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• Commissioner Sylvia Garcia Files for 3rd Term

  
  http://doscentavos.net/ — Authority: 521
  My favorite Commish on the Court has filed for her 3rd term.  Here’s her press release. Sylvia R. Garcia filed today for her third term as Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 2 . “I have worked diligently these last seven years and we have made great strides in improving the quality of life for Precinct ...
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• Noriegas Endorse Bill White

  
  http://doscentavos.net/ — Authority: 521
  Our 2008 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Col. Rick Noriega  and Houston City Council Member Melissa Noriega has endorsed Bill White for Texas Governor.  Here’s his statement: Electing a Governor is not about friendship, it is about leadership. Bill White is my friend,  but more importantly, he is what ...
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• Cannibalizing America: The harsh realities of Obamacare

  
  Seeing Red AZ — Authority: 438
  Americans have gone collectively insane. Like sheep being led to the slaughter, no one could imagine the terror that is about to be visited on millions of unsuspecting innocents. The health care bill is an instrument of selective death. Seniors will be prematurely sacrificed so that millions of poor Americans ...
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• Democrat coziness exposed

  
  Seeing Red AZ — Authority: 438
  Democrat health debacle congressional point-man Max Baucus (D-MT) has an issue or two , but nonetheless merits a nod of approval from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. An odd position for Reid to take given his rank as an LDS elders quorum president, high councilor and one-time Sunday school superintendent ...
  12 hours ago

• Dems defeat GOP on restoring $40B in Medicare cuts

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats have defeated a GOP attempt to eliminate $40 billion in cuts to home health care services in the health overhaul bill. The 53-41 vote Saturday came during a rare weekend session to debate President Barack Obamas health legislation. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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• Thinking About Supporting Shami? Think Again!

  
  http://doscentavos.net/ — Authority: 521
  Don’t get me wrong, I like Farouk Shami’s “come from nothing to become something” story.  It is definitely something for which to be proud.  So, with all his recent talk of equal rights, economic opportunity for all, and other left-leaning stances, why on Earth would he fund Republicans? True, in 2009, he ...
  15 hours ago

• "Santa Equals a Swastika" -- OReilly: Jesse Watters Visits Mass. School that Told Kids that Couldnt Celebrate Christmas

  
  Religio-Political Talk — Authority: 153
  
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• Saturday Roundup: “Energy Independence Legislation”

  
  The Plum Line — Authority: 771
  * I noted yesterday that the White House has quietly started using the phrase “energy independence legislation” to describe “cap and trade.” Now Jake Tapper confirms it : That’s officially the new nomenclature. Tapper also notes the problem with “cap and trade”: It doesn’t have any meaning for ...
  18 hours ago

• Senate’s Long-Term Care Vote Exposes Dem Divides

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  Eleven Dems vote with Republicans, who warned that the new program to help seniors and the disabled would turn into a drain on the federal budget.
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• The 1000th Post

  
  Obi's Sister — Authority: 556
  So what should I talk about?How about TeaPartyGirl takes on Mutant Nostril, and wins?Or The Daily Show is actually reporting stuff the LameStreamMedia ignores?Or Zippers, A Man’s Best Friend? Georgia Edition. Florida Edition.Or Obama’s Safe-School Czar pushing child-porn? Why is this a surprise?Or Madam Boxer, ...
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• Are Progressives Liking Tom Carpers Health Care Reform Hammer? Not So Much...

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 148
  From facebook ~ Public Option Please Sen. Carpers Stupid Alternative Is Not A Public Option Daily Kos: State of the Nation The Carper so-called triggered "alternative" to the public option is a joke that Id laugh at if it wasnt so painful to do so. Its a non-public triggered co-op non-option ...
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• Happy Hour Roundup

  
  The Plum Line — Authority: 771
  * Are White House advisers edging away from the phrase “cap and trade”? I couldn’t help noticing that Rahm Emanuel is now calling it “energy independence legislation,” and a quick check suggests this may be the first White House use of the formulation. “Cap and trade” could be losing favor ...
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• Obamanomics and the hatchetmen of Jobs Summitville

  
  Seeing Red AZ — Authority: 438
  The Washington Examiner’s Timothy P. Carney writes an illuminating piece on  Barack Obama’s jobs summit and the invited corporate CEO’s in attendance who have sidled up to the  government trough while letting the axe fall on tens of thousands of their own employees. Republican lawmakers were notably ...
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• GOP Senators Attacking Exact Same Medicare Advantage “Cuts” They Proposed Themselves

  
  The Plum Line — Authority: 771
  Today, the Senate is debating the health care bill’s proposed reductions in spending on Medicare Advantage, the privately-administered, souped-up version of Medicare. Republican Senators have hammered these spending reductions, blasting them as “cuts” that could deal a severe blow to the health care enjoyed by ...
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• Bill White Announces for Texas Governor

  
  http://doscentavos.net/ — Authority: 521
  “I’m Bill White and I want to be your next Texas Governor.” And with that , the Mayor of Texas’ largest city announced that he is running for Governor of Texas. Before a large crowd of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who braved the change in weather that only Texas offers, Bill White gave a rousing ...
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• Bill White is in

  
  Corrente — Authority: 625
  Since there have been occasional posts here about Texas politics, I thought Id drop some very recent and very big news: Bill White, the Mayor of Houston, is running for governor . He just announced this afternoon, switching gears from his previous plan to run for Kay Bailey Hutchisons vacated Senate seat. In a ...
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• BHO implements new reporting methods as unemployment numbers continue plunge

  
  Seeing Red AZ — Authority: 438
  The latest unemployment numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor , show the national unemployment rate fell to 10.0 percent in November. In the prior 3 months, they report, job losses had averaged 135,000 a month. Averaging job losses over a three month period makes the 135,000, as bad as it is, appear less ...
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• Robocall War! Lefty Group Targets Seniors With Robocall Countering McCain

  
  The Plum Line — Authority: 771
  Call it robo-rapid-response. The labor-backed Americans United for Change is pumping half a million robocalls into the homes of seniors in four states, rebutting an earlier robocall launched by Senator John McCain telling seniors that the health care bill would cut their Medicare benefits. McCain’s robocall , ...
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• Sherrod Brown To Force GOP’s Hand On Public Option Gimmick

  
  The Plum Line — Authority: 771
  Okay, this is pretty fun. Senator Sherrod Brown is about to go to the floor of the Senate and use a procedural method to compel Republican Senators to add him as a co-sponsor of an amendment that would force Congress into a public health care plan. In case you missed the backstory, The Hill reported this ...
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• Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Of Rhode Island Claimed That In 8 Years, He Couldn’t Remember George W. Bush Ever Being Portrayed With A Hitler Mustache.

  
  Religio-Political Talk — Authority: 153
  (ParcBench h/t)(Photos from Zombietime)
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