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• Amendment to Eliminate Political Science Funding at NSF Defeated

  
  National Coalition for History — Authority: 117
  On November 5, the Senate passed the fiscal year (FY) 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2847). By a vote of 36-62 , the Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) that would have eliminated funding for the political science program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ...
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• Mark Schmitt: Progressive Thoughts on Title IX

  
  Kay Steiger — Authority: 116
  Mark Schmitt is going to be at Progressivism on Tap tonight at Busboys and Poets, a happy hour here in Washington, D.C., where a smart progressive sits and talks about some interesting stuff. But Schmitt (who now edits a publication where I used to work) also wrote a really adorable column about how his daughter, ...
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• Reality Check.

  
  Sorry,all the clever names are taken. — Authority: 122
  We should have known that it would not be long after Abby Johnsons conversion that Liberal supporters of abortion would attack her. For those who do not know, Abby Johnson is the former director of a Texas Planned Parenthood abortion clinic who recently renounced abortion, quit her job with Planned Parenthood and ...
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• One Down For Health Care Reform, Senate Hurdles Loom

  
  Political Buzz — Authority: 125
  Health care reform took another historic step towards legislative reality on Saturday night as the House approved by a 220-215 vote their $1.1 trillion version of reform and sent the legislation on to the Senate. While Democrats and the White House rightfully celebrated the landmark achievement, another shift to the ...
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• Kill the Drill

  
  Upper Green Side — Authority: 108
  This weekend Upper Green Side officially joined the ranks of the Kill the Drill Coalition along with current members Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, State Senators Tom K. Duane, Liz Krueger , Assemblymembers Jonathan L. Bing, Micah Z. Kellner, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Councilmembers ...
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• Three Years Goes By Like A Day

  
  Pamela's Punch — Authority: 137
  And sometimes a day feels like it take three years to pass. Such is life. Well, the OFFICIAL first night of my entree into the blogosphere was November 20th, 2006. I had been writing and working up to that night during the week (Week of the 13th), but I didn’t post my first entry until that evening.  Thanks ...
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• You Must Absolutely Read This Blog Post!

  
  You Don't Know The Half Of Me — Authority:
  Several months ago I watched a Dateline special about a man named Gary Haugen , who goes into other countries around the globe and rescues little boys and girls from forced prostitution. My wife and I were astounded at how prevalent human trafficking is, and that it is getting younger and younger. Two years ago, ...
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• Ambassador John Gets Awaed

  
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Authority: 131
  Ambassador Ellsworth I. A. John to Receive Garifuna Coalition Award For his contribution to the Renaissance of the Garifuna Heritage and Culture in St. Vincent & the Grenadines "Yurumein" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2009 Contact: Jose Francisco Avila (718) 402-7700 info@garifunacoaiition.org New ...
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• House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill

  
  Castro's Favorite Color — Authority: 137
  Nice Interactive Graphic in the New York Times House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill "Lawmakers in the House voted 220 to 215 on Saturday night to approve a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system. Only one Republican voted for the bill, and 39 Democrats opposed it, including 24 ...
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• Join the Kill the Drill Campaign

  
  The Huffington Post — Authority: 966
  At a press conference on October 1, 2009 I was joined by a coalition of elected officials and advocates, to announce the launch of Kill the Drill, a campaign to voice opposition to any hydraulic fracturing in the citys upstate watershed, which supplies 90 percent of New York Citys drinking water. That day, I asked for ...
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• Black Anti-Obama Protesters March On White House

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 626
  From AFP News: WASHINGTON — Decrying Barack Obama as “white power in black face,” hundreds of African-Americans marched on the White House Saturday to protest policies of the first black US president, and demand that he bring US troops home. More than 200 people gathered for the first public demonstration by ...
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• Senate Bill Would Fulfill Longstanding Promise for Conservation and Recreation Program

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 624
  Senate Bill Would Fulfill Longstanding Promise for Conservation and Recreation Program Land and Water Conservation Fund WASHINGTON, DC – -(AmmoLand.com)- Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Max Baucus (D-MT), today introduced legislation to permanently provide $900 million to the Land and Water Conservation ...
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• Trial for top Zimbabwean PMs aide gets under way

  
  daytondailynews.com - Ohio-news — Authority: 612
  HARARE, Zimbabwe - Prosecutors sought to throw out testimony that evidence against a top prime ministers aide was obtained through torture as the trial that has strained Zimbabwes troubled coalition government began Monday.
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• The healthcare vote | Michael Tomasky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Well, it passed . A win is a win is a win, I guess. If Chelsea beat Bolton by one goal in extra time, itd show up as a win. And if Notre Dame barely beat Navy - oops, bad example ! - you know what I mean. As long as it goes in the W column, its all right.   But count me among those who believe that a 220-215 vote ...
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• Trial for top Zimbabwean PMs aide gets under way (AP)

  
  Yahoo! News: Science News — Authority: 196
  AP - Prosecutors sought to throw out testimony that evidence against a top prime ministers aide was obtained through torture as the trial that has strained Zimbabwes troubled coalition government began Monday.
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• Goldman Upgrades ADBE, CRM; Downgrades LXK, RHT, VRSN

  
  WSJ.com: Tech Trader Daily — Authority: 668
  Goldman Sachs this morning made a flurry of rating changes in the tech sector, upgrading Adobe (ADBE) and Salesforce.com (CRM) , while downgrading Lexmark (LXK) , Red Hat (RHT) and VeriSign (VRSN) . Here a rundown on the moves: Adobe : Software analyst Sarah Friar upped her rating to Buy from ...
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• Ghana: Lets Walk the Agric Talk

  
  AllAfrica News: Latest — Authority: 166
  At a recent durbar held in Ashaiman at the instance of the Ghana Trade and Livelihoods Coalition (GTLC), farmers drawn from different parts of Ghana came together to register their displeasure for not receiving the needed support from government.
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• Accurate assessments of LGBTs worth? Not so much. But as for Lindas ability to assess fallacious campaigns? Well...

  
  Good As You — Authority: 663
  One of the things that infuriated us the most about the Stand For Marriage Maine coalition that recently duped Mainers into adopting bias is that behind the typical surface that Shubert-Flint advises these kinds of anti-equality campaigns to adopt in public, there was SO MUCH hypocrisy and eye-opening extremism ...
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• Liberty is Life

  
  THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS — Authority: 568
  My column today can be found at the Republican Jewish Coalition website. http://www.rjchq.org Pop singer Prince was off by 10 years. Today the Germans are going to party like it’s 1989. Included in the festivities will be the German rock band “the Scorpions.” Their song “Wind of Change” was ...
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• Oklahomans rally at State Capitol to protest anti-choice law that would post abortion details online.

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 843
  Oklahoma recently passed a law (HR 1595) that will collect personal details about every single abortion performed in the state and post them on a public website. Critics of the legislation worry that the information could be used to identify individuals . Portions of the law were supposed to take effect on Nov. ...
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