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Trash-talking insider Mark Halperin suspended by MSNBC over Obama slur MSNBC announced Thursday that it had suspended Mark Halperin, a gossip-obsessed pundit who masquerades as
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New report shows America’s National Parks are in jeopardy The National Parks Conservation Association is asking the Obama administration to act to save the country’s
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Thank heaven The Donald bailed out profligate Tea Party The Palm Beach Post’s Frank Cerabino points out the real reason Donald Trump pretended to be
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Study estimates that undocumented immigrants paid $11.2B in taxes last year, unlike GE, which paid zero A report from the well-regarded Institute for Taxation and
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Target sways unionization vote with fear tactics; UFCW vows to try again The National Labor Relations Board announced today that an effort to unionize a
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LaunchMichelle Bachmann doesn’t know the rest of us can hear her. — Netroots Nation opening keynote host Elon James White
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Liveblogging the June 13th Republican presidential debate ThinkProgress’ running commentary of the Republican presidential debate, complete with corrections to a number of gaffes or inaccurate
LaunchThe EPA is under attack in Congress, and polluters are taking advantage of that. — Alex Prud’homme, author of The Ripple Effect (a book about
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