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\"A prominent Mitt Romney donor has shifted his support to President Barack Obama in the wake of Obama’s decision to speak out in favor of same-sex marriage. Bill White, an openly gay financial consultant from New York who had donated the maximum $2,500 to Romney, wrote a letter to the former Massachusetts governor explaining his decision to back Obama.\"

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Too Big to Jail: How Wall Street Took Over Washington

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Krugman: Eurodämmerung

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Boehner Threatens to Take the Debt Limit Hostage Again

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Romney Campaign Forced to Downplay Job Creation Claims

Obama Announces Plans to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act

GOP Rep. Lankford Explains Why It Should Be Legal To Fire Someone For Being Gay

Gay Marriage: The Republican Love Affair With the Past

Rachel Maddow | Rush Limbaugh, Busted

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It’s Time to Break Up the Big Banks

An American Disgrace: Convicted War Criminals Bush and Cheney Remain Free

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Report: \'Over-Consumption\' Threatening Earth

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The New Right-Wing Meme – Obama Is Gay

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Lawmakers Block Gay Man from VA Judge Seat

Caveat Emptor in Extremis

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The Abortion That Mitt Doesn’t Talk About Anymore

NASA\'s James Hansen Slams Obama for Failure to Lead on Climate

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Josh Marshall: Question of the Day

Bush & Associates Found Guilty of Torture

Mitt Romney, the Bully

Nearly 50 Dismembered Bodies Discovered on a Highway in Northern Mexico

A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College

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Money Unlimited: How Chief Justice John Roberts Orchestrated the Citizens United Decision

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California Governor: Raise Taxes on Rich to Fill $16 Billion Gap

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Trayvon\'s Mom: Reexamine \"Stand Your Ground\" Laws

Analysis: Insurers find it tough to price fracking risk

Whole Foods’ “organic” comes from China

US Chamber Launching Targeted YouTube Ad Campaign

Are Democrats Falling For Rubio’s Trap On The DREAM Act?

Barry Goldwater’s War Against The Religious Right

Will Durst: Evoluting Fabulously

Police Move on Occupy the Farm - Again

Massive Whooping Cough Epidemic In Washington State Related to Severe Budget Cuts

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Tampa Bay Times: Florida farm workers tell how drugs, debt bind them in modern slavery

Paul Krugman | Why We Regulate

Can Romney Catch up to Obama Online?

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Yahoo CEO Leaves After Resume Scandal - Reports

Evangelicals Unhappy With GOP’s Gay Marriage Strategy

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Shocking New Oil Propaganda Plan to Fool Americans

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Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway

Kansas Legislature Passes Discriminatory Anti-Muslim Bill by Calling It a \"Women’s Rights\" Issue

Weary Warriors Favor Obama

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The New York Times Charts Student Debt Across the Nation

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Even Anti-Gay Activist Tony Perkins Thinks Rand Paul’s \"Any Gayer\" Joke Was Unacceptable

Talks on Greek Coalition Collapse, Threatening Deal

Political Ads: America Discovers Columbus

Forty Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regulations Cover Only a Sliver of Land

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Bad Advice from Kurt Vonnegut

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Even Star Spangled War Is Hell

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Bush Convicted of War Crimes

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\"London River\"

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Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through Spain

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EPA Tells Dimock Residents That There Are No Unsafe Levels of Water Contamination Found

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Tea Party Focus Turns to Senate and Shake-Up

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Gunman Kills Afghanistan Peace Council Member in Kabul

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Mexican Violence Leaves Behind Trail of Doubts

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Hate-Mongers Sell Paper Targets Depicting Trayvon Martin

Bad Economy = More Domestic Violence … But Less Crime?

Bringing Marriage Rights to the Reservation

Timeline: How Obama Compares to Bush on Torture, Surveillance and Detention

Fox \"News\" Attacks Feminists for Mother\'s Day (Video)

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Justice Department to Monitor Polling Places in Texas

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20 Years After the L.A. Riots, Revisiting the Rationality of Revolt

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\"I’m not a bully with a gun,\" says AZ Sheriff Arpaio

What Kind of Society Do Americans Want?

Survivors of North Carolina\'s Eugenics Program

Bill to Ban Sustainability and Climate Change Action Fails in Arizona

“I’m Not Scott Walker”: State Republicans are terrified of pushing anti-union legislation - and becoming targets like Wisconsin\'s governor

Food Stamp Myth-Busting

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Water Is Where Everything Intersects - Water in the Global Commons

Mitt Romney’s Support of Same-Sex Adoption Lasts One Day

THE LIGHTER SIDE:

Is Ron Paul Out-Maneuvering Mitt?

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