From Reuters: More than half of Americans support President Barack Obama’s apology for U.S. troops burning copies of the Koran, an incident that triggered a spate of bloody protests and attacks on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, 56 percent of those surveyed backed Obama,…
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Excellent article from Alternet.org: What Santorum and his allies realize is that democracy cannot function without an informed citizenry and that, in the absence of such a citizenry, we have a public disinvested from either thinking reflectively or acting responsibly. There is nothing more feared by this group of fundamentalists…
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From ThinkProgress: [E]ven as [the Obama] administration conducted a wholesale review of drilling regulations in the aftermath of the worst offshore oil spill in the nation’s history—the BP Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico—the number of oil rigs operating in the United States has quadrupled. But that…
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From CAP: There is increasing evidence that the current economic recovery might be considerably stronger were it not for a number of congressional actions taken over the past year. In October 2011 I authored a paper examining the impact of the fiscal year 2011 appropriation measures passed by Congress in…
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From TPM: Mitt Romney’s never exactly set the grassroots on fire. But his latest fundraising numbers drive home just how weak his small donor appeal is compared to his rivals — and especially President Obama. One good measure of fundraising strength with the masses is contributors who have given less…
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Forty percent of America identifies as conservative, 36 percent as moderate, and 21 percent as liberal. But how people politically “identify” and what people actually believe and practice doesn’t always add up. From CAP: According to a Pew survey released this month, more than half (57 percent) of lower-income Republicans…
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From Colorlines: For the eleventh time since beginning of the economic downturn, Congress is tasked with extending the unemployment insurance program. But the now-familiar fight is set to take on a new flavor this time as a tactic Republicans pushed at the state level elevates into the congressional debate: smearing…
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From MPR: The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota contends a proposed constitutional amendment for a voter identification requirement is unnecessary, and it’s using a cash reward to emphasize that point. During a news conference Monday, ACLU Executive Director Chuck Samuelson offered to pay $1,000 to anyone who could show…
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