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• Big Labor pouring money down drain in Wisconsin?

  
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  “The Left, labor, Democrats, which planned to embarrass” Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Mike Allen of  Politico on MSNBC this morning (as quoted by Jim Geraghty ), ”instead have made him a national figure with a very bright future,”  adding “It was money poured down the drain by Democrats and the Left ...
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• Mass. Senate Skirts End-Of-Life Counseling Controversy

  
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  Updated at 11:00 a.m. on May 24. With no debate, and a quick call of the ayes and nays, the Massachusetts Senate approved a requirement last week that all doctors and nurses talk to dying patients about their end-of-life options. The measure was included in a sweeping health care costs bill that the House expects ...
  4 days ago

• HTC phones stopped at border are beginning to enter the States

  
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  HTC has sent out a release that while short on words, is long on possibilities. The Taiwan based manufacturer says that some of its handsets which were held up by U.S.Customs thanks to ITC intervention, have been released. Some of the devices are now in the hands of the end-user. Based on what the manufacturer has ...
  1 week ago

• Feds attacked in border states, Montana and South Dakota

  
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  Looking through FBI statistics, I came upon a table showing the number of federal law enforcement agents who had been assaulted by state in 2010. The top four, unsurprisingly, are Arizona, California, Texas, and New Mexico--the border states. Trying to stop unwanted people and paraphernalia from coming into the ...
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• Embattled Hospital Debt Collector Taps Politicians For Defense

  
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  This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. So what do you do when you’re accused of hitting up sick patients in the hospital to pay their bills — sometimes even before they get treatment? Well, if you’re Chicago-based Accretive Health , under fire by not only the  Minnesota Attorney General but ...
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• Study: Residents In Tenn., Fla. And Ga. Saw Biggest Jump In Access Problems

  
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  Adults in nearly every state saw their access to health services worsen during over the past decade, with Tennessee, Florida and Georgia having the greatest increase in people reporting having an unmet medical need, according to a study released Tuesday. The three states had at least a 9 percentage point jump in ...
  2 weeks ago

• The conservative case against North Carolina’s Amendment One

  
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  At least since Edmund Burke, whom many consider the forerunner of modern conservatism, conservatives believes we must consider the circumstances of any given situation before developing a law, should the circumstances require one, to remedy it.  Burkean conservatives avoid one-size=fits=all solutions and recognize ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gay Republican Makes a Difference in Missouri

  
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  Once again, having an openly gay Republican in the room can make all the difference in promoting equality or defeating anti-LGBT legislation. This time, in Missouri , where State Representative Zachary Wyatt has come out of the closet to oppose that states “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Check out the video of Rep. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hold my ankles!

  
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  Kallan has her personality turned all the way up to eleven. She’s supposed to be learning the placement of the 50 states and their capitals.  This is not as difficult a task as it seems, because for each of the last four weeks, she has had to learn a chunk of the country; now ...Hold my ankles!
  3 weeks ago

• Advocates Worry States Are Moving Too Fast On Dual Eligibles

  
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  Some states likely will begin testing new ways to care for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid early next year—a timeline that has some advocates urging officials to slow down. Finding high-quality, cost-effective ways to care for the 9 million people known as “dual eligibles” is among the brass ...
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• “FORWARD” With Obama’s Marxist America

  
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    You got to love the “new” Obama campaign slogan, “FORWARD”, that reflects the roots of his Marxist beliefs. The Washington Times summed it up best: The Obama campaign apparently didn’t look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich ...
  3 weeks ago

• Idahos conservative conservatives

  
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  Following up with thoughts from the previous post , that the electoral tendencies of moderates are defined in large part by the political atmospheres of the states they live in doesnt necessarily mean the same holds true for their more ideologically committed cohorts. Conservatives are sparse in California, but the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Moderate is a moderate is a moderate?

  
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  Do liberals, moderates, and conservatives respectively vote Democratic, split, and Republican in roughly equal proportions across states, the difference being that the  Wyoming  breakdown is 14%/47%/39% while Vermonts is 32%/44%/24%? Or do Vermonts liberals, moderates, and conservatives all tend to be more liberal ...
  4 weeks ago

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