ROMNEY: "I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was."

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 6:46 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

This morning, the Romney campaign repudiated that plan being hatched by GOP operatives to run millions in ads tying Obama to Jeremiah Wright. But as I noted earlier, Romney himself used Wright to attack Obama during an interview with Sean Hannity in February. Today, Romne …

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Judge blocks indefinite military detention provision | Reuters

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 5:04 PM EDT (Reuters)

(Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a recently enacted law's provision that authorizes indefinite military detention for those deemed to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces."   District Judge Katherine Forre …

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G.O.P. 'Super PAC' Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 10:21 AM EDT (The New York Times)

A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attackPresident Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from. Timed  …

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Top VAWA Opponents Partnered with Convicted Wife-Beater and Group Tied to Mail Order Bride Firm | rightwingwatch.org

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 6:35 AM EDT ()

The House of Representatives is poised to pass a hobbled version of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization (VAWA) later today. The House GOP version actually rolls back some current protections and excludes other key protections contained in the Sena …

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Barack Obama Teaches Mitt Romney How Humans React When They Do Something Wrong | Mediaite

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:31 PM EDT ()

The Mitt Romney high school bullying story has sent right-wingers into a frenzy of the usual denialsand deflections, but one example of these tactics,advanced by Sean Hannity Thursday night, only serves to reinforce the real problem with Romne …

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Even Howard Stern Seems More Capable of Sincere Remorse Than Romney | AlterNet

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:28 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

There's an article in the New York Times today about Howard Stern, who's cut back on his radio shock-jockery (he's no longer on radio five days a week) and is now a judge on America's Got Talent. To Bill Carter of the Times, Stern said this&nb …

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NAACP asks feds to block voter ID | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:21 PM EDT ()

The Mississippi NAACP is asking federal officials to block what will likely become the state's new voter ID law, contending it will violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act by diminishing the voting strength of minorities.  Because of Mississippi's history of racial discriminat …

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Texas Gets Last Shot for July 9 Trial on Voter Photo Law - Businessweek

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:19 PM EDT (Business Week)

Texas was accused by the federal judges weighing the state’s voter identification law of violating court orders over exchange of evidence with the U.S. Justice Department. A three-judge panel in Washington today said Texas has one more chance to meet court-imposed deadli …

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Civil rights workers hope to change Mississippi voter ID law | Politics - WAPT Home

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:17 PM EDT ()

A group of civil rights workers are joining forces to try and change the voter ID law in Mississippi. The civil rights leaders believe the new law will take the state backwards.

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Kobach concedes Kansas voter-citizenship plan dead - KansasCity.com

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:16 PM EDT (The Kansas City Star)

Secretary of State Kris Kobach conceded Thursday that Kansas won't require first-time voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship ahead of this year's elections because the Senate's top leader effectively killed the proposal. Kobach, who pushed the proposal, declared it  …

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Mitt Romney, American Parasite - Page 1 - News - New York - Village Voice

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:10 PM EDT ()

James Sanderson had encountered a rare moment of industrial harmony. It was the early 1990s, and the 750 men and women at Georgetown Steel were pumping out wire rods at peak performance. They had an abiding trust in management's ability to run a smart company. That a …

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Claim: PA taxpayers footed $234K bill for "corporate front group" that pushes legislation.

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:03 PM EDT (Top News)

Liberal advocacy groups are stepping up their attacks on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), charging this week that the think-tank has been the recipient of tens of thousands of dollars in Pennsylvania taxpayers' money. Citing documents obtained t …

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Critical Education Standards Opposed by Conservative Group

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:01 PM EDT (Center for American Progress)

Members of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC—the conservative states’ rights, free markets, and limited government advocacy group—are meeting today in North Carolina, where they are expected to adopt a resolution that will be used as model leg …

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MSNBC Panel Chides GOP For Being An Insular Party – Are They Right? | Mediaite

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 6:41 PM EDT ()

On Monday, MSNBC anchor Thomas Robertshosted a panel debate over the impact ofObama’s recent rhetorical embrace of gay marriage on the electorate with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s campaign advisor Hogan Gidley and Democratic strategis …

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Chris Hedges: Colonized by Corporations - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:48 PM EDT (Truthdig)

By Chris Hedges In Robert E. Gamer’s book “The Developing Nations” is a chapter called “Why Men Do Not Revolt.” In it Gamer notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent the …

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:45 PM EDT (The New York Times)

By SHARON OTTERMAN and RAY RIVERA   Published: May 9, 2012 The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complain …

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Lobbyists Arranged N.Y. Congressman's $20,000 Trip To Taiwan - ProPublica

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:38 PM EDT (ProPublica: Articles and Investigations)

by Justin Elliott ProPublica, May 10, 2012, 8 p.m. Update May 11, 2012: Rep. Bill Owens announces he will reimburse costs for Taiwan trip. Two days after Christmas last year, Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., and his wife, Jane, boarded a first-class flight to Taiwa …

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Food Stamp Myth-Busting

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:20 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)

For over four decades, the Food Stamp Program, which Congress renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2008, has had bipartisan support as the nation's most important anti-hunger program. Even the far reaching welfare reform legislation of the mid 90's le …

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Bill to Ban Sustainability and Climate Change Action Fails in Arizona

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:17 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)

This Week in Clean Economy: Five states fail to pass anti-Agenda 21 laws, with Arizona being the most high profile. Bills remain alive in three states. A high-profile bill in Arizona to abolish sustainability efforts died last week, yet its defeat isn't deterring lawmakers in  …

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What Kind of Society Do Americans Want?

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 1:51 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)

Part I – Health Care in the USA On 7 May 2012 a new study came out on healthcare in the United States. Based on research carried out by the Urban Institute, the report is published in the journal Health Affairs. Here are some of its findings: – …

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Waiting for Copernicus: Moving Beyond Wall Street-Centric Economics

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 1:49 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)

It’s happening in Buenos Aires. It’s happening in Paris and in Athens. It’s even happening at the World Bank headquarters. The global economy is finally shifting away from the model that prevailed for the last three decades. Europeans are rejecting austerity. …

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Twelve Questions for Mitt Romney That Journalists Might Not Ask | BuzzFlash.org

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 1:46 PM EDT ()

Well, Governor Romney seems well on his way to garnering the GOP nomination for the Presidency. It is hard to see how his quest could be derailed at this point, even by the revelation in the Washington Post that he bullied prep school classmates that he thought were gay. He ack …

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TV's Best and Worst Moms: Mad Men, Breaking Bad and More - The Daily Beast

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 1:41 PM EDT ()

Some moms bake apple pie—others use their kids as paths to power, slap them, and have public meltdowns. From Betty Draper to Vivian Banks, TV’s perfect and not-so-perfect mothers.

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Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 1:38 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Kelsey Griffith graduates on Sunday from Ohio Northern University. To start paying off her $120,000 in student debt, she is already working two restaurant jobs and will soon give up her apartment here to live with her parents. Her mother, who co-signed on the loans, is tak …

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Conservative Media Fail In Their Attempt To Dismiss Report About Romney Bullying Incident | Media Matters for America

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 1:25 PM EDT (Media Matters for America)

Right-wing media have rushed to dismiss the Washington Post's report that Mitt Romney held down a high school classmate and cut his hair, claiming that "the source" for the story "wasn't actually there." In fact, the Post story relied on accounts from five separa …

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