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Roy Sekoff Discusses Palin's Hawaiian Vacation On "The Joy Behar Show" (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 12.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Roy Sekoff, Jersey Shore, Mtv, Joy Behar, Leno, Sarah Palin, Joy Behar Show, Schumer, Tiger Woods, Media News
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Huffington Post Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on HLN's The Joy Behar Show Thursday night. Talk Stoop's Cat Greenleaf and comedian Jessica Kirson joined R...

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Immigration Bill Could Be Introduced By December

Wall Street Journal | MELANIE TROTTMAN | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Friday for Congress to consider an overhaul of immigration law early next year, a move that could ...

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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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Small Group Now Leads Closed-Door Health Care Reform Negotiations

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at hi...

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Friday Talking Points: Is Opt-Out The Answer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.

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Health Insurance Companies Want Severe Penalties For People Who Do Not Buy Coverage

The Associated Press | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON (AP)-- The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Amer...

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Must it be Business as Usual as the People of Iran Hang in the Balance?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Citizen lobbies and elected representatives have to ask this simple question: do we have to do business with people who do business with the Mullahs?

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Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

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Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand Slam EPA On Lack Of Health Warnings On Contaminated Fish

New York Daily News | Erin Durkin | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

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New York's senators on Monday blasted the lack of health warnings that have left many New Yorkers unknowingly eating dangerously contaminated fish. A...

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Carolyn Maloney for U.S. Senate

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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Stephen C. Rose

If I were consulting Carolyn Maloney, I would advise her to say exactly how she is a better Obama supporter than her opponent.

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Schumer: Dems May Have To Go It Alone On Health Care

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democrats are becoming bolder about their idea that middle-class familes get the option of joining a government insurance plan in a...

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Exploring New York By Bike

Sen. Charles E. Schumer | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

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Sen. Charles E. Schumer

I find that there is no better way to learn about what is going on in New York than by riding my bike through the neighborhoods and stopping and talking to people.

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What Pelosi Could Have Done: A Response to Chris Weigant

Frank Dwyer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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Frank Dwyer

"What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?" the estimable Chris Weigant asked in a recent post. She could have defended her country. She could have ...

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Let's Trash the Guzzlers!

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

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Jack Hidary

Obama came out with a plan yesterday to address the auto sector's woes. He called for an immediate program to get inefficient cars off the road and incent Americans to buy efficient cars.

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Schumer Will Investigate Posthumous Debt Collection

AP | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A senior senator is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reported instances of debt collection firms asking people to...

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Harry Reid Promises Republicans He'll Never Call Their Bluff

Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Ari Melber

After watching this absurdity playing out in the stimulus debate, people are calling on Sen. Reid to make the Republicans follow through and actually filibuster legislation and show this spectacle to the public.

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Make Wall Street Take The Same Deal The Autoworkers Get

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

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Chris Weigant

If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.

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Sam Stein

Reid, Dems Go For McCain's Jugular

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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Democrats, going after John McCain and the GOP jugular, are launching a coordinated attack over the economy, painting the current administration as th...

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Right Develops Economy Blame Narrative

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Dave Johnson

The right is orchestrating a campaign to blame Democrats for the economic collapse. In cases like this it is often a matter of being the first out th...

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Happy Oil Dependence Day

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

It was always about the oil -- that's why "we" invaded Iraq -- only "we" aren't getting any, at least not at a reasonable price. The oil companies are.

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Sam Stein

Democrats In Congress Raise Record Campaign Cash For 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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With a preponderance of attention being paid to the 2008 presidential campaign, the Senate races being waged during this cycle have gone largely ignor...

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Sam Stein

Schumer Takes Aim At Senate's Top Republican

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Reflecting an increasingly aggressive strategy for the 2008 election cycle, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, acknowledged on Wednesday that the Democrats are...

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