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This Is How the NRA Lies to Gun Owners About Obama's Agenda

A new NRA survey claims President Obama wants a gun registry—which is false.

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| Wed May. 8, 2013 7:02 AM PDT

Inside the Democracy Alliance, the Liberal Answer to the Koch Donor Network

Charles and David Koch aren't the only ones getting rich people together to divvy up their millions.

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| Mon May. 6, 2013 10:47 AM PDT

Clarence Thomas Suggests "Elites" Like Obama Because He's What "They Expect From a Black Person"

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offers some oblique criticism of the president.

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| Fri May. 3, 2013 1:02 PM PDT
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Unemployment Rate Hits a 4-Year Low, But Don't Get Too Excited

We're not out of the woods yet.

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| Fri May. 3, 2013 7:23 AM PDT

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Obama Administration Continues Blocking Access to Emergency Contraception

Reproductive rights groups oppose the administration's new position on Plan B.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 9:46 AM PDT
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Expert: Obama's Housing Agency Nomination Is Good News for Poor People

The nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to head a key housing agency is good news for low-income borrowers.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 4:43 PM PDT
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Obama to Nominate Former Lobbyist Tom Wheeler for FCC Chair

Wheeler has the support of many in the telecom world, though some have expressed concern that he's too much of an industry ally.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 7:01 PM PDT

Is the Obama Administration About to Block Plan B Access? (UPDATED)

A new FDA decision could signal that emergency contraception won't be available to everyone after all.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 4:09 PM PDT
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How to Be a Good Neocon When It Comes to Syria

With Obama moving cautiously, some hawks are angling for a US invasion.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 11:12 AM PDT
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Can Obama Stop the Uprising at Gitmo?

Human rights advocates and now even one senator says the administration could end the hunger strike by resuming transfers of detainees out of Gitmo.

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| Fri Apr. 26, 2013 4:56 AM PDT

Four Republicans Who Don't Understand the Constitution They've Sworn to Defend

The Obama administration doesn't get to choose whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is read his rights.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 6:31 AM PDT

Ooh La La: Sarkozy Gave the Obamas $42,000 Worth of Swag

A $7,500 golf bag, a $600 towel, a $400 cigarette lighter, and more crazy gifts from the French president to ours.

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| Fri Apr. 26, 2013 3:00 PM PDT

Obama's Organizing for Action Video Targets Climate Sceptics in Congress

The group says it is time to call out US politicians who deny the science behind climate change.

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| Fri Apr. 26, 2013 9:55 AM PDT
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Wall Street Could Party Like It's 2006 Again—Thanks to Obama's New Treasury Secretary

Last year, then-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner slammed these deregulatory bills. Now they're back, and his successor, Jack Lew, is staying mum.

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| Wed Apr. 24, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Max Baucus Votes Against Gun Control—And Then Retires

A week after helping kill background checks legislation, the Montana Dem calls it quits.

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| Tue Apr. 23, 2013 7:28 AM PDT
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America Is Filling Empty Battlefields

A new book tells the secret history of twenty-first century American war.

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| Tue Apr. 23, 2013 10:04 AM PDT

How Obama Learned to Love the Bomb

The president's budget boosts spending on our atomic arsenal while cutting money to stop the spread of nukes.

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| Tue Apr. 23, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Here's Why the NRA Won and Gabby Giffords and Mike Bloomberg Lost

Money, a tragic moment, and public support do not equal political power.

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| Thu Apr. 18, 2013 10:54 AM PDT
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Not Every Republican Hates Obama's Progressive Labor Secretary Nominee

Thomas Perez, the head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, has won support from some unlikely places.

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| Thu Apr. 18, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Did Organizing for Action Break Its No-Lobbying Pledge?

Don't be too quick to judge OFA's public-financing push in New York State.

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| Wed Apr. 17, 2013 7:41 AM PDT