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Army Limits Media Access at Palin Event at NC Base

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:14 AM EST (The New York Times)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the post, officials said Thursday.

politics, army-limits-media, sarah-palin, barack-obama

Mammogram Debate Took Group by Surprise

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:15 AM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by jfxgillis

The health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, distancing herself from the group's recommendations, told CNN on Wednesday, "This panel was appointed by the prior administration, by former President George Bush."

politics, hcr, mammograms, health-care-reform, obama, bush

Sebelius's cave-in on mammograms is a setback for health-care reform

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:15 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by jfxgillis

But rather than showing the leadership necessary to lead a grown-up national discussion on how to eliminate unnecessary or wasteful procedures, Sebelius simply disowned the task force and ran for political cover.

politics, hcr, mammograms, health-care-reform, obama, bush

Texas Governor Refuses Clemency for Condemned Man

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:14 PM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by luckydog

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry refused to spare a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery, rejecting a parole board recommendation that the death sentence of 34-year-old Robert Lee Thompson be commuted to life in prison.

us-news, rick-perry, texas-governor-refuses-clemency

Palin's book comes with bag of nuts at Santa Cruz bookshop

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:30 PM EST (mercurynews.com)

Seeded by luckydog

SANTA CRUZ -- By golly, a downtown bookstore has found a way to poke fun at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and draw attention to her new book released this week, "Going Rogue: An American Life."

odd-news, oddity, odd-politics, sarah-palin

Tensions brewing between Republicans and CEOs over healthcare reform bill

Seeded on Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:11 AM EST (The Hill)

Seeded by jfxgillis

Tension between Republicans and the nation's top CEOs over healthcare reform escalated this week when the executives released a report praising aspects of President Barack Obama's top initiative. . . .

politics, congress, business-roundtable, health-care, health-care-reform, obama

Dick Armey: Palin More 'Cheerleader' than 'Captain'; Not 'Digging Herself Out' of Post-Campaign Hole - The Note

Seeded on Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:50 AM EST (ABC News Blogs)

Seeded by jfxgillis

Armey also disputed the notion that Palin stands ready to tap into the energy of the vast crowds that have come out at the kinds of "tea party" protests FreedomWorks and others have helped pull together.

politics, palin, tea-party, armey, sarah-palin

Scarborough thinks Dobbs "may be considering running for president"

Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:34 AM EST (Media Matters for America)

Seeded by jfxgillis

Damn. That was my insta-take, too. It's very unsettling to think Scarborough is smart. Or that I'm dumb.

politics, lou-dobbs, tea-parties

Fox News Fact-Checks Sarah Palin's Coin Conspiracy Theory (VIDEO)

Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:18 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by multifariousone

This must sting a bit. Sarah Palin's newest conspiracy theory on the "disturbing" redesign of U.S. coins was too much, even for Fox News -- on Tuesday night, Fox fact-checked Palin.

politics, sarah-palin, u-s-coins, fox-news, wisconsin-right-to-life-fundraiser, seriously-deranged

Witness Walks Back Claim Obama Called Foes "Teabag" And "Extremists"

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:39 PM EST ()

Seeded by jfxgillis

But Blumenauer spokesperson Erin Allweiss emails that Obama never said that: "Congressman Blumenauer was simply summarizing in his own words the President's remarks following the caucus meeting."

politics, obama, tea-parties, democrats

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