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Joe Scarborough: Federal Medicaid Funding Rewards Bad Behavior
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/3/2009
Joe Scarborough: Federal Medicaid Funding Rewards Bad Behavior
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This morning, as part of the on-going conservative campaign to cherry-pick and oppose isolated parts of the stimulus package, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough went a step too far, arguing that extending federal funds to cover states’ Medicaid shortfalls “bails out states that ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/29/2009
Source: Obama Plans to Get Family Planning Aid Done Soon
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Women's health advocates were dismayed this week to see the removal of family-planning aid from Congress' economic... recovery bill after a push by Republicans to politicize a generally cut-and-dry issue of Medicaid waivers. ( Time has some good ... (more) Source: Obama Plans to Get Family Planning Aid Done Soon

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blogs.tnr.com - 2/4/2009
Bredesen for Health Reform?! (Updated With Alarm Bells)
— blogs.tnr.com — Buzz this morning is that Phil Bredesen, governor of Tennessee, is under consideration to replace Tom Daschle... in the administration. It's not clear whether this would be at the Department of Health and Human Services (more likely) or the White House ... (more) Bredesen for Health Reform?! (Updated With Alarm Bells)
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A 10% cut at the Pentagon?
hotair.com - 2/1/2009
A 10% cut at the Pentagon?
— hotair.com — Read this post » (more) A 10% cut at the Pentagon?
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Think Progress:  MSNBC’s Morning Joe: We Don’t Know Much About Economic Recovery

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MSNBC’s Morning Joe: We Don’t Know Much About Economic Recovery
Think Progress — Over the last two weeks on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and their regular guests have repeated a number of significant falsehoods about the economic recovery package. The cumulative result has been to turn MSNBC’s morning talk block into an echo chamber for false and misleading right-wing talking points about the stimulus bill currently before the Senate. This morning, for example, Brzezinski said that she spent last weekend doing “research” trying to find a good reason to support the recovery ...

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