Another Mangy Blue Dog Bites The Dust

Source: Down With Tyranny!

I first came across South Carolina state Rep. Ted Vick when I was investigating right-wing Democrats who joined the Koch brother's and Murdoch's shady anti-democracy outfit ALEC. Vick was one of his state's ALEC leaders. I guess I wasn't the o ...
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Wisconsin Politifact Calls Out Scott Walker Jobs Numbers As ‘Mostly False’

Source: Forbes Blogs

I cover the public health care policy beat. As some readers may know, I recently published an article taking Governor Scott Walker to task for what I perceived to be an effort to “play games” with the Wisconsin job numbers to improve his p ...
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CBS News Claims Obama’s Bain Attacks ‘Not Sticking’ Based On…Nothing

Source: Mediaite.com

Spoke one in the rush to Romney’s defense was to mislead people into thinking the President was attacking “free enterprise,” even while critics were saying, in the same breath, that scrutiny of Romney’s job creation claim was fair game, ...
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Source: The Mercury - Voice of Tasmania

YOUNG people are being targeted in a new media campaign highlighting the issue of alcohol use and non-consensual sex. The "Off Your Head Don't Share Your Bed" campaign was developed in light of alarming evidence and statistic ...
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Sugar fight takes another bitter turn

Source: Cleveland.com

View full sizeAssociated Press fileThis undated television advertisement provided by The Corn Refiners Association, shows a corn maze shaped like a question mark. The makers of high fructose corn syrup want to change thei ...
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Tea Party Victory, Global Defeat

Source: AllAfrica.com

CANBERRA - You wouldn't expect much interest beyond the United States, or even beyond his own state, when an 80-year-old conservative legislator, who has already served six terms, loses his party's endorsement to ...
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Judith Greenberg, Ph.D.: Learning to Drive Again

Source: The Huffington Post

Why are so many women I know -- myself included -- prone to waves of sadness these days? The sun is shining, flowers blooming and days are getting longer. Yet the springtime blues seem to be affecting people whose lives, at least fr ...
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Sweetwater Corruption Charges Used to Boost Dumanis' Mayoral Bid

Source: Voice of San Diego

In four years, three elected officials have been prosecuted by Dumanis' office and, so far, only one of those prosecutions has resulted in punitive action: Earlier this year former Encinitas Mayor Dan Dalager was fined $1,000 for receiving disc ...
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White House rebuts Romney over China suggestion

Source: CNN

(CNN) - The White House on Thursday criticized a swipe that presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney took at President Barack Obama in a new television advertisement. In the ad , the Romney campaign said that on his first day in office he would stand "up to ...
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