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It seems incredible, impossible. How is it Mitt Romney can tell lie upon lie, hold multiple positions on every issue, and still be treated as a credible candidate? How can the Republicans and ...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Nov 04, 2012 at 07:19 AM PST
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I am J.C. Wilmore, and I am the Richmonder .
When I posted early Saturday afternoon about the possibility that Paul Ryan may have traded on insider information on September 18, 2008, the day key ...
by JCWilmore
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on Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 09:10 AM PDT
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger "There's a dead dolphin on this beach," Mother Jones ' Mac McClelland, wrote yesterday in Louisiana. It'
by The Media Consortium
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on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 08:51 AM PDT
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Yesterday, President Obama signed health care reform into law. As Mike Lillis explains in the Washington Independent, the bill now proceeds ...
by The Media Consortium
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on Wed Mar 24, 2010 at 09:06 AM PDT
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“Investigators never followed up . . .” According to Justin Elliot’...
by Balanz
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on Thu Feb 18, 2010 at 08:35 AM PST
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Just when you think you've seen the rankest hypocrisy you'll ever see...up springs Newt Gingrich, with one more shot at being the most hypocritical, egregious and self serving politicians in the ...
by StuHunter
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on Mon Dec 08, 2008 at 03:42 PM PST
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Paul Kiel is leaving TPM Muckraker. The site will ...
by YankInUK
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on Fri May 16, 2008 at 07:10 PM PDT
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On January 31, the New York Times published a front page story detailing ...
by CheeseMoose
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on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 12:06 PM PST
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Has anyone seen a statement like this in the traditional media lately?
So we'll be filing a Freedom of Information Act request for the methodology document today.
There'
by mspicata
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on Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 09:42 AM PDT
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