<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - barbara-boxer</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/barbara-boxer</link><description>Newsvine - barbara-boxer</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:52:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Boxer tells GOP to 'look in the mirror' on who's to blame for Benghazi</title>
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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said House Republicans needed to &ldquo;look in the mirror&rdquo; on who is to blame for the &ldquo;Benghazi scandal.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Start by looking in the mirror,&rdquo; Boxer said on the Senate floor Tuesday. &ldquo;Admit that you cut too much f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252741-boxer-tells-gop-to-look-in-the-mirror-on-whos-to-blame-for-benghazi</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252741-boxer-tells-gop-to-look-in-the-mirror-on-whos-to-blame-for-benghazi</guid><category>congress</category><category>security</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>benghazi</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:51:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan57659723-0842-5655-3987-98E0F75D47A4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan57659723-0842-5655-3987-98E0F75D47A4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="21" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion | The Nation</title>
<description><![CDATA[A torrent of troubling information about the massive explosion in West, Texas has emerged since April 19&mdash;it&rsquo;s becoming increasingly clear that the federal regulatory structure failed on multiple fronts when it came to the West Fertilizer Company plant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18215894-senate-to-investigate-texas-plant-explosion-the-nation</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18215894-senate-to-investigate-texas-plant-explosion-the-nation</guid><category>epa</category><category>hearing</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>us-news</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>ammonium-nitrate</category><category>west-fertilizer-company</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 01:28:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie7010B29727-E945-91D3-799A-83C2EF5817EA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie7010B29727-E945-91D3-799A-83C2EF5817EA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>4 Signs of Obama's Incredible Shrinking Presidency</title>
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Its fitting that President Obama was on an overseas trip on the 3rd Anniversary of his signature achievement, ObamaCare. Presidents often recede into foreign policy in their second terms. At some point in a second term, the political fortunes of allies start to diverge from tho&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17444470-4-signs-of-obamas-incredible-shrinking-presidency</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17444470-4-signs-of-obamas-incredible-shrinking-presidency</guid><category>politics</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>white-house-pr</category><category>when-reid</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:29:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      Barbara Boxer Hyperventilates: Ryan Budget Will &amp;#8220;End Medicare&amp;#8221;&amp;#8230;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Friendly reminder, the left-leaning&nbsp;PolitiFact named this claim the &ldquo;Lie of the Year 2011.&rdquo;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402942-barbara-boxer-hyperventilates-ryan-budget-will-end-medicare</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402942-barbara-boxer-hyperventilates-ryan-budget-will-end-medicare</guid><category>budget</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>politifact</category><category>lie-of-the-year</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:06:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome134019C5-5DF0-69E9-048B-7077F88CE870.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="461" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome134019C5-5DF0-69E9-048B-7077F88CE870.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Air Force Sexual Assault Case To Be Reviewed By Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel</title>
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&nbsp;A case involving an Air Force general who dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault will be reviewed at the top levels of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a letter released Monday. But it seemed unlikely that the ruling &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272096-air-force-sexual-assault-case-to-be-reviewed-by-defense-secretary-chuck-hagel</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272096-air-force-sexual-assault-case-to-be-reviewed-by-defense-secretary-chuck-hagel</guid><category>us-news</category><category>sexual-assault</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>violence-against-women-in-the-military</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:33:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-263E67272-EA7A-4A1A-2E5C-7FBEE31F7D1D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-263E67272-EA7A-4A1A-2E5C-7FBEE31F7D1D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Feds release confidential report on Cal nuke plant</title>
<description><![CDATA[The company that runs the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant sparred with environmental activists Friday over the details of a once-confidential report that shows industry engineers were aware of problems with steam quality inside equipment that later malfunctioned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Blood]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael R. Blood]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239358-feds-release-confidential-report-on-cal-nuke-plant</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239358-feds-release-confidential-report-on-cal-nuke-plant</guid><category>us</category><category>plant</category><category>nuclear</category><category>problems</category><category>us-news</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>san-onofre</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:10:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ted Cruz Responds: Harvard Law Really Was Full of Communists : The New Yorker</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Senator Ted Cruz has responded to&nbsp;The New Yorker&rsquo;s&nbsp;report&nbsp;that he accused Harvard Law School of having had &ldquo;twelve&rdquo; Communists who &ldquo;believed in the overthrow of the U.S. Government&rdquo; on its faculty when he attended in the early nineti&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17071923-ted-cruz-responds-harvard-law-really-was-full-of-communists-the-new-yorker</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17071923-ted-cruz-responds-harvard-law-really-was-full-of-communists-the-new-yorker</guid><category>politics</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>harvard-law-school</category><category>president-obama</category><category>ted-cruz</category><category>critical-legal-studies</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:16:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-217CA96EF-5A22-FA38-1590-F56B65908CE9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-217CA96EF-5A22-FA38-1590-F56B65908CE9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US Senators Propose 'Carbon Tax and Dividend' Bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[US Senators Sanders and Boxer have proposed a bill that would levy $20 per tonne carbon tax on around 2,900 installations across the US. The tax would generate $1.3 trillion in revenue over 10-year period. Part of this revenue would be used for investment in renewable energy, reb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mridul Chadha]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mridul Chadha]]></source><link>http://mridulchadha.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16973171-us-senators-propose-carbon-tax-and-dividend-bill</link><guid>http://mridulchadha.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16973171-us-senators-propose-carbon-tax-and-dividend-bill</guid><category>environment</category><category>renewable-energy</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>bernie-sanders</category><category>carbon-emissions</category><category>carbon-tax</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:05:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mridulchadhaE63450FB-F78A-54F3-B9F0-715B16F15DB1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mridulchadhaE63450FB-F78A-54F3-B9F0-715B16F15DB1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Major Climate Change Bill Coming to the Senate </title>
<description><![CDATA[From yesterday afternoon:
Only an hour before President Obama is expected to deliver his State of the Union address&mdash;in which he might &ldquo;go big&rdquo; on the issue of combating climate change&mdash;two Senators announced they will introduce comprehensive climate change&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948220-major-climate-change-bill-coming-to-the-senate</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948220-major-climate-change-bill-coming-to-the-senate</guid><category>senate</category><category>global-warming</category><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>renewable-energy</category><category>co2</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>bernie-sanders</category><category>berniw-sanders</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:05:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13BE274552-4E78-10EB-0C39-D194934B2C83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="109" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13BE274552-4E78-10EB-0C39-D194934B2C83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Operator at Calif nuke plant disputes safety claim</title>
<description><![CDATA[The utility that runs the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast sharply denied Thursday that it was aware of equipment problems linked to a 2012 tube break that released a trace of radiation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Blood]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael R. Blood]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16872438-operator-at-calif-nuke-plant-disputes-safety-claim</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16872438-operator-at-calif-nuke-plant-disputes-safety-claim</guid><category>us</category><category>plant</category><category>nuclear</category><category>problems</category><category>us-news</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>san-onofre</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:45:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Want that Keystone XL pipeline, do ya? Obama sure would like a carbon tax!</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal&rsquo;s Kim Strassel and her Potomac Watch column are essential reading if you really want a sense of how and why things happen in Washington. But it won&rsquo;t necessarily leave you encouraged. Say, for instance, you think Democrats have no hope of passi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[notsojingo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[notsojingo]]></source><link>http://notsojingo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16733371-want-that-keystone-xl-pipeline-do-ya-obama-sure-would-like-a-carbon-tax</link><guid>http://notsojingo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16733371-want-that-keystone-xl-pipeline-do-ya-obama-sure-would-like-a-carbon-tax</guid><category>pollution</category><category>climate-change</category><category>obama</category><category>big-oil</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>tar-sands</category><category>home-garden</category><category>secret-deals</category><category>keystone-xl</category><category>if-keystone</category><category>china-demands</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:03:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=notsojingoFA6E5506-363E-FAA3-DCE2-7707C7B22D2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=notsojingoFA6E5506-363E-FAA3-DCE2-7707C7B22D2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Will GOP Block Democrats Proposed Assault Weapons Ban?</title>
<description><![CDATA[By Curtis Tate | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON &mdash;&nbsp;Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and a group of Capitol Hill lawmakers joined law enforcement officials, mayors, clergy and victims of gun violence Thursday to offer a new ban on assault weapons and high-capacity maga&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16685547-will-gop-block-democrats-proposed-assault-weapons-ban</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16685547-will-gop-block-democrats-proposed-assault-weapons-ban</guid><category>tim-kaine</category><category>us-news</category><category>gun-control</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>diane-feinstein</category><category>assault-rifles</category><category>brady-campaign</category><category>bobby-scott</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:39:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jerry611AB401A75-A611-6F64-5009-65478F39D34F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jerry611AB401A75-A611-6F64-5009-65478F39D34F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> President Obama Will Never Have a Plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Now I get it. I get the bone-deep mendacity of President Obama's politics. Read more: #ixzz2GmMJlsRl Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16289412-president-obama-will-never-have-a-plan</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16289412-president-obama-will-never-have-a-plan</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>american-manifesto</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 01:53:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin3522C78E-39C1-8E06-96E7-2BFD7C7C05E3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin3522C78E-39C1-8E06-96E7-2BFD7C7C05E3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Congress passes measure to keep sex offenders out of the military</title>
<description><![CDATA[
See earlier report&nbsp;HERE&nbsp;(S-3254 was ultimately passed). As to the Army's report of sexual assaults in 2011 [actually 2010 link below], it makes no mention that any of them were by formerly convicted sex offenders (registrants). Folks need to counter any claims that re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nebraska RXO Newsline]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nebraska RXO Newsline]]></source><link>http://nebraska-rxo-newsline.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/22/16095199-congress-passes-measure-to-keep-sex-offenders-out-of-the-military</link><guid>http://nebraska-rxo-newsline.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/22/16095199-congress-passes-measure-to-keep-sex-offenders-out-of-the-military</guid><category>us-news</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>robert-gates</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Disbelief in some quarters after NRA calls for armed guards at every school, blames movies</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Gun-control advocates responded with outrage and disbelief Friday after the National Rifle Association called for armed guards in every school and blamed music, movies and video games for firearms violence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Connor and Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[U.S. News]]></source><link>http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069016-disbelief-in-some-quarters-after-nra-calls-for-armed-guards-at-every-school-blames-movies</link><guid>http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069016-disbelief-in-some-quarters-after-nra-calls-for-armed-guards-at-every-school-blames-movies</guid><category>guns</category><category>michael-bloomberg</category><category>nra</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>wayne-lapierre</category><category>lapierre</category><category>connecticut-school-shooting</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=50270595" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/f_nra_full_newser_121221.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the National Rifle Association held a news conference in Washington and blamed the media and video games for cultivating a culture of violence.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=50271238" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/n_roberts_panel_121221.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Msnbc's Thomas Roberts talks to a political power panel that includes former RNC Chairman Michael Steele to get reactions to the NRA news conference on gun control.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=50274830" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/nn_02jya_gundebate_121221.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">A long-dormant national conversation about guns has reignited: some are calling for an assault weapons ban while other feel guns themselves aren't the root of the problem. So far the shootings have sparked several gun buy-back programs and even an anti-gun video organized by big-city mayors &amp;ndash; but the NRA says it's the entertainment industry that is partly to blame. NBC's John Yang reports.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=50280556" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/nn_08cha_guns_121222.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">In the wake of the Newtown shootings, school districts across the country are hiring armed guards to patrol the hallways of their schools. Meanwhile, in Harrold, Texas, teachers are encouraged to carry concealed handguns. NBC's Charles Hadlock reports.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senator views Guard as boost for school safety</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is proposing to give schools more money for security improvements and to make greater use of the National Guard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16022871-senator-views-guard-as-boost-for-school-safety</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16022871-senator-views-guard-as-boost-for-school-safety</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>safety</category><category>school</category><category>national-guard</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:04:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Boxer Takes Aim at GOP Election Games: Introduces a Bill to Prevent a Waiting Time of More Than One Hour</title>
<description><![CDATA[
President Obama promised to address election standards in his  acceptance speech, and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is stepping up by  introducing a bill called the LINE Act (Lines Interfere with National  Elections Act). The LINE Act is election reform legislation to address  n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15732554-boxer-takes-aim-at-gop-election-games-introduces-a-bill-to-prevent-a-waiting-time-of-more-than-one-hour</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15732554-boxer-takes-aim-at-gop-election-games-introduces-a-bill-to-prevent-a-waiting-time-of-more-than-one-hour</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>the-line-act</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:01:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatDE2F6254-4732-240D-16DC-9F4BD6DD7CCE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatDE2F6254-4732-240D-16DC-9F4BD6DD7CCE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Matt Drudge Uses 'BETRAEUS!' Headline, is Unrepentant Hypocrite</title>
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Thanks to his penis, Gen. David Petraeus is the central figure in what is arguably the&nbsp;biggest political scandal of 2012, but he's no stranger to controversies. You may remember back in 2007, when&nbsp;MoveOn.org ran a full-page ad&nbsp;in the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;that&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15256900-matt-drudge-uses-betraeus-headline-is-unrepentant-hypocrite</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15256900-matt-drudge-uses-betraeus-headline-is-unrepentant-hypocrite</guid><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>republican-party</category><category>drudge-report</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>national-review</category><category>media-matters</category><category>john-cornyn</category><category>conservative-media</category><category>betray-us</category><category>president-obama</category><category>rich-lowery</category><category>betraeus</category><category>gen-david-patraeus</category><category>hypocrisy-in-the-media</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:17:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499B9B21269-0F29-4558-9318-7368188ECEBC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499B9B21269-0F29-4558-9318-7368188ECEBC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>5 major rental car companies agree on recall plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Cally Houck lost her two daughters in the wreck of what turned out to be a defective rental car, she thought there must be a rule keeping those vehicles off the road.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Gormley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Gormley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14124729-5-major-rental-car-companies-agree-on-recall-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14124729-5-major-rental-car-companies-agree-on-recall-plan</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>recalls</category><category>cars</category><category>us-news</category><category>charles-schumer</category><category>rental</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>when-cally-houck</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:02:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senator slams Netanyahu for interfering in US election</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s comments on Iran have triggered a  backlash among some in Washington and the American media this week, as  he was slammed for undermining Israel&rsquo;s closest ally and trying to  influence American politics.
In an unusual public disp&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13941616-senator-slams-netanyahu-for-interfering-in-us-election</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13941616-senator-slams-netanyahu-for-interfering-in-us-election</guid><category>us</category><category>washington</category><category>congress</category><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>white-house</category><category>california</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>romney</category><category>senate-foreign-relations-committee</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>joe-klein</category><category>binyamin-netanyahu</category><category>united-states-israel</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:26:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos381BA175-3DEA-0C69-F7F3-0E404C6155DA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos381BA175-3DEA-0C69-F7F3-0E404C6155DA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Liberals' Illegitimate War on Women</title>
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Willingness or unwillingness to prevent or terminate a pregnancy appears to be the sole criterion upon which liberal women judge how well they're being treated. It's stunning that the left actually embraces the idea that taking a stand for life instantly translates into hostili&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/25/13468693-liberals-illegitimate-war-on-women</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/25/13468693-liberals-illegitimate-war-on-women</guid><category>politics</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>southern-democrats</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>joe-bidens</category><category>juanita-broderick</category><category>liberals-war-on-women</category><category>in-barbara-boxers</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:36:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC0AD0BC6-1E8B-C902-4F2E-5806C97F719B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC0AD0BC6-1E8B-C902-4F2E-5806C97F719B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama signs bill for Israel missile defence -</title>
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&nbsp;President Barack Obama will release an additional $70 million in military aid for Israel, a previously announced move that appeared timed to upstage Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney's trip to Israel this weekend.
The stepped-up aid, first announced in May and re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12995367-obama-signs-bill-for-israel-missile-defence</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12995367-obama-signs-bill-for-israel-missile-defence</guid><category>israel</category><category>gaza-strip</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>oval-office</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>jay-carney</category><category>mtt-romney</category><category>dome-defense</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:36:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2E1C4AEB6-0FA7-9C6E-2C5B-F62A38D5EB47.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="89" width="135" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2E1C4AEB6-0FA7-9C6E-2C5B-F62A38D5EB47.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Border controls are back in Europe. by Simon Black. on JULY 6, 2012</title>
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Somewhere in America, Barbara Boxer is weeping.
The California senator&rsquo;s version of the Highway Bill (S.1813, also known&nbsp;as MAP-21) which passed the senate and seemed destined to become law,&nbsp;has been dropped in favor of a rival bill that President Obama will si&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12666348-border-controls-are-back-in-europe-by-simon-black-on-july-6-2012</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12666348-border-controls-are-back-in-europe-by-simon-black-on-july-6-2012</guid><category>italy</category><category>europe</category><category>politics</category><category>argentina</category><category>passports</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>price-controls</category><category>border-controls</category><category>back-taxes</category><category>currency-controls</category><category>wage-controls</category><category>customs-agents</category><category>map-21</category><category>s-1813</category><category>passport-denial</category><category>border-checkpoints</category><category>1985-schengen-treaty</category><category>1997-amsterdam-treaty</category><category>diocletian</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:10:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHD02F3F14-17EE-592B-9B37-CB27F0CD8F50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="117" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHD02F3F14-17EE-592B-9B37-CB27F0CD8F50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="47" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boiling frog alert: Congress wants automatic wage deductions to pay down the debt. by Simon Black. on JULY 8, 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Folks&hellip; you just can&rsquo;t make this stuff up.
On July 6th, just two days ago, at least a dozen busybody Congressmen sponsored the introduction of&nbsp;HR 2411, the &ldquo;Reduce America&rsquo;s Debt Now Act of 2011.&rdquo; They always come up with fantastic names for &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12666211-boiling-frog-alert-congress-wants-automatic-wage-deductions-to-pay-down-the-debt-by-simon-black-on-july-8-2011</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12666211-boiling-frog-alert-congress-wants-automatic-wage-deductions-to-pay-down-the-debt-by-simon-black-on-july-8-2011</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>ayn-rand</category><category>busy-body</category><category>breaking-point</category><category>hr-2411</category><category>after-taxes</category><category>non-deductible</category><category>pay-down-the-debt</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:57:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH8B82C9B0-155E-2C30-23F5-7F96F828BD0A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH8B82C9B0-155E-2C30-23F5-7F96F828BD0A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Treasonous Republicans Should Stand Trial for Sabotaging the American Economy</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a form of political warfare, sabotage varies from acts that require detailed planning utilizing specially trained operatives, to obstruction of legislation based on insignificant logical fallacies. Republicans&nbsp;planned&nbsp;to sabotage the economy on Inauguration Day 2009,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12221777-treasonous-republicans-should-stand-trial-for-sabotaging-the-american-economy</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12221777-treasonous-republicans-should-stand-trial-for-sabotaging-the-american-economy</guid><category>politics</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>james-inhofe</category><category>washington-insider</category><category>if-americans</category><category>reply-cancel</category><category>desperate-attempt</category><category>increasing-america8217-s</category><category>makes-america-pay</category><category>suffering-reality-crashes-down</category><category>payroll-tax-posted</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800C3118460-BE12-3449-BE5D-F09DCA341380.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800C3118460-BE12-3449-BE5D-F09DCA341380.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>