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Weekly Audit: Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the...

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Showdown in Madison: A Primer for the Wisconsin Protests

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Raquel Brown, Media Consortium blogger It's been a tumultuous week in Madison, Wisconsin. Tens of thousands of state workers, teachers, and studen...

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Weekly Diaspora: Obama to Congress: It's Time to Support Immigration Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger This morning, President Barack Obama condemned the "failure by those of us in Washington to fix a broken immigr...

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Notes From a Clueless Journalist: Afghan Women Love The War!

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Mull

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

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Weekly Diaspora: Obama Deploys Troops to Border Amid Rising Civil Disobedience

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he would be deploying 1,200 National Guard troops to the Mexic...

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Daily Pulse: It Could Happen to You

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lindsay Beyerstein

Opponents of health care reform are trying to pit the insured against everyone else.

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Daily Pulse: Obama to Outline Vision for Health Care Reform

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lindsay Beyerstein

This is Obama's last chance to recapture the momentum that Democrats lost to corporate-backed town hall hooligans and misinformation during the August recess.

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Weekly Audit: Four More Years of Bailout Ben

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why is the Bernanke reappointment a mistake? Put simply, Bernanke is completely culpable for allowing an economic crisis to foment.

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Video: Coleman Campaign Snubs The UpTake And Gets Unintended Results

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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LIVE from Minnesota: Certifying The Vote

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Franken Recount, Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota Recount, Norm Coleman, The Uptake, Al Franken, Video, Politics News
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Nearly two months after the election, Minnesota will have a final vote total for the US Senate race. What it won't have is a US Senator. Monday the...

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Final Minnesota Absentee Ballots Set To Be Opened And Counted Saturday Jan 3rd

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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Point your browsers to The UpTake on Saturday starting at 9 AM to watch the opening and counting of those previously rejected absentee ballots in Minnesota's extremely close Senate race.

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Live Video: Challenged Ballots Being Decided in MN Senate Recount

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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The court made no comment on the merit of Coleman's claim that there are no uniform standards for counting the absentee ballots. It did refuse to grant a temporary restraining order.

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Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Uptake

The UpTake interviews author Irwin Tang about his book, "Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters." McCain has used the work "gook" in the media for 30 years, including during his 2000 presidential run.

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Al Gore On Crackpot Hair-Of-The-Dog Solutions

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Netroots Nation, Oil, 2008 Election, Climate Change, Al Gore, nn08, Global Warming, The Uptake, Offthebus, Offshore Drilling, Home News
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"Proposing to drill for small amounts of oil that will be sold to China as a solution to our rising gas prices makes about as much sense as responding to an attack from Afghanistan by invading some other country."

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FOX Ambushes Bill Moyers; Journalists Ambush FOX

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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An "O'Reilly Factor" producer cornered PBS's Bill Moyers at a conference on media reform this weekend, leading Moyers to demand an unedited interview about Iraq. Angry journalists piled on.

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LIVE: Obama Rally at Xcel Center in St. Paul, Minnesota

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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Watch the setup inside and the circus outside the XCel Energy Center, where Obama is set to speak at 7:00PM CDT. See and hear what the scene is like before the crowd files in and once the show begins.

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Oregon Voters: Long Campaign Good For Democrats

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011

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Contrary to what you might hear the legacy media say, voters in Oregon don't think the long campaign has hurt the Democratic party's chances in the 2008 Presidential election.

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