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Richard Albert: Is America a Christian Nation?
Speaking from the heart of the Muslim world in Turkey's Cankaya Palace in April 2009, President Barack Obama answered the question with the nuance that...
Richard Albert
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Dodd Pushing FDIC Chair Sheila Bair To Run Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Sen. Christopher Dodd approached Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair in recent days to gauge whether she would be interested in running the new...
Wall Street Journal
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supports Elena Kagan's Willingness To Look To Foreign Law For Good Ideas
WASHINGTON mdash; Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says judges can look to foreign law for good ideas without diminishing their ability to apply U.S....
AP
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Jeff Danziger: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
Jeff Danziger
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Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [132] -- The DMV? Really?
Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention. But now, we turn...
Chris Weigant
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Obama Speaks About Rangel For First Time: 'He's Somebody Who's At The End Of His Career'
WASHINGTON mdash; President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can...
AP
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Judd Gregg Backs Elena Kagan, Fifth Republican To Do So
WASHINGTON mdash; Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says he plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The retiring senator from New...
AP
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Ben Nelson Opposes Elena Kagan, First Democrat To Do So
WASHINGTON mdash; Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson says he'll vote against confirming Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The Nebraskan's announcement in a statement posted...
AP
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Robin Templeton: Baby Baiting
The anti-immigrant right is capitalizing on a concept with old nativist roots that is lending new potency to the assault on Latino immigrants, demonizing babies as the weapon of choice for armies of "illegals."
Robin Templeton
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Oil Spill Legislation Passes House
WASHINGTON mdash; The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills...
AP
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Al Gore Sexual Harassment Charges DROPPED: Portland Authorities Won't Pursue Case
Portland authorities signaled on Friday that they will no longer continue to investigate charges made against former Vice President Al Gore stemming from allegations he...
The Huffington Post
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Josh Mull: I read in the paper that you don't care about Afghanistan
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan....
Josh Mull
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Jonathan Granoff: Countdown to Zero: A Compelling Film With a Critical Message
The film's core message is compelling, effectively presented and unambiguous: the only way to address the nuclear threat of nuclear weapons is through their elimination.
Jonathan Granoff
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HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 30TH, 2010
Even with the House frantically debating a series of last-minute, pre-recess bills, pols still delivered all the ridiculous stories we've come to expect on Fridays....
Eliot Nelson
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Political Ads Of The Week: July 30, 2010
The gloves came off in the political ad spectrum this week (that is, if they were ever on to begin with). Sharron Angle blamed Sen....
The Huffington Post
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Kenneth C. Davis: Memorials, "Mosques" and Burning Convents
The fear and loathing of faiths that supposedly threaten America's existence is nothing new. For centuries, Catholics, Jews, Mormons and other "foreign" religions have encountered disdain, discrimination and worse.
Kenneth C. Davis
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Jersey Shore-Themed Attack: RNC Says Obama Should Talk Economy, Not Snooki (VIDEO)
The Republican National Committee is taking aim at President Obama with a line of attack accusing the White House of spending a disproportionate amount of...
The Huffington Post
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Democratic Surge? Part II
Last week, I argued that a reported #8220;jump#8221; for Democrats in Gallup#8217;s weekly tracking of the national generic U.S. House ballot was most likely a...
Mark Blumenthal
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Rep. Edolphus Towns: MMS' Failure Will Continue Without Real Reform
The BP oil spill was just the latest chapter in a long history of regulatory and ethical failures at the Interior Department and the Minerals Management Service.
Rep. Edolphus Towns
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Anthony DePalma: It's Time To Clear the Air at Ground Zero
What has truly been lacking since 2001 is candor and a commitment to the truth fed by science and justice, not histrionics. It's time for the dust to finally be cleared from the air and to see the truth for what it is.
Anthony DePalma
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Quote:
"The only thing wrong with the democratic process is the failure to use it."
- Seymour Graubard
Did You Know?
From 1996 - 2005, for households earning more than $130,000, the cost of health coverage increased from 2.6 percent of total income to 3.3 percent. While households earning below $27,300, already paying an incredible 14 percent of total income for health coverage, saw their costs rise to 20 percent.
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
By The Way...
| 36 | have been accused of spousal abuse. | |
| 7 | have been arrested for fraud. | |
| 19 | have been accused of writing bad checks. | |
| 117 | have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses. | |
| 3 | have done time for assault. | |
| 71 | cannot get a credit card due to bad credit. | |
| 14 | have been arrested on drug-related charges. | |
| 8 | have been arrested for shoplifting. | |
| 21 | currently are defendants in lawsuits. | |
| 84 | have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year. | |
| NBA or NFL? | ||
| Neither. | ||
| It's the 535 members of the United States Congress! | ||
Barack Obama Accepts the Democratic Party Nomination
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