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Twitterings
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RT @MikePrysner: #Obama: "I want 2 make sure people understand actually drones have not caused a huge # of civilian casualties." Just at least 800, no biggie
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In Spain, almost half of young people cannot find full-time work. #recipefordisaster http://t.co/TanPqH3d
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Multiple reports that Occupy Oakland prisoners have been abused by jail guards. #ows #j28 #oo http://t.co/RtIeU5Vw
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Romney currently outspending Gingrich 4:1 in Florida. http://t.co/jnLrYdOg
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Socialism never took root in the US b/c the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Tag Archives: Elena Kagan
Beasted
Usually Sunday morning talk show panel discussions are little more than conventional wisdom echo chambers. Talking heads take turns trying to prove just how reasonable they are in the most cordial and polite way possible. No need to break up the chummy atmosphere by actually arguing over anything of substance.
Sometimes someone pushes through the nonsense. [...]
Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan
The NY Times reports that Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, a move that very likely could shift the ideological makeup of the court substantially to the right.
If you’re interested in the subject you should read Glenn Greenwald’s roundups on her record or [...]