blog.labour.org.nz 1 hour ago
Speech to Labour Party Auckland-Northland regional conference, Henderson You’ve seen the image of Michael Joseph Savage carrying the furniture into the first state house at 12 Fife Lane, Miramar in...
motherjones.com 20 hours ago
A new analysis finds frogs, toad, and salamanders are diesappearing faster than ever imagined from everywhere in the US landscape.
thinkprogress.org 24 May
Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) has a message for her party: expand Medicaid — or else...
thinkprogress.org 24 May
Workers in the service industry have taken action against their large employers, conducting walk out strikes in six cities, the latest on Tuesday in Washington, DC...
dailykos.com 6 hours ago
Conservatives have been crowing this week over the big story out of California, the decision to stay out of California's health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act. That ...
thinkprogress.org 15 hours ago
While the overall warming is about 0.16°C per decade, there are three ten-year periods where there was a hiatus in warming, as the graph above shows, from 1977 to 1986, from 1987 to 1996, and from...
lnmc.crooksandliars.com 4 hours ago
Saturday! I don't know who Ленинград is, but I sure like them.
thinkprogress.org 24 May
On Thursday, California officials revealed insurance companies’ opening bids for the state’s Obamacare marketplace in 2014...
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motherjones.com 24 May
A few days ago I mentioned some good news out of Oregon: competition amonth health insurers was forcing down the price of coverage on the state's new Obamacare exchanges...
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thinkprogress.org 24 May
Republican Party of Virginia Treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds, a former aide to and “very close friend” of gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli II (R), told Virginia blogger Ben Tribbett that he is “not a...
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crooksandliars.com 24 May
Bob Fitzsimmonds is the treasurer of the Republican Party of Virginia who served as Ken Cuccinelli's legislative aide in the Senate, and is a close adviser to the man who very well may be Virginia's...
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crooksandliars.com 4 hours ago
Massachusetts Republican and candidate for the open Senate seat Gabriel Gomez had no regrets about calling his Democratic opponent 'pond scum.' At least he's honest when he hates.
thestandard.org.nz 8 hours ago
Too many "Western" countries use lack of action from big emitters (China, India, Brazil) as an excuse for doing nothing. Well that excuse just got a whole lot thinner...
motherjones.com 24 May
The senator says the Republican bill would turn students into "profit centers."
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thinkprogress.org 23 May
Over the past several years, Texas lawmakers have kept themselves busy by launching multiple attacks on women’s health...
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motherjones.com 23 May
Forget 3-D printed guns. Inside a "build party" where anyone can make a rifle that no cop will ever know about.
motherjones.com 24 May
Citigroup lobbyists drafted a bill to allow more risky dealings by taxpayer-backed banks and—what do you know?—the House financial services committee passed nearly identical legislation.
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thinkprogress.org 23 May
Over the past several years, Texas lawmakers have kept themselves busy by launching multiple attacks on women’s health...
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motherjones.com 23 May
The state's manslaughter laws weren't supposed to apply to women who lose pregnancies. Prosecutors don't seem to care.
upworthy.com 24 May
Things that matter. Pass 'em on.
washingtonpost.com 25 May
With its new mayor, the city is poised for rebirth
motherjones.com 23 May
In 2011, the IRS killed audits of five big-time donors. Inside the IRS mess you haven't heard about.
motherjones.com 24 May
If gadget-prepared powders and oils sound unappetizing, wait till you hear about one engineer's solution to rising obesity.
my.firedoglake.com 4 hours ago
What may be the single most influential musical composition of all time, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s le Sacre du Printemps, premiered in Paris on May 29th, 1913...
crooksandliars.com 9 hours ago
It's Towel Day! Happy Hitchhiking!
thinkprogress.org 24 May
The 104-year-old Anna Louise Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio, has long provided a refuge for women struggling to overcome drug addictions or prostitution, escape abusive husbands, or simply get back on their...
crooksandliars.com 14 hours ago
Working people, consumers, the environment, human rights groups and especially democracy are not part of the process...
thinkprogress.org 23 May
A Florida honor student who was expelled and faced possible felony charges for a science experiment gone awry has not only been cleared of charges, she’s heading to space camp thanks to a former NASA...
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dailykos.com 24 May
By now you've heard about Kiera Wilmot. She's the Florida teen who was arrested for setting off a small explosion in her science class: Kiera, 16-year-old junior,
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crooksandliars.com 3 hours ago
Open Thread with podcast round up
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dailykos.com 25 May
Independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman is the host of "Democracy Now" and author of The Silenced Majority , a magnificent look at diverse groups of Americans engaged in resistance to ...
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justsaynow.firedoglake.com 23 May
It looks like medical marijuana may finally be coming to New Hampshire after several years of false starts and hard fought legislative battles...
motherjones.com 24 May
Two polar-opposite senators have produced a compromise bill dealing with out-of-date chemical safety policies.
motherjones.com 23 May
Boy Scouts vote to stop discriminating against kids in the program on the basis of sexual orientation, but will continue barring gay adults.
thinkprogress.org 18 hours ago
Opine away. Via cartoonist Stephanie McMillan
thinkprogress.org 24 May
Following CAP’s piece yesterday that details exactly what it means to use gasoline to travel this Memorial Day weekend, here is an infographic that shows the cost of Big Oil...
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dailykos.com 25 May
Independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman is the host of "Democracy Now" and author of The Silenced Majority , a magnificent look at diverse groups of Americans engaged in resistance to ...
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thinkprogress.org 23 May
As the House Agriculture Committee convened earlier this week to discuss whether or not to cut as much as $4.1 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food...
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 25 May
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took the Obama administration and DOJ to task for going after whistleblowers, journalists and potheads while allowing the Wall Street bankers to walk free.
motherjones.com 24 May
Large multinational companies like Apple are proposing lowering taxes on offshore profits.
thinkprogress.org 24 May
In 2012, more people subject to the New York Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisks were arrested for marijuana than for anything else, according to a new analysis by the American Civil...
