Kardashian Wins Iowa Republican Caucus
By SNARX NEWSDES MOINES - Ms. Kim Kardashian, one of the most influential, inspirational, and important people in the world, won the Iowa Republican caucuses Tuesday, setting her up as the favorite to...
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Following Tuesday's near-unanimous win among Iowa Democrats and yesterday's recess appointment of Richard Cordray, our President has outdone himself today, announcing nearly half a trillion dollars in...
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Yahoo:Giffords, Tucson mark 1 year since deadly rampageIt's been a year since that bloody Tucson morning — a year of reflecting on lives shattered, of struggling with flashbacks and nightmares, of...
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Huffington Post:Al Gore: Keith Olbermann Is 'Fine' With Current, MSNBC Not Consistently ProgressiveFormer Vice President Al Gore on Friday described Current TV as the "consistent" liberal TV network...
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Chicago Tribune:Pro-euro candidate wins first round of Finnish votePro-euro candidate Sauli Niinisto won the first round of Finland's presidential election on Sunday, signaling voters want to keep...
View ArticleMI-03: Amash ignores Constitution, backs big-government bill to infringe on...
Think Justin Amash is all about getting government out of our lives? Wrong.Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) lauded the introduction of a fetal pain bill, H.R. 3803. The bill, introduced to coincide with the...
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New York Times:With Focus on Income Inequality, Albany Bill Will Seek $8.50 Minimum WageThe Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park is no more, but the focus it brought to income inequality is...
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(Busy night here at Casa de ScottyUrb - be sure to post your own stories in the comments!)AP:Ex-Panama dictator Noriega suffers possible strokePanamanian police say former dictator Manuel Antonio...
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Guardian:Brazilian police end strike in Bahia, but Rio walkout continuesPolice have ended their strike in a north-eastern Brazilian state, though a similar action in Rio de Janeiro continues days...
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CBS:Thousands protest Spain's new labor reformsHundreds of thousands of protesters were marching throughout Spain on Sunday in the first large-scale show of anger over new labor reforms that make it...
View ArticleMI-06: Waltz ends Congressional bid due to "life threatening illness"
Oh no.Due to an unforeseen life threatening illness we regretfully have to announce that John Waltz will be ending his campaign to secure the Democratic Party nomination for Michigan’s Sixth District....
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Santorum boasts Limbaugh, Dobson, Bauer, Beck
Rick Santorum's super PAC is not good at targeting.My parents and I are lifelong Democrats. Mom and I are Democratic precinct delegates. And yet we keep getting flyers from the Red, White and Blue...
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Guardian:Russia will stand up to Putin, says jailed former oligarch Mikhail KhodorkovskyThe Arab spring has inspired Russians to stand up to Vladimir Putin, and sweeping political change is possible if...
View ArticleMichigan Republicans prepare for caucuses, touting commitment to jobs, fiscal...
By SCOTT HUSSEIN URBANOWSKI SNARX NewsLANSING - Republicans across the state are preparing for tonight's Presidential caucuses, which have brought the world's attention to this state with a...
View ArticlePrimary postmortem: Republicans underwhelm in Michigan
Turnout barely exceeds 2008: Looks like Republican turnout will surpass the 2008 total by only about 125,000 votes, give or take a few. In 2008, 869,169 votes were cast for Republican candidates. This...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Schumer seeks Apple, Google investigation
MSNBC:U.S. senator asks FTC to probe Apple, GoogleA U.S. senator has urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that applications on the Apple and Google mobile systems steal private...
View ArticleMI-03: Pestka announces
1976.America had just turned 200, West Michigan native Gerald Ford was President, disco was big, and most Republicans were decent.That year, Congressman Dick VanderVeen - a Democrat who had won a 1974...
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Guardian:Leftist opposition wins big in Slovakia electionA leftist opposition led by one of the few leading politicians in Slovakia to escape voter anger over a major corruption scandal has been...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Rejoice - and Be Humble
Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Iran not making bomb, say US, Israel
Jerusalem Post:'US, Israel agree Iran abandoned nuclear bomb'US and Israeli intelligence agencies mostly agree that Iran has not restarted its development of a nuclear bomb, the New York Times reported...
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