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Our Two-Tiered Citizenship; That's You on the Bottom
by Jimmy Zuma — In this week's DC Water Cooler, the division between corporate employers and employees is examined, using Olbermann as a prime example of the standard.
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White House Gives In On Bush Tax Cuts
The Huffington Post —
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British deny George Bush's claims that torture helped foil terror plots
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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The Big Lie
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It seems to me that the last year or so in America's political culture has represented the triumph of untruth. And the untruth was propagated by a deliberate, simple and systemic campaign to kill Obama's presidency in its crib. Emergency measures in a...Recently linked to by Under the Mountain Bunker & Coffee Shop / 22 hours ago -
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Think Progress —
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Bush nostalgia: Let’s not get carried away, ok?
Michelle Malkin —
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De Facto Shariah Law in America
American Thinker —
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Democrats want leadership elections delayed
CNN Political Ticker —
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Devastation: GOP Picks Up 680 State Leg. Seats
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There is no report from the fiscal commission
Ezra Klein —
Here is the most important fact about the proposal released by the co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: It is not the commission's report. And here is the second most important fact to remember: The commission...Recently linked to by New Deal 2.0 / 14 hours ago -
Press Conference by the President
White House.gov —
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Hot Air —
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GOP Takeover In The House May Spell Doom For Obama's Environmental Policies
TPMMuckraker —
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