROGRESS | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
http://tinyurl.com/d26e4ou

The NY Times isn't the only major publication going apocalyptic on climate change. New Scientist has a new dedicated ... Read more

Scientology is a made up religion

Scientology is a made up religion
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
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I moved to Ireland about three months ago, and have just now realized how creeped out non-Americans are by the Pledge of Allegiance. Reddit, is the Pledge a harmless affirmation of patriotism or a daily dosage of propaganda?

I moved to Ireland about three months ago, and have just now realized how creeped out non-Americans are by the Pledge of Allegiance. Reddit, is the Pledge a harmless affirmation of patriotism or a daily dosage of propaganda?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
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