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Lieberman 9 arrested in his Senate office: Inside video

Over 50 million die every year for lack of health care and more for denial of care despite having health insurance. That's well over 100 deaths per day.

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Lieberman 9 arrested in his Senate office: Inside video

Bachmann calls on protestors to use ‘scare’ tactics against Congress

In a conference call Wednesday night with bloggers and activists for the advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called on protesters to “scare” members of Congress into killing the proposed health care reform bill.

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Hatch: Healthcare bill could be end of two-party system

The Utah Republican worries about consequences for the GOP if healthcare reform passes.

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Why gay marriage, getting high, and going to Cuba will soon be legal.

The End of Prohibition “I think this would be a good time for a beer,” Franklin D. Roosevelt said upon signing a bill that made 3.2-percent lager legal again, some months ahead of the full repeal of Prohibition.

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Why gay marriage, getting high, and going to Cuba will soon be legal.

The CIA ‘misled Congress five times since 2001’

The CIA misled Congress at least five times since 2001, according to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee. The Democrats said CIA officials had either lied or withheld information from Congress. They also said CIA officials did not fully inform Congress about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques during a September 2002 briefing, which would validate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) claim that she was lied to about the program.

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The tax breaks that ate America

Oct. 26, 2009 | Here's the latest bold new idea for reconciling the costs of national defense with the need to avoid adding to federal deficits or raising taxes

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Twitter shuts down phony accounts Republicans created to bash Democrats

Twitter shut down 33 fake Twitter accounts created by Republicans using the names of Democratic state representatives.

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Twitter shuts down phony accounts Republicans created to bash Democrats

‘Obama’s Coup’ video game plays on the paranoia of the right wingnuts

It's January 2011.

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‘Obama’s Coup’ video game plays on the paranoia of the right wingnuts

Obama rips health insurance lobby as ‘deceptive,’ ‘dishonest,’ ‘bogus.’

Earlier this week, the health insurance lobby AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) issued a false and dishonest report claiming that the Baucus health care bill would increase health care costs. Even the firm hired to do the analysis — PriceWaterhouseCoopers — backpedaled from the report’s conclusions. The insurance lobby’s strategy backfired as it appeared to alienate Sen

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Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee TODAY

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's plan to remake the nation's health care system is about to take its biggest step yet toward becoming reality.

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Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee TODAY