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- 3659 Views
- 42 Comments
Call to Action
JUNE 28, 2009 9:08PM
Topics: torture, senate, call, help, please, the farrah and michael posts are cute, but let's do something useful again
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- Editor's Pick
- 2995 Views
- 77 Comments
An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief
AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM
Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics
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- 2336 Views
- 75 Comments
The New American Witch Hunt: It's Getting Scary Out There
MARCH 19, 2009 12:41PM
Topics: a.i.g., mccarthy era, scandals, barney frank, bonuses, senate, money, witch hunts, villians
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- Editor's Pick
- 6262 Views
- 97 Comments
Was the recent Wisconsin Senate action really Illegal?
MARCH 10, 2011 9:37AM
Topics: process, confrontation, manipulated, manipulation, power grab, act, union rights, unions, rights, collective bargaining, politics, wisconsin, illegal, compliance, open meetings law, illegal act, legislature, state legislature, due process, process denied, justice denied, inappropriate, overstepped, overreach, overreached, explanation, analysis, review, objection, objected, rule, law, legislation, republican, democrat, coup, rush, notice, lack of notice, 2 hours, 24 hours, procedure, senate, wi
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- 1375 Views
- 28 Comments
Senate Republicans Balk at Larceny Reform Bill
APRIL 27, 2010 11:38PM
Topics: senate, larceny, republicans, democrats, car thieves, chop shops, slim jims, osha, taxation, satire, humor
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- 2788 Views
- 33 Comments
My afternoon at the French Senate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 8:15AM
Topics: france, paris, senate, politics, french political system, jardin du luxembourg, palais du luxembourg, journees europeenes du patrimoine, history, visits, photography, travel
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- 2076 Views
- 27 Comments
A Lament For Ted Kennedy
AUGUST 29, 2009 9:08PM
Topics: eulogy, ted kennedy, edward m. kennedy, senator kennedy, health care, massachusetts, massachusetts politics, senate, senate politics, john f. kennedy, robert f. kennedy, jfk, rfk, ted kennedy rip, ted kennedy funeral, ted kennedy death
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- 1983 Views
- 44 Comments
File Under Finally: Franken Wins
JUNE 30, 2009 3:18PM
Topics: al franken, minnesota, senate, election 2008, politics, norm coleman, voting, election reform, voting rights, senator franken
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- 648 Views
- 52 Comments
Short Message for House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, et. al.
NOVEMBER 5, 2010 7:35AM
Topics: the structurally poor, economic growth, taxation, capitalism, free markets, individualism, basic nutrition, housing, health care, senate, presidential veto, house of representatives, eric cantor, whip, business, economy, environment, family, health, news, politics, government
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- 1783 Views
- 36 Comments
Why Not Senator Nanny?
DECEMBER 13, 2008 12:55PM
Topics: senate, politics, transition, fran drescher, rod blagojevich, caroline kennedy
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- Editor's Pick
- 1681 Views
- 39 Comments
A Political Education
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 10:27AM
Topics: freshman orientation, politics, potus, magnuson, bayh, reagan, young love, teen pregnancy, senate, republicans, democrats
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- 1576 Views
- 28 Comments
Sotomayor Confirmed!
AUGUST 6, 2009 7:27PM
Topics: david souter, scotus, supreme court, congress is like mtv's the real world only with more crazy, senate, sonia sotomayor
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- 5674 Views
- 29 Comments
Nazis, muckrakers, and yellow journalism
MARCH 1, 2011 4:47PM
Topics: history, journalism, senate, congress, cpb, npr, media, news, politics
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- 1174 Views
- 41 Comments
The Makings of a Supreme Blunder?
APRIL 4, 2010 5:29PM
Topics: john paul stevens, resign, resignation, resigning, resigned, will resign, plans to resign, says he will resign, right-leaning, left-leaning, balance, replace, replacement, suitable replacement, candidate, qualified candidate, senate, confirmation, confirmation process, centrist, left, right, middle, obama, barack, elections, rally the base, go to the polls, turnout, turn out, turn out the vote, turn out voters, turn out the base, rights, liberal, progressive, conservative, 3/3/3, 3-3-3, politics, supreme court, stevens, justice stevens
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- 665 Views
- 32 Comments
WOW!! A Busy Few Weeks for Cheap Bastid
APRIL 1, 2010 8:52AM
Topics: food/drink, comedy, iron chef america, cheap bastid, bravo, top chef, iron chef, food network, food tv, julia child, bobby flay, hells kitchen, gordon ramsey, tom colicchio, padma, padma lakshmi, food & wine magazine, food and wine, barak obama, michelle obama, white house vegetable garden, spoof, april fool, humor, senate
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- 3038 Views
- 27 Comments
On the Shutdown: Sometimes, Courage Means Looking Foolish
APRIL 8, 2011 5:38PM
Topics: budget showdown, government shutdown, current events, george orwell, rep. farenthold, elephants, shooting an elephant, congress, government, politics, budget, obama, senate
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- Editor's Pick
- 2039 Views
- 19 Comments
Derivatives Reform, Explained With Crudely Drawn Figures
JUNE 15, 2010 7:55PM
Topics: senate, congress, politics, senator lincoln, senator blanche lincoln, banking reform, finreg, bank regulation, commercial banks, retail banks, bank holding companies, derivatives trading operations, derivatives reform, blanche lincoln derivatives reform, blanche lincoln
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- 417 Views
- 32 Comments
PAY: Gender Justice in the Workplace-Call Senators Now
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 7:27AM
Topics: news, feminism, family, economy, business, politics, legislation, senate, justice, gender
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- Editor's Pick
- 4835 Views
- 25 Comments
Filibusters, Cloture, and Lazy Senators
FEBRUARY 5, 2010 10:41AM
Topics: filibuster, cloture, history, senate
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- 721 Views
- 24 Comments
Three Wonk-free Thoughts on the Mass. Senate Election
JANUARY 20, 2010 3:54PM
Topics: massachusetts, senate, election, martha coakley, michael capuano, deval patrick, news, politics, voters, democrats, republicans, nixon, obama
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