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Westboro Baptist Church Protests Outside Obama Girls' School | TPM LiveWire
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Westboro Baptist Church, the fringe-of-the-fringe anti-gay group famous for protesting at military funerals and claiming that God is punishing the country for its tolerance of homosexuality, was spotted Monday morning protesting outside Sidwell Friends, the school attended by Sasha and Malia Obama.
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Did Mini-Controversy Over Review Of New Wash Times Publisher's Book Have Something To Do With Staff
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There may be a new wrinkle to the staff shakeup ...
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Talking Points Memo History: House passes sweeping health reform bill in 220-215 vote. Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) was the lone GOP vote for the Dem bill.

House Passes Health Care Bill 220-215 | TPMDC
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House passes Dem health care bill by a vote of 220 to 215. One Republican voted for the Democratic bill.
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Talking Points Memo Stupak amendment passes, GOP alternative plan fails. House moves to vote on main bill...full coverage at TPM.

WATCH: House Of Representatives Debates Health Care Bill | TPM News Pages
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Talking Points Memo Votes will start around 10 p.m. The final vote might happen close to midnight.

Dems Have 218, Long Night Ahead | Talking Points Memo
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A Democratic source tells us the House, which has been debating the health care bill all day, will be able to pass the plan tonight. The source said they have the needed 218 votes. Coming up is debate about the...
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WATCH: House Of Representatives Debates Health Care Bill | TPM News Pages
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Sat at 11:23am
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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
No one speaks the truth like Betsy McCaughey. LOL.
Sun at 11:01am
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
Note the "death panels lite" stuff that McCaughey is working into that editorial. Nothing like a paid lobbyist and point person on defeating health care reform going out and writing editorials as if she was a plain ol' disinterested observer. That thing is really a set of talking points (including mischaracterizations) for the GOP, masquerading as something objective.
Sun at 12:50pm
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Talking Points Memo House Dems are feeling confident on today's historic health care vote after a presidential pep talk.

Obama To House: 'Vote Yes' | TPMDC
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President Obama is calling on Representatives to pass the sweeping health care reform bill scheduled for a floor vote tonight. "This is our moment to live up to the trust that the American people have put in us," he said...
Sat at 11:12am
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James
James
Timothy, I never said that earmarks no longer exist, which of course they do. I only said that rules of normal order now require that they be inserted in the light of day and with certification that the rep. inserting them has no financial interest in so doing.

I also said that the health care reform bill being voted today is not an appropriations... Read More bill, so earmarks are not an issue today. There are programs and sub-programs that will be authorized via the bill, of course, but all of these are subject to normal deliberative procedures.

This is how representative democracy works, my friend.
Sat at 2:54pm
Susie Davidson
Susie Davidson
Go Dems! Pass it!
Sat at 3:42pm
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Talking Points Memo Priorities: GOP Reps. Skip Patriot Act vote to hang out at Michelle Bachmann's Capitol Hill Tea Party.

GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes
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Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off close votes on the Patriot Act to attend Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally against health-care reform.
Sat at 9:11am
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Gabriela Amari
Gabriela Amari
Self-serving people have no shame and Narcissits are never embarrassed because in their minds, they are never wrong. Sad..Very Sad. Republicans in Congress value Money over the health of the American people. 5.4% in taxes for millionairs wouldn't even be Felt. The interest on their capital each year would more than pay for that tax and they wouldn't even Feel it. so I am sick and tired of hearing about it.
Sat at 3:45pm
Ii Jones
Ii Jones
Gee, were they all marching to the SOUTH CAROLINA ALL BANJO BAND???
Sat at 9:02pm
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Fox Host: Should Military Have Special Screenings For Muslim Troops? | TPM LiveWire
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On Fox and Friends this morning, Raw Story points out, host Brian Kilmeade suggested, in light of the shootings at Fort Hood, that the military start doing special screenings of Muslim servicemen and women.
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Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes | TPMMuckraker
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Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off close votes on the Patriot Act to attend Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally against health-care reform.
November 6 at 1:53pm
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Peter Formaini
Peter Formaini
Gee - I thought it was Socialistic when only 40% of something was 'owned' by the people. :D :D
November 6 at 3:56pm
Doug Flight
Doug Flight
"Bachmann Teabachle Overdrive"
Sat at 3:26am
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Talking Points Memo What does a $52,000 birthday cake sponsored by an accused fraudster look like? Ask Charlie Crist.

Revealed: Pictures Of Gov. Crist's $50K Birthday Cake From Accused Fraudster | TPMMuckraker
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Accused fraudster Scott Rothstein -- who Gov. Charlie Crist claims, improbably, is just another supporter -- shelled out $52,000 to sponsor the governor's 52nd birthday cake. The Rothstein joined Crist to help blow out the candles. We've got the pictures.
November 6 at 11:34am
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Theresa
Theresa
That really blows! (Sorry, it had to be said)
November 6 at 7:08pm
Patricia
Patricia
lol!!!!
Sat at 12:41am
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Conservative Says Hasan Acted On Orders Of Muslim Brotherhood: What Do We Know? | TPMMuckraker
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One conservative writer is already declaring -- without citing any evidence -- that Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter who killed 13 at Fort Hood yesterday, was acting at the behest of the Muslim Brotherhood. ...
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Talking Points Memo The ultimate Daily Show clip? Jon Stewart's epic spoof of Glenn Beck.

Stewart Spoofs Beck: There's a War Going on in America, and The Stakes are Nothing Less than Glenn B
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Stewart Spoofs Beck: There's a War Going on in America, and The Stakes are Nothing Less than Glenn Beck's Internal Organs
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Talking Points Memo The big story at the Capitol Tea Party wasn't in the crowd; it was on the stage.

The Tea Party Big Picture | Talking Points Memo
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TPMDC's Evan McMorris-Santoro spent the day among the Tea Party crowd at the Capitol. And Christina Bellantoni filed this report on what the Tea Partiers are saying about 2010 based on interviews she conducted with the protestors. Both are great...