I've come to realize that there is a great need to keep people in Southern California informed about seismic activity in the region. The U.S.
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Since the Labor Department has been under the power of the Bush administration for the past 8 years, numerous policies designed to protect workers have been reversed, weakened, or erased from the books in order to protect big business from being fined.
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It's one thing for the Treasury Department to bailout collapsing financial institutions, but another then they hand over billions of your taxpayer dollars to prospering corporations, like Bank of America.
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There are thousands of Californians being persecuted today. They are Americans that pay their taxes, shop at the malls, volunteer for charitable causes, and may live next door to you. They're gay and lesbian people, many single, but also many in committed, long-term relationships.
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This letter was submitted today to Senator Diane Feinstein with regards to the $700 billion dollar bailout Congress is considering.
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It's almost 2 a.m. on Monday here in New Orleans. Those people like me who decided to ride out the storm are still waiting for Gustav to hit.
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It's 7:34 p.m. in New Orleans and the clouds are looking dark and menacing, When I got to New Orleans at around 4 p.m. the sky looked pretty normal, but as the hours go by it's starting to look like we indeed have a monster storm in our hands.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is considered one of the most sexy politicians today. She is cute, strong, and of course a woman in power. With a very "unsexy" McCain running, his campaign needed a young, fresh, and sexy choice to battle the charisma and handsomeness of Barack Obama.
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Bob Jones works at an assembly plant in Flint, Michigan. He has three children and his wife, Anne, is a stay at home mom. He owns a nice home and he drives a decent car. He often takes his kids to the 7-Eleven down the street for ice cream.
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Millions of Obama supporters expected to learn who he would pick as his VP via text message on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, someone in his campaign was bound to reveal the well-kept secret to the media and did so by 10 p.m. Friday.
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The polls have closed. A Democratic official has declared Biden as the VP. This was an interesting night, thanks to everyone who casted their vote. I didn't know the poll was going to end so soon, but the news outlets are saying that the secret is out.
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The American people suffered a great loss Wednesday with the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The Ohio Congresswoman was one of a handful of politicians in the U.S.
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There is huge pink elephant in the room no one is talking about. Actually, there is a brown man in the room no one is willing to acknowledge.
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It seems like no photographer has ever been able to capture a decent shot of former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. The former Democrat has over the years been the victim of bad hair days, which made her even more interesting to press.
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The Green Party could not have picked a better candidate to run for president. A former Democrat, Cynthia McKinney is by far the most leftist woman politician today.
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It's time to take a second look at Hillary Clinton as our Democratic nominee for president in Denver next month. Clinton could still win the nomination if she can get 175 more delegates.
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The Latino vote is a tricky vote that requires candidates to be strategic, sensitive, and informed. How well Barack Obama or John McCain tackle the issue of immigration reform is not going to get all the Latino voters jumping in the bandwagon.
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Gay and lesbian soldiers are casualties of a U.S. military known for its discriminatory recruitment policies throughout history.
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Fox News continues to be the number one cable news network today. They're big, they're powerful and very influential. There are striking similarities between the Fox News empire and the notorious "Ministry of Truth" from George Orwell's novel, 1984.
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The clock is ticking for Karl Rove who has until July 10th to answer questions about his involvement in the 2006 firings of eight U.S. attorneys.
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A news segment from Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS this past week exposed how poultry workers in the Carolinas are losing their body parts. And, how Bush's administration had a hand in it.
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A word of caution to Senator Obama: don't talk bad about Ralph Nader.
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For about four weeks I found myself stopping to eat more frequently at fast food chains like Burger King, Wendy's and Taco Bell. I've been trying to save money now that things are tighter, but the economy wasn't the only reason.
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At the end of the day -- after you've spent lots of time on Newsvine, Digg, Mixx, Readdit, and other sites where you can read articles and post comments, do you really feel like you've made the world a better place? If not, are you ready to take your comments to the next level?
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I'm a lefty. I support a progressive agenda; I believe in a woman's right to choose; I agree with gay marriage; I think our troops should come back home. I support a free Palestine; I support foreign relations that don't involve bombs, etc.
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The man and the company behind the death of 20,000 people continue to avoid the authorities, 25 years after the crime.
With the $700 billion TARP to focus on, it can be easy to forget about the massive taxpayer bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Right now, the combined total is at $84.9 billion—more even than AIG.
Two nights ago I saw that I think was probably the most infuriating segment I have ever seen on The Rachel Maddow Show. Sorry, right wingers, it wasn't Rachel that upset me, it was the subject matter.
Today, the UN mission in Afghanistan released its mid-year report on civilian casualties.
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