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The Proper Cultivation of the Muck-Raked Garden
The American Scene — ... (which is a national nonprofit dedicated to the sort of investigative work Conor’s trying to promote) announced the launch of a new feature on their blog which would compile “often-overlooked” investigative reports. (Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have a separate RSS feed set up for it yet, but if you’re so inclined you should bookmark the main blog — called, ironically, The Paper Trail.) ...

Chamber of Commerce Secretly Trying to Take Down Labor Appointee
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — Ah, the use of front groups by the Big Business lobby. Always so much fun. Here's the latest example, spotted by the Center for Responsive Politics' blog, PaperTrail, when it investigated this online advertisement against Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis: Clicking on the ad takes you to a petition against Rep. Solis' nomination, which is hosted on the website of "Americans for Job Security." While it’s hard to find anyone these days who would be against job security, the claim ...