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Michigan Town Rejects Liz Cheney’s ‘Fearmongering’ And Welcomes Guantanamo Detainees

Published 103 minutes ago by Zaid Jilani at Think Progress

Recently, the Liz Cheney-founded right-wing advocacy group Keep America Safe released a mini-documentary that features several residents of Standish, Michigan, speaking out against a possible transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in the city. The video ominously warns that the ...
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GOP Lawmakers Complain About Revised Mammogram Guidelines While Opposing Requirements For More Tests

Published 3 hours ago by Matt Corley at Think Progress

On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive Services Task Force that women receive mammograms less frequently. “ This is how rationing begins ,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “This is the ...
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Angry supporters boo Palin for leaving in the middle of her book signing: ‘Quittin’ on the job!’

Published 3 hours ago by Amanda Terkel at Think Progress

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin was in Indiana yesterday for a book-signing at a Borders store. One thousand lucky fans with wristbands to meet Palin stood in the rain all day waiting for her to arrive. However, Palin quit the event before she had the chance to sign all the books, leaving ...
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Rep. King Reminisces About The Days When Football Players Could ‘Get A Job Because They Knew Someone’

Published 4 hours ago by anill at Think Progress

Yesterday, Republican members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus (HIRC) dedicated a three and a half hour long pseudo-hearing in a nearly empty room in the Rayburn building to spewing their “well-worn rhetoric about the hordes of illegal aliens destroying the American way of ...
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New Missouri billboard tells Americans to ‘prepare for war’ against the government.
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New Missouri billboard tells Americans to ‘prepare for war’ against the government.
— thinkprogress.org — Fired Up! Missouri points out that the Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is highlighting a new billboard in the state with steps for a “ citizens guide to revolution of a corrupt government “: This billboard replaces one ... (more) New Missouri billboard tells Americans to ‘prepare for ...
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Utah lawmaker claims he doesn’t ‘mind’ gays, but ‘I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time.’
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Utah lawmaker claims he doesn’t ‘mind’ gays, but ‘I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat ...
— thinkprogress.org — Earlier this month, the Church of Latter Day Saints made headlines when it threw its support behind a measure in Salt Lake City that barred “landlords and employers from discriminating based on sexuality ,” making it the first city in ... (more) Utah lawmaker claims he doesn’t ‘mind’ gays, but ‘I ...
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Carlson: ‘You Don’t Hear As Much About The Scrutiny’ Of Pelosi Because Conservative Women ‘Get More Attacks’

Published 7 hours ago by Matt Corley at Think Progress

On Fox and Friends this morning, the hosts discussed a recently released Fox News poll that measures the favorable opinions that Americans have about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi . The poll found that 47 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of ...
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Bush Justice officials support trying terror suspects in civilian court.

Published 8 hours ago by Alex Seitz-Wald at Think Progress

Saying that critics are “understating the criminal justice system’s capacities,” two top Bush Justice officials came out in support of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other Guantanamo detainees in federal court. Writing in the ...
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‘Read the stimulus’ advocate Dick Armey slammed for not bothering to read the stimulus.
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‘Read the stimulus’ advocate Dick Armey slammed for not bothering to read the stimulus.
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform committee held a hearing on the implementation of the Recovery Act, also known as the stimulus. Republican members invited former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey , who now leads the corporate front ... (more) ‘Read the stimulus’ advocate Dick Armey slammed for not ...

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ThinkFast: November 20, 2009

Published 10 hours ago by Think Progress at Think Progress

“The tea party movement has become so rife with internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money that some supporters fear it will disintegrate before realizing its full potential,” Politico reports. “ Some of these groups may burn out , but this is part of this ...
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Rupert Murdoch denies he said Obama made a racist comment.

Published 22 hours ago by Ben Armbruster at Think Progress

Earlier this month, News Corp. president Rupert Murdoch said that President Obama made “a very racist comment” when Obama inserted himself into the July spat between Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Officer Jim Crowley. Murdoch also said Fox News host Glenn Beck “ was right ...
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Florida Sen. George LeMieux Holds Obama’s Nominee For Brazil Ambassador Hostage Over Cuba Policy

Published 23 hours ago by anill at Think Progress

Shortly after Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) agreed to drop his opposition to President Barack Obama’s nominee for Ambassador to Brazil, interim Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL) decided to pick up where DeMint left off. DeMint had been blocking Thomas Shannon’s nomination over the Obama’s policy ...
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Barbour refuses to say Palin’s qualified to be president, pauses and stumbles when questioned about it.

Published 25 hours ago by Amanda Terkel at Think Progress

Mississippi Gov. and Repulican Governors Association (RGA) President Haley Barbour (R) attracted attention on Wednesday for praising former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, saying that she’s “ a heck of a lot smarter than she gets credit for.” But that doesn’t necessarily ...
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New Right-Wing Craze Prays That Obama’s ‘Days Be Few’
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New Right-Wing Craze Prays That Obama’s ‘Days Be Few’
— thinkprogress.org — The newest far-right craze is an anti-Obama slogan that is making its way onto t-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, and even teddy bears: “ Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8 ,” which reads, “Let his days be few; and let another take his ... (more) New Right-Wing Craze Prays That Obama’s ‘Days Be Few’

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Senate health bill restores abstinence-only education funding.

Published 27 hours ago by Amanda Terkel at Think Progress

President Obama’s FY2010 budget eliminated funding for abstinence-only education and school districts are increasingly moving away from such programs because they have proven to be ineffective at reducing teen pregnancy. However, Newsweek reports that the recently released Senate health ...
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Fred Thompson Declares The War In Afghanistan ‘Has Been Lost’

Published 27 hours ago by Matt Corley at Think Progress

In April 2007, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that the war in Iraq was “ lost ” and that the surge was “not accomplishing anything.” Conservatives and war hawks ripped into Reid for the comment, calling it “reckless,” “disturbing” ...
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Six-Year-Old Girl ‘On Verge Of Never Hearing Again’ Due To Insurance Company Denial
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Six-Year-Old Girl ‘On Verge Of Never Hearing Again’ Due To Insurance Company Denial
— thinkprogress.org — One of the worst abuses of the private health insurance industry is its practice of denying claims to pay for necessary care for patients. This practice has become so rampant in the industry that a recent study by the California Nurses Association ... (more) Six-Year-Old Girl ‘On Verge Of Never Hearing Again’ Due ...

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Doocy’s fuzzy math: Senate health bill costs ‘close to a trillion dollars.’
— thinkprogress.org — Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , legislation which merged the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s bill with the Finance ... (more) Doocy’s fuzzy math: Senate health bill costs ‘close to a ...

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Fox issues on-air apology for misleading footage of Palin crowds.
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Fox issues on-air apology for misleading footage of Palin crowds.
— thinkprogress.org — Following ThinkProgress’ report yesterday that Fox News had recycled old file footage of Sarah Palin rallies to assert that she is currently getting huge turnouts on her book tour, the network issued an on-air apology this afternoon. ... (more) Fox issues on-air apology for misleading footage of ...

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Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The 60s Without Very Much Help’ From Democrats
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Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The 60s Without Very Much Help’ From Democrats
— thinkprogress.org — During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 miles of the Molalla River as “ wild and scenic ,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who opposes the legislation, tried to claim a progressive environmental record for her party. ... (more) Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The ...

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