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Mickey Becomes a Rat And We All Like It: Why Are Our Heroes All Dark?

Lennard Davis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Television, Don Draper, House, Damages, Larry David, Mickey Mouse, Leave It to Beaver, Mickey Mouse Video Game, Ozzie and Harriet, Walt Disney, Epic Mickey, Entertainment News

What's happened to Mickey? I read today that Disney is about to launch a new Mickey video game in which our hero's sunny personality is going dark side.

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WSJ: AIG CEO Robert Benmosche Ready To Quit Over Pay Constraints

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner, Regulation, Credit Default Swaps, Obama, White House, Bailout, Insurance, Treasury, Benmosche, Wall Street, Robert Benmosche, New York, AIG Bailout, House, Kenneth Feinberg, Financial Reform, Aig, Metlife, Capitalism, Tim Geithner, Financial Regulation, Executive Compensation, Liddy, Barack Obama, Banks, Socialism, Bonuses, Ken Feinberg, Executive Pay, Edward Liddy, Senate, Business News

NEW YORK — After just three months as head of battered insurer American International Group, Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post a...

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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, Gop, Social Justice, Communion, Catholic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Lobbyists, Obama, American Catholics, Bishops, John Kerry, White House, Universal Health Care, Vatican, Health Care, Abortion, Church, Poverty, Public Option, Lobbying, Catholic, Democrats, House, Catholics, Religion, Senate, Catholic Church, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Health Bill, Anti-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...

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Bill Clinton To Speak To Democratic Senators About Health Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Gop, House Health Bill, Clinton, Democrats, House, Senate, Lieberman, Democratic Caucus, White House, Vote, Bill Clinton, Health Care Reform, Stupak Amendment, Senate Health Bill, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling sk...

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Proposals In House Would Curb 'Too Big To Fail' Banks, Firms

Wall Street Journal | DAMIAN PALETTA and MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fed, Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Sec, Larry Summers, Too Big to Ail, Lobbying, Bank of America, Lobbyists, Chase, Paulson, Economy, Metlife, Regulation, JP Morgan, Obama, Democrats, Prudential, Recession, Barney Frank, House, Senate, House Financial Services Committee, Henry Paulson, White House, Treasury, Hank Paulson, Kanjorski, JP Morgan Chase, Republicans, Politics News

Democrats are advancing proposals in Congress designed to limit the size and complexity of financial companies so that any collapse wouldn't damage th...

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Barney Frank: POT BUST Took Place With Congressman Present

Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Medical Marijuana, Pot Bust, Marijuana Laws, Pot, Pot Arrest, Pot Possession, Maine, House, James Ready, Qgunquite, Massachusetts, Barney Frank Pot, Barney Frank Pot Bust, Barney Frank Marijuana, Politics News

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...

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See HuffPost's Front Pages From Election Day 2008

Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Home Page, Election Day November 2009, House, Obama's Election, Off Year Elections, Election Day, Archives, Congress, Election Day 2009, Front Page, Senate, Hillary Clinton, Media News

Browse the front pages from last year's races by clicking on a front page from any given day, then slide the hour to see how the page changed througho...

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David Plouffe's Today Show Interview: Weighs In On 2009 Elections, Obama's Job Performance (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Barack Obama, David Plouffe, Palin, Audacity to Win, House, Change, Pawlenty, Plouffe, Obama's Popularity, Gop, Election 2009, Republicans, One Year Later, Politics News

Tuesday's elections are local races -- not measures of President Obama's ability to deliver or a referendum on the president's popularity, according t...

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GOP Health Care Bill WON'T Prevent Insurance Companies From Denying Sick People

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan woul...

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Harry Reid Reassures Democrats That Joe Lieberman Is On Board With Health Care Bill

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Harry Reid, Insurance Industry, House, Vote, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Gop, Joe Lieberman, Reid, Health Care Legislation, Health Care, Chairmanship, Republicans, Politics News

Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthcare reform, accor...

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Health Care's Next Big Fight: Tax the Rich or Slam Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Excise Taxes, So-Called-Cadillac-Plans, Obama, House, Unions, Senate, Lieberman, Politics News

Neither the House nor Senate versions of the health care bill could offer the extensive, affordable coverage that reformers are hoping for or that Democrats have been promoting.

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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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Media's Credibility (Not Public Option) Is What Is Dead

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Democrat, Committee, Public Option, House, Msm, Congress, Reform, Media, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Democratic, Baucus, Chris Weigant, Health, Public Option Is Dead, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Health Care, Senate, Healthcare, Reid, Bill, Media News

The media has been pushing the "public option is dead" theme for so long, it's no wonder they're so astonished by yesterday's news that a public option will be included in the Senate bill.

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"Too Big To Fail" Legislation Is On The Way

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Saks, Congress, Economy, Bailouts, Obama, Too Big to Fail Bill, Legislation, Ben Bernanke, Aig, White House, Bailout, Federal Reserve, Lehman Brothers, Bofa, Treasury, Gop, Consumer Protection Agency, Financial Crisis, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Citigroup, Bank of America, Derivatives, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Democrats, Recession, Barney Frank, House, House Financial Services Committee, Senate, Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Politics News

A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials, Representative Barney Frank, th...

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Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as p...

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Senator, Obama, Reform, Democratic Party, Telephone, Pelosi, Call to Action, Switchboards, 2010, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Re-Elected, Reid, House, Contact, Congressmen, Democrat, Congress, Call, Democrats, Representative, Organizing for America, Barack Obama, Election, Pick Up the Phone, Congressman, Elections, Self Interest, Chris Weigant, Phone, Health, Hcr, Blue Dogs, Harry Reid, Healthcare Reform, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Why Majority Support Does Not Guarantee Health Reform (and Why This Isn't All Bad)

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Public Fears, House, Health, Public Opinion, Congress, Health Care, Health Reform, Obama Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Senate, Public Option, Barack Obama, Politics News

A full defense of the public option requires moving beyond the basic arguments for reform. It requires reform proponents to take seriously the fears of opponents, even if they make up only a minority of the American public.

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House Cuts Health Bill Price To $871 Billion: AP Source

AP | ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cbo, Pelosi, Obama, Reid, Barack Obama, Grassley, House, Cost, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Bill, Medicare, Price, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health care bill to well below President Barack Obama's preferred price ...

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Hoyer: Senate Keeping House Empty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Delay, House, Steny Hoyer, Senate, Steny Hoyer House, Politics News

Count Steny Hoyer among those grumbling that the House isn't working enough, the Majority Leader told reporters Tuesday -- but blame the Senate. "I w...

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CBO Health Care Estimates: Washington Post Profiles Agency That Estimates Health Care Bills' Costs

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Bill, Insurance Companies, Phil Ellis, CBO Numbers, Public Option, House, Cbo, Reform, CBO Estimates, CBO Costs, Negotiations, Health Insurance Companies, Single-Payer, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Senate, Home News

Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you've never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis ...

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GOP, Democratic Senators Agree: Get Swine Flu Vaccination

The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theory, Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Conspiracy, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, House, Senate, White House, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Glenn Beck, H1n1, Flu Season, Bill Maher, Politics News

Right-wing pundits like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh have recently spoken out against government direction on the H1N1 vaccine, saying that individual...

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Exceptions To Derivatives Trading Rule Dilute Regulation

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Derivatives regulation has been on the nation's financial reform agenda for months. Undoing the Clinton-era law that exempted swaps from oversight is ...

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Halftime At The Healthcare Reform Superbowl

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Win One for the Gipper, White House, Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Democratic, Reform, Alan Grayson, Football Metaphor, Grayson, Halftime, Snowe, Pelosi, Edward Kennedy, Win One for the Skipper, Baucus, Nancy Pelosi, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reid, Reconciliation, Conference Committee, House, Football, Cheerleader, Olympia Snowe, 50 Votes, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Floor Vote, Teddy Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Steny Hoyer, Coach, Chris Weigant, Sailing, Health, Corporate Whore, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Superbowl, Dodd, Hoyer, Pep Talk, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News

A football locker room. Hundreds of Democrats are sitting on benches, to hear Coach's halftime pep talk in the Health Care Reform Superbowl. Some appear exhausted, some appear battered.

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Cadillac Tax: Congress Is Split On Reform Effort To Tax Costly Health Care Plans

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, White House, Cadillac Tax, Senate Finance Committee, House, Charles Rangel, Cbo, Afl-Cio, Obama, Reform, Democrats, Health Care Bill, Health Care Tax, Pelosi, Rangel, Nancy Pelosi, Public Option, Baucus Bill, Health Care Reform, Tax, Republicans, Health Care, Senate, Politics News

A proposed tax on high-cost, or "Cadillac," health insurance plans has touched off a fierce clash between the Senate and the House as they wrestle ove...

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