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DHS Nominee Philip Mudd Drops Out Over Ties To CIA Interrogation Tactics

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's pick for intelligence chief at the Homeland Security Department withdrew from consideration Friday amid qu...

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Fox Nation: The Seedy Underbelly of Rupert Murdoch's Evil Empire?

Karl Frisch | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

In the two months that followed the website's launch, The Fox Nation has displayed an uncanny ability to mislead readers, twist the truth, spread wild conspiracy theories, and misrepresent the reporting of legitimate journalists.

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George Tiller Murder Prompts Second Look At Scandalized DHS Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, George Tiller, Domestic Terrorists, George Tiller Killed, Janet Napolitano, George Tiller Murder, Domestic Terrorism, Politics News

In the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, The Plum Line's Greg Sargent is making a lot of sense: You may recall the enormous controversy that e...

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What's FISHY? -- PawLENTY!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota-Governor-Tim-Pawlenty, Department of Homeland Security, Tim Pawlenty, Pirates, Minnesota, No-New-Taxes, Domestic Extremism Lexicon, Homeland Security, Minnesota Fishing Opener, Politics News

Governor PawLENTY's been stealing from the poor to give to the wealthy! He must still think his "no new taxes" piracy is the surefire, cutthroat way to the GOP presidency.

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Where's the (Fake) Conservative Outrage on This Threat Assessment?

John Ridley | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Homegrown Terrorists, Homeland Security, Politics News

If conservatives are so sensitive to "shoddy" threat assessments, where's the (fake) outrage over Virginia's recently leaked report that the state's historically black colleges form a "radicalization node" for extremists?

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The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

GOP obstruction is literally interfering with the functioning of the Federal government during a time of crisis.

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Long Beach Grand Prix - IndyCar combines for good race, few fans

Steve Parker | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

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Dario Franchitti dedicated his victory to his wife, Ashley Judd, whose 41st birthday they celebrated together at Long Beach - kind of a boring proposi...

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Homeland Security Dept. Seeking Computer Hackers To Help Secure Federal Systems

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.19.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Wanted: Computer hackers. Federal authorities aren't looking to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation's networks....

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Vfw, Rush Limbaugh, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John Boehner, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Votevets, American Legion, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Veterans, Extremism, Politics News

I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.

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Rep. Peter King: DHS Should Be Targeting Mosques

Think Progress | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report requested by the Bush administration that warned of the rising threat of right...

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DHS Report On Right-Wing Requested By Bush Administration

Think Progress | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday, a Department of Homeland Security report about the rising radicalization of "rightwing extremists" was leaked. The right wing was immediate...

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City Building Backup Emergency Call Center At O'Hare Airport

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.03.2009 | Chicago

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Amid cloak-and-dagger secrecy, the Daley administration is building a backup 911 center at O'Hare Airport to handle emergency calls if a terrorist att...

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21st Century Bull Connor: Shameless Intransigence

Bertha Lewis | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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Thousands of immigrant families are living in terror under Sheriff Arpaio's reign. We can't let his racist policing continue.

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Blowing Things Up: In Praise of a Pyrotechnical Education

Dan Dubno | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Competitiveness, Research, Homeland Security, Science, Barack Obama, Explosion, Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Education, Office of Naval Research, Dan Dubno, Obama Budget, Dean Kamen, Robotics, FIRST Robotics National Championship, Bombing, Darpa, China, Business News

I'm not suggesting we raise a nation of pyromaniacs. But youthful experimentation is a prerequisite to innovation, to giving kids "license to think outside the box."

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USA Today Needs to Check Its Facts: The Priority is the Economy

Kety Esquivel | Posted 04.11.2009 | Home

Catherine Singley, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Earlier this week, our friends at the Immigration...

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Happy DLSTD To You!

C. Brian Smith | Posted 04.07.2009 | Comedy

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My favorite holiday is Daylight Savings Time Day. Nothing unites a country more than three hundred million of its citizens simultaneously asking "What fucking time is it?!"

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Mexican Gov Denounces "Toughest Sheriff in America" TV Reality Star -- Sheriff Invites Critics to Investigate Personally

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Toughest Sherrif in the World, Joe Arpaio, Maricopa Sheriff, Immigration, 287(G), U.S. Attorney, Tent City Jail, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sheriff Arpaio, Eric Holder, Mexico, Politics News

Sheriff Arpaio is as controversial as he is popular, oscillating between a conservative media darling (even landing his own reality TV show) and a liberal media pariah.

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Lawmakers, Activists Demand New Investigation of Toughest Sheriff in America

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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Lawmakers, union leaders, human rights groups, Democratic Party leaders, and celebrities are taking on the "Toughest Sheriff in America" for policies that they say encourage racial profilin and civil rights violations.

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U.S. Protests Expulsions Of Diplomats From Ecuador

CNN | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

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The State Department called the expulsion of the second U.S. diplomat from Ecuador in just over a week "unjustified," rejecting charges the diplomats ...

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Chevron's Oil - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Alaskan Sea.

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Chevron, Oil Spill, Big Oil, Department of Homeland Security, Exxon Mobil, Politics News

Ask yourself why the State of Alaska is not defending your right to know how much oil Chevron has at the base of a volcano that's about to erupt.

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Applying the "Obama Model" for Homeland Security

Arnold Bogis | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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To improve homeland security, the administration must reach out to citizens and provide real education about the threats they face.

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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Wants "Criminal Aliens" Out Of US

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — If you're a criminal and you're not entitled to be in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants you out...

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Dammit, Janet! Napolitano's Ascent to Homeland Security Could Leave Arizona High and Dry

Randall Amster | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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By most accounts, Jane Napolitano's been a competent and capable governor, which is something of a rarity in the annals of Arizona.

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It's Not Hillary, It's the Policy Stupid!

Tom Andrews | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Obama should declare that seeking regime change in Iran is no longer the policy of the U.S. and initiate diplomatic contacts with the Iranian government immediately without preconditions.

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