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Weekend Music Thread – Love and Marriage

Music Thread AdLib - June 25, 2011 77

Celebrate New York's historic passage of gay marriage with songs about love and marriage!

Vox Populi – 6-24-2011

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AdLib : Well Abby, looks like we're closing the Vox Populi bar tonight. Thanks so much for helping to make it another enlightening chat and thanks to everyone else for making that happen too. See...

The Daily Planet, Vol. 103

News & Politics Chernynkaya - June 24, 2011 15

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, June 24, 2011

The Daily Planet, Vol. 102

News & Politics Chernynkaya - June 23, 2011 4

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, June 23, 2011. Sorry for the late post--computer pixies!!

The Daily Planet, Vol. 101

News & Politics Chernynkaya - June 22, 2011 21

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Daily Planet, Vol. One Hundred

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 21, 2011 38

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, June 21 , 2011

The Daily Planet 99

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 20, 2011 5

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, June 20, 2011

The Weekend Music Thread – Water

Music Thread Buddy McCue - June 18, 2011 143

Let the cool, refreshhng music flow all around you with this weekend's music thread theme, water.

Vox Populi – 6-17-2011

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Chernynkaya : Night AdLib and Sally! Chernynkaya : OPh, and I call him at least weekly with some pressing issue that he solves by telling me to reboot. SallyT : Okay, I'll do that. But, now I...

The Daily Planet, Vol. 98

News & Politics Chernynkaya - June 17, 2011 22

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday,thired June 17, 2011. Also, the 3rd installment of the movie "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward."

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Greene Says She Will Demand Vote Next Week on Removing Johnson

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the right-wing Republican from Georgia, excoriated the House speaker for working with Democrats to push through major bills. She said she would move ahead despite all but certain defeat. [...]

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Companies for Aiding Russia’s War Effort

The penalties came after top Biden administration officials warned China not to help Moscow restock its arsenal to attack Ukraine. [...]

Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case

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Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students

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In Florida, Harris Looks to Make Trump the Face of the State’s Abortion Ban

The vice president sought to tie former President Donald J. Trump to the state’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect on Wednesday. [...]

In Bid to Oust Johnson, Greene Tries to Reclaim a Powerful Perch on the Fringe

The Georgia Republican’s doomed push to remove the speaker has placed her at odds with most in her party, but it has brought her back to her roots as a norm-busting provocateur. [...]

Giuliani’s Bankruptcy Creditors Demand to Know His Spending

The former New York mayor and Trump lawyer actually spent nearly $120,000 in January, and his creditors say he is still not turning over required financial information. [...]

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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

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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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NY police arrest around 300 in campus raids

Mayor Adams says at Columbia's request, the police conducted their operation to remove those who were disrupting a peaceful protest. [...]

Watch: Russians flock to see captured Western tanks

The exhibition was on display in Moscow's Victory Park, it included British hardware given to Ukraine. [...]

Ukrainian, 98, tells BBC of six-mile walk to escape Russians

Lidiia Lomikovska describes how she made the journey in her slippers with a plank of wood for support. [...]

'I watch my back': Spike in BBC journalists living in exile

The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have doubled since 2020. [...]

Georgia rocked by clashes over 'Russian-inspired' bill

Dozens of protesters are arrested during clashes with riot police, Georgian authorities say. [...]

Saudi women's rights activist jailed for 11 years

Manahel al-Otaibi was convicted of "terrorism charges" reportedly related to her social media posts. [...]

Ghana celebrates as looted artefacts put on display

Some of the royal artefacts were stolen by British colonisers during the 19th Century Anglo-Ashanti war. [...]

In pictures: May Day rallies around the world

Workers take to the streets across the globe, as more than 200 protesters are arrested in Istanbul. [...]

Weinstein appears in court as re-trial set for fall

New York prosecutors plan to retry the case in the fall after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. [...]

Blinken says 'time is now' for Israel-Hamas deal in Gaza

Hamas has not yet responded to the latest proposal, which reportedly includes a 40-day ceasefire. [...]

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