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Vox Populi – 10-21-2011

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The Daily Planet, Vol. 155

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 21, 2011 59

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, October 21, 2011

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News & Politics Chernynkaya - October 20, 2011 18

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, October 20, 2011

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News & Politics Chernynkaya - October 19, 2011 6

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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News & Politics Chernynkaya - October 18, 2011 7

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 17, 2011 1

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, October 17, 2011

Weekend Music Thread – Guilty Pleasures

Music Thread funksands - October 15, 2011 77

This weekend's music thread is a nod to those songs. You know which ones. The ones you always sing, love deeply yet secretly. This weekend is your chance to let go and share some of your guilty pleasures.

Vox Populi – 10-14-2011

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The Daily Planet, Vol. 150

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 14, 2011 5

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, October 14, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill

Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections. [...]

Sean Combs’s Winning Defense: He’s Abusive, but He’s Not a Racketeer

In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with. [...]

Sean Combs Acquitted of Sex Trafficking but Found Guilty on Lesser Charges

Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul who built a business empire around his personal brand, was convicted on Wednesday of transporting prostitutes to participate in his drug-fueled sex marathons, but acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking, the most serious charges against him. Julia Jacobs, a New York Times culture reporter, explains the verdict. [...]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Nine Lives

For decades, he occupied a special stripe of the celebrity stratosphere. Now the man who helped turn rap into a global concern has escaped a sex-trafficking conviction. [...]

What’s Next in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial?

The music mogul remains in custody after he was convicted on two counts of transporting prostitutes. A judge will determine his prison sentence at an unspecified date. [...]

Democrats Denied This City Had a Gang Problem. The Truth Is Complicated.

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Abrego Garcia Was Beaten and Tortured in El Salvador Prison, Lawyers Say

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was made to kneel overnight, denied bathroom access and confined in an overcrowded cell with bright lights and no windows, his lawyers say. [...]

Illegal Border Crossings Plunge to Lowest Level in Decades

Border Patrol agents made just over 6,000 arrests in June, according to government figures, a sign that President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies are working to keep people out. [...]

Hit by Trump’s Tariffs, French Clothing Maker Saint James Puts Shipping on Hold

Hit by President Trump’s tariffs, the Saint James clothing factory has put its inventory of striped shirts and sweaters intended for U.S. retailers in its warehouse in France. [...]

The Site of the Jonestown Massacre Is Opening to Tourists

Both American survivors of the mass suicide and murder and Guyanese have criticized the tour. But defenders say the site offers important lessons. [...]

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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Diddy denied bail after being cleared of most serious charges

Combs will remain behind bars because of his history of violence, the judge said, setting sentencing for October. [...]

Diddy's secret world revealed in videos and his voice notes

Former staff expose details of "freak-offs" - drug-fuelled orgies held in luxurious international venues. [...]

Ryanair cancels flights for 30,000 passengers due to French strike

Airlines and France's transport minister has condemned the strikes as unacceptable, at the start of summer holidays. [...]

BBC visits heart of Tibetan resistance as showdown looms between Dalai Lama and China

The BBC speaks to Tibetans as their spiritual exiled leader the Dalai Lama turns 90. [...]

Mass evacuations as wildfire rages in Greek island of Crete

People ordered to leave homes, hotels, and rental rooms in the nearby Ferma municipality as flames fanned by gale force-winds approach the area. [...]

Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike, Hamas-run health ministry says