Highlights in the History of a 'Christian Nation'

Seeded on Thu May 13, 2010 8:20 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

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In a recent Fox News colloquy, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin explained America's religious traditions to Bill O'Reilly.

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Florida Adds Homeless Attacks As Hate Crime

Seeded on Thu May 13, 2010 7:30 AM EDT (Daytona News)

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Attacks on homeless people will soon be classified as a hate crime in Florida, which has ranked first in the nation for such attacks the past 11 years.

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Oil Spill Hearings In Congress: Companies Blame Each Other, Refuse Responsibility

Seeded on Tue May 11, 2010 12:03 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

BP PLC told Congress Tuesday its massive Gulf oil spill was caused by the failure of a key safety device made by another company.

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Conservatives Aren't At War With the Left | FrumForum

Seeded on Sun May 9, 2010 8:34 PM EDT (frumforum.com)

Apparently, a growing number of conservatives have discovered they're "at war." This war is not taking place overseas and the enemy is not, say, Al Qaeda or the Taliban. The war in question is against fellow Americans, particularly those of a leftist persuasion.

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Shirin Sadeghi: Hey Arizona: What About the Chinese and the Russians?

Seeded on Mon May 3, 2010 10:21 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

For most of us, the state-sanctioned racial profiling bill in Arizona is shocking but intangible. For one young man, it is all too real. LuisCarlos Davis is a voice you've never heard, with stories that seem incomprehensible.

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Editorial: Stop failing Arizona; Start fixing immigration

Seeded on Sun May 2, 2010 11:35 AM EDT (The Arizona Republic)

We need leaders. The federal government is abdicating its duty on the border. Arizona politicians are pandering to public fear. The result is a state law that intimidates Latinos while doing nothing to curb illegal immigration .

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Breaking : Reuters: Another Oil Rig Overturns In Gulf Coast...

Seeded on Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:15 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Louisiana Drilling Rig Overturns: Accident And Second Possible Oil Spill At Mobile Inland Drilling Unit

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Legal Challenge to Arizona's Law Explained -- by lawyer Emma Ruby-Sachs

Seeded on Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:39 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The first lawsuit challenging the Arizona immigration law was filed in court today by a fifteen-year veteran of the Tuscon police force. Escobar v. Brewer throws a battery of challenges against Senate Bill 1070. Some have a likely chance of success, some less so.

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Bob Cesca: Arizona Immigration Law Conjures Ghosts of Southern Neo-Slavery

Seeded on Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:56 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Like the neo-slavery laws of the old South, the Arizona immigration law is another way for the white, Republican establishment to retain some semblance of control in the face of a growing minority population.

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Breaking: All-Night Votes Planned For Wall Street Reform; Harry Reid Calls Stonewalling 'Anti-American'

Seeded on Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:48 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

UPDATE 4:04 p.m. -- The cots did the trick.

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Republican Governors Anti-Obama Ad Borrows Political Terrorism Theme

Seeded on Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:15 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The Republican Governors Association has released a new web ad attacking President Barack Obama whose theme borrows heavily from a story glorifying domestic political terrorism.

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Lady Justice Broke -- Huffington Post

Seeded on Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:22 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

LOS ANGELES — An unprecedented financial crisis afflicting the nation's largest court system is in the hands of the policy making California Judicial Council, with Los Angeles court officials awaiting its decision on their plea for an infusion of cash.

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Are You an "Enemy Belligerent"?

Seeded on Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:49 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman have introduced a 12-page bill that rivals the PATRIOT act and Military Commissions Act as the most short-sighted and therefore frightening piece of legislation introduced by a member of Congress.

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GOP Objects And Objects And Objects... (VIDEO)

Seeded on Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:53 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

"For the record, I'm informed that the minority was aware that I was coming to make these unanimous consent requests, that they had full knowledge that this was going to come, and if they are unable to get somebody to the floor to object, that is, as far as I'm concerned, not my …

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Republicans: We'll Call Wall Street Reform A 'bailout' No Matter What

Seeded on Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:56 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Republican leadership made it clear on Tuesday that, even if Democrats drop from regulatory reform legislation a suddenly controversial $50 billion fund to help wind down failing banks, they will still denounce the bill for including an unlimited bailout.

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Right Network: New Conservative TV Network Coming

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:41 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

A new conservative-leaning network is set to launch this summer, featuring a partnership with Comcast and promotion from one of Hollywood's most outspoken Republicans.

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We Were Wrong -- Pres. Clinton to Jake Tapper

Seeded on Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:54 AM EDT (ABC News Blogs)

In my EXCLUSIVE "This Week" interview, I asked former President Bill Clinton if he thought he got bad advice on regulating complex financial instruments known as derivatives from his former Treasury Secretaries, Robert Rubin and Larry Summers.

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Glenn Beck's Tea Party Ratings Fizzle

Seeded on Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:09 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

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You know how Glenn Beck's TV show is a ratings juggernaut fueled by the tea party movement? Well, maybe it's time to rethink that assumption -- because now that tea party 2010 is here, Beck's ratings are down from tea party 2009.

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SEC: Goldman Sachs Charged With Civil FRAUD Over Mortgage Securities

Seeded on Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:23 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman Sachs with civil fraud over its controversial collaterized debt obligations tied to the subprime mortgage market.

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Mitch McConnell's Homestate Paper Thrashes Him For 'Unabashedly Courting Wall Street Bankers For Political Money'

Seeded on Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:37 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is "unabashedly courting Wall Street bankers for political money" and "happy to scratch their backs if they'll scratch his," opines McConnell's homestate newspaper, the Lexington Herald-Leader, in an unusually strong rebuke.

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Do Israelis Exist? - Page 1 - The Daily Beast

Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:26 PM EDT (thedailybeast.com)

Sixty years after Israel's founding, its citizens still lack an official Isreali identity; instead of being recognized on their ID cards as Israelis, most are registered as "Jewish" or "Arab." David Kaufman on the court case that could change that—and what it means fo …

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Arizona passes strict illegal immigration act - latimes.com

Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:39 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday approved what foes and supporters agree is the toughest measure in the country against illegal immigrants, directing local police to determine whether people are in the country legally. . . .

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Las Vegas Officials Set Up Donation Stations To Collect Money For Homeless

Seeded on Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:57 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

In a city hit hard by the national recession, Las Vegas officials have developed a new strategy to address the high rate of homelessness.

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Florida ordinance targets people who give to beggars and peddlers - latimes.com

Seeded on Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:25 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Supporters of the measure cite traffic safety. Critics say it violates free-speech rights. Dare to buy red roses or a newspaper from a street vendor, and soon you could be breaking the law. At least in Oakland Park, Fla.

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Bill to extend jobless benefits faces Senate showdown - AGAIN

Seeded on Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:03 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Congress is poised for another partisan showdown over extending unemployment insurance, as concerns about the growing budget deficit have complicated the path forward for an otherwise popular program.

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