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While Sanford \'hiked,\' right-wing press kissed staff\'s ass
A South Carolina paper has used a public records request to obtain emails sent to and from Gov. Mark Sanford\'s office during the hectic few days last month when he had gone missing. They show, among other things, an effort by the right-wing media to curry favor with Sanford\'s office by dismissing the story as nothing but liberal media hype.
Inside Barney Frank\'s Plan to Legalize Marijuana
While Congress debates health-care, handles the economic downturn, and the quagmire in Afghanistan, Congressman Barney Frank is eyeing America\'s draconian pot policies. Read our exclusive interview.
$1 Trillion Deficit Complicates Obama\'s Agenda
The U.S. budget deficit for fiscal-year 2009 broke past $1 trillion in June, a potential threat to Obama\'s broader agenda and efforts to revive the economy.
Obama Nominates Alabama Physician for Surgeon General
Dr. Regina Benjamin is known along Alabama\'s impoverished Gulf Coast as a country doctor who makes house calls and doesn\'t turn away patients who can\'t pay — even as she\'s had to find the money to rebuild a clinic repeatedly destroyed by hurricanes and once even fire.
Palin Hints At Plans To Split Republican Party
From her own PAC: Palin Hints At Independent Conservative Movement Excerpts from TammyBruce.com Enter now Sarah Palin with very encouraging comments that lead one to believe that she is indeed planning to do what she must: build an independent conservative movement and take this nation back from the liberals which now control both parties.
CBS Poll Finds Record Support for Legalizing Marijuana
With a New CBS News Poll Finding 41% Now Support Legalization, CBSNews.com Examines Changing Views of Marijuana in the U.S.
Sarah Palin\'s Messy Exit Strategy Could Really Cost Alaska
Since her sudden resignation from the Alaskan governor’s office on July 3, Sarah Palin has created a constitutional crisis that could cost state legislators hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money to resolve.
Police Invade Wisconsin man\'s property to pull down flag hun
The Washington post says \"An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it - an Iraq war veteran - claims the officers trespassed and stole his property. \"
Top Dem Says Bush Broke the Law By Authorizing Spy Program
John Conyers who famously opposed impeachment of George W. Bush now says Bush committed an \"impeachable offense\" by personally approving surveillance.
U.S. top prosecutor considering torture investigation?
This smells like bullshit... more saber rattling and no substance... I\'ll be surprised if they do jack shit about any of it
Yarmuth\'s walkout on \'Jackson moment\' angers some
When the Congressional Black Caucus decided to ask for a moment of silence on the U.S. House floor after the death of singer Michael Jackson, Rep. John Yarmuth (D), KY3, walked out.
Troops Ready to Die to Stop Iran Protests
Gen. Sayyed Hassan Firouzabadi, chief of Iran\'s Joint Armed Forces, said Iranian soldiers were willing to die as they did in the brutal eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s rather than back down in the face of protests over June\'s disputed presidential election.
Dennis Kucinich Demolishes Wingnut Doc on Healthcare
\"I\'m not surprised that psychiatrist David Gratzer testified this week that the Canadian healthcare system is just awful and how the poor deprived Canadians are simply pouring across the border... Oddly enough, he forgot to mention that the Canadian government was not only sending them across the border, they were picking up the check.\"
Young GOP Chooses Hate
Audra Shay, the Young Republican leader accused of endorsing racism on Facebook, was elected head of the group for GOP members under 40 this afternoon.
Freeper in free speech flap after racial slurs.
\"A typical street whore.\" \"A bunch of ghetto thugs.\" \"Ghetto street trash.\" \"Wonder when she will get her first abortion.\" Moderators of the blog left the comments - and commenters - in place until a complaint was lodged by a writer doing research on the conservative movement, almost a full day later.
TX Gov Appoints Creationist to Head TX Education - NBC
TX Governor Perry appoints science denying \'intelligent design\' advocate to lead education agency.
Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy
Up till now, this has been a notably cheerful year for admirers of Ernest Hemingway – a surprisingly diverse set of people who range from Michael Palin to Elmore Leonard. Almost every month has brought good news: a planned Hemingway biopic; a new, improved version of his memoir, A Moveable Feast; the opening of a digital archive of papers...
Peggy Noonan Goes Off On Sarah Palin In Column: \"Horrifying\"
One of the most refreshingly honest moments of the 2008 campaign came when Peggy Noonan, a columnist and former Republican speechwriter, was caught on a live mike calling the choice of Sarah Palin to run on the Republican ticket \"political bullshit.\" She smoothed over her harsh remarks in a subsequent column, saying she liked Palin even if she wasn
Sotomayor Tougher on Crime Than Any of Her Colleagues
Conservative critics of Judge Sonia Sotomayor have had plenty to say about what they consider her liberal judicial record. But would it make any difference if they knew that as a New York trial judge, she was tougher on crime -- handing down more and longer sentences -- than any of her colleagues in the same district?
Only 6% of Scientists are Republicans, Says Pew Poll
A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that the GOP is alienating scientists to a startling degree. Only six percent of America\'s scientists identify themselves as Republicans; fifty-five percent call themselves Democrats.

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