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      <title>Nevada's Sharron Angle Launches Run for U.S. House</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:44:45 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Politics Daily Staff - Mar. 16 - Filed under: Republicans, Social Security, Conservatives, 2012 ElectionsShe kicked off her campaign for one of state's four U.S. House seats on Wednesday with a video of her seated at a kitchen table and lamenting the national debt.&#160;Permalink&#160;|&#160;Email this&#160;|&#160;Linking&#160;Blogs&#160;|&#160;Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/5558200?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4.1 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/5558200?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/5558200/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Nir Rosen's Offensive Tweets Shouldn't Have Surprised Us</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Matt Lewis - Feb. 17 (Opinion) - After examining Rosen's past writings (and Tweets), none of us should be terribly surprised that he would have so viciously attacked Logan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/5227807?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.5 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/5227807?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/5227807/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>GOP Healthcare Plan: Repeal, Not Replace</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;readersupportednews.org - By David Corn - Jan. 18 (Opinion) - 'There is no replace. There's only eradicate. Yank apart. Lash out. The GOPers do not have a substitute. This ought not be shocking. When they controlled Congress during the George W. Bush years - and before - they never showed much interest in addressing the extensive woes of the healthcare system, countering the abusive practices of insurance companies, or extending coverage to the tens of millions who go without.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4880142?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4.0 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4880142?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4880142/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Why Liberals Are Right to Refuse to Honor the Confederacy --</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Carl Cannon - Dec. 21 (Special Report) - The revisionist history needs to stop.A look at the civil war.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4545254?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Not rated yet&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4545254?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Info&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4545254/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Senate Republicans Block Democrats Middle Class Tax Cut Plan</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Patricia Murphy - Dec. 04 (News) - Republican senators led a filibuster Saturday to block consideration of two Democratic proposals to permanently extend the expiring Bush tax cuts for all but the highest earners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4323258?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.4 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4323258?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4323258/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Sarah Palin: 'We've Got to Stand With Our North Korean Allies'</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:52:36 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Christopher Weber - Nov. 24 (News) - While criticizing the Obama administration's handling of the crisis on the Korean peninsula, Sarah Palin said it's important that the U.S. supports &quot;our North Korean allies.&quot; Appearing on Glenn Beck's radio show Wednesday, the former Alaska governor was asked how she would handle the situation between North and South Korea. 



Filed under: Sarah PalinIt may have been just a slip of the tongue, but when you're a potential candidate for president, these things get noticed.&#160;Permalink&#160;|&#160;Email this&#160;|&#160;Linking&#160;Blogs&#160;|&#160;Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4196514?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Not rated yet&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4196514?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Info&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4196514/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Real Airport Security Debate: Would You Rather Be Groped or Zapped?</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By David Corn - Nov. 22 (Opinion) - It's a no-brainer: I'd rather accept a demeaning squeeze than a dose of radiation -- before being allowed to proceed to friendly skies. In either case, I'll be thinking: The terrorists won.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4161053?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Not rated yet&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4161053?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Info&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4161053/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Will Stealth Spending Decide the 2012 GOP Presidential Primaries?</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Walter Shapiro - Nov. 12 (News Analysis) - After a GOP wave election that put the &quot;tsu&quot; in tsunami, Republicans have reason to feel smug as they look toward 2012. High on the GOP's gloating list is the way that wealthy conservatives and right-wing business groups exploited the new permissive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4035750?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.8 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4035750?ref=rss&quot;&gt;7&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/4035750/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>michael bennet claims win in colorado with 15.000-vote lead</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Sandra Fish - Nov. 04 (News Report) - incumbent democrat michael bennet defeated republican challenger ken buck by more than 15000 votes in one of the most heated senate contests in the nation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3924401?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4.0 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3924401?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3924401/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law Collapses as Industry Flexes Its Muscles</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Sheila Kaplan - Oct. 15 (Investigative Report) - A year-long effort to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act is dead in the water, perpetuating loopholes in the federal law that allow manufacturers to sell household chemicals without first proving they are safe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3678654?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4.2 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3678654?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3678654/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Judge Rejects Gov. Jan Brewer's Challenge to Arizona's Immigration Law</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:57:51 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Oct. 12 - Care2.com (blog)Judge Rejects Gov. Jan Brewer's Challenge to Arizona's Immigration LawPolitics DailyA lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona's controversial immigration law is going forward after a federal judge threw out a challenge by Gov. ...Judge lets lawsuit on Arizona immigration law proceedCNN InternationalFederal Judge Rejects Challenges To Lawsuit Against Arizona Immigration LawHuffington PostImmigration &amp; SB 1070TucsonSentinel.comThe Washington Independent&#160;-Courthouse News Service&#160;-UPI.comall 23 news articles&#160;&#187;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3663753?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.3 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3663753?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3663753/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Afghan War: In 10th Year, No End in Sight</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By David Wood - Oct. 08 (News) - Filed under: Terror, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, Public Option, MilitaryU.S. troops and strike aircraft launched the Afghan war nine years ago Thursday, easily ousting the Taliban. Since then the war has intensified, and the costs have grown.Permalink|Email this|LinkingBlogs|Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3588723?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Not rated yet&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3588723?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Info&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3588723/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>In Ann Arbor, a State Attorney Is Accused of Stalking, Hate Speech</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Andrew Cohen - Oct. 03 - It smells like a &quot;Law and Order&quot; plot. And perhaps, one day soon, the story of Chris Armstrong and Andrew Shirvell will make it onto the small screen. Let's just hope the it contains a safe and peaceful ending. Armstrong is a 21-year-old University of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3547335?ref=rss&quot;&gt;2.5 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3547335?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3547335/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Diesel Dangers: Mining Companies Get First Look at Government Cancer Study</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Jim Morris, Chris Hamby - Sep. 27 (News Report) - A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published this fall -- but only after a mining industry group, represented by the Washington lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs, finishes a pre-publication review of the study's drafts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3455953?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.9 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3455953?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3455953/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Stephen Colbert to Testify Before House Committee on Immigration</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Sep. 22 (News) - No joke. The Comedy Central host will appear Friday at a hearing on the subject of &quot;Protecting America's Harvest.&quot;Permalink|Email this|LinkingBlogs|Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3406789?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.3 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3406789?ref=rss&quot;&gt;10&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3406789/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Obama Health Event Brings New Concern Over White House PR Breakdown</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:19:52 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Sep. 22 - Filed under: Democrats, Health Care, Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, Medicine, Economy, Health Care Reform, Barack ObamaObama is taking his lumps this week from voters who tell him he isn't communicating well with the public on the economy or the new health law.Permalink|Email this|LinkingBlogs|Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3407484?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.8 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3407484?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/3407484/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Congress Can Withhold Funds from ACORN, Federal Court Rules</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Aug. 13 (News) - Filed under: InvestigationsCongress can continue to withhold federal money from ACORN following a federal appeals panel decision Friday that rejected a lower court's ruling about funding for the community activist group.?Permalink?|?Email this?|?Linking?Blogs?|?Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2900333?ref=rss&quot;&gt;2.0 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2900333?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2900333/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>WikiLeaks Says It Will Publish More Secrets</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Tom Diemer - Aug. 07 (News) - WikiLeaks tells the AP it will keep publishing classified documents, despite claims that its postings of Afghan war reports has imperiled American allies (the U.S. government says it will continue it's nine year old war despite hard evidence that it has killed thousands of non-combatants).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2817682?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.4 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2817682?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2817682/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Jacob Lew, Bill Clinton's Budget Brain, Returning to OMB Helm</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Alex Wagner - Aug. 04 (Special Report) - In a message to her staff on Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the departure of deputy secretary Jacob &quot;Jack&quot; Lew to become the new director of the Office of Management and Budget &quot;obviously bittersweet.&quot; Lew, who previously held the OMB position under President Bill Clinton, is regarded as a talented, level-headed swami of the spreadsheet who oversaw an era of balanced budgets and surpluses -- ending his tenure $237 billion in the black.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2745844?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.4 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2745844?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2745844/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Seven Things Republicans Were For Before They Were Against Them</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Jul. 11 (Opinion) - Filed under: Republicans, John McCain, Economy, Budget, Deficit, Campaign Finance, Mitch McConnell, Climate Change, ImmigrationFrom cap-and-trade to deficit spending to immigration, Republicans have changed their minds about a host of issues in the last 18 months. Coincidence? Not likely.?Permalink?|?Email this?|?Linking?Blogs?|?Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2454521?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.9 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2454521?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/2454521/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Jacques Cousteau's Grandson Takes 'Nightmare' Dive Into Oil Spill</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Carl Franzen - May. 27 (Special Report) - The Gulf oil spill's toll on the environment remains difficult to quantify at this time, but a new video of a journey into the dark heart of the spill taken by Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of legendary undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, reveals a &quot;nightmarish&quot; scene.
Cousteau was investigating whether Corexit, the environmentally-tenuous chemical dispersant that BP has been spraying into the Atlantic since the spill began is &quot;breaking down the oil or if the byproduct they are forming is causing more damage to see life.&quot; ABC Good Morning America reporter Sam Champion, who was along for the ride, was shocked and appalled at what he found.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1898821?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.3 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1898821?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1898821/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Obama: 'Great Progress' on Nuclear Security, But Mideast Peace is Another Story -</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:06:39 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Apr. 13 - Filed under: Foreign Policy, National Security, Arms Control, Nuclear ProliferationPresident Obama closed his two-day Nuclear Security Summit with an upbeat report about the &quot;candor and cooperative spirit&quot; at the 47-nation conclave, and the &quot;great progress&quot; made toward a safer world. He said all participants had agreed on &quot;the urgency and seriousness of the threat&quot; of vulnerable nuclear material and his goal of securing it in four years. But, there was a striking difference in tone by the end of Obama's news conference, when he talked about whether his achievements will help rejuvenate prospects for Middle East peace. The need for it is &quot;as critical as ever,&quot; he said, but unless the Israeli and Palestinian people &quot;are willing to break out of old patterns of antagonism,&quot; it doesn't matter how much pressure the United States brings to bear. He said the United States would be &quot;constantly present, constantly engaged,&quot; but predicted progress would be halting and frustrating and will be measured &quot;not in days, not in weeks. It's going to take time.&quot; In contrast, Obama offered a bright picture of U.S. leadership on nuclear security. He ticked off progress on numerous fronts in just the past week: The nuclear security summit, the new treaty he signed with Russia to reduce nuclear arsenals in both countries, and a &quot;nuclear posture review&quot; that recommends a reduced role for nuclear weapons and places prevention of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism at the top of the U.S. agenda. Asked about how the promises made by many countries will be enforced, Obama said leaders made public commitments that they will take seriously. Progress will be tracked by experts, he said, and participants agreed to a follow-up summit in 2012 in South Korea. Obama also expressed optimism that the Chinese will rebalance their currency because that decision will be advantageous to their country, and that the Chinese will ultimately be on board for sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program. They have sent official representatives to New York to help draft a sanctions resolution, he said. Clearly the Chinese are concerned about their trade relationships with Iran, Obama said, and &quot;sanctions aren't a magic wand.&quot; But he said he told President Hu Jintao, &quot;Words have to mean something .There have to be some consequences.&quot; He added: &quot;My interest is not having a long drawn out process for months. I want to see us move forward boldly and quickly.&quot; When a reporter asked if Obama would call on Israel to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty, he replied: &quot;I'm not going to comment on their program.&quot; But he also said that &quot;consistently we have urged all countries&quot; to sign such a treaty.?Permalink?|?Email this?|?Linking?Blogs?|?Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1331818?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.9 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1331818?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1331818/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Political Extremism: Made in the GOP?</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By David Corn - Apr. 05 (Opinion) - The point: extreme rhetoric can lead to extreme action -- and Republican leaders have been aiding and abetting the extremism. Afterward, some conservative viewers complained, noting that during the Bush-Cheney years you could find left-wing foes of the administration waving signs at rallies decrying the &quot;fascists&quot; in the White House and calling for &quot;regime change.&quot; Isn't it a double-standard, they asked, to bellyache about conservatives using such language nowadays?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1233408?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3.3 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1233408?ref=rss&quot;&gt;7&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/1233408/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>What Pope Benedict Must Do</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:02:30 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - Mar. 30 - Pope Benedict faces an epic scandal as victims of clerical sex abuse in Ireland, Western Europe and America raise the issue of justice denied by secret tribunals that allowed predators to remain priests. Yet an editorial in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, scored the media for &quot;an ignoble attempt to strike at Pope Benedict and his closest aides at any cost.&quot; Benedict is grappling with an unfinished crisis that drew media coverage in America in 1992; victims' lawsuits revealed bishops who had sheltered predators from prosecution. By 1994 the coverage had ebbed. Then, in 2002, The Boston Globe gained access to voluminous documents, exposing a vast clergy sexual underground. Pope John Paul II called the American cardinals to Rome for an emergency conference. In June, the U.S. bishops enacted a youth protection charter. Lay review boards would comb clergy files and probe new accusations. Bishops began weeding out sex offenders. The Vatican drew the line, however, at giving these review boards the authority to investigate bishops. That decision has come back to haunt the church. Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston in late 2002, remains today part of the Roman Curia and pastor of a great basilica, St. Mary Major. In recent years, at least sixteen bishops who sexually abused children quietly &quot;stepped down.&quot; One was a cardinal, Austria's Hans Hermann Groer, who has since died. A Vatican double-standard -- priests subject to defrocking, bishops quietly moving on -- has made the pope vulnerable to even greater criticism amidst a new round of investigative reports. Benedict's most immediate task is to change the Vatican's archaic system of closed tribunals, which prize secrecy. The pope is final arbiter on canon law, a sovereign who has the power of a one-man Supreme Court to intervene, halt or change a canonical decision. But changing that system is a much tougher reform than meets the eye. Ironically, for all the bad press he is getting, Benedict has done more to confront the abuse crisis than anyone else in the Vatican. But he must choose between governing and upholding his theological vision as a moral absolutist. As many a president and prime minister has learned, the shift from an ideological stance to a pragmatic one can be laden with risk. The root crisis lies in the church's view of apostolic succession. The pope and bishops consider themselves descendants in a spiritual lineage from Jesus's apostles. Apostolic succession is as much a part of Catholicism as icons and stained glass windows. But Judas was also an apostle -- a reminder that all humans, regardless of proximity to the Word, are capable of betraying the faith. Apostolic succession has fallen victim to hubris, the pride and entitlement of a religious elite who consider apology or penance a substitute for human justice. Bishops answer directly to the pope, also known as Supreme Pontiff. But this monarchical system of governance is colliding with two pillars of democracy, a court system and a free press. As abuse victims clamor for the punishment of bishops, information from America holds a stirring of hope. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released data that show a 32% decline in reported cases of clergy abuse from last year. Most involved priests were deceased or out of ministry. The USCCB reported six victims in 2009 who were younger than 18. Six too many, yes; but after at estimated $1.8 billion in losses from payouts to victims, legal fees and therapy for sex offenders, the youth protection charter is taking hold. Moreover, 96% of Catholic school students have &quot;safe environment&quot; training to warn against improper adult behavior. The Vatican has no youth protection charter, nor binding procedures for the world's bishops. Some church leaders, however, now see a crisis in that aloofness. Germany's Cardinal Walter Kasper bravely distanced himself from the Roman Curia in telling Italy's La Repubblica, &quot;We have to seriously clean up the church.&quot; Benedict faces a stark dilemma. To &quot;clean up,&quot; he must challenge apostolic succession, start a process of sacking bishops who abused children, and demote prelates who grossly betray the trust. Such as: * Frank Rodimer, who as bishop of Patterson, N.J., used church funds to pay $250,000 after he was personally sued in a case with a priest who for several summers had sex with a boy in a beach house they shared with Rodimer. The priest went to prison. Rodimer stepped down, on reaching the retirement age at 75, and simply moved into a house the diocese bought. * Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, who used church funds to pay $450,000 in 1998 to silence a former male lover. When ABC News broke the hush money story in 2002, Weakland resigned his office -- but not his title. As archbishop, he was high-handed toward victims while playing musical chairs with pedophiles. * Anthony O'Connell, who resigned as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, in 2002, admitting that he abused a seminarian years before. He moved into a South Carolina monastery. To defrock bishops who abused children would send a vital signal to all Catholics that Benedict is serious about reform. His recent letter to Irish Catholics, which followed lengthy government investigations of the church, was strongly-worded. Citing &quot;grave errors and failures of leadership,&quot; he said: &quot;I can only share in the dismay and the sense of betrayal that so many of you have experienced on learning of these sinful and criminal acts and the way church authorities in Ireland dealt with them.&quot; His words evince a deeper struggle: &quot;I openly express the shame and remorse we all feel.&quot; Still, his delay on the offer of four Irish bishops to resign spurred more outrage, as did his role as archbishop of Munich, decades ago, in approving treatment for a pederast. Will Benedict demote bishops for &quot;grave errors?&quot; That would mean a new juridical standard. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger he was decisive in running Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is housed in a 17th century palazzo where Galileo the astronomer was convicted of heresy. On issues ranging from the Vatican prohibition of birth control devices to Liberation Theology of Latin America, the C.D.F. used anonymous investigators to critique the works of suspect scholars. In closed tribunals, Ratzinger and his assistants interrogated those out of step with doctrine, punishing some by excommunication or orders to keep silent for periods of time. Catholic liberals were aghast as Ratzinger clashed with some of the church's leading thinkers. The Swiss theologian, Father Hans K?ng famously called him &quot;The Grand Inquisitor,&quot; after Dostoevsky's religious persecutor in The Brothers Karamazov. Ratzinger's belief in absolute moral truth drove him to confront the pedophilia scandals when just about every other Vatican leader recoiled from it. John Paul, so brilliant a geopolitical figure, stood passive as scandals jolted America, Ireland, Canada and Australia in the 1990s. In 2001, Ratzinger persuaded the pope to take the authority for such cases from scattered Vatican offices and consolidate them in his tribunal. Insisting on secrecy from bishops sending the files, the C.D.F. began defrocking scores of priests. K?ng wrote in a March 18 essay for National Catholic Reporter: &quot;Honesty demands that Joseph Ratzinger himself, the man who for decades has been principally responsible for the worldwide cover-up, at least pronounce his own 'mea culpa'&quot; -- Latin for, &quot;my fault.&quot; K?ng is an esteemed scholar, but this opinion is off-base. The Roman Catholic Church is the largest organization in the world, and as split as Congress in its warring tribal camps. Who could orchestrate a global cover-up of anything? The crisis arose in countries that share a base in English common law with surgical discovery procedures for secret documents. Italian law is more restrictive; Italy has reported far fewer cases. Most cardinals in the Curia look to Italy as a base line, which has created a huge myopia, to put it charitably. In a 2005 Good Friday sermon, Ratzinger decried the &quot;filth&quot; that had crept into the priesthood. Several days later, in a sermon opening the conclave that would elect him pope, he gave a cri de coeur on Europe: &quot;We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive.&quot; The crisis of moral relativism he faces now is internal. Consider the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano, 82. As Secretary of State under John Paul II, Sodano defended to the hilt the notorious Father Marcial Maciel. Maciel, who died in 2008, was a Mexican who founded the Legion of Christ, a small religious order known for militant spirituality, papal loyalty and a $650 million budget. The Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who lent the New York Times $240 million, was a major benefactor. In 1997, nine ex-Legionaries opened their lives for the Hartford Courant, telling me and Gerald Renner how Maciel had sexually abused them in seminary. Asserting his innocence, Maciel refused to be interviewed. The Vatican was utterly silent on our questions about victim accusations against Maciel that went through church channels to Paul VI in 1976, John Paul II in 1978 and 1989. In 1998, the men filed a prosecution request in Ratzinger's tribunal. Sodano pressured Ratzinger to halt the case. Maciel and Sodano were close friends for years. As Secretary of State, Sodano was effectively John Paul's prime minister. Finally, with the pope dying in 2004, Ratzinger broke ranks with Sodano and ordered an investigation. In 2005, Sodano's office stated, falsely, that the investigation was over. In 2006, Benedict banished Maciel to &quot;a life of prayer and penitence.&quot; The Legion then compared Maciel to Jesus for refusing to defend himself. When he died in 2008, the Legion website said Maciel had gone to heaven. In 2009, the Legion revealed with &quot;surprise&quot; that Maciel had a grown daughter. On March 4, in Mexico City, Maciel's three grown sons (by a second woman) publicly accused the Legion of denying them financial compensation. Two of the sons said Maciel had sexually abused them as boys. A new investigation of the Legion, ordered by Benedict, is underway. If he follows his theological bearings, Benedict has the capacity to engineer radical reforms (from the Greek, meaning roots or primary things.) He should disband the Legion of Christ. If he holds listening sessions with a representative group of victims, he will dramatize reconciliation to a scandal-wearied church that aches for moral leadership. He should also convene a group of legal scholars to create a Vatican criminal court system. By forcing the bishops and cardinals who have done the most damage out of the hierarchy, he can restore integrity to the concept of apostolic succession. It is probably beyond him to make the celibacy law optional; but if he takes these other hard steps to reverse the scandal, he will put himself on the right side of history. 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      <title>Ten Wrong Reasons to Oppose Health Reform</title>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/sources/politics_daily?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Politics Daily&lt;/a&gt; - By Jill Lawrence - Mar. 10 (Comment) - here are some of the charges and claims, and why i think they are not the right reasons to oppose the health care overhaul before congress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/969877?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4.0 average&lt;/a&gt; (not enough reviews) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/969877?ref=rss&quot;&gt;See&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/969877/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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