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supporters, many. We have many more who could be. The organization cannot
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Obamacare
Deserves Some Credit for the Good News About Healthcare
The Washington Post | Editorial
Excerpt: "The rate of uninsured Americans is down. The once-inexorable ballooning of health-care costs has slowed. And, the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced, U.S. hospitals are making fewer errors, adding to a previous finding that hospitals have significantly cut patient readmissions."
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The Washington Post | Editorial
Excerpt: "The rate of uninsured Americans is down. The once-inexorable ballooning of health-care costs has slowed. And, the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced, U.S. hospitals are making fewer errors, adding to a previous finding that hospitals have significantly cut patient readmissions."
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Two NYPD Cops
Get Killed and "Wartime" Police Blame Protesters. Have We Learned
Nothing?
Steven Thrasher, Guardian UK
Thrasher writes: "Yes, the cops blamed the protesters. (So did Rudy Giuliani, but don’t get me started on him.) Even more chilling, the police union purportedly declared in a widely shared statement that the NYPD has 'become a 'wartime' police department. We will act accordingly.'"
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Steven Thrasher, Guardian UK
Thrasher writes: "Yes, the cops blamed the protesters. (So did Rudy Giuliani, but don’t get me started on him.) Even more chilling, the police union purportedly declared in a widely shared statement that the NYPD has 'become a 'wartime' police department. We will act accordingly.'"
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CIA Officials
Who Allegedly Snooped on Congress Won't Be Charged
The State Column
Excerpt: "Investigators have been told not to seek a penalty for the Central Intelligence Agency’s search of a computer network used by Senate Intelligence Committee staff members who were investigating the agency’s torture practices, according to reports."
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The State Column
Excerpt: "Investigators have been told not to seek a penalty for the Central Intelligence Agency’s search of a computer network used by Senate Intelligence Committee staff members who were investigating the agency’s torture practices, according to reports."
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Voter ID Laws
Fix a Fake Problem by Creating a Real One
Ezra Klein, Vox
Klein writes: "Out of roughly a billion votes cast, he found 31 credible cases of voter ID fraud. And that is, he thinks, an overestimate. At the same time, thousands of people really are being turned away from polling places because they don't have the right ID. So voter ID laws fix a fake problem by creating a very real one."
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Ezra Klein, Vox
Klein writes: "Out of roughly a billion votes cast, he found 31 credible cases of voter ID fraud. And that is, he thinks, an overestimate. At the same time, thousands of people really are being turned away from polling places because they don't have the right ID. So voter ID laws fix a fake problem by creating a very real one."
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Dish Drops Fox
News Channel and Fox Business
Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Schroeder writes: "Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network are no longer being carried on Dish Network after the companies failed to agree on the terms of a new distribution pact."
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Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Schroeder writes: "Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network are no longer being carried on Dish Network after the companies failed to agree on the terms of a new distribution pact."
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Family Holiday
Survival: 12 Ways to Deal With That Climate Change Denier
Will J Grant and Rod Lamberts, Science 2.0
Excerpt: "You know the drill. Make an offhand remark about unusual weather, and five seconds later someone’s mouthing off about how the internet says that climate change is a bunch of rubbish."
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Will J Grant and Rod Lamberts, Science 2.0
Excerpt: "You know the drill. Make an offhand remark about unusual weather, and five seconds later someone’s mouthing off about how the internet says that climate change is a bunch of rubbish."
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