<?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 - commentid-politics</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/commentid-politics</link><description>Newsvine - commentid-politics</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:29:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:09:27 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Marco Rubio: I&amp;#039;ll Vote To Shut Down The Government Unless Obamacare Is Completely Defunded</title>
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During an interview on conservative host Hugh Hewitt&rsquo;s talk radio program Thursday night, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined fellow Tea Party favorites Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in demanding that a  continuing resolution to fund the government for the rest of &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239500-marco-rubio-ill-vote-to-shut-down-the-government-unless-obamacare-is-completely-defunded</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239500-marco-rubio-ill-vote-to-shut-down-the-government-unless-obamacare-is-completely-defunded</guid><category>politics</category><category>government-shutdown</category><category>tea-party</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>obamcare</category><category>mike-lee</category><category>health-care-repeal</category><category>ted-cruz</category><category>defund-obamacare</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>health-care-reform-implementation</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:28:53 +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=eezzbeat10BDDF24-A632-B2A1-4226-2A15895DD33A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat10BDDF24-A632-B2A1-4226-2A15895DD33A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>It Turns Out Rand Paul's Filibuster Was a Pre-Planned Scam for Cash</title>
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It turns out Rand Paul&rsquo;s filibuster was big scam. Sen. Paul has  wasted little time implementing the second part of his planned  filibuster. He is now trying to cash in with a fundraising letter.
The true story behind Rand Paul&rsquo;s filibuster is starting to come out.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239274-it-turns-out-rand-pauls-filibuster-was-a-pre-planned-scam-for-cash</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239274-it-turns-out-rand-pauls-filibuster-was-a-pre-planned-scam-for-cash</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>scam</category><category>filibuster</category><category>glenn-beck</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>national-journal</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>fundraising-letter</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 19:57:27 +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=eezzbeatAA724353-795B-A0C5-C571-99995E9CBF0C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatAA724353-795B-A0C5-C571-99995E9CBF0C.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>How The 'Liberal Media' Keep Blaming Obama For Republican Behavior, Continued</title>
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The problem with so much of the Beltway media's ongoing commentary regarding the sequestration showdown between Republicans and President  Obama is that it reflects the central failing of the press throughout  Obama's presidency: It blames the president for the GOP's ingrained,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239164-how-the-liberal-media-keep-blaming-obama-for-republican-behavior-continued</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239164-how-the-liberal-media-keep-blaming-obama-for-republican-behavior-continued</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>sequestration</category><category>beltway-media</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 19:45:35 +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=eezzbeatCB4E2BD4-D8BE-A44B-45E9-225D504AA30E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="205" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatCB4E2BD4-D8BE-A44B-45E9-225D504AA30E.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> Cheney Admits that He Lied about 9/11</title>
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The New York Times&rsquo; Maureen Daud writes today:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239017-cheney-admits-that-he-lied-about-911</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239017-cheney-admits-that-he-lied-about-911</guid><category>bush</category><category>iraq</category><category>cheney</category><category>patriot-act</category><category>politics</category><category>9-11</category><category>afghanistan-war</category><category>9-11-commission</category><category>torture-program</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>showtime-documentary</category><category>the-world-according-to-dick-cheney</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 19:22:39 +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=eezzbeat33586032-9BC2-448C-D56F-45BAF619E599.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="58" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat33586032-9BC2-448C-D56F-45BAF619E599.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="18" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>While Boehner Takes Millions in Illegal Donations, Republicans Accuse Obama of Selling Access</title>
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This has not been a good week for Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), but  you wouldn&rsquo;t know it from the lack of media coverage. Earlier this week, an FEC complaint was filed against the Boehner connected super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund by Public Citizen and others &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238742-while-boehner-takes-millions-in-illegal-donations-republicans-accuse-obama-of-selling-access</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238742-while-boehner-takes-millions-in-illegal-donations-republicans-accuse-obama-of-selling-access</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>obama</category><category>bob-ney</category><category>abramoff</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>charlie-rose</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>organizing-for-action</category><category>super-pac-congressional-leadership-fund</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:45:50 +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=eezzbeat68CE009D-E83E-515C-9FE6-7BC7586EE3F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat68CE009D-E83E-515C-9FE6-7BC7586EE3F4.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>The Group Behind CPAC Has a White-Nationalist Problem </title>
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On Tuesday, the Hill&nbsp;published a story noting that the organizers of the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC),  the preeminent national confab&nbsp;for politicians and activists of the  right, are responding to the last November's election by using the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238645-the-group-behind-cpac-has-a-white-nationalist-problem</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238645-the-group-behind-cpac-has-a-white-nationalist-problem</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>david-duke</category><category>neo-nazis</category><category>robert-weissberg</category><category>american-conservative-union</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>southern-poverty-law-center</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>white-nationalists</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>conservative-political-action-conference-cpac</category><category>klan-members</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:29:11 +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=eezzbeat8400E664-4C99-744D-C694-55BAB08F2C50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat8400E664-4C99-744D-C694-55BAB08F2C50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Why is Obama really meeting with Republicans?</title>
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Does President Obama&rsquo;s newly packed social calendar mean the fever of  partisan bickering in Washington is breaking? That&rsquo;s the question today  after President Obama sat down for dinner with a dozen Republican  senators last night and even picked up the tab himself.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17237350-why-is-obama-really-meeting-with-republicans</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17237350-why-is-obama-really-meeting-with-republicans</guid><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>bipartisanship</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>grand-bargain</category><category>chained-cpi</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:34:08 +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=eezzbeat85EDF080-92EB-651C-2593-A27CFC63DBEA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat85EDF080-92EB-651C-2593-A27CFC63DBEA.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>The Sequester is Good for You, and Other GOP Lies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Let me see if I have this right.
A generation of GOP trickle-down economic thievery depth-charged the  American economy and set the nation trembling on the edge of collapse,  combined a decade ago with massive GOP-supported tax cuts and two  brutally expensive GOP-supported wars&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17228000-the-sequester-is-good-for-you-and-other-gop-lies</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17228000-the-sequester-is-good-for-you-and-other-gop-lies</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>sequester</category><category>filibustering</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:54:32 +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=eezzbeat0D90CD00-5B34-0A1C-89AB-74AC5B0E37A4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="306" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat0D90CD00-5B34-0A1C-89AB-74AC5B0E37A4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Is the GOP Out of Touch? Let Me Count the Ways</title>
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"Out of  touch and out of luck" should be the new Republican Party  slogan. A new survey by the Pew Research Center  indicates that three of  every five (60 percent) Americans believe the Republican Party  is out  of touch with America. Why would so many Americans think the GOP&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227528-how-is-the-gop-out-of-touch-let-me-count-the-ways</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227528-how-is-the-gop-out-of-touch-let-me-count-the-ways</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>pew-research-center</category><category>republican</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:42:59 +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=eezzbeat722607C0-2920-CDFA-A88F-86CE55A559E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat722607C0-2920-CDFA-A88F-86CE55A559E8.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>New Sanctions Imposed on North Korea as it Warns of Pre-emptive Nuclear Attack </title>
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The United Nations Security Council approved a new regimen of sanctions on Thursday against North Korea for its underground nuclear test last month, imposing penalties on  North Korean banking, travel and trade in a unanimous vote that  reflected the country&rsquo;s increased i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224872-new-sanctions-imposed-on-north-korea-as-it-warns-of-pre-emptive-nuclear-attack</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224872-new-sanctions-imposed-on-north-korea-as-it-warns-of-pre-emptive-nuclear-attack</guid><category>china</category><category>politics</category><category>north-korea</category><category>united-states</category><category>south-korea</category><category>united-nations-security-council</category><category>korean-war</category><category>sanctions</category><category>nuclear-program</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>pre-emptive-nuclear-strike</category><category>pre-emptive-nuclear-attack</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:37:09 +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=eezzbeat60C0D70F-D959-4DB9-E0EF-B4CC587C1986.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat60C0D70F-D959-4DB9-E0EF-B4CC587C1986.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>Why Is Obama Taking Orders From A Secretive Billionaire?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Move over Koch brothers. Get out of the way Shelly Adelson. There&rsquo;s  another billionaire in town, and he&rsquo;s doing all he can to privatize  Social Security and Medicare programs.
Say hello to Pete Peterson.
Petersen is a Wall Street billionaire, who, according to Th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213386-why-is-obama-taking-orders-from-a-secretive-billionaire</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213386-why-is-obama-taking-orders-from-a-secretive-billionaire</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>pete-peterson</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>simpson-bowles</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>shelly-adelson</category><category>sourcewatch-s-petersonpyramid-org</category><category>the-campaign-to-fix-the-debt</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 22:59:24 +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></item><item><title>Filibuster Overhaul Effort Should Be Revived, Durbin Says</title>
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Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin signaled Wednesday it may already be time to reopen the debate about  the chamber&rsquo;s rules, given Republicans have attempted to or plan to  filibuster three presidential appointments in the month and a half since  the chamber approved&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211613-filibuster-overhaul-effort-should-be-revived-durbin-says</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211613-filibuster-overhaul-effort-should-be-revived-durbin-says</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>filibuster</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>caitlin-halligan</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:02:14 +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>The stock market is back, but the economy isn&amp;#8217;t. Blame Congress.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Huzzah! Hang the celebratory banners! Unleash the confetti! Happy  days are here again. The Dow Jones industrial average closed yesterday  at 14,253.77!
As scores of breathless headlines made clear Tuesday, that was a new record for the index, higher than it  has been since it&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211517-the-stock-market-is-back-but-the-economy-isnt-blame-congress</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211517-the-stock-market-is-back-but-the-economy-isnt-blame-congress</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>stock-market</category><category>dow-jones-industrial-average</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>standard-poor-s-500</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:49:45 +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=eezzbeat5BFB45A8-B559-7847-A51B-4790D4085754.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5BFB45A8-B559-7847-A51B-4790D4085754.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>ACLU Launches Nationwide Police Militarization Investigation</title>
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. Starting  Wednesday, ACLU affiliates in 23 states are sending open records  requests to hundreds of state and local police agencies requesting  inf&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210625-aclu-launches-nationwide-police-militarization-investigation</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210625-aclu-launches-nationwide-police-militarization-investigation</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>drug-war</category><category>aclu</category><category>swat</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>swat-teams</category><category>police-raids</category><category>police-militarization</category><category>cheye-calvo</category><category>swat-raids</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>national-tactical-officers-association</category><category>peter-kraska</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:01:38 +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=eezzbeat913D05A7-741E-8C77-4C5F-CC493106AC48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat913D05A7-741E-8C77-4C5F-CC493106AC48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Texas GOP: Planned Parenthood Is Convincing Teens To Get Pregnant So It Can Perform Their Abortions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas has already spent the past year targeting Planned Parenthood, effectively defunding the organization&rsquo;s affiliates and forcing thousands of women to search for new doctors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210374-texas-gop-planned-parenthood-is-convincing-teens-to-get-pregnant-so-it-can-perform-their-abortions</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210374-texas-gop-planned-parenthood-is-convincing-teens-to-get-pregnant-so-it-can-perform-their-abortions</guid><category>texas</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>sex-ed-classes</category><category>sexual-health-instruction</category><category>contraceptive-resources</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 16:33:41 +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=eezzbeatABB96326-A164-CF5C-4F4D-852A798BF422.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatABB96326-A164-CF5C-4F4D-852A798BF422.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>Obama Budget Deal Moves Draw Skepticism From Democrats</title>
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WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama must  work with a  deeply skeptical partner as he tries to undo painful  spending cuts and  set U.S. finances on a more sustainable  course: the liberal wing of  his own party. While Republicans have dug in  their heels aga&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209883-obama-budget-deal-moves-draw-skepticism-from-democrats</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209883-obama-budget-deal-moves-draw-skepticism-from-democrats</guid><category>reuters</category><category>medicare</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>video</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>sequestration</category><category>keith-ellison</category><category>spending-cuts</category><category>obama-democrats</category><category>sequester</category><category>budget-deal</category><category>obama-budget-deal</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:29:55 +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=eezzbeat68F4C9FB-4EFB-9995-FA89-E57E9CEEDB74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat68F4C9FB-4EFB-9995-FA89-E57E9CEEDB74.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>Is Antonin Scalia the Vilest Person in Washington? </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209639-is-antonin-scalia-the-vilest-person-in-washington</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209639-is-antonin-scalia-the-vilest-person-in-washington</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>voting-rights-act</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>antonin-scalia</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><category>obstructionists</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>racial-entitlement</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:55:42 +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=eezzbeatA0DCF9D8-0E90-8794-6DCB-EF7A3E249F4B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA0DCF9D8-0E90-8794-6DCB-EF7A3E249F4B.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>Report: Anti-government groups on rise </title>
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The number of anti-government groups in the United States is at an  all-time high and has increased 800 percent since President Barack Obama  took office, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209498-report-anti-government-groups-on-rise</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209498-report-anti-government-groups-on-rise</guid><category>politics</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>oklahoma-city</category><category>janet-reno</category><category>southern-poverty-law-center</category><category>right-wing-extremism</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:39:29 +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=eezzbeat2D7A2D78-F04F-8C68-4FF7-FDB013CB6232.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat2D7A2D78-F04F-8C68-4FF7-FDB013CB6232.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP centrists balk at Ryan Medicare shift</title>
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House Republican centrists are furious that GOP leaders are  considering abandoning their pledge not to change Medicare retirement  benefits for people 55 years and older.
According to several  sources, a handful of centrist GOP lawmakers attending a recent Tuesday  Group lunc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17195631-gop-centrists-balk-at-ryan-medicare-shift</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17195631-gop-centrists-balk-at-ryan-medicare-shift</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>kevin-mccarthy</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>house-republican-centrists</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 16:24:49 +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=eezzbeat2B65CCE3-CECA-CF30-3651-2DA161BDABAC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat2B65CCE3-CECA-CF30-3651-2DA161BDABAC.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>  Jon Stewart: The sequester was 'auto-erotic asphyxiation' for Congress</title>
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The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped Congress on Monday night for  failing to avert $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, which  both Republicans and Democrats had described as devastating.
The indiscriminate cuts, called the sequester, were designed to be so  painf&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17195327-jon-stewart-the-sequester-was-auto-erotic-asphyxiation-for-congress</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17195327-jon-stewart-the-sequester-was-auto-erotic-asphyxiation-for-congress</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>the-daily-show</category><category>auto-erotic-asphyxiation</category><category>sequester</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 15:55:19 +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=eezzbeat1795D64E-489A-A56A-8650-66758DC429A2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat1795D64E-489A-A56A-8650-66758DC429A2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why the GOP must come to terms with George W. Bush's disastrous presidency </title>
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I
t's still freezing in much of country, but it's springtime for Republican intellectuals.
With the Romney debacle behind them, a number of analysts have gone  public with accounts of the party's failures and ambitious proposals for  its reform. Over the last few weeks, Ross &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17195176-why-the-gop-must-come-to-terms-with-george-w-bushs-disastrous-presidency</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17195176-why-the-gop-must-come-to-terms-with-george-w-bushs-disastrous-presidency</guid><category>bush</category><category>abortion</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>romney</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>ramesh-ponnuru</category><category>david-frum</category><category>ross-douthat</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>yuval-levin</category><category>michael-gerson-and-pete-wehner</category><category>jim-pethothoukis</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 15:35:43 +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=eezzbeat89E80F83-8306-4C65-B00F-8E73D0E81A71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat89E80F83-8306-4C65-B00F-8E73D0E81A71.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>Tax Code Must Be Reformed By Congress, 95 Percent Of Economists Say</title>
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WASHINGTON -- Most business economists opposed the automatic spending  cuts that took effect Friday night amid the gridlock between President  Obama and Congress, but they overwhelmingly support efforts to reduce  the deficit over the next 10 years, according to a survey releas&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183253-tax-code-must-be-reformed-by-congress-95-percent-of-economists-say</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183253-tax-code-must-be-reformed-by-congress-95-percent-of-economists-say</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>economists</category><category>nabe</category><category>national-association-for-business-economics</category><category>sequester</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>automatic-spending-cuts</category><category>economists-automatic-spending-cuts</category><category>economists-sequester</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:20:22 +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>Pat Robertson: Facts Are Commie Plot, Have No Business in Schools</title>
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Oh, Pat Robertson. How dare schools teach children facts in order to  keep them from being soaked in right wing crazy? But I think it may be  going too far to say there's some kind of "librul plot" to use public  schools like a gulag, don't you?
Pat thinks teaching kids anatom&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183170-pat-robertson-facts-are-commie-plot-have-no-business-in-schools</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183170-pat-robertson-facts-are-commie-plot-have-no-business-in-schools</guid><category>politics</category><category>pat-robertson</category><category>liberals</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:05:59 +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>Theatrical Slut Shaming: Daily Caller Attacks Ashley Judd For Movie Nude Scenes</title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a sign of how anxious the right wing is about the possibility  that Ashley Judd might run for Senate against Minority Leader Mitch  McConnell that the attacks on her have geared up before she&rsquo;s even  formally entered the race. There&rsquo;s the American Crossroad&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183124-theatrical-slut-shaming-daily-caller-attacks-ashley-judd-for-movie-nude-scenes</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183124-theatrical-slut-shaming-daily-caller-attacks-ashley-judd-for-movie-nude-scenes</guid><category>politics</category><category>ashley-judd</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>daily-caller</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:57:55 +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=eezzbeat154F801A-12F0-025F-569E-135C6A2D0F91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="162" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat154F801A-12F0-025F-569E-135C6A2D0F91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN demands prosecution of Bush-era CIA crimes</title>
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A United Nations investigator has demanded that the US publish  classified documents regarding the CIA&rsquo;s human rights violations under  former President George W. Bush, with hopes that the documents will lead  to the prosecution of public officials.
Documents about the C&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183021-un-demands-prosecution-of-bush-era-cia-crimes</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183021-un-demands-prosecution-of-bush-era-cia-crimes</guid><category>politics</category><category>united-nations</category><category>obama</category><category>torture</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>black-sites</category><category>sleep-deprivation</category><category>waterboarding</category><category>un-human-rights-council</category><category>un-special-rapporteur</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>cia-s-human-rights-violations</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:43:34 +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=eezzbeat2A755BE5-03CF-7C09-C8C5-2C515BCE8412.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat2A755BE5-03CF-7C09-C8C5-2C515BCE8412.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>