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Ryan Grim is the senior congressional correspondent for the Huffington Post. He is a former staff reporter with Politico.com and Washington City Paper. He won the 2007 Alt-Weekly Award for best long-form news-story and is the author of the book, "This Is Your Country on Drugs."

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Joe Miller Campaign Funded By God, K Street

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   September 3, 2010

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This story has been updated Alaska Republican Joe Miller is telling his supporters that he is refusing to take corporate and out-of-state money, yet the...
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David Cote Is Second Deficit Commission Member To Come Under Fire

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   September 3, 2010

Read More: David Cote, Deficit Commission, Honeywell CEO, Obama Deficit Commission, Steelworkers Obama
A second member of the deficit commission is coming under fire from an ally of President Obama, as the Steelworker Organization of Active Retirees is...
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Vets Call On Obama To Fire Alan Simpson

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   September 2, 2010

Read More: Alan Simpson, Simpson Tits, Social Security, Veterans Social Security, Votevets, VoteVets Simpson, VoteVets Social Security
A major veterans organization called on President Obama to remove Alan Simpson from the deficit commission for questioning why veterans are not "helping us to...
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Alan Simpson Calls Recipient Of Angry Letter

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   September 1, 2010

Read More: Alan Simpson, Alan Simpson Social Security, Alan Simpson Tits, Social Security
Alan Simpson reached out to a recipient of one of his angry letters on Tuesday night, insisting that he did not mean to personally attack...
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Ponzi Scheme Strikes Drug Enforcement Agents

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   September 1, 2010

Read More: Dea, DEA Ponzi Scheme, Leonhart DEA, Michele Leonhart, Ponzi Scheme
Michele Leonhart's nomination to head the Drug Enforcement Administration has been complicated by a ponzi scheme that has ensnared DEA agents and officials. Leonhart's nomination...
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John Boehner Hits Obama, Reid, Pelosi For Opposing Iraq Surge (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 27, 2010

Read More: Barack Obama, Boehner Iraq Video, Boehner Video, Harry Reid, Ied Attacks, Iraq Casualties, Iraq Drawdown, Iraq Surge, Iraq Troops, Iraq War, Joe Biden, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, U.s. Troops Iraq
John Boehner released a gloating Iraq war video in advance of President Obama's Oval Office address on the drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. The...
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Texas Textbook Massacre Architect Backing Grayson Opponent

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 26, 2010

Read More: 2010 Elections, Alan Grayson, American History, Civil Rights, Daniel Webster, David Barton, Florida, Hate Group, House Race, Kingdom Covenant College, Neo-Nazi, Orlando, Pete Peters, Scriptures For America, Texas Textbooks, US History, White Supremacists
Accidentally addressing a neo-Nazi hate group can happen to even the best of folks. But doing it twice? Republican primary voters on Tuesday picked Daniel...
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Google Accepts Pot Ads Like The Ones Facebook Rejected

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 25, 2010

Read More: California, Facebook, Facebook Ads, Facebook Censors Pot, Google, Just Say Now, Legalization, Libertarian, Marijuana, Pot, Prop 19
Google has accepted pro-pot-legalization ads similar to those rejected by Facebook, a spokesman for the Just Say Now coalition told HuffPost Wednesday, providing a confirmation...
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Alan Simpson: Social Security Is 'A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits' [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 27, 2010

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UPDATE: Friday 2:51 p.m. - The campaign to oust Alan Simpson from President Obama's deficit commission took a creative turn on Friday, with the launch...
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Facebook Blocks Ads For Pot Legalization Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 25, 2010

Read More: Facebook, Facebook Marijuana, Facebook Pot, Facebook Pot Ads, Facebook Pot Campaign, Facebook Weed, Marijuana Legalization, Pot Legalization
For a typical college student, if it didn't happen on Facebook, it didn't happen. That gives the social networking behemoth an out-sized influence on the...
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Elizabeth Warren Wins The Support Of Two More Senators

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 13, 2010

Read More: Al Franken, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren Supporters., John Kerry, Mark Udall, P Street Project, Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Two more Senate Democrats climbed aboard the Elizabeth Warren bandwagon on Friday, signing on to a statement circulated by Sen. Al Franken encouraging President Obama...
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'Global Weirding': Extreme Climate Events Dominate The Summer

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 12, 2010

Read More: Climate Change, Extreme Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Global Weirding, Russia Heat, Russia Heatwave, Smarter Ideas
A heatwave in Russia is sparking wildfires that are driving residents from Moscow and devastating the country's wheat crop. A fifth of Pakistan is underwater...
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Tea Party Crushing Chamber Of Commerce In GOP Primaries

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 12, 2010

Read More: Chamber Colorado Primary, Jane Norton, Norton Chamber Of Commerce, Tea Party, Tea Party Chamber Of Commerce, Tea Party Primaries
The Chamber of Commerce plans to spend at least $75 million on elections in 2010, but returns on its early investments this season have been...
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Public Opposes Cutting Social Security To Trim Deficit: New Poll

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 11, 2010

Read More: Cutting Social Security, Poll Social Security, Social Security, Social Security Deficit, Social Security Gap
Social Security turns 75 this week and remains an intensely popular program with voters of all ages, who strongly oppose cutting it to reduce the...
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Rep. Ellison: 'Gibbs Crossed The Line'

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   August 10, 2010

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Progressive Democrats fired back at Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, following the White House press secretary's sharp critique of what he called a "professional left" that...
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