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Republicans Demand Equal Access to Schoolchildren

Don Parker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brainwashing, Mitch McConnell, Michele Bachmann, Cult of Personality, John Boehner, Hypnosis, President Barack Obama, America's Schoolchildren, Indoctrination, Republicans, Manchurian Candidate, Slit Wrists, Politics News
Don Parker

Amid the uproar over President Obama's grand scheme to use subliminal brainwashing to indoctrinate America's schoolchildren into his cult of personality, Republicans today demanded equal access to young minds so they could counterbalance the president's dangerous message.

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My Letter From My President

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Education Committee, House Republican Policy Committee, George H.W. Bush, President Barack Obama, Thaddeus McCotter, John Kline, 1992, Republican Party, Politics News
Pablo Manriquez

In second grade, I wrote a letter to my President grilling him on homeless issues and drug policy. I also asked for his autograph. As expected, he got back to me right away.

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Republicans Scream "Stay Away From Our Kids, Obama!"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Michelle Malkin, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Obama-Address-to-Students, Republicans, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

These Obama-hating conservatives and their dumbed-down, myopic philosophies appeal to the lowest common-denominator of the Republican Party, which is why it got trounced in the last election.

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Glenn Beck's Two Week Video Mystery Solved (UPDATE)

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Theories, Racism, President Barack Obama, Glenn Beck Is a Racist Swine, Glenn Beck, Obama's Secret Negro Army, Fox News Racism, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel, Step Dancing, Step Dance, Nontroversy, Politics News
Matt Osborne

Now that a black man holds the office, tinfoil-hat lunatics say children should not learn to respect presidents, nor should presidents encourage them to succeed. It's an incredible hypocrisy.

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What Will the Numbers Be Today on Facebook for Health Care Reform?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Health Care Reform, Politics, Social Networks, Facebook, Social Networking, Health Care, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Technology News
Michelle Kraus

The important question is who started this viral campaign today for health care reform on Facebook? Was it those other pesky liberals at Facebook that engineered this campaign? Was it Facebook flexing its muscle?

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Half Measures and Lukewarm "Reform" Won't Save the Middle Class

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, "Ownership Society, Home Ownership Loan Corporation, Economic Crisis, President Barack Obama, Middle Class, George W. Bush, Congress, Credit Default Swaps, American Middle Class, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, " David Brooks, Upside Down Mortgages, Home Ownership, Wall Street, The New Deal, Steve Moore, Standard and Poor, Holc, Republican Party, Moody's, Barack Obama, Stephen Moore, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Let's hope that when Obama speaks Congress he outlines not only a bold program to provide health care for all Americans, but also a set of proposals to lift the middle class out of its currently dismal economic condition.

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Minorities and Health Care: What's the Real Story?

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Low Birth Rate, “Infant Mortality Rate”, African-Americans, Recidivism, Incarceration, Classicism, President Barack Obama, African-American Women, Melting Pot, Healthcare Reform, HIV/AIDS, African-American Infants, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Senator Ted Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Socialism, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Rehabilitation, Town Hall Meetings, Medical Care, Prenatal Care, Minorities, Stomach Cancer, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

While health care is in need of radical reform for millions of Americans, minorities and especially blacks have historically suffered disproportionately from poor or non-existent health care.

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Verizon Wireless Dumped Glenn Beck: Will It Dump Bizarre Big Coal Sponsorship?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Nrdc, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Coal Sludge, Human Rights, Ted Nugent, President Barack Obama, Verizon Wireless, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Glenn Beck, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Glenn Beck's controversial track record pales in comparison to Massey Energy's mining operations in Appalachia, which have literally displaced American citizens from their native homes.

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The Dick Cheney Interview We'd Love to See

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mike Wallace, Chris Wallace, President Barack Obama, 9-11 Attacks, George W. Bush, CIA Torture, Fox News, World Trade Center, High Value Targets, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Comedy News
Andy Ostroy

For his Chris Wallace interview, Cheney looks frustrated, irritated and impatient, yet still possesses the aura of the uber-confident terror-fighting SuperHero so few people truly understand and appreciate..

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Call Now: Verizon Wireless Sponsors Union-Busting Mountaintop Removal Rally?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Labor Day, United Mine Workers, Ted Nugent, Sean Hannity, President Barack Obama, Climate Change, Communication Workers of America, Verizon Wireless, Environmental Defense Fund, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, West Virginia, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Verizon and a British Lord are joining forces to deny climate change and fight unions.

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Now is the Time, Al Gore: Coalfield Uprising and Heroes Need National Defense, Green Jobs

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Dirty Coal, Made in America Tour, Civil Disobedience, Green Jobs, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Blue Green Alliance, Coal, Van Jones, Epa, Appalachia, Protests, Mountaintop Removal, Repower America, Disney World, Climate Change, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Martha's Vineyard, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Now is the time for all good greens, rednecks, social entrepreneurs, hellraisers, Repower America and Al Gore to come to the aid of their fellow citizens in the Appalachian coalfields.

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The Future of Sustainable Aviation

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Peak Oil, U.S. Sentor Daniel Inouye, Hawaii, Global Warming, National Hydrogen Clipper, President Barack Obama, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

If jet fuel becomes so expensive that tourists stop visiting Hawaii, it will become the first state to enter into a prolonged depression.

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After Being Ignored By White House, 521 Immigration Groups Join To Protest Obama's Inaction

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Illegal Aliens, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, 521 Immigrant Organizations, Illegal Immigrants, 287(G), Immigrant Groups Revolt, Immigration News, Immigration Reform, Politics News
Dawn Teo

A coalition of 521 organizations have signed an open letter to Obama and are planning vigils, marches, and other events across the country to protest the administration's policy on the Department of Homeland Security 287(g) local immigration enforcement program

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What Should Obama Be Reading On The Vineyard?

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama Friedman, Obama Martha's Vineyard, Obama Reading List, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama, What Should Obama Read, What Obama Is Reading, Living News

In addition to golf, tennis, and catching up with his family, Obama will be setting aside a substantial amount of reading time, according to Deputy Pr...

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Outed! Will Obama Meet the Real FACES of Coal or Exposed Big Coal Front?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Faces, Nancy Sutley, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ceq, Coal, DeSmog Blog, Fake Coalfield Faces, Coalfield Faces Stock Photos, Green News
Jeff Biggers

From forged letters to fake rallies, the revelations over Big Coal's public relations machinations continue. Today's candidate for the "bogus coal front of the week" is FACES, the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security.

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Next Door To McCain Town Hall, Obama's Field Team Kicks Off National Tour

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Krugman Health Care Reform, President Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Organizing for Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform Bill, Ofa, Healthcare Reform, Obama for America, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Organizing for America, Politics News
Dawn Teo

It was 2008 all over again Wednesday night as Organizing for America (OFA), formerly Obama for America, launched their cross-country "Reform Health Care Now: Let's Get It Done Tour" from Arizona...

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This Democrat Is Disappointed With His President and His Party

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida Recount, Bill Clinton, Illegal Torture, President Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Joe Wilson, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, CIA Torture, Valerie Plame, Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Democrats not only own the White House, but also have an overwhelming majority in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Yet oddly they're still acting as if they're on the outside looking in.

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Iran Gas Ban: Step Toward War With Iran?

Michael T. Klare | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Oil, Iran, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Obama Iran, Natanz, President Barack Obama, Iran Oil Embargo, Iran Us Relations, Obama Israel Iran, World News
Michael T. Klare

A U.S. oil embargo on Iran appears risky, both because it would strengthen the hand of conservative clerics in Tehran and could entail a naval blockade, setting off a chain reaction.

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Why Obama Must Fully Prosecute Bush's War Criminals

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, FISA Laws, Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, CIA Torture, Health-Care Reform, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

We know more about abuses by the CIA in interrogating terror suspects. Republicans are claiming witch hunt -- this from a party that impeached a U.S president on charges over an adulterous affair.

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Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tree, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Blasting, Nancy Sutley, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Ceq, Forests, Coal, Osmre, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In a stunning blow to mountaintop removal blasting operations in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia this morning, two fearless protesters scaled massive trees and unfurled banners.

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Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, Boards of Directors, Lobbying, President Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, America's Health Care Plans, Susan Bayh, Blue Dog Democrats, Campaign Contributions, Angela Braly, Politics News
Peter Dreier

A few hundred people serve on the boards of the nation's largest health insurance companies. They, the industry they serve, and the politicians who do their bidding, need to be held accountable.

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The Republican "Do Not Resuscitate" Plan to Let Medicare Die

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Social Security, Death Panels, Medicare Part D, President Barack Obama, Congress, Medicaid, Democrats, Organizing for America, Senior Citizens, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Medicare, Socialist, Republicans, Health Care, President George W. Bush, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

This is philosophical warfare, and for the Republicans, Medicare is an appropriate casualty.

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President Obama's Grandmother Powers Home With Solar Energy

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Kenya, Obama Grandmother, President Barack Obama, Solar Panels, Green, Mama Sarah, Environment, Greenpeace Solar Generation, Green Living, Green Energy, Greenpeace, Obama Kenya, Barack Obama, Solar Power, Green News

On Thursday, Greenpeace volunteers installed solar panels atop of the roof of President Obama's Step-Grandmother, Mama Sarah's home and on the roof of...

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I Want My Country Back! The Country That Elected Barack Obama

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: What-Would-Jesus-Do, Health Care Reform, Health Care Town Halls, 538.Com, Republicans Health Care Reform, Health Reform, President Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

I want the focused, goal-oriented, real grass-roots supported, campaign mode for health reform.

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D.C. Delegate Calls For Ban On Guns Near Obama

The Hill | Jordy Yager | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Eleanor Holmes Norton, President Barack Obama, Homeland Security, Secret Service, Politics News

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) called on the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday to provide tighter restriction...

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