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Green News Report - July 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, Nrcc, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, France, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Green News, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Green News Report, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Will the climate change in the Senate over climate change legislation?; ExxonMobil pays up & pays out; Universal cell phone charger for the EU, but not for you!; Nuclear Power vs. Summer...

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Dear Sen. Franken: The Terrorists (and Fox News) Win If You Stop Making Jokes

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Fox News, Seinfeld, U.S. Senate, Minnesota Senate Race, Kurt Vonnegut, Al Franken, Politics News
Ariel Gonzalez

Throughout your campaign and its aftermath, you went out of your way to not be funny -- please free your sense of humor from whatever black site it's been languishing in for the last two years.

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Jason Linkins

Is The Recession Over Now That Gonzo Has A Job (No.) (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Mark Knoller, U.S. Senate, Alberto Gonzales, Ana Marie Cox, Twitter, Nico Pitney, Media Criticism, Senate Armed Services Committee, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo, Media News

What a frabjous day for former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who have finally surmounted what seemed to be his most insurmountable object --...

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Jason Linkins

NRSC Distorts Franken Video To Make New Senator Look Angry (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Campaign Ads, Al Franken, Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senate, Politics News

[UPDATED, below.] The GOP is running this ad online, lamenting the fact that the Democrats now have the sixtieth Senate vote in the form of Al Franke...

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"That's Me, Al Franken"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Senate, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno, Minnesota Supreme Court, Norm Coleman, Andy Samberg, Al Franken, Borat, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Justin Timberlake, Democratic Party, Johnny Knoxville, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Will Andy Samberg be the first politician to run for U.S. Senator armed with an array of provocative digital shorts starring him and Justin Timberlake?

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Student Loan Forgiveness Initiative Gaining Momentum?

Jon Chattman | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Website, Gm, Grassroots, Economy, Middle Class, Stimulating the Economy, Obama, Democracy, Robert Applebaum, Student Loans, Facebook, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Town Hall, Blog, College, Student Loan Forgiveness, Councilman, Politics News
Jon Chattman

With the lack of jobs for new graduates, as well as older borrowers, there is a looming student loan bubble about to burst.

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Jason Linkins

Help NPR Identify The Health Care Lobbyists!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Public Radio, U.S. Senate, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Health-Care-Lobbies, Health Care, Barack Obama, Lobbyist, Transparency, Politics News

If you happened to watch ABC News' prime time show, "Let's Talk About Health Care Reform With The President," you might remember the moment right at t...

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Introducing the Concept of Choice Into Our Health Care System

Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Congress, Public Plan Option, Health Care, Public Plan, Politics News
Sen. Robert Menendez

Choice in health care isn't just about allowing families to shop around. It's about making health care better through real competition for your business.

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America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 05.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles River, Waterways, Lisa Jackson, Congress, Lamar Alexander, George Voinovich, Dianne Feinstein, Clean Water Restoration Act, Amy Klobuchar, Streams, New York City, Rivers, Clean Water Act, U.S. Senate, Kansas, Commerce Clause, Supreme Court, Clean Water, Max Baucus, Wetlands, Drinking Water, Rapanos, Green News
Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.

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Specter Switch: Another "Win" for the Grand Old Purity!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, Gop, U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter Democrat, Bill Kristol, Lindsay Graham, Olympia Snowe, Republican Purity, Club for Growth, Pat Toomey, Republicans, William Kristol, Republican Moderates, Chris Chocola, Micahel Reagan, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Pure like ice. Pure like fire. That's the way they wanted it. That's the way they'd have it, and they'd leave no tone unspurned. Only true believer...

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Specter: "Now I Can Say It: What a Bunch of F*cking A**holes!"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Arlen Specter, U.S. Senate, Andy Borowitz, Mitch McConnell, Diane Feinstein, Eric Cantor, Specter Press Conference, Andy Borowitz Specter, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"This is something I've wanted to say for years: is there a bigger dick on this planet than Mitch McConnell?" he said. "I know he thinks he's doing his job, but please, what a turd."

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Separated at Birth

Jim Lichtman | Posted 04.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Corruption, U.S. Senate, Dr. Phil, Rod Blagojevich, President Barack Obama, Ethics, Get Me Out of Here!, I’m a Celebrity, Nadya Suleman, Nbc, People Magazine, Jeff Czech, Blago, Octomom, Home News
Jim Lichtman

What do octuplets' mom Nadya Suleman and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have in common? They both share a desperate/obsessive need for dram...

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Reporters, Cigarettes and a U.S. Senator

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Philip Morris, Cigarettes, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten-Rutnik, Media News
Christopher Brauchli

What the NY Times discovered was that Ms. Gillibrand represented, zealously, a tobacco company. Their case is overwhelming. The Senator is not qualified to hold public office.

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Congress on Climate: A Zig, A Zag, and Then a Zig, Sort Of

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Senate, Climate Legislation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, U.S. House, Climate Bill, Green News
Bill Chameides

Dr. Bill Chameides is the dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He blogs regu...

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Calling For US Leadership To Fight Global Health Crises

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 04.01.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama, g20, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Global Health, John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Foreign Aid, Pepfar, U.S. Senate, Africa, Advocacy, G-20 Summit, G-20, World News
Jirair Ratevosian

The global economic crisis makes foreign assistance an even greater priority when you consider the impact it has on the health of the poor and most marginalized.

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We Are So Angry That We've Lost Our Minds

Larry Gellman | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, U.S. Economy, Congress, Stock Market, Race Riots, Aig Bonuses, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Aig, Barack Obama, Goldman Sachs, Senate, U.S. Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Morgan Stanley, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Bonuses, Business News
Larry Gellman

President Obama says we should stay angry but express our outrage in productive ways. I say we should get rid of the anger altogether.

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Blue Dog Democrats and Republican Triangulation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Gop, Mitch McConnell, Ann Coulter, Progressives, Afghanistan Occupation, Employee Free Choice Act, Conservatism, Obama Administration, Democratic Party, Economic Meltdown, Blue Doggery, Meghan McCain, U.S. Senate, Bush Doctrine, Triangulation, Laissez-Faire, Progressive Democrats, Grover Norquist, Capitalism, Republican Party, Blue Dog Democrats, Corporate Governance, Bretton Woods Accords, Evan Bayh, John McCain, North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Iraq Occupation, Congress, Efca, Triangulate, Blanche Lincoln, Blue Dogs, Republicans, Free Market, Alan Greenspan, William Kristol, Senate, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

We must not allow the Blue Dogs to slow down President Obama's momentum or water down the sweeping reforms the nation needs in these trying economic times.

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"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institute for America’s Future, Gop, Usw, Mortgage Delinquency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Demos, Michael P. Brown, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Credit Default Swap, American Conservative Union, Hurricane Katrina, Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Olympia Snowe, Carl Rove, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, United Steelworkers, Economic Policy Institute, Barack Obama, American Prospect, James Lee Witt, Susan Collins, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wall Street, U.S. House, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, New York Times, Thinking Big Thinking Forward, Forclosure, Americans for Tax Reform, Stimulus Package, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

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Arne Duncan -- Get in the Game

Dennis Danziger | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hoops, Australia, Scholar-Athlete, R Kelly, Chicago Public Schools, Secretary of Education, Nba, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Public School, Ncaa, Academic All-American, Obama Administration, Basketball, Harvard U., Capital City Public Charter School, Bill Bradley, U.S. Senate, Lebron, Afghanistan, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

Duncan has the right stuff to make huge and positive changes in the lives of our public school children. He did it in Chicago and I want him to repeat those successes across our nation.

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Now We'll Know if Caroline Kennedy Is Serious About Serving

James Boyce | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Patterson, Hillary Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
James Boyce

A free ticket to the U.S. Senate should be given only to someone who is willing to earn it under a different circumstance, and I assure you, Senator Gillibrand is that sort of person.

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Kennedy Found Out that Politics is for Politicians

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Senate, New York, Caroline Kennedy, Democrats, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A bruised Kennedy did the right thing, the only thing that she could do when her head bumped against the realities of political life, she dropped out before she was dumped.

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$825 Billion... With Band-Aids For Health Care?

Pia Sawhney | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Politics, U.S. Senate, Senate, Obama Transition Team, Health, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Senate Democrats, Health Care, Barack Obama, Economy, Obama, Recession, Recession Fears, Politics News
Pia Sawhney

When all companies find that the cost of healthcare is bogging them down, this would be the area to fix in an economic stimulus. Will healthcare be the greatest failure of the new administration?

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Blagojevich 2.0

Lloyd Garver | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy, Blagojevich, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Chicago Governor, Illinois Governor, Gov. Blagojevich, Friends of Blagojevich, U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Obama, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Blagojevich Complaint, Governor Arrested, Blagojevich Indictment, Blagojevich Arrested, Roland Burris, Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

What Blagojevich did is so shocking that it could make "Lincoln turn over in his grave." But Caroline getting the seat because of her zillion-dollar fund raising ability wouldn't do the same?

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She's No Kennedy

Michael Wolff | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edward Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Kennedys, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Michael Wolff

Caroline Kennedy is a woman. Some of the most oppressed people on earth are women named Kennedy. Ergo, appointing Caroline to the US Senate is striking a blow for women and humankind.

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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Ellen Alderman, Otis Pike, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joseph P. Kennedy, Hempstead, Greenwich Village, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Harvard, Eugene McCarthy, Ronald Reagan. Adlai StevensonRobert Kennedy, Ed McCormack, James Buckley, Kenneth Keating Sam Stratton, Alfonse D'Amato, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Roosevelts, Adamses, U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Martin Nolan

The Empire State is a triumvirate uniting the House of Clinton, the House of Cuomo and the House of Paterson. Would reviving the Kennedy dynasty disturb this delicate ecological balance?

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