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Debate Night Live – Vote and Discuss!

News & Politics AdLib - November 13, 2009 169

Thank you everyone who joined us for Debate Night Live, we hope you enjoyed it. The conversation now continues here on this post. Please vote...

THIT!

Huffington Post AdLib - November 12, 2009 217

No, I don't have a lisp and I wasn't cursing. Just a reminder that today is "Thank Huffington It's Thursday!". To help me with this...

Obama Rejects All Plans Proffered.

News & Politics KevenSeven - November 12, 2009 21

Reports have it that the president has rejected all four of the plans presented to him and demands a plan with a clear exit...

HuffNo Friday

Huffington Post KevenSeven - November 11, 2009 29

Hey, kids. Just a minute to dash off a few thoughts before going to a screening of Area 9. Last week's Friday was good, especially considering...

Veterans Day the hard way

News & Politics TheLateGrardini - November 11, 2009 8

This Veterans Day is a bittersweet one for the town where I live and work. Today the VFW had their annual ceremony, and the...

Big Change Coming in Fed Oversight Powers

The Economy KQµårk 死神 - November 10, 2009 12

I think the Fed is being scapegoated to some extent, but like the CIA failures, the financial system collapse did happen on their watch...

Seminar: A weekly discussion. First topic: What number of parties leads to the most progressive and effective society?

News & Politics KevenSeven - November 9, 2009 43

Tonight I introduce a new feature: A recurring seminar on various topics. The concept is deliberately academic. I (and others assuming y'all embrace the...

Truth and Consequences

Afghanistan AdLib - November 9, 2009 112

There's this site I know, you may have heard of it. It starts with an H as in "Hell". They have a story up...

The House That Rome Built

Congress AdLib - November 9, 2009 12

Hey fellow members, here is the latest bitingly satirical piece by AntiChrist (I'm going to have to add a gallery to The Planet to...

HuffNo Friday, third time is the charm

Huffington Post KevenSeven - November 8, 2009 119

Kids, I want to reiterate that we had a pretty good Friday, considering the technical glitches. Actually, I just want to tell you that AdLib's...

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At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight

Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States. [...]

Newsom Proposes Scaling Back Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and stop adding new enrollees to the program as soon as January. [...]

Judge Orders Georgetown Academic Released From Immigration Detention

The judge said that the government had offered no evidence that Badar Khan Suri represented a national security threat, and that efforts to deport him violated the First Amendment. [...]

U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S. [...]

Trump’s New Tax Cuts Could Shower Americans With Cash, for Now

Almost all of the cuts that Republicans hope to pass in the coming weeks will last only until President Trump is set to leave office. [...]

RFK Jr. Defends HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary on Wednesday. He has been grilled over President Trump’s cuts to public health agencies and research funding. [...]

Gabbard Seeks to Consolidate Her Control of President’s Daily Brief

President Trump has wondered over time about whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which was created after the 9/11 attacks, should continue to exist. [...]

Trump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria

“The sanctions were really crippling,” President Trump said, before he traveled to Qatar, where he was given a lavish welcome. [...]

Trump’s Vow to Lift Sanctions on Syria Unleashes Hope

The announcement is a boon for the new government as it looks to rebuild an economy wrecked by a decade of civil war. [...]

Trump Begins Middle East Tour in Saudi Arabia: Photos and Video

Mr. Trump has few meetings directly about pressing geopolitical challenges. Instead, he’s in the Persian Gulf to make deals. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Trump's meeting with Sharaa, unthinkable just months ago, boosts Syrians' hopes

Syria's interim leader met the US president in Riyadh after he announced he would lift sanctions on Syria. [...]

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 80, hospitals and rescuers say

Hospitals say 29 children and 15 women were among the dead after the northern Jabalia area were hit overnight. [...]

'Go back to Ukraine': War refugees complain of abuse in Poland

Dozens say they have been abused in public, bullied in schools and seen increasing xenophobic material online. [...]

European Commission wrong to deny release of von der Leyen messages, court says

The Commission is found to have wrongly refused to publish texts from its president during the Covid pandemic. [...]

Peru's prime minister resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

Gustavo Adrianzén's resignation is another blow to President Dina Boluarte amid anger over rising crime. [...]

White South Africans going to US are cowards, Ramaphosa says

South Africans are resilient and don't run away from their problems, President Ramaphosa says. [...]

Judge cuts Menendez brothers' sentences giving them chance of freedom

The decision could pave the way for Erik and Lyle Menendez to be freed, in a case that still divides the US. [...]

Human rights groups warn of 'surge' in migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia

Workers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents as the country prepares to host the 2034 World Cup, reports say. [...]

Scared and malnourished - footage from Gaza shows plight of children and aftermath of Israeli strike

Israel says it targeted top Hamas militants hiding among civilians at the Khan Younis hospital. [...]

Military rulers in Mali dissolve all political parties

All political meetings have also been banned as the junta intensifies its grip on power. [...]

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Obama Rejects All Plans Proffered.

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Veterans Day the hard way

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Truth and Consequences

The House That Rome Built

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