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Judge Sotomayor, Republican Inquisitors, and the Fallacy of Immaculate Perception

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Relativism, Perspectivism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Prejudice, Repulicans, Jon Kyl, Gadamer, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

What judges must do is reflect upon one's preconceptions and prejudices so that they do not unconsciously determine one's decisions and actions.

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Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Al Franken, Sotomayor Confirmation, Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, Herb Kohl, Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Kyl, John Cornyn, Tom Coburn, Sheldon Whitehouse, Benjamin Cardin, Sonia Sotomayor, Orrin Hatch, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

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The Stench Of Conservative Desperation

The Progress Report | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Lindsay Graham, Jon Kyl, Politics News
The Progress Report

As Sotomayor's elevation to the Court grows increasingly inevitable, conservatives are the ones melting down.

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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Latino, US Senate, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, White, John Roberts, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.

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At Sotomayor Hearings, Some Like it Simple

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Gop, Charles Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Affirmative Action, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor Confirmation, Jeff Sessions, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley, Jon Kyl, Republicans and Race, Race Relations, Republicans and Sotomayor, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Any judgment that differs from mine, to the extent it differs from mine, does not reflect reality. I am White Guy.

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Sam Stein

Kyl Accuses Sotomayor Of "Relativism Run Amok" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Kyl Hammers Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Jon Kyl Sotomayor, Sotomayor Hearings, Jon Kyl, Politics News

Sen. Jon Kyl gave a lengthy speech (R-Ariz.) during his question and answer session with Sonia Sotomayor that was undoubtedly the type of red-meat inq...

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GOP: Let's Hold Sotomayor To Standard Of Judge We Voted Against

True Slant | Kate Klonick | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Sonia Sotomayor, GOP Sotomayor, Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor Confirmation, Gop Supreme Court, GOP Sotomayor Confirmation, Jon Kyl, Politics News

So much for the idea that elephants never forget. Speaking to nominee Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" remarks, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz) quoted at length...

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Second Stimulus: GOP Unifies Against More Spending

AP | Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Stimulus 2, Gop, John McCain, Federal Stimulus, Jon Kyl, Eric Cantor, Second Stimulus, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power...

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Sotomayor: Political Confidence or Political Savvy?

Dan Sweeney | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, John McCain, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, John Ensign, Jon Kyl, Chris Cillizza, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

Obama's nomination of Sotomayor seems specifically designed to prevent a united GOP front from opposing the White House.

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Sam Stein

Grassley, Kyl, Sessions Could Take Specter's Powerful Judiciary Committee Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orin Hatch, Jon Kyl, Chuck Grassley, Jeff Sessions, Grassley Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Kyl Judiciary, Sessions Judiciary, Hatc Abc This Week, Leahy Hatch, Hatch Judiciary, Politics News

One of the key, as yet undetermined factors in whether Barack Obama will get his Supreme Court pick seated is which Republican will take over as ranki...

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Army Chief of Chaplains Promotes Ministry That Called Navy Secretary Satanic

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Religion, US Military, Douglas Carver, Evangelical Christians, Mikey Weinstein, Jon Kyl, Evangelicals, Politics News
Chris Rodda

According to past ADOF newsletters, the promotion of this ministry to the military chaplaincies has been a regular occurrence each spring by both the Air Force and the Army.

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Sen. Inhofe Claims Obama "Disarming America"

azcentral.com | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Jim Inhofe, Obama Defense Budget, Jon Kyl, Obama-Defense-Cuts, Politics News

A group of senators including Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; Jim Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., fired off a letter to President Barack Obama saying p...

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Ryan Grim

Senate Republicans Skip White House Afghan Briefing [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Mitch McConnell, Afghanistan, Jon Kyl, Politics News

Senate Republican Leaders Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Jon Kyl (Ariz.) declined the president's invitation to be briefed Thursday on Afghanistan war poli...

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Obama's Leno Appearance Stirs Controversy (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein and Megan Slack | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama-on-Leno, Jon Kyl, Jon Kyl Obama, President Obama, Politics News

Only days after Sen. Jon Kyl spoke disparagingly of AIG's bonuses being an easy issue for politicians to demagogue, he is generating some populist out...

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Sam Stein

Santelli, Sen. Kyl Push Back Against "Outrage" Over AIG Bonuses [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig Jon Kyl, Santelli Cnbc, Jon Kyl, Aig Outrage, Bonus Outrage, Aig Bonuses, Rick Santelli, Outrage Over Bonuses, Kyl Fred Thompson, Politics News

UPDATE: Rick Santelli appeared on MSNBC this afternoon to respond to criticism over his AIG remarks. "The people who love to misinterpret you are alre...

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Dutch MP Geert Wilders and U.S. Allies Tied to European Far Right

Ali Gharib | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Hate Speech, Obama Muslim, Jon Kyl, Geert Wilders, Barack Obama, World News
Ali Gharib

Before the CPAC event, things heated up at the Press Club when I asked Wilders a question.

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Kyl vs. Obama and Clinton, et al.

James Zogby | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Racism, Jon Kyl, Geert Wilders, Jon Kyl Geert Wilders, World News
James Zogby

Senator Jon Kyl, ever the provocateur, will host a reception for the well-known anti-Muslim bigot, Geert Wilders. One might reasonably ask, what is Kyl up to?

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Sen. Kyl to Host Controversial Anti-Islamic Dutch Politician

The Hill | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geert Wilders Islam, Geert Wilders, Senator Jon Kyl, Dutch Politician Fitna, Jon Kyl, Fitna, Fitna the Film, Politics News

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) will play host this week to a controversial Dutch politician accused of being anti-Islamic. According to multi...

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Ryan Grim

Senators' Conference Plans Conflicted With Stimulus Vote [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Stimulus Bill, Jon Kyl, Stimulus Vote, Joseph Lieberman, Politics News

The Senate is prepared for one of its most important votes in decades this weekend, whether to approve President Obama's economic stimulus package. Re...

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Stimulus Package Set To Grow In Senate, Could Reach 1 Trillion

Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Senate Republicans, Stimulus Package, Harry Reid, Economic Stimulus, Senate Democrats, Jon Kyl, Stimulus, Politics News

A push in the Senate to expand business-tax cuts and infrastructure spending in the economic-stimulus plan making its way through Congress poses a cha...

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Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Ronald Reagan, Chicago, Economy, National Journal, Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, Vermont, Gun Control, Colorado, Same-Sex Marriage, Dccc, Howard Dean, Virginia, Gay Rights, Rnc, Bailout, New Mexico, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Stimulus Package, Mississippi, Republican Party, Bobby Bright, Tarp, North Carolina, Abortion, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Appalachia, David Paterson, Alabama, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Soviet Union, Jon Kyl, New York, Idaho, Recession, Barack Obama, Religion, Log Cabin, South, Marxism, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Moderate Republicans, Dnc, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Indiana, Stalin, Late Night Shows, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.

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GOP Senator Kyl Won't Back Geithner

Reuters | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Geithner Confirmation, Tim Geithner, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Kyl, Timothy Geithner, Senate Confirmation, Tim Geithner Confirmation Hearings, Jon Kyl, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News

Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said on Thursday that he would not support Timothy Geithner for Treasury secretary because he was disappointed with his explan...

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Kyl Warns Senate Dems On Franken

Politico | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Franken Coleman, Harry Reid, Coleman Franken, Jon Kyl, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Politics News

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl has warned Democrats not to try to seat Al Franken any time soon, and he predicts the legal process will take at least a ...

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Sam Stein

GOP Signals Heated Confirmation Battle Over Holder

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Gop Holder, Chuck Grassley, Jon Kyl, Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, Gop Opposition, Attorney General Nomination, Holder Attorney General, Kyl Grassley, Obama Holder, Politics News

More signs have emerged that Eric Holder's nomination for Attorney General will face a bitter committee fight as Republican Senators on Thursday criti...

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A Vet's Message To The GOP on Veterans Day -- Shove It

Bob Geiger | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Day, GI Bill, Gop, Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander, Orin Hatch, Jim Webb, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Bob Geiger

I see Republicans turning up on Veterans Day with their flowery pronouncements of how much we Vets mean to them when they prove at every turn that they really don't give a damn about the troops.

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