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Palin's Pavlovian Response to House Health Care Passage

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dealth Panels, Health Care Reform, Stepak Amendment, Facebook-Response, Pelosi Care, Illegal Immigrants, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

I spent a lot of time in a small Alaskan church. I'm glad I did. It helps me interpret Palin's evangelical dog whistles, such as her typical and predictable response to the House health care bill.

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Defiant Sri Lanken Asylum Seekers To Stay On Australian Ship Oceanic Viking

ABC News | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Oceanic Viking, Asylum Seekers, Immigration, Indonesia, Australia, Asylum, Illegal Immigrants, Sri Lanka, World News

The 78 Sri Lankans aboard the Oceanic Viking in port in Indonesia have declared that their "final decision" is to remain on the Australian ship. ...

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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

Read More: Health Care Bill, Preexisting Conditions, Preexisting Condition, House, Abortions, Illegal Immigration, Deny Coverage, Obama, Congress, White House, Democrats, Gop Health Care Bill, Insurance Industry, Insurers, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Senate, Republicans, Politics News

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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Tiger Skin Trade Exposed In China And More This Week In Animals (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Chimps, Tiger Skin, Elephants, Cute Chimps, Weird Animals, Elk, Baxter, Tiger Skin Trade, Animals, Cute Animals, Coral Reefs, Poaching, Illegal Immigrants, Animal-Poaching, Green News

The Environmental Investigation Agency went undercover in China to reveal these startling photos of traders selling tiger skins. Take a look at what...

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Gustavo De La Rosa, Mexican Human Rights Activist, Detained By U.S.

washingtonpost.com | William Booth | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mexican Immigrants, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Trucks, Mexico, Gustavo De La Rosa, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Mexico Drug Wars, Mexican Immigration, World News

MEXICO CITY -- Gustavo de la Rosa looks over his shoulder, notes suspicious license plates, changes his routine. As one of the most prominent human ri...

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AZ Sheriff Calls "Illegals" Diseased And Dirty

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gq, Cnn, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Illegal Immigrants, Arizona Sheriff, Joe-Arpaio-Arizona-Sheriff, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arpaio, Rick Sanchez, Ice, Politics News
Dawn Teo

During a heated debate between CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sanchez compared Arpaio to "Bull Connor," accusing him of violating the US Constitution and seeking publicity.

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The Census and the GOP Latino Strategy: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Don't Count 'Em

Miguel Guadalupe | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, 2010 Census, Senate, Latino Voters, Acorn, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Immigration, Democrats, Republican Party, New York News
Miguel Guadalupe

Republican Senators have proposed to require all those who fill out census surveys to affirm their citizenship. That may be the final nail in the coffin of the GOP/Latino relationship.

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Wilmer Rivera Melendez: Man Arrested In Brooklyn Fraud Scheme Targeting Guyanese Immigrants

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Immigration Fraud, Immigration Reform, Wilmer Rivera Melendez, Brooklyn, Illegal Immigrants, Guyanese Immigrants Brooklyn, Immigration, Guyana, Immigration Debate, New York, New York City, Guyanese Immigrants, New York News

NEW YORK — A convicted bigamist posing as a veteran immigration lawyer scammed thousands of dollars from Guyanese immigrants and gave them advic...

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VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. 'Latino in America'

Arturo Perez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Immigration, Immigrant, Dobbs, Cnn, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Immigrants, Soledad O'Brien, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Rick Sanchez, Media News
Arturo Perez

I decided to start writing to Dobbs, pointing out his many errors, and the danger his words could cause. I don't know how many emails I wrote, but needless to say, he never wrote me back.

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Woodstock Film Fest -- Those Who Remain

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Mexican Immigrants, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Woodstock Film Festival, Those Who Remain, Documentaries, Carlos Hagerman, Juan Carlos Rulfo, New York News
Stewart Nusbaumer

What we do not see, do not hear about, never even think about, are the families of Mexican immigrant men left behind in Mexico.

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Healthcare and 12 Million Elephants in the Room: Undocumented Immigrants

Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Immigration Reform, Joe Wilson, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Narcotics, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

If we truly want to address the issue of high health care costs and lack of access, we must address the impact that illegal immigration has on the system.

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What We Don't Say About Illegal Immigration

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: G20 Summit, Latin America, Central America, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, g20 Pittsburgh, Racism, Mexico, Discrimination, California Budget Crisis, Tea Party, Brazil, G20 Protests, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

Color discrimination is undeniably widespread in Latin America. How has this caste system gone on for so long without acknowledgment from the international media or the US government?

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Oh, Now You Care

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Socialism, Tea Baggers, Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Tea Party, Illegal Immigrants, George W. Bush, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

Shame these outraged citizens weren't taking it to the streets during the Iraq War. We could have used their righteous indignation when Rumsfeld threw millions of Saddam's money at militants.

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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Poll: Majority Dismiss Right Wing Healthcare Attacks As "Scare Tactics"

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Socialized Medicine, Right Wing Attacks, Senate Finance Committee, Scare Tactics, Health Care Rationing, Death Panels, Illegal Immigrants, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Wow, this is cause for cautious optimism: Buried in a new Bloomberg poll is evidence that solid majorities dismiss all the leading right wing health c...

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Immigration Battle Heats Up During Health Care Debate

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 09.15.2009 | World

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Obama, Immigration, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Immigration Debate, Healthcare, World News

As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue --...

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Bachmann Defends Joe Wilson: He "Spoke Truth" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Wilson, Death Panels, Illegal Immigrants, President Obama, Michele Bachmann, Politics News

In an appearance on Newsmax TV last Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) expressed support for Rep. Joe Wilson in his "outburst" during President O...

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What Congress Could Learn from the USTA and MTV

Cindy Handler | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usta, President Obama, You Lie, Public Option, Obama Address to Congress to Congress, Kanye West, Congress, Healthcare Debate, Serena Williams, Gop Leadership, US Open, Public Outbursts, South Carolina, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Wilson, Threat to Linesperson, Bad Behavior, Mtv, MTV Video Music Awards, Politics News
Cindy Handler

What do Kanye West, Serena Williams and a formerly obscure congressman from South Carolina have in common?

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Why Obama Should Have Been Lying

James Heffernan | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Congressman Joe Wilson, Lying, Health Care Reform Bill, President Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Rob Miller, Politics News
James Heffernan

Handicappers who rate this episode a win for Obama overlook the fact that what the president said should have been false. If your parents are illegal, says the bill, we don't care how sick you get, or even if you die.

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Joe Wilson Voted To Provide Taxpayer Money For Illegal Immigrants' Healthcare

Open Congress | Donny Shaw | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare Prescription Drug, Bipartisan, President Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Wilson, Politics News

On Wednesday night, Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], shouted "You lie!" at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal imm...

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Expulsion? Joe Wilson Stole the Air Waves and Disgraced the Nation

Beau Friedlander | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Joint Session, Norman Podhoretz, Megan Carpentier, Michelle Chen, Illegal Immigrants, The Week, Health Care Reform, Race Wire, Obama, Joe Wilson, Huffington Post, Media News
Beau Friedlander

We're spending too much time thinking about Wilson, and not enough time discussing how absurd it is that Obama and this Democratic majority can't push through a strong public option.

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Russia's Migrant Scapegoats

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Neo-Nazis, Illegal Immigrants, World News, World News
Reporters Uncensored

Most immigrants in Russia come from Central Asian countries, where the money they send home accounts for nearly 10% of the country's GDP. But as new populations form enclaves, ethnic Russians have backlashed violently.

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Disorder on the Border: Trashing the Law in the Name of Immigration Deterrence

Randall Amster | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Humanitarian, Grassroots, Department of Interior, No More Deaths Border, Immigration, Border Wall, Humanitarian Aid, Deterrence, Faith-Based, Environmental Degradation, Human Rights, Criminal Justice System, Water, Illegal Immigrants, Doctrine of Necessity, Hurricane Katrina, Alice's Restaurant, Sierra Club, Litter, Politics News
Randall Amster

The strategy of deterrence that drives both border enforcement and crackdowns on humanitarians is fundamentally flawed.

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The Burger Boom Is Blasphemy

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Burger Boom, John Berman, Illegal Immigrants, Food-Inc-Movie, McDonald's, Nightline, Health Care, Green News
Lisa Guest

So what if you think a burger tastes good? Wake up. You also thought smoking couldn't kill you.

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Twenty-Six Lies About Health Care Reform

FactCheck.org | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Facts, Public Option, Healthcare Reform, Viral Email, Healthcare Costs, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

Our inbox has been overrun with messages asking us to weigh in on a mammoth list of claims about the House health care bill. The chain e-mail purports...

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