Andy Borowitz
| Republicans to Discontinue Use of E-Mail
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Citing the scandals embroiling Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the Republican Governors Association today ordered its members to discontinue the use of e-mail, 'effective immediately.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Citing the scandals embroiling Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the Republican Governors Association today ordered its members to discontinue the use of e-mail, 'effective immediately.'"
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Plowshares
Sentencing Shows US Government Afraid of Peace Activists
Jim Haber, Waging Nonviolence
Haber writes: "In the end, Judge Thapar said he used age, criminal history, the nature of the offense (as he and the United States government defined it), and their background of good works to decide on sentences for the three defendants."
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Jim Haber, Waging Nonviolence
Haber writes: "In the end, Judge Thapar said he used age, criminal history, the nature of the offense (as he and the United States government defined it), and their background of good works to decide on sentences for the three defendants."
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Paul Krugman |
The Stimulus Tragedy
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "The case for stimulus was that we were suffering from a huge shortfall in overall spending, and that the hit to the economy from the financial crisis and the bursting of the housing bubble was so severe that the Federal Reserve...couldn't overcome this slump on its own."
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "The case for stimulus was that we were suffering from a huge shortfall in overall spending, and that the hit to the economy from the financial crisis and the bursting of the housing bubble was so severe that the Federal Reserve...couldn't overcome this slump on its own."
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Fresh From Win
Over UAW, Norquist Vows Anti-Union Push
Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters
Drawbaugh reports: "Grover Norquist's trademark cause is fighting high taxes, but the savvy conservative Republican lobbyist just scored a big win on another front - fighting unions - and he wants more, betting on what he sees as a broad shift in U.S. labor politics."
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Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters
Drawbaugh reports: "Grover Norquist's trademark cause is fighting high taxes, but the savvy conservative Republican lobbyist just scored a big win on another front - fighting unions - and he wants more, betting on what he sees as a broad shift in U.S. labor politics."
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Children
Murdered, Homes Foreclosed: How the Government Makes "Mistakes" With
Impunity
Falguni A. Sheth, Salon
Sheth writes: "Most people are accustomed to bureaucracies making mistakes. And even presidential administrations and U.S. Armed Forces make mistakes."
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Falguni A. Sheth, Salon
Sheth writes: "Most people are accustomed to bureaucracies making mistakes. And even presidential administrations and U.S. Armed Forces make mistakes."
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Scott Walker
Faces Potential Fallout From Leaked Email Trove
Paul Lewis, Guardian UK
Lewis writes: "He is the Republican governor whose presidential aspirations have been punctured by a scandal that won't go away. His response: fire his close aides, claim he knew nothing about improper behaviour and distance himself from an incriminating trove of emails."
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Paul Lewis, Guardian UK
Lewis writes: "He is the Republican governor whose presidential aspirations have been punctured by a scandal that won't go away. His response: fire his close aides, claim he knew nothing about improper behaviour and distance himself from an incriminating trove of emails."
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Idaho Bill
Would Jail Animal Activists Caught Using Hidden Cameras
Cindy Galli, ABC News
Galli reports: "Legislators in Idaho are holding hearings today to determine the fate of a tough new bill which could have animal activists facing jail time if they carry out hidden camera investigations on farms."
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Cindy Galli, ABC News
Galli reports: "Legislators in Idaho are holding hearings today to determine the fate of a tough new bill which could have animal activists facing jail time if they carry out hidden camera investigations on farms."
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Gibson | How Washington Is Playing Venezuela Like a Fiddle
Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "United States foreign policy can be summed up as hard power vs. soft power...An example of the US's soft power is the current situation in Venezuela."
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Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "United States foreign policy can be summed up as hard power vs. soft power...An example of the US's soft power is the current situation in Venezuela."
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