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Catholic Bishops Want Entire Birth Control Rule Repealed, Not Just the Religious Exemption
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, the national political lobby for the Catholic Church in America, has been waging war on President Barack Obama's new rule requiring health insurers to cover birth control at no cost to women. The religious exemption in the Obama rule allows churches an exempt... (original story)
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The $25 Billion Foreclosure Settlement: Breakthrough or Raw Deal?
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
On Thursday, after months of closed-door negotiations, plenty of hand wringing, and too many leaks to the media to count, 49 state attorneys general, the Justice Department, and five mega-banks announced they'd reached a legal settlement over fraud in the mortgage servicing and foreclosure pr... (original story)
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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 8, 2012
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
A soldier secures an area during a dismounted patrol in Muqer district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2012. Soldiers from Civil Affairs and Provincial Reconstruction Team conducted the dismounted patrol to engage elders and key leaders in the area. Photo by the US Army. &... (original story)
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House Dems Blast Gitmo "Reengagement" Report
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
House Democrats blasted their Republican colleagues on the armed services committee Wednesday, following the release of a report criticizing the Obama and Bush administrations over their transfer of detainees out of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. "Rarely in the history of the Hous... (original story)
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Obama Brings Chinese VP to the White House
Posted from Truthdig: Drilling Beneath ... 8 days ago
On Tuesday, Barack Obama played host to China’s Vice President Xi Jinping at the White House to discuss trade, human rights and other diplomatic topics. Why all the fuss over a VP? For one, Xi was returning a gesture that his American counterpart, Joe Biden, recently made. For another, he ... (original story)
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Poll: Americans Approve Of Targeted Killing Of American Terror Suspects
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
Buried in the recently released Washington Post/ABC poll noting improving numbers for President Barack Obama are numbers showing that Americans are favorably disposed towards the use of targeted killing in counterterrorism operations, even if the targets are Americans. Here are the poll results: O... (original story)
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Marines Sport Nazi SS Flag in Afghanistan
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
Marine unit's SS flag in Afghanistan: Tayler Jerome The Marine Corps' scout snipers in Afghanistan could probably use a safety stand-down. Just weeks after news broke that one elite unit of the forward-deployed Marines urinated on the corpses of dead Afghans, a photo has surfaced of another unit ... (original story)
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‘Freedom Watch’ Goes Dark
Posted from Truthdig: Drilling Beneath ... 8 days ago
In this clip from his axed Fox Business show, “Freedom Watch,” Judge Andrew Napolitano asks some questions that may be too advanced for the average viewer of the Murdochian network—or any habitual viewer of any major network looking to absorb the latest talking points and get on w... (original story)
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FDA Finds Lead in 400 Lipsticks
Posted from Truthdig: Drilling Beneath ... 8 days ago
Here’s a startling, but perhaps not surprising, bit of news for those inclined to put colors on their kissers: The Food and Drug Administration ran some tests on hundreds of lipsticks and found that many made by popular brands such as L’Oreal, Cover Girl and Nars contained a very uns... (original story)
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Boehner Pledges to Reverse Free Birth Control Decision
Posted from Political Mojo | Mother Jones 8 days ago
House Speaker John Boehner joined the battle on contraception coverage on Wednesday, vowing to overturn the new regulation that requires health insurers to provide birth control at no cost. The Obama administration's decision has roiled some anti-contraception religious groups and conservativ... (original story)
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