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Daily Pulse: It Could Happen to You

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home


Lindsay Beyerstein

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

Daily Pulse: Obama to Outline Vision for Health Care Reform

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


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.

Weekly Audit: Four More Years of Bailout Ben

The Media Consortium | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business


The Media Consortium

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

Video: Coleman Campaign Snubs The UpTake And Gets Unintended Results

The Uptake | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


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LIVE from Minnesota: Certifying The Vote

The Uptake | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics


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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...

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

The Uptake | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics


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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.

Live Video: Challenged Ballots Being Decided in MN Senate Recount

The Uptake | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics


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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.

Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters

The Uptake | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home


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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.

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

The Uptake | Posted 07.27.2008 | Home


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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."

FOX Ambushes Bill Moyers; Journalists Ambush FOX

The Uptake | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home


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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.

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

The Uptake | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home


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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.

Oregon Voters: Long Campaign Good For Democrats

The Uptake | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home


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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.