<?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 - politics</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/politics</link><description>Newsvine - politics</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:39:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>After IRS scandal: Right-wing fear of government isn't paranoid after all </title>
<description><![CDATA[The government's machinery &ndash; the federal bureaucracy &ndash; was conceived by the Progressives (and the goo-goos, their &ldquo;good government&rdquo; predecessors) as a haven from political influence rather than a repository of it. They believed that through civil-service r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18342088-after-irs-scandal-right-wing-fear-of-government-isnt-paranoid-after-all</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18342088-after-irs-scandal-right-wing-fear-of-government-isnt-paranoid-after-all</guid><category>politics</category><category>democrats</category><category>corruption</category><category>democracy</category><category>liberty</category><category>tyranny</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:35:07 +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=secaa2303BC941D-3509-2B1F-12F5-1CD5A765A5CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2303BC941D-3509-2B1F-12F5-1CD5A765A5CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Americans for Prosperity's Phillips: IRS Targeting Wasn't Isolated Incident</title>
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Phillips stated that the IRS "was targeting people who oppose the president's big government agenda and it was over a long period of time. We're talking about over a year here, so it's not like it was an isolated incident, it isn't like it happened once or twice over a two-week&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18341765-americans-for-prosperitys-phillips-irs-targeting-wasnt-isolated-incident</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18341765-americans-for-prosperitys-phillips-irs-targeting-wasnt-isolated-incident</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>tea-party</category><category>irs</category><category>senate-democrats</category><category>americans-for-prosperity</category><category>truth-about</category><category>newsmax-tv</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:31 +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=cornhusker4palinD38197CD-F499-54EF-52DA-0A5E744E639B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinD38197CD-F499-54EF-52DA-0A5E744E639B.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>More mystery over AP subpoenas process at Justice Department </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Conflicting information is emerging over the process the Justice Department used to approve the subpoenas for Associated Press telephone records in connection with a national security leak investigation.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340940-more-mystery-over-ap-subpoenas-process-at-justice-department</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340940-more-mystery-over-ap-subpoenas-process-at-justice-department</guid><category>ap</category><category>white-house</category><category>security</category><category>politics</category><category>justice-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>subpoena</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>telephone-records-democrat</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:41:17 +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></item><item><title>Radio Host Frequented By Gun Activists Calls For Shooting of Bush Family &amp;amp; Obama, Sexual Violence Against Hillary Clinton </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Pete Santilli is the kind of person we normally wouldn&rsquo;t cover here &ndash; an unhinged Internet ranter who exists somewhere to the crazier side of&nbsp;Alex Jones. Santilli&rsquo;s broadcast &ndash; on which he details conspiracy theories on&nbsp;everything from 9/11 to &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339918-radio-host-frequented-by-gun-activists-calls-for-shooting-of-bush-family-amp-obama-sexual-violence-against-hillary-clinton</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339918-radio-host-frequented-by-gun-activists-calls-for-shooting-of-bush-family-amp-obama-sexual-violence-against-hillary-clinton</guid><category>politics</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>right-wing</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>nra</category><category>navy-seal-team-six</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:05:08 +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=smd123644CCCEC8D-A9F6-AF1E-1669-B2AB172DA55E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="390" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123644CCCEC8D-A9F6-AF1E-1669-B2AB172DA55E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boom: Obama Administration Knew of IRS Targeting in June of 2012 </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Earlier in the week, White House spokesman Jay Carney categorically denied that no one at the White House was aware of the IRS targeting operation prior to late April of this year.&nbsp; Minutes later, he&nbsp;walked back&nbsp;his own assertion.&nbsp; Then came yesterday's (bri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340830-boom-obama-administration-knew-of-irs-targeting-in-june-of-2012</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340830-boom-obama-administration-knew-of-irs-targeting-in-june-of-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>lies</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>audit</category><category>denial</category><category>targeting</category><category>slow-drip</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:32 +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></item><item><title>Oh oh, look who else made the Marines hold an umbrella for him...</title>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like the right once again made fools out of themselves.&nbsp; Check out the picture of Elder Bush having a Marine hold his umbrella for him:

Is the right capable of ever NOT being hypocri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340584-oh-oh-look-who-else-made-the-marines-hold-an-umbrella-for-him</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340584-oh-oh-look-who-else-made-the-marines-hold-an-umbrella-for-him</guid><category>bush</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>marines</category><category>obama</category><category>reagan</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>conservative</category><category>palin</category><category>umbrella</category><category>umbre</category><category>umbrella-gate</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:06:21 +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>Maddow: Fair Game to Disclose Names of Republicans Who Lied to ABC News </title>
<description><![CDATA[
After taking her viewers through the whole, long, ugly mess with&nbsp;ABC's big "scoop" on the Benghazi emailsand the how the story pretty much fizzled out by the end of the week with the discovery that&nbsp;Republicans were responsible&nbsp;for doctoring the supposed quotes fr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340219-maddow-fair-game-to-disclose-names-of-republicans-who-lied-to-abc-news</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340219-maddow-fair-game-to-disclose-names-of-republicans-who-lied-to-abc-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>white-house</category><category>republican-congressional</category><category>maddow-and</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:28 +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>Allen West Actually Gets A Job Your Tax Dollars Aren&amp;#8217;t Paying For &amp;#8212; At Fox News </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Former one-term Republican U.S. Congressman,&nbsp;torture-advocate, and homophobeAllen West&nbsp;has finally gotten a job that your tax dollars are&nbsp;not&nbsp;paying for.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340191-allen-west-actually-gets-a-job-your-tax-dollars-arent-paying-for-at-fox-news</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340191-allen-west-actually-gets-a-job-your-tax-dollars-arent-paying-for-at-fox-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>communist-party</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>armed-services</category><category>united-states-army</category><category>democrat-party</category><category>next-generation-tv-programming</category><category>army-command</category><category>military-arts</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:53 +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=smd12364CB4D25C3-0C50-4A5B-756F-94AD44FBA090.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364CB4D25C3-0C50-4A5B-756F-94AD44FBA090.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>Coward or War Hero? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The 15th of May was Conscientious Objectors Day.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18336271-coward-or-war-hero</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18336271-coward-or-war-hero</guid><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>fighting</category><category>objectors</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:44:36 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236440C5ACAE-4E02-A846-1B7C-87B59ACFFF95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="749" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236440C5ACAE-4E02-A846-1B7C-87B59ACFFF95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="225" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Texas Judge Forbids Lesbian Woman From Living With Her Partner </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Carolyn Compton is in a three year-old relationship with a woman. According to Compton&rsquo;s partner Page Price, Compton&rsquo;s ex-husband rarely sees their two children and was also once charged with stalking Compton, a felony, although he eventually plead to a misdemeanor &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340123-texas-judge-forbids-lesbian-woman-from-living-with-her-partner</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340123-texas-judge-forbids-lesbian-woman-from-living-with-her-partner</guid><category>politics</category><category>lgbt-discrimination</category><category>since-texas</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:07 +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=smd123642C7C02F4-844B-1515-44F7-1CFD6846889A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123642C7C02F4-844B-1515-44F7-1CFD6846889A.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>Pew: Black Turnout May Have Been Lower Because Blacks Lie, Or Higher Because So Many Are Felons </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Recently, the U.S. Census bureau made newsby announcing that in 2012, for the first time ever, the rate of black voter turnout surpassed the rate of white voter turnout in their 2012 post-election survey. The Census Bureau found that 66.2% of eligible black voters voted in the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340039-pew-black-turnout-may-have-been-lower-because-blacks-lie-or-higher-because-so-many-are-felons</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18340039-pew-black-turnout-may-have-been-lower-because-blacks-lie-or-higher-because-so-many-are-felons</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:58 +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=smd123648F430CE1-8F18-0A7E-21EF-4047DAB2319D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123648F430CE1-8F18-0A7E-21EF-4047DAB2319D.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>Republicans Aren't Christians</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Whether it's fiscal austerity, Benghazi, or opposition to gun control, the Republican Party is remarkably disciplined.&nbsp; Day after day, press conference after press conference, Republican members of Congress speak from the same hymnal.&nbsp; But it's not a Christian hymnal.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339972-republicans-arent-christians</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339972-republicans-arent-christians</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>faith</category><category>republican-party</category><category>christians</category><category>religious-right</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>christian-right</category><category>jim-wallis</category><category>max-weber</category><category>protestant-ethic</category><category>american-calvinism</category><category>american-calvinist</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:11:08 +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></item><item><title> Heritage Letter to Congressional GOP: Don't Legislate, Focus on Scandals </title>
<description><![CDATA[Joy Reid at The Grio reports that the Heritage Foundation,  the uber-rightwing think tank that Jim DeMint left the Senate to head  up, just sent this letter to Speaker Boehner and Eric Cantor:
Dear Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor:
For the first time, the activities of the Oba&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ripley8]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ripley8]]></source><link>http://ripley8.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339106-heritage-letter-to-congressional-gop-dont-legislate-focus-on-scandals</link><guid>http://ripley8.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339106-heritage-letter-to-congressional-gop-dont-legislate-focus-on-scandals</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:09:14 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ripley891B8F040-C53F-BE39-3B46-51FE9D22A6B7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ripley891B8F040-C53F-BE39-3B46-51FE9D22A6B7.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>Outgoing IRS chief deflects Republican attempts to link scandal to White House </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Republican attempts to turn the row over the IRS into a scandal engulfing the White House fizzled on Friday when the ousted head of the agency delivered a public apology at a congressional heading into the affair.
Steven Miller, who was fired on Wednesday, portrayed the toughe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338738-outgoing-irs-chief-deflects-republican-attempts-to-link-scandal-to-white-house</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338738-outgoing-irs-chief-deflects-republican-attempts-to-link-scandal-to-white-house</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>efficient</category><category>republican</category><category>tax-exempt-status</category><category>house-ways-and-means-committee</category><category>steven-miller</category><category>public-apology</category><category>flood-of-applications</category><category>irs-scandal</category><category>congressional-heading</category><category>overworked-employees</category><category>foolish-mistakes</category><category>2012-obama-re-election-campaign</category><category>chairman-david-camp</category><category>culture-cover-up</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:39:00 +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=mscyprahD7BE4B5F-5651-E691-2EF0-55D17B62DC50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahD7BE4B5F-5651-E691-2EF0-55D17B62DC50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent</title>
<description><![CDATA[The president asked for $79.4 billion to fund so-called overseas contingency operations in fiscal 2014, which begins October 1, down from his original $88.5 billion request, a White House aide said. Obama made the request in a letter to Congress.
The U.S. chief executive has sai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></source><link>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338694-obama-seeks-to-cut-afghan-war-spending-by-10-percent</link><guid>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338694-obama-seeks-to-cut-afghan-war-spending-by-10-percent</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:34:25 +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=jfxgillis21A6ADFF-A8C1-B65F-7CBE-800071C122DA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillis21A6ADFF-A8C1-B65F-7CBE-800071C122DA.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>Democrats buoyed by Obama response to trio of controversies</title>
<description><![CDATA[
House Democrats left Washington on Friday insisting they're not worried about political fallout after one of the most difficult weeks the Obama administration has endured.
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Democrats know their fate in the 2014 elections hinges to a large degree on Obama's popularity, a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338314-democrats-buoyed-by-obama-response-to-trio-of-controversies</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338314-democrats-buoyed-by-obama-response-to-trio-of-controversies</guid><category>politics</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>washington-dc</category><category>means-committee</category><category>chris-van-hollen</category><category>more-defcon-hill</category><category>transportation-poll</category><category>thomas-pickering-ousted-irs</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:03:37 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364857FFEEA-1348-6A37-9321-0EDAAABDFF16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364857FFEEA-1348-6A37-9321-0EDAAABDFF16.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>  Republican law would punish Ohio colleges for helping students vote </title>
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Republicans in the Ohio state legislature are promoting an amendment to a state budget bill that would punish public universities that provide students with the necessary materials to register to vote.&nbsp;According to Talking Points Memo, the legislators say that they are try&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338402-republican-law-would-punish-ohio-colleges-for-helping-students-vote</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338402-republican-law-would-punish-ohio-colleges-for-helping-students-vote</guid><category>politics</category><category>voting-rights</category><category>republican-party</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:27 +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=smd12364CB371A6E-EC4A-7520-B489-55D6DF7CDD71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364CB371A6E-EC4A-7520-B489-55D6DF7CDD71.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>Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration's scandals </title>
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There's something already dangerously smug about the way that the Republican Party &ndash; and the media, for that matter &ndash; have described the past two weeks as the White House's "worst weeks ever". There have been some exceedingly bad weeks over the past five years, incl&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338280-six-ways-the-gop-could-screw-up-the-obama-administrations-scandals</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338280-six-ways-the-gop-could-screw-up-the-obama-administrations-scandals</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>impeachment</category><category>ana-marie-cox</category><category>character-assassination</category><category>tokyo-earth-quake</category><category>boston-marathon-bombings</category><category>white-house-scandals</category><category>defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:02:43 +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=mscyprah19176AB1-694C-EF1F-57E4-A84B21834E63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah19176AB1-694C-EF1F-57E4-A84B21834E63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Of Course Conservatives Think LGBT Discrimination Survey is &quot;Bogus&quot;</title>
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Today, May 17, is&nbsp;International Day Against Homophobia: an annual day to draw attention to issues LGBT people face and try to draw one step closer to erasing homophobia. It is fitting, then, that new, groundbreaking LGBT research is set to be released today, and probably n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338246-of-course-conservatives-think-lgbt-discrimination-survey-is-bogus</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338246-of-course-conservatives-think-lgbt-discrimination-survey-is-bogus</guid><category>politics</category><category>lgbt-intergroup</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:58:12 +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=smd123644C2C9423-78D5-17C8-557D-F5052837E964.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123644C2C9423-78D5-17C8-557D-F5052837E964.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>This is not the President Obama we voted for </title>
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You can argue that Republicans have blocked President Obama from doing just about anything. You can argue that he's had bad luck. You can argue that he isn't always the greatest orator. But you can't argue away that the Department of Justice took the unprecedented step of seizi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338083-this-is-not-the-president-obama-we-voted-for</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338083-this-is-not-the-president-obama-we-voted-for</guid><category>politics</category><category>white-house</category><category>republicans</category><category>associated-press</category><category>president-obama</category><category>pentagon</category><category>irs</category><category>guantanamo-bay</category><category>journalists</category><category>benghazi</category><category>department-of-justice</category><category>drone-attacks-abroad</category><category>forec-feeding-inmates</category><category>greatest-orator</category><category>heather-long</category><category>scandals-genuine-disappointment</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:45:26 +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=mscyprah6CAAD99E-A638-B63A-D39B-6C4DA305EA49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah6CAAD99E-A638-B63A-D39B-6C4DA305EA49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hypocrisy Watch: Anti-Gay Homophobic Pastors and Politicians who turn out to be Gay (Video) </title>
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Anti-gay and homophobic pastors and politicians who turn out to be actually gay themselves. These men are hypocrites who repeatedly discriminated against homosexuals and passed legislation to withhold the rights of gay people. The pastors and politicians mentioned in this video &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337749-hypocrisy-watch-anti-gay-homophobic-pastors-and-politicians-who-turn-out-to-be-gay-video</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337749-hypocrisy-watch-anti-gay-homophobic-pastors-and-politicians-who-turn-out-to-be-gay-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>religious-right</category><category>lgbt-discrimination</category><category>gay-preachers</category><category>religious-hypocrites</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:45:20 +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.youtube.com/watch?v=_V39WFJIESU" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_V39WFJIESU/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  PAT CADDELL: Obamagate: The Focus Is Barack Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[For some 'strange' reason, Newsvine would not allow me to seed Patrick Caddell's full article which is available on Breitbart.com. Therefore, I am using this article as my introduction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[NJ Person]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NJ Person]]></source><link>http://deb-1950.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337883-pat-caddell-obamagate-the-focus-is-barack-obama</link><guid>http://deb-1950.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337883-pat-caddell-obamagate-the-focus-is-barack-obama</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>lies</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>public-trust</category><category>patrick-caddell</category><category>obamagate</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:29:24 +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=deb-1950E17555EF-A095-CD79-0424-235364639738.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deb-1950E17555EF-A095-CD79-0424-235364639738.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>What Scandal? Republicans Doctored Benghazi Emails</title>
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. The mainstream media should be tired of being shamed. Democrats should be tired of being shamed. But most of all, every American citizen should be tired of being shamed.Read more:&nbsp;http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337161-what-scandal-republicans-doctored-benghazi-emails</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337161-what-scandal-republicans-doctored-benghazi-emails</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>state-department</category><category>cbs-news</category><category>fox-news</category><category>fox-news-interview</category><category>ambassador-christopher-stevens</category><category>thomas-rick-nbsp-author</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:34:06 +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=smd12364FD37A627-0E22-D340-3B62-1F2580D4DD23.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364FD37A627-0E22-D340-3B62-1F2580D4DD23.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>Sarah Palin: 'Most Americans hold their own umbrellas.' Oops!</title>
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&ldquo;Scandalous Hat Trick,&rdquo; she wrote.
&ldquo;Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas.&rdquo;
Well, not always.

More on umbrella-gate from Morgan Whitaker:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337201-sarah-palin-most-americans-hold-their-own-umbrellas-oops</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18337201-sarah-palin-most-americans-hold-their-own-umbrellas-oops</guid><category>politics</category><category>image</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>photo</category><category>photograph</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>twitter</category><category>umbrellagate</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:36:20 +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=carloz1B079316-7D08-C9CF-9A35-0E849997C4F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="392" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz1B079316-7D08-C9CF-9A35-0E849997C4F6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What the frack do you think IRS employees were going to do after the Tea Party threatened to eliminate all their jobs?</title>
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Bush appointees that were the head of the IRS became Obama's fault how?
Seriously?
Republicans want to create a scandal by blaming Obama for their own presidential appointments?
And republicans want to blame Obama for Benghazi after John Boehner eliminated a squad of marines at &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crackhead Awards]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Crackhead Awards]]></source><link>http://crackheadawards.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18335475-what-the-frack-do-you-think-irs-employees-were-going-to-do-after-the-tea-party-threatened-to-eliminate-all-their-jobs</link><guid>http://crackheadawards.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18335475-what-the-frack-do-you-think-irs-employees-were-going-to-do-after-the-tea-party-threatened-to-eliminate-all-their-jobs</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>bush-appointee</category><category>dave-camp</category><category>breightbart</category><category>irs-scandal</category><category>stupid-scandal</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:27 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=crackheadawardsE5D7C7D7-F6C5-2BFC-F43E-F976E13D127E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="214" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=crackheadawardsE5D7C7D7-F6C5-2BFC-F43E-F976E13D127E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=crackheadawards2F214500-60C5-45BF-B297-7F1C7C0CFD2B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="211" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=crackheadawards2F214500-60C5-45BF-B297-7F1C7C0CFD2B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>