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Searching for the Elusive Elena Kagan | NYTimes - 0 views

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    White House may be banking on ellipses in Elena Kagan's record to help avoid a rocky confirmation hearing...
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Elena Kagan: What They're Saying | The White House - 0 views

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    Elena Kagan: What They're Saying | White House Blog | Extensive Commentary
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The Big Bank Lobby: Too Big to Bare? | OurFuture.org - 0 views

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    Clearly, the only thing that limits the power of the banking lobby is the anger of American voters that the very banks that drove the economy over the cliff and were bailed out by taxpayers are now spending lavishly to block reforms needed to insure this doesn't happen again. That popular anger makes legislators reluctant to appear in the banks' pockets in public.
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Kagan Revolution | The New Republic - 0 views

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    Here's why Obama chose the solicitor general for the Supreme Court. Here's why.
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The Ten Biggest Issues Elena Kagan Will Face | The New Republic - 0 views

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    From 'don't ask, don't tell' to her beliefs on executive power.
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Did Obama Ignore The Mess At MMS? | The New Republic - 0 views

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    "President Obama isn't completely innocent of blame in the current [Gulf oil] spill."
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What Kind of Socialist is Barack Obama? : Jonah Goldberg - 0 views

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    This IS a humour piece, right? I mean, it's a comedy column, isn't it?
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Jonah Goldberg, Obama, And Socialism | The New Republic - 0 views

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    Critique of Goldberg's preposterous assertion that Obama is a socialist.
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Need To Know | Pentagon v. CIA on Iraq | The New Republic - 0 views

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    A frmer CIA analyst says, "Not since Vietnam has there been as deep a divide over intelligence as to enemy capabilities as you are seeing now in Iraq." 
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Interior Department Continues to Issue "Categorical Exclusions" for Oil Drilling, Admin... - 0 views

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    Interior Department continues to issue "categorical exclusions" for oil drilling, administration official acknowledges: 
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The DISCLOSE Act: Schumer Bill to Lift the Veil of Secrecy from Unlimited Corporate Pol... - 0 views

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    Legislative Battle Begins t
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'The Monster' Testifies at Gitmo Hearing « The Washington Independent - 0 views

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    The story of 23-year-old Omar Kadhr, held by our gov't as a suspected terrorist for 8 years, since he was 15
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Stranded Wind | Daily Kos: Reputation Economics Revisited - 0 views

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    Reputation Economics Revisited by Stranded Wind Digg this! Share this on Twitter - Reputation Economics RevisitedTweet this submit to reddit Share This Thu Apr 15, 2010 at 11:52:41 PM PDT
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Gulf Spill Could be Much More Severe; It's Underestimated, Scientists Say | NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Scientists also criticize BP for refusing to use well-known scientific techniques that would give a more precise figure. BP claims that the the huge black plume of oil gushing at great speed and force (in video released after much WH / media pressure) CANNOT be measured. Bullpucky! The leak is easily 4-5X larger than 5,000 barrels/day originally estimated.
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Court Backs Oil Project (Exploratory Drilling in Alaska) NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by environmental and Native American groups to stop exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Alaska that could begin this summer.
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t r u t h o u t | Journalism : A Democratic Media - 0 views

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    "Journalism, the counterbalance to corporate and political power, the lifeblood of American democracy, is not just threatened. It is in meltdown."
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t r u t h o u t | Leahy Pushes Financial Reform Amendment to Protect Whistleblowers, Tr... - 0 views

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    Leahy Pushes Financial Reform Amendment to Protect Whistleblowers, Transparency
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t r u t h o u t | Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Goes to Bat for Monsanto, Sides Wit... - 0 views

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    Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Goes to Bat for Monsanto, Sides With Conservative Justices
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Gulf Oil Spill At Least 10X Greater Than Though | 70,000 Barrels / Day - 0 views

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    NPR's Richard Harris has learned that much more oil, 70,000 barrels a day or more than ten times the official estimate, is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon pipe, based on scientific analysis of the video released Wednesday.
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House Panel Examines Gulf Coast Oil Spill : NPR - 0 views

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    House Panel Examines Gulf Coast Oil Spill
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