We're telling today's 20-somethings that they should pay through the nose for college, keep paying taxes for our retirements, and when it comes time for you to retire your benefits are going to be cut. So sorry. And all this despite the fact that the country is richer than it was 50 years ago.

We're telling today's 20-somethings that they should pay through the nose for college, keep paying taxes for our retirements, and when it comes time for you to retire your benefits are going to be cut. So sorry. And all this despite the fact that the country is richer than it was 50 years ago.
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Ken Emanuelson, Texas Tea Party Activist, Calls GOP Black Voter Comments 'A Mistake'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/ken-emanuelson-tea-party-_n_3386884.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

An atheist Rep. in Arizona had his turn to give opening prayer, praised "extraordinary experience of being alive" and "improving the lives of the people of our state." Christian lawmaker is offended, holds a re-do prayer, says atheist should not have spoken.

An atheist Rep. in Arizona had his turn to give opening prayer, praised "extraordinary experience of being alive" and "improving the lives of the people of our state." Christian lawmaker is offended, holds a re-do prayer, says atheist should not have spoken.
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These Doonesbury cartoons led to "outrage" by religious groups and were pulled by some newspapers, so they must have hit a nerve

These Doonesbury cartoons led to "outrage" by religious groups and were pulled by some newspapers, so they must have hit a nerve
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Groundbreaking New Report Examines ‘The Broken Bargain’ LGBT Workers Experience

Groundbreaking New Report Examines 'The Broken Bargain' LGBT Workers Experience
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 5, 2013
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Preston Mitchum is a policy analyst for LGBT Progress. Yesterday, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), the Center for ... Read more

Federal Panel Lays Out The Gun Facts The NRA Has Suppressed

Federal Panel Lays Out The Gun Facts The NRA Has Suppressed
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If Congress will lift the National Rifle Association (NRA)-funded ban on federal funding for gun research, there's a ... Read more

Obamacare Critics Have Outspent Its Supporters On Ads By A Five To One Margin

Obamacare Critics Have Outspent Its Supporters On Ads By A Five To One Margin
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 5, 2013
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A new analysis of advertisements about Obamacare aired since 2010 finds that the health law's critics have spent a ... Read more

Nation's drinking water system needs $384B upgrade

Nation's drinking water system needs $384B upgrade
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Christian calls Atheist talk show and tries to convince them to convert

Student Loans Are Set Up to Screw Students - We need to fix the system now, argue two op-ed writers

http://www.newser.com/story/169057/student-loans-are-set-up-to-screw-students.html

Energy Drinks' Secret Ingredients Don't Work - It's just caffeine, study concludes

http://www.newser.com/story/169044/energy-drinks-secret-ingredients-dont-work.html

Fight Human Trafficking: "You could be next." (DHS)

A world-wide epidemic -- even in the U.S.

PSA:  http://www.dhs.gov/video/out-shadows-psa-60-seconds 
Training:  http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/training/dhs_awareness_training_fy12/launchPage.htm

Indicators:  http://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/indicators-human-trafficking

New Study Confirms Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate Will Reduce Abortion Rate

New Study Confirms Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate Will Reduce Abortion Rate
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Alabama Bankruptcy Deal Calls Attention To Wall Street Abuses

Alabama Bankruptcy Deal Calls Attention To Wall Street Abuses
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An agreement to resolve the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history awaits a judge's approval after officials in Jefferson ... Read more

Thanks To Obamacare, Major Insurers Have To Give Back $36 Million To California Small Businesses

Thanks To Obamacare, Major Insurers Have To Give Back $36 Million To California Small Businesses
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 5, 2013
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On Tuesday, Golden State small businesses and their employees got some great news: two of the state's largest insurers ... Read more

Congressman Unhinged On House Floor: Calls Obama An Incompetent, Vengeful Liar With No Moral Compass

Congressman Unhinged On House Floor: Calls Obama An Incompetent, Vengeful Liar With No Moral Compass
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 5, 2013
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A Republican Congressman derided President Obama as a vengeful liar who lacks the "moral compass" during a scathing ... Read more

Immigration Reform

Sen. Lautenberg speaking out against David Barton - April 6, 2005

God Saved Boehner From Coup, Say Conservative Reps

Obama Bench Slaps The Republicans

New York to LA in 45 minutes.

New York to LA in 45 minutes.
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TIL that in the early '80s the CIA helped facilitate the widespread sale of cocaine in poor L.A. neighborhoods to help finance the covert war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. The journalist who revealed this later killed himself after a smear campaign.

TIL that in the early '80s the CIA helped facilitate the widespread sale of cocaine in poor L.A. neighborhoods to help finance the covert war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. The journalist who revealed this later killed himself after a smear campaign.
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re IRS: "I’d like to remind everyone what we are talking about here. None of your organizations were kept from organizing or silenced. We are talking about whether or not the American taxpayers would subsidize your work. We are talking about a tax break."

"I'd like to remind everyone what we are talking about here. None of your organizations were kept from organizing or silenced. We are talking about whether or not the American taxpayers would subsidize your work. We are talking about a tax break."
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Pentagon Has No Idea What 108,000 Contractors Are Doing In Afghanistan

Pentagon Has No Idea What 108,000 Contractors Are Doing In Afghanistan
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Rapper Macklemore: "...I'm one of the voices united for separation of church and state."

Rapper Macklemore: "All families deserve respect. All parents deserve support whether they're gay or straight. I want a gov't that doesn't discriminate, a gov't that doesn't use religion to define what makes a family. That's why I'm one of the voices united for separation of church and state."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders today introduced legislation that would ban bankers from sitting on the boards of directors for 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks that regulate the financial industry.

Sen. Bernie Sanders today introduced legislation that would ban bankers from sitting on the boards of directors for 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks that regulate the financial industry.
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Mitch McConnell Blames Dems For 'Culture Of Intimidation'

Mitch McConnell Blames Dems For 'Culture Of Intimidation'
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have come up with lots of reasons for not wanting to advance President Barack Obama's ... Read more

GOP Stomps On Group's Grave Again

GOP Stomps On Group's Grave Again
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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject ... Read more

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GOP Report Warns Of Party's Apocalypse With Young Voters

GOP Report Warns Of Party's Apocalypse With Young Voters
TPMDC | JUNE 3, 2013
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The Republican Party's troubles with young voters are well known. But a new internal report virtually elevates the threat level ... Read more

Rubio Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Obamacare Mandate

Rubio Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Obamacare Mandate
TPMDC | JUNE 4, 2013
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment aimed at invalidating the individual mandate to buy ... Read more

Bloomberg's Gun Group Takes Out $400,000 Ad Buy Against Kelly Ayotte

Bloomberg's Gun Group Takes Out $400,000 Ad Buy Against Kelly Ayotte
TPMDC | JUNE 4, 2013
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Michael Bloomberg's gun control group is waging a new front in its war against Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), this time launching a ... Read more

Rep. Blumenauer To NOM: Opposing Marriage Equality Is Not ‘Social Welfare’

Rep. Blumenauer To NOM: Opposing Marriage Equality Is Not 'Social Welfare'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Several conservative groups testified Tuesday before the House Ways and Means Committee about their mistreatment by the IRS. ... Read more

Corporate America’s Latest Push To Lower Its Taxes Runs Afoul Of New Data

Corporate America's Latest Push To Lower Its Taxes Runs Afoul Of New Data
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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A new coalition of 42 U.S. business leaders launched Tuesday to promote lowering corporate tax rates, the same day that ... Read more

Showdown In South Carolina Senate Could Rob Thousands Of Their Health Insurance

Showdown In South Carolina Senate Could Rob Thousands Of Their Health Insurance
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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A South Carolina bill intended to stick a finger in the eye of Obamacare is riddled with unconstitutional provisions that are ... Read more

How Obamacare Will Help Give Entrepreneurs More Freedom To Pursue Their Dreams

How Obamacare Will Help Give Entrepreneurs More Freedom To Pursue Their Dreams
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Since the majority of Americans receive health insurance through their employers, Obamacare mostly benefits the uninsured. But ... Read more

GOP Senator Suggests Porn Is To Blame For Military Sexual Assaults

GOP Senator Suggests Porn Is To Blame For Military Sexual Assaults
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) detoured from a line of questioning about sexual assault in the military to raise the possible ... Read more

UK Climate Minister Slams Media And ‘Blinkered’ Deniers: ‘It’s The Science, Stupid’

UK Climate Minister Slams Media And 'Blinkered' Deniers: 'It's The Science, Stupid'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Edward Davey is the UK's Secretary of State for Energy & Climate. On Monday he gave a blistering speech at a Met ... Read more

Republican Attacks Measure To Prevent Taxpayer Bailouts

Republican Attacks Measure To Prevent Taxpayer Bailouts
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On Monday, a regulatory body created by the Dodd-Frank reforms of 2010 named the first set of non-bank financial companies that ... Read more

A Catholic-school teacher who was fired after she became pregnant through artificial insemination won her anti-discrimination lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati yesterday and was awarded more than $170,000.

A Catholic-school teacher who was fired after she became pregnant through artificial insemination won her anti-discrimination lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati yesterday and was awarded more than $170,000.
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TIL that tribes in the Amazon are using technology like GPS and Google Earth to map their lands, monitor for illegal logging and mining, and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions including knowledge of medicinal plants

TIL that tribes in the Amazon are using technology like GPS and Google Earth to map their lands, monitor for illegal logging and mining, and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions including knowledge of medicinal plants
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STUDY: States Refusing To Expand Medicaid Will Lose Out On More Than $8 Billion

STUDY: States Refusing To Expand Medicaid Will Lose Out On More Than $8 Billion
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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The GOP-controlled states who continue to resist expanding their Medicaid programs under Obamacare are making a short-sighted ... Read more

Republican Governor Expands Preschool In Michigan

Republican Governor Expands Preschool In Michigan
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's (R) 2013 budget request for an additional $65 million in spending on preschool, a 60 percent ... Read more

June 4 News: What Keystone? Enbridge Builds And Expands Existing Tar Sands Pipeline Network

June 4 News: What Keystone? Enbridge Builds And Expands Existing Tar Sands Pipeline Network
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Enbridge is quietly building a network of pipelines from Canada to the United States while attention is focused on TransCanada ... Read more

Bush Administration Appointees Also Used ‘Secret E-mail Addresses’

Bush Administration Appointees Also Used 'Secret E-mail Addresses'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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The Associated Press reported Tuesday that some Obama administration officials utilize non-publicly listed e-mail addresses in ... Read more

Three Out Of Four Kids In Chicago’s School-To-Prison Pipeline Are Black

Three Out Of Four Kids In Chicago's School-To-Prison Pipeline Are Black
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Last year, 75 percent of the students arrested in Chicago's public schools were black, according to new research ... Read more

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Fox Business Network Refuses To Run Ad Criticizing Contributors Who Said Men Should Be ‘Dominant’

Fox Business Network Refuses To Run Ad Criticizing Contributors Who Said Men Should Be 'Dominant'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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Fox Business Network is refusing to run an advertisement that attacks three of the channel's contributors for their ... Read more

Sebelius Smacks Down GOP Efforts To Turn Obamacare Implementation Into A Scandal

Sebelius Smacks Down GOP Efforts To Turn Obamacare Implementation Into A Scandal
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 4, 2013
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On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius fired back at Republican lawmakers who accused her of ... Read more

Obama Cracks Down on Patent Trolls - He'll issue executive order to try to curb abuses

http://www.newser.com/story/168969/obama-cracks-down-on-patent-trolls.html

Discussion of: GOP Reps: God Told Us to Keep Boehner as Speaker - He narrowly survived January vote after caucus members prayed over it

http://www.newser.com/story/comments/168971/gop-reps-god-told-us-to-keep-boehner-as-speaker.html

El Salvador Woman Denied Abortion Has C-Section - Baby dies as docs move to save mom

http://www.newser.com/story/168964/el-salvador-woman-denied-abortion-has-c-section.html

Republican Hearings Backfire As IRS Testifies That More Groups Need To Be Investigated

Republican Hearings Backfire As IRS Testifies That More Groups Need To Be Investigated
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The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain - Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Why We Shouldn't Panic Over the Medicare Report Headlines

Tea Partier: "Shoot" Senator Who Wants Immigration Reform

Why Fox News' Anti-Obama Strategy is Failing

Medical Bills Survey Reveals One-Fifth of American Families Face Burdensome Health Care Costs

Medical Bills Survey Reveals One-Fifth of American Families Face Burdensome Health Care Costs
BUSINESS NEWS ON HUFFINGTON POST | JUNE 4, 2013
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More than 1 in 5 Americans under age 65 had problems paying medical bills in 2011, and the burden disproportionately fell on the poor, the uninsured a... Read more

ALL PAIN, NO GAIN

ALL PAIN, NO GAIN
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States that refuse to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law not only will deny health ... Read more

Doxycycline, a boring antibiotic used to treat STDs and Lyme, has just gone from $20 to $3,000 due to shortages.

Doxycycline, a boring antibiotic used to treat STDs and Lyme, has just gone from $20 to $3,000 due to shortages.
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fake abortion clinics, thousands of them, to mentally abuse women

fake abortion clinics, thousands of them, to mentally abuse women
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Taylor Swift's Cool New Song

Parody:

GOP Rejiggers Obamacare Bill After Conservative Revolt

GOP Rejiggers Obamacare Bill After Conservative Revolt
TPMDC | JUNE 3, 2013
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House Republican leaders have refashioned legislation aimed at improving the party's credibility on the issue of preexisting ... Read more

California To Wal-Mart: Enough! No More Taxpayer Subsidized Profits For You

California To Wal-Mart: Enough! No More Taxpayer Subsidized Profits For You
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Domestic Violence Shelters Warn That Sequestration Has Put Women’s Lives On The Line

Domestic Violence Shelters Warn That Sequestration Has Put Women's Lives On The Line
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 3, 2013
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Sequestration, the automatic across-the-board spending cuts that went into effect in March, by design cuts a wide array of ... Read more

Doctors Warn That National Drug Shortages Are Threatening Cancer Patients’ Lives

Doctors Warn That National Drug Shortages Are Threatening Cancer Patients' Lives
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 3, 2013
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Millions of Americans battling cancer are facing obstacles to recovery that have nothing to do with the disease's toll on ... Read more

POLL: Most Americans Support Physician-Assisted Suicide When It’s Not Described As ‘Suicide’

POLL: Most Americans Support Physician-Assisted Suicide When It's Not Described As 'Suicide'
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 3, 2013
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Kumar Ramanathan is an intern at ThinkProgress. A new poll from Gallup shows that Americans' support for ... Read more

Report: How GOP lost young voters - Katie Glueck - POLITICO.com

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/gop-youth-vote-report-92119.html#.UavYH7v8x9s.reddit?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Richard Dawkins Debates Flying Horses with Muslim Journalist

Wal-Mart Relies On Taxpayers To Subsidize Low Wages

Wal-Mart Relies On Taxpayers To Subsidize Low Wages
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The price of Medicine in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world. NYT

The price of Medicine in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world. NYT
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What Then Must We Do? -- "The United States now ranks lowest or close to lowest among advanced 'affluent' nations in connection with inequality (21st out of 21), poverty (21st out of 21), life expectancy (21st out of 21), infant mortality (21st out of 21), mental health (18th out of 20)..."

What Then Must We Do? -- "The United States now ranks lowest or close to lowest among advanced 'affluent' nations in connection with inequality (21st out of 21), poverty (21st out of 21), life expectancy (21st out of 21), infant mortality (21st out of 21), mental health (18th out of 20)..."
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Qing-Bin Lu Revives Long-Debunked Claims About Cosmic Rays And CFCs

Qing-Bin Lu Revives Long-Debunked Claims About Cosmic Rays And CFCs
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 2, 2013
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A (new) paper by Qing-Bin Lu in the International Journal of Modern Physics B is gaining attention for asserting that ... Read more

CNN Host Corners Darrell Issa Over Claim That Obama Conspired To Target Tea Party

CNN Host Corners Darrell Issa Over Claim That Obama Conspired To Target Tea Party
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 2, 2013
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) claimed on Sunday that political officials in the Obama administration ... Read more

Get a lazy co-worker to pick up the slack

Get a lazy co-worker to pick up the slack
CNN MONEY | JUNE 1, 2013
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Are we at risk of another banking crisis?

Are we at risk of another banking crisis?
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The Amazing Atheist Meets William Lane Craig on CNN