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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 4142 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Joe Sarborough's Revisionist Reality

    MAY 11, 2012 12:16PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: morning joe, massachusetts, mississippi, utah, 2012 presidential race, mitt romney, president barack obama, barry goldwater, william f. buckley, radical right, republicans, politics, gay rights, marriage equality, homosexuality, joe scarborough

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 3966 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Frontline’s “Money, Power & Wall Street”

    MAY 2, 2012 1:18PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: and paul volker, christine romer, joseph stiglitz, robert reich, dodd-frank financial reform act, glass-steagall act, jeb hensarling, larry summers, president barack obama, timothy geithner, episode 3, power & wall street”, “money, frontline documentary, derivatives, wall street abuses, timothy geithner legacy, obama presidency, bank bailout, recession of 2007-09, economic meltdown, finance, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2042 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Another Limbaugh "Slut and Prostitute" not on Welfare

    MARCH 7, 2012 8:10PM

    By Francesca Biller


    Topics: mitt romney, republican party, 2012 presidential elections, ignorance, the pope, government aid, welfare, the food stamp president, president barack obama, modern women, former house speaker newt gingrich, birth control, fertile genes, georgetown university law student, unwanted child, welfare, prostitute, slut, rush limbaugh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 5116 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    Let’s Not Kid Ourselves About Manufacturing Jobs

    JANUARY 25, 2012 11:54AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: think different, hoover dam, keith bradsher, charles duhigg, ”, “how u.s. lost out on iphone work, new york times, jared bernstein, androids, kindles, ipods, ipads, auto industry, gm, steve jobs, foxconn city, manufacturing in china, apple, iphone, president barack obama, offshoring, state of the union address, repatriating jobs, jobs, manufacturing, finance, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1589 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Barackamania is Running Wild and Politics IS Wrestling

    MAY 4, 2011 2:40AM

    By Bob Calhoun


    Topics: politics, pro wrestling, rick derringer, seth meyers, vince mcmahon, wwe, hulk hogan, white house correspondents dinner, donald trump, dwayne johnson, the rock, president barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2257 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    The Obama Memo: Opening the Hospital Doors

    APRIL 16, 2010 9:35AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: next of kin, hospital visitation, lgbt, gay and lesbian rights, human rights, medicine, white house, president barack obama, discrimination, health care surrogate, law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2508 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    To the Moon and Beyond

    APRIL 15, 2010 1:24PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: astronauts, space, nasa, president barack obama, moon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 3513 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Urgent memo to Jerry Brown: Be a Scott Brown, not a Coakley

    JANUARY 24, 2010 7:29PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, arnold schwarzenegger, barack obama, california, democratic party, jerry brown, martha coakley, massachusetts, president barack obama, president obama, republican party, scott brown, the tortoise and the hare

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2030 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Obama's First Year: The People Speak

    JANUARY 22, 2010 8:27AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: approval ratings, public opinion, david gideon, tom clark, lexy capp, rob figliulo, kevin flaherty md, bettye olson, phyllis schulte, eldercare, governing, tort reform, image abroad, civil rights, health care, economy, politics, president barack obama, obama, open call, obama's first year

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 4049 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    How to lose an election

    JANUARY 19, 2010 4:53PM

    By Joy-Ann Reid


    Topics: massachusetts, martha coakley, obama administration, president barack obama, politics, 2010, 2010 elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2796 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    A Year Into the Obama Presidency: Julio Osegueda's Take

    JANUARY 20, 2010 9:19AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: news, politics, college tuition, job creation, sportscasting, fort myers miracle, youtube, henrietta hughes, fort myers town hall, obama, president barack obama, julio osegueda, open call, obama's first year

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1528 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Why I'm not celebrating the end of the bailout

    DECEMBER 14, 2009 1:31PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: economy, politics, ceo compensation, compensation limits, tim geithner, treasury, is bailout one word or two, president barack obama, citibank, citigroup, ceos, banking, bankers, fat cats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3642 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    In Accepting Peace Award, Obama Lectures on Just War

    DECEMBER 10, 2009 8:20AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: news, open call, oslo, just war, nobel lecture, nobel peace prize, obama, president barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 6251 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    White House Releases Official Obama Family Photo

    OCTOBER 23, 2009 9:03AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: flickr, malia obama, sasha obama, michelle obama, president barack obama, white house green room, vanity fair, annie leibovitz, official obama family photo, barack obama, white house

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1567 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Baucus Healthy Future Act Sends Public Option Out to Sea

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 3:04PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: health care, health care reform, america's healthy future act 2009, senator max baucus, senate finance committee, senate health care plan, obama health care reform, president barack obama, public option, medicine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1518 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Wikipedia Vandal Skewers Rep. Joe Wilson

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 5:41PM

    By Dan Lybarger


    Topics: congressman joe wilson, president barack obama, dan lybarger, health care, insurance, bill, liar, wikipedia, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2035 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Obama to Address Congress About Health Care

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 5:20PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: obama, health care, congress, speech, breaking news, politics, president barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 3809 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Greatest Hat In the History of Mankind

    AUGUST 25, 2009 5:47PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: inauguration, matt yglesias, ezra klein, open call, wikipedia hijinks, hat, great hats, president barack obama, health care reform, aretha franklin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1291 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Could McCain Have Saved the Banks?

    JUNE 12, 2009 5:19PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, tarp, talf, ppip, is bailout one word or two?, economy, bank bailout, bank of america, president barack obama, john mccain, campaign 08, election, economics, repayment

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