June 2012
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Newsweek: Hey, Ladies! Check out the Crucial... →
newsweek:
Yesterday’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act was a “supreme win for women,” as our story by Jessica Arons, the director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress, helpfully explains.
Here’s the deal:
As of 2014, “gender rating”—where insurers can…
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“YouTube comments are a potentially fantastic engagement point that is...”
– Justin Isaf, Huffington Post community manager, as quoted by Wired.com
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“As president, Mitt will nominate judges in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts”
– MittRomney.com
Quote For The Day - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
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Hipsters Under Control: The End of Subculture? →
npr:
“The Big Data collectors (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.) are so good at spotting the development of subcultures that soon, Venkat says, they will be creating and controlling them for their own (or their clients) market exploitation.”
“The average member of the House of Representatives has to raise $367 for every...”
– Mother Jones (via endthebushtaxcuts)
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Cheney's daughter marries partner →
usatoday:
“Our daughter Mary and her long time partner, Heather Poe, were married today in Washington, D.C.,” the Cheneys said. “Mary and Heather have been in a committed relationship for many years, and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized.”
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The 12 | Tumbling the 2012 campaign: Obamacare... →
2012swingstates:
The question of whether the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional is at the heart of one Supreme Court case that could be decided this month, but Arizonans weighed in almost two years ago.
The state approved the Health Care Freedom Act during the 2010 election by 55…
Words Conservatives Hate →
therecipe:
written by Garance Franke-Ruta for The Atlantic.
“Bisexual sustainable development activists working to prevent climate change-related sea-level rise better watch out: Just about all the preceding words have been flagged by conservatives and Republicans as liberal buzzwords that need to be stricken from public conversation, according to a spate of recent news stories.
Sure, it’s a...
Watchamzam:
Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro heckles President Obama today while speaking on immigration in the Rose Garden. When the reporter doesn’t let up, Obama says: “I didn’t ask for an argument. I’m answering your question.”
“Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as...”
– The good news, and, really, only news, coming out of today’s announcement in the Rose Garden. (via newsweek)
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“Congress has dragged its feet for far too long on the DREAM Act, and we as...”
– Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, quoted in a news release Thursday. According to the release:
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild co-sponsored this week at the U.S. Conference of Mayors a resolution that urges the federal government to allow DREAM Act students to apply for...
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Barber beats Kelly to replace Giffords in special... →
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CNN Poll: George W. Bush only living ex-president... →
A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates that two-thirds of Americans have a positive view of Bush’s predecessor, former President Bill Clinton.
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Americans Spent $29.5 Billion on Overdraft Fees... →
Virginia geography is key in 2012
2012swingstates:
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It is no surprise that President Obama and Mitt Romney are already campaigning heavily in Virginia. Along with a handful of other swing states, the Old Dominion is expected to hold the keys to the White House this year.
A Republican bastion in presidential races between 1968 and 2004, the increasingly liberal northern region just south and west...
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The fortunate 400 →
Six American families paid no federal income taxes in 2009 while making something on the order of $200 million each. This is one of many stunning revelations in new IRS data that deserves a thorough airing in this year’s election campaign.
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“We have a ton of things we want to accomplish here and working for some...”
– Taptaptap founder John Casasanta • In a statement released via the Camera+ developer’s blog, announcing that the popular camera replacement app had sold its 8 millionth copy. In a new profile on TheNextWeb, Casasanta revealed that his company has declined acquisition offers from some of the biggest...
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Watch2012swingstates:
Will new voter ID laws hurt Democrats in Michigan?
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm said on her Current TV show The War Room that Michigan’s Republican-led state legislature is passing bills that will hurt the Democratic Party during this and possibly future elections, such as Michigan’s new “Voter ID” laws.
Senate Bills 751, 754 and 803 went into effect on June...
