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Why the White House Is 100% Right to Challenge Fox News

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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If Fox News rises up to the challenge of confessing their real identity and real purpose, then -- and only then -- should Obama take on that conservative voice in an interview on their air.

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Members of Congress Received Fraudulent Letters Paid for by Coal Companies

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

A burst of developments Monday considerably raised the profile of the latest attempt by polluting industries to thwart environmental legislation through fraudulent mailings to Congress.

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Rick Scott: Healthcare Profiteer And Anti-Reform Campaigner (VIDEO)

Think Report | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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This Sunday, the front group Conservatives for Patients' Rights will be airing a 30-minute documentary with "horror stories" aimed at chipping away pu...

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The Corporate Lobbyists Behind the Tea Parties

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Before any media accepts the idea that the "tea parties" are just a grassroots outpouring of populist sentiment, they ought to take a look behind the curtain.

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Corporate Sponsors Won't Stand for Bill O'Reilly's Ambush Journalism

ZP Heller | Posted 04.26.2009 | Media

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Last night, O'Reilly called Think Progress "insects," said Center for American Progress CEO John Podesta was "driving the hate industry," and that blogger Amanda Terkel was "harming a rape victim and her family."

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Not Your Mother's Federalism

Harry Moroz | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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Matt Yglesias at Think Progress has a good synopsis of a new Democracy article that both points out the importance of metropolitan regions to the nati...

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Do Contraceptives Stimulate the Economy?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Think Progress, Economic Stimulus Package, Media Matters, Contraceptives Stimulus Plan, Abortion Rights, President Obama Administration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Boehner Republican House Leader, Medicaid Waivers, Family Planning, Boehner, Mexico City Policy, Obama, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Unwanted Pregnancy, 100 Days, Nancy Pelosi, Unplanned Pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy, Contraception, Economic Stimulus, Medicaid, Global Gag Rule, Obama Stimulus Family Planning, Stimulus Bill, Politics News

There has been a lot of damage done to family planning funding over the past eight years. However, this may not be the right issue around which to have the battle.

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