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Guatemalan Slaughter Was Part of Reagan's Hard Line - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com 47 TWEETS
The White House was less concerned with the massacres than with their effectiveness, or with countering the bad publicity. By Greg Grandin.
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push For Hemp Legalization In Senate Fight www.huffingtonpost.com 232 TWEETS
WASHINGTON -- Kentucky's two senators, Republicans Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, have been working to include a provision that would legalize industrial hemp into the farm bill, according to Senate and Kentucky sources, an effort that is likely to result
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/mitch-mcconnell-rand-paul-hemp_n_3294613.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Lerner, Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment www.latimes.com 2244 TWEETS
A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the 5th Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee.
www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-top-irs-official-fifth-amendment-20130521,0,6645565.story
Gay marriage marching along ahead of Supreme Court justices’ ruling www.washingtonpost.com 38 TWEETS
HIGH COURT | Views are quickly changing across the country, but will that influence the justices’ ruling?
UPDATED: Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Introduced Bill Forcing Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police | ThinkProgress thinkprogress.org 918 TWEETS
If a woman in Virginia has a miscarriage without a doctor present, they must report it within 24 hours to the police or risk going to jail for a full year. At least, that’s what would have happened if a bill introduced by Virginia state Sen. Mar
Black Turnout, GOP Denial Both High www.thedailybeast.com 96 TWEETS
Black turnout exceeded white turnout in 2012, and Republicans seem to be in denial, says Michael Tomasky.
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/30/black-turnout-gop-denial-both-high.html
Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama - POLITICO.com www.politico.com 449 TWEETS
Senior White House staff knew of the ongoing investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups ahead of the release of a report from a Treasury Department inspector general, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday, but held off on i
www.politico.com/politico44/2013/05/senior-wh-staff-knew-of-irs-investigation-did-not-164378.html
Daily Kos: "If Jonathan Karl doesn't like being called a hack, then he should stop being a hack" EPIC takedown www.dailykos.com 47 TWEETS
Today's brutal takedown of career hack Jonathan Karl by Charles P. Pierce over at Esquire.com is a must read.
A dose of reality about IG audits - The Hill's Congress Blog thehill.com 7 TWEETS
Tax Administration has created quite a stir. a lengthy series of hearings.
thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/the-administration/300659-a-dose-of-reality-about-ig-audits
BBC News - Obama to tour Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in June www.bbc.co.uk 6 TWEETS
US President Barack Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in his first extended tour of sub-Saharan Africa, the White House says.
ABC News And CBS News Officially Normalize Fabricated Reporting www.mediaite.com 44 TWEETS
The dust has settled on the inaccurate email summaries that were passed off as real emails by ABC News' Jonathan Karl and CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson, and the result is that both news organizations have issued a pass for this basic journalistic breach. Jon
www.mediaite.com/tv/abc-news-and-cbs-news-officially-normalize-fabricated-reporting/
Protests in New York after gay man's murder - Americas - Al Jazeera English www.aljazeera.com 147 TWEETS
Thousand march in New York's Greenwich Village to honour the memory of "gay angel Mark Carson".
www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/05/201352122951321457.html
The IRS Conspiracy Theories Don't Hold Up to Math www.theatlanticwire.com 32 TWEETS
During last week's first-of-many hearing into the IRS scandal, one subplot emerged: Conservatives presented anecdotes to argue that the IRS didn't just target Tea Party groups seeking tax exempt status but a broader swath of conservative individuals and o
www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/05/irs-conspiracy-theories-dont-hold-math/65408/
IRS Scandal: Stonewalled in Cincinnati - ABC News abcnews.go.com 3 TWEETS
Things started brewing more than a week ago when Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington first admitted conservative groups were targeted for extra scrutiny by tax bureaucrats in Ohio's Queen City.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/irs-scandal-stonewalled-cincinnati/story?id=19206140
