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The Facts Are In and Paul Ryan Is Wrong

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Magazine - By Jonathan Chait - May. 10 (News Analysis) - Changes in the way we think about the world are not “news” in the classic sense — they occur gradually, without discrete events to signal them. But they matter. Two such developments have come together recently, both reported in the New York Times. The f

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Deficit Reduction Is Seen by Economists as Impeding Recovery

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Ackie Calmes, Jonathan Weisman - May. 09 (News Report) - After two years of stalemate on how to spur job creation and slash deficits, the consensus is that fiscal tightening has been a drag on economic recovery.

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Koch Brothers Making Play for Tribune's Newspapers

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Amy Chozick - Apr. 21 (News Report) - Three years ago, Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, held a seminar of like-minded, wealthy political donors at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo. They laid out a three-pronged …

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To reinvigorate Republican Party, tea party takes page from Occupy

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 16 (Special Report) - Tea party activists have come up with 10 bills that they call the New Fair Deal – a nod to ending special interests in D.C. The plan includes privatizing Social Security and replacing Obamacare. ...

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Five senators to watch on immigration bill

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Chris Cillizza - Apr. 14 (News Analysis) - After years of false starts, the Senate appears ready to introduce a bipartisan immigration bill this week — a piece of legislation that has massive policy and political implications attached to it. A bill being introduced isn’t the same thing as a deal that passes the Senate, of course. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), a member of the bipartisan “Gang of 8” crafting the legislation, acknowledged as much in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “It is not the take-it-or-leave-it offer,” he said. “It is a starting point of reform.” ...

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Contrasting Views on North Korea Underscore Sensitivities and Lack of Evidence

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt - Apr. 13 (News Analysis) - A sudden round of finger-pointing highlighted the sensitivity surrounding intelligence estimates in the wake of failures leading up to the Iraq war, and some subsequent missteps involving North Korea.

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Study: Iraq, Afghan war costs to top $4 trillion

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londoño - Mar. 29 (Special Report) - The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers between $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard researcher. Read full article >>

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Top G.O.P. Donors Seek Greater Say in Senate Races

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jeff Zeleny - Feb. 03 (News) - The biggest donors in the Republican Party are financing a new group to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts …

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Bill Clinton to Democrats: Don’t trivialize gun culture

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Byron Tau - Jan. 19 (News) - Former President Bill Clinton warned a group of top Democratic donors at a private Saturday meeting not to underestimate the passions that gun control stirs among many Americans. “Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents by looking do

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Rubio Pushes His Party on Immigration Changes

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Julia Preston - Jan. 15 (News Report) - Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is asserting his leadership among Republicans on immigration, previewing a proposal that includes measures to give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.

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Conservatives run ads vs. McConnell

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Ginger Gibson - Jan. 09 (News Report) - A conservative advocacy group is targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with a series of online ads in his home state for helping to negotiate the fiscal cliff deal.

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FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Dec. 25 (News) - ( requires subscription to WaPo )

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Tax fight sends GOP into chaos

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Karen Tumulty - Dec. 22 (News Analysis) - The main thing that has held Republicans together philosophically is the belief in holding down taxes. Not one of them in Congress has voted for a significant increase in more than two decades. Now that very issue is tearing the GOP apart and making it an all-but-ungovernable majority for Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to lead in the House. Read full article >>

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US fiscal cliff: Obama 'hopeful' after Republican plan fails

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Dec. 21 (News Report) - The White House said it would work with Congress to strike a bipartisan deal ahead of a 1 January deadline.

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What now? 'Plan B' collapse leaves fiscal crisis solution in doubt

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Fox News - Dec. 21 (News Report) - After House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" for averting the fiscal crisis withered Thursday night in the absence of enough Republican support, one question echoed through Washington -- what now?

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Boehner's Plan B fiscal cliff bill pulled amid dissension in GOP caucus

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Deirdre Walsh, Dana Bash, Craig Broffman - Dec. 20 (News Report) - House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases failed to curry enough Republican support Thursday night, after which Congress left for the holiday with no clear end in sight in the high-stakes debate.

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Lesbian Republicans, Long a Rare Political Breed, Raise Their Profiles

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sarah Wheaton - Nov. 26 (News Analysis) - Some lesbian Republicans fear that the party’s stance on gay issues could mean few younger reinforcements, even as older Republican lesbians step forward.

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Republicans face unexpected challenges in coastal South amid shrinking white vote

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Douglas A. Blackmon - Nov. 25 (News Analysis) - OXFORD, Miss. — Late on election night, a small melee erupted at the University of Mississippi here when a group of white students frustrated by the reelection of President Obama marched outside and began shouting racial slurs at African-American students. Several hundred people gathered to watch as two white students were ...

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Saxby Chambliss: One more Republican breaks ranks over anti-tax pledge

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 25 (News Report) - Republicans are grappling with growing rifts in their ranks over a pledge to never raise taxes that has been rock solid for more than 20 years. That shift could determine how Congress deals with its looming 'fiscal cliff.' ...

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Anonymous claims to have blocked GOP election theft with Ohio firewall

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Examiner - By Michael Santo - Nov. 18 (News Report) - according to the report, Anonymous stopped any voter fraud from happening. The hacker group put up firewalls on election night to any data from flowing out of Ohio. Anonymous, according to their "letter," could instead have tried to capture the data and then expose the criminals, but that would have been far too risky. Instead, they closed the hole that Rove was going to use and blocked the theft of the election.

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Secret money funds GOP door-knockers

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Kenneth P. Vogel - Nov. 05 (Investigative Report) - The Billion-Dollar Buy: About this series Like never before, big dollars are having a big impact on politics and governance. This series examines how the new wide-open fundraising landscape will affect the 2012 campaigns. See also: Inside Koch world | GO

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Mourdock: Even pregnancy from rape something "God intended"

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Lucy Madison - Oct. 24 (News Analysis) - While to the right on Lugar with regard to issues relating both to reproductive rights and others, Mourdock's stance on abortion is hardly an anomaly in the Republican party.

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Romney as a Manager: Unhurried and Socratic

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Michael Barbaro, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Michael Wines. - Oct. 20 (News) - "A serial chief executive, Mitt Romney is steeped in management theory and eschews gut instincts, wading deeply into the kind of raw data that is usually left to junior aides." This stuck out to me because it shows to things; Romney like to get things done, but Romney likes to take on too much responsibility and should learn to delegate.

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Welch Conspiracy Theory on Jobs Data Not Tied to Reality

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Hans Nichols, Lorraine Woellert - Oct. 07 (News Analysis) - A good conspiracy theory is irrefutable. A bad one usually collapses when confronted by reality. The claim by some supporters of Republican challenger Mitt Romney that President Barack Obama’s Chicago-based campaign doctored September’s unemployment figures for political gain fall into the second category, according to members of both parties who have served in the government’s economic data system.

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Georgia Congressman calls evolution, Big Bang 'lies straight from the pit of hell'

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Post - Oct. 06 (News) -

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