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TYT Billion Views Party - Behind The Scenes In Photos
TYT Billion Views Party - Behind The Scenes In PhotosGo behind the scenes of The Young Turks Billion Views Party that took place at YouTube Space LA on May 9th 2013. This 'video' is made up entirely of photos p...From:TheYoungTurksViews:16517…
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Would You Get a Charles Ramsey Tattoo? This Man Did
Would You Get a Charles Ramsey Tattoo? This Man Did"One Cleveland man has one-upped the Charles Ramsey T-shirt -- with a Charles Ramsey tattoo. Another company has immortalized the man made famous for rescuin...From:TheYoungTurksViews:23377…
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Nursing Home Prostitution Bust
Nursing Home Prostitution Bust"The suspects are accused of running a prostitution ring out of their apartments, using cocaine, and ultimately causing drunks and drug addicts to bother oth...From:TheYoungTurksViews:39941 1114ratingsTime…
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Biden Wants to Tax Violent Video Games?
Biden Wants to Tax Violent Video Games?"At a gun legislation strategy meeting held at the White House recently, United States Vice President Joe Biden suggested there would be "no legal reason" wh...From:TheYoungTurksViews:36085 1708rat…
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Man Accidentally Shoots Himself in Bowling Alley
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself in Bowling Alley"They say the most bizarre stories happen in Florida, and Jupiter, in particular, seems to be the epicenter of some of the most out-of-this-world news. Accor...From:TheYoungTurksViews:33184…
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Viral Internet 'Hero' Wanted for Murder
Viral Internet 'Hero' Wanted for Murder"Smash, Smash, SmAAaash!!!" Those words made "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker a viral sensation. That was his description of how he swung a blow for just...From:TheYoungTurksViews:61938 1531rat…
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Boston Bombing Suspect's Chilling Note
Boston Bombing Suspect's Chilling Note"Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note claiming responsibility for the April 15 attack on the Boston Marathon, reports CBS News senior corresp...From:TheYoungTurksViews:58121 1672rati…
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Mayoral Candidate Says She's Endorsed by Jesus
Mayoral Candidate Says She's Endorsed by Jesus"A Haitian pop singer-turned-nurse running for mayor in North Miami has claimed the ultimate endorsement: that of Jesus Christ. Anna Pierre's latest campaign...From:TheYoungTurksViews:301 860…
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Where Are Racist, Hateful Tweets Coming From?
Where Are Racist, Hateful Tweets Coming From?"Twitter has the capacity to ignite revolutions and enable small acts of kindness, but there's also a darker side to the microblogging network. Floating Shee...From:TheYoungTurksViews:301 551…
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Man Tricks Girlfriend Into Getting Abortion
Man Tricks Girlfriend Into Getting Abortion"The 28-year-old son of a Florida fertility doctor has been charged by federal authorities with tricking his girlfriend into taking a pill used to induce lab...From:TheYoungTurksViews:29673 1840…
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What European Countries Really Think of Each Other
What European Countries Really Think of Each Other"Five years after the financial crisis first hit Europe, citizens of European Union member states are growing increasingly wary of the body that was supposed...From:TheYoungTurksViews:301…
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Paralyzed Woman Writes a Book With Only Her Eyes
Paralyzed Woman Writes a Book With Only Her Eyes"Darla Burns wrote an entire book without ever physically typing a word. Burns suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is completely paralyzed. ...From:TheYoungTurksViews:301 4…
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American Politics

US Foreign Policy

  • Heroes and Villains: Does US Foreign Policy Understand the Difference? - San Diego Free Press

    Heroes and Villains: Does US Foreign Policy Understand the Difference? - San Diego Free Press

    San Diego Free PressHeroes and Villains: Does US Foreign Policy Understand the Difference?San Diego Free PressFor 60 years the most celebrated and revered African in history was listed as a terrorist threat to the people of the United States. Who dec…
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  • South Africa's Economic Fault Lines - Council on Foreign Relations
    South Africa's Economic Fault LinesCouncil on Foreign RelationsThere remains a large gap between primary and secondary schools that were formerly designated for black South Africans and those for white South Africans. "Teachers in black state schools…
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  • Escaping Nigeria's Cycle of Violence - Council on Foreign Relations

    Escaping Nigeria's Cycle of Violence - Council on Foreign Relations

    NPR (blog)Escaping Nigeria's Cycle of ViolenceCouncil on Foreign RelationsHaving cut short a trip to South Africa and annulled a planned state visit to Namibia, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria declared a "state of emergency" in three northeast…
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  • Kenneth Waltz: 1924-2013 - the Diplomat (blog)

    Kenneth Waltz: 1924-2013 - the Diplomat (blog)

    The National Interest OnlineKenneth Waltz: 1924-2013the Diplomat (blog)Waltz is best known for his books Man, the State, and War and Theory of International Politics. The first book set the terms on which researchers would approach the study of inter…
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  • Media Call: Border Security and US Immigration Policy - Council on Foreign Relations
    Media Call: Border Security and US Immigration PolicyCouncil on Foreign RelationsAnd welcome to this Council on Foreign Relations on-the-record media call. I am Robert McMahon, editor of CFR.org and I'll be moderating today's call on border security…
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US Supreme Court

Foreign Policy

  • Chuck Grassley On Foreign Policy: We Should Remember When Hitler Started ... - Huffington Post
    Chuck Grassley On Foreign Policy: We Should Remember When Hitler Started ...Huffington PostWe shld remember what happened th last time we had no foreign policy. It was Sept 1939 Hitler started WWII Poland. — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) May 18, 2…
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  • Positive diplomacy drowning in jingoism? - Hindustan Times

    Positive diplomacy drowning in jingoism? - Hindustan Times

    FrontlinePositive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?Hindustan TimesToo often, they said the Indian media's angry, anti-China rhetoric drowned positive diplomacy between the two countries; too often, they said, misinformed Indian media had misled. "For e…
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  • Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister - Stars and Stripes

    Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister - Stars and Stripes

    HaaretzGunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign ministerStars and StripesDAMASCUS, Syria - The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province. The office says Deputy…
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  • Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo? - Inter Press Service
    Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo?Inter Press ServiceEarlier in the week, the country's former prime minister P.J. Patterson, speaking at the launch of the book “Multilateral Diplomacy for Small States” by former Guyanese foreign affairs mini…
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  • Nawaz Sharif skips meeting with Japanese Ambassador - The Hindu

    Nawaz Sharif skips meeting with Japanese Ambassador - The Hindu

    The HinduNawaz Sharif skips meeting with Japanese AmbassadorThe HinduPakistan's Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif excused himself from a meeting with the Japanese Ambassador, with officials of his PML-N party saying he had become selective about…
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US Military News

India

  • just inDid bookie Jiju try to make Sreesanth's MMS? - Times of India

    Did bookie Jiju try to make Sreesanth's MMS? - Times of India

    Times of IndiaDid bookie Jiju try to make Sreesanth's MMS?Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: S Sreesanth has reportedly told police that the arrested bookie Jiju Janardan alias Biju tried to make an MMS of him in a Mumbai hotel. This comes a day after TOI repo…
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  • Modi juggernaut rolls into UP - Times of India

    Modi juggernaut rolls into UP - Times of India

    Times of IndiaModi juggernaut rolls into UPTimes of IndiaRELATED. NEW DELHI: In a further indication of Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi's growing clout in BJP affairs, his close associate Amit Shah is likely to be given charge of Uttar Pradesh, a…
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  • Vivek Ranadivé, who on Friday secured a deal to buy basketball team ... - Economic Times

    Vivek Ranadivé, who on Friday secured a deal to buy basketball team ... - Economic Times

    Economic TimesVivek Ranadivé, who on Friday secured a deal to buy basketball team ...Economic TimesVivek Ranadivé, who on Friday secured a deal to buy basketball team Sacramento Kings, hopes to make basketball India's second-biggest sport ... As th…
    - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:16pm -
  • Tunisia's Ennahda says Salafist congress postponed to avoid bloodshed - Al-Arabiya

    Tunisia's Ennahda says Salafist congress postponed to avoid bloodshed - Al-Arabiya

    The Daily StarTunisia's Ennahda says Salafist congress postponed to avoid bloodshedAl-ArabiyaA leading member in Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party said on Saturday that a congress called for by the Salafist movement, Ansar al-Sharia, has been postponed…
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  • 'Spot-Fixing' Of Cricket Shocks India - Forbes
    'Spot-Fixing' Of Cricket Shocks IndiaForbesThe biggest news in India these days has nothing whatsoever to do with never-ending concerns about confrontation with Pakistan or border disputes with China. The story would seem to be strictly an internal a…
    - 6 hours ago, 18 May 13, 7:43pm -

Republican Party

California Politics

White House

Democratic Party

Education Policy

Immigration Reform

  • The Health Toll of Immigration - New York Times

    The Health Toll of Immigration - New York Times

    New York TimesThe Health Toll of ImmigrationNew York TimesIt also demonstrates that at least in terms of health, worries about assimilation for the country's 11 million illegal immigrants are mistaken. In fact, it is happening all too quickly. “The…
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  • Immigration bill, Heritage study spark debate about so-called cost of 'doing ... - Fox News

    Immigration bill, Heritage study spark debate about so-called cost of 'doing ... - Fox News

    Tampabay.comImmigration bill, Heritage study spark debate about so-called cost of 'doing ...Fox NewsA recent cost study on the Senate immigration-reform bill has sparked debate in Washington about whether the United States would be better off economi…
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  • Chuck Grassley On Foreign Policy: We Should Remember When Hitler Started ... - Huffington Post
    Chuck Grassley On Foreign Policy: We Should Remember When Hitler Started ...Huffington PostWe shld remember what happened th last time we had no foreign policy. It was Sept 1939 Hitler started WWII Poland. — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) May 18, 2…
    - 5 hours ago, 18 May 13, 9:02pm -
  • Texas lawmakers play key roles in immigration debate - Houston Chronicle

    Texas lawmakers play key roles in immigration debate - Houston Chronicle

    PoliticoTexas lawmakers play key roles in immigration debateHouston Chronicle"As the largest state delegation in the GOP House caucus and the state which also has the second-largest Hispanic population, Texas Republicans will have a Texas-sized influ…
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  • Tech, labor at odds in immigration fight - MSNBC

    Tech, labor at odds in immigration fight - MSNBC

    Times of IndiaTech, labor at odds in immigration fightMSNBCIn behind-the-scenes maneuvering that has created a quandary for Senate supporters of a broad immigration bill, lobbyists say Silicon Valley is pulling out all the stops to fight restrictions…
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Final Days of the War on Drugs

Libertarian News

China Politics and Society

Rule of Law

  • just inDanica Patrick wins fan vote - ESPN

    Danica Patrick wins fan vote - ESPN

    MiamiHerald.comDanica Patrick wins fan voteESPNPatrick said when it became obvious she wasn't going to finish in the top two she decided not to make any rash moves, knowing she had a good chance to make it in on the fan vote. "I can't move on with a…
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  • just inTexas to take BP and Halliburton to court - Aljazeera.com

    Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court - Aljazeera.com

    Aljazeera.comTexas to take BP and Halliburton to courtAljazeera.comThe complaint, filed on Friday in US District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others "engaged in wilful and wanton misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deep…
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  • Will Boy Scouts Accept Gay Youth? Vote Is Imminent - ABC News

    Will Boy Scouts Accept Gay Youth? Vote Is Imminent - ABC News

    ABC NewsWill Boy Scouts Accept Gay Youth? Vote Is ImminentABC NewsFrom the other flank, gay-rights supporters and some Scout leaders from politically liberal areas have welcomed the proposed change as a positive first step, but are calling on the BSA…
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  • Effort to Strengthen an Afghan Law on Women May Backfire - New York Times

    Effort to Strengthen an Afghan Law on Women May Backfire - New York Times

    ABC NewsEffort to Strengthen an Afghan Law on Women May BackfireNew York TimesAnd now, preserving any protections long-term appears to be in question, as the country's tiny women's rights movement faces an unenviable decision: leave intact the only l…
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  • Georgia town sued over law requiring gun ownership - Fox News

    Georgia town sued over law requiring gun ownership - Fox News

    WFMY News 2Georgia town sued over law requiring gun ownershipFox NewsA group that supports gun control filed suit Thursday against a north Georgia town that recently passed a law requiring gun ownership that it said is mostly symbolic. The Washington…
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Non-Theist News

Humanitarian Affairs

Progressive News

Tea Party Movement

Glenn Beck

Immigration Policy

  • Palestinian Refugees In Egypt Exiled And Forgotten (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
    Palestinian Refugees In Egypt Exiled And Forgotten (PHOTOS) - Huffington PostHuffington PostAs Palestinians around the world recently marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, the refugees in G…
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  • Impossible Choice Faces America's First 'Climate Refugees' - NPR

    Impossible Choice Faces America's First 'Climate Refugees' - NPR

    NPRImpossible Choice Faces America's First 'Climate Refugees'NPRSuzanne Goldenberg, a U.S. environmental correspondent for The Guardian, spent time in Newtok and published a series this week on the plight of its residents, whom she calls America's fi…
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  • America's first climate refugees: "It's happening now ... The village is sinking" - Grist
    America's first climate refugees: "It's happening now ... The village is sinking"GristThe proximity of the threat to Newtok means that its villages are likely to be America's first climate refugees. Officials in Anchorage say Tom has worked tirelessl…
    - 13 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:29pm -
  • Refugees root in Lowell, retain culture - The Sun
    Refugees root in Lowell, retain cultureThe SunUMass Lowell professor and Laotian refugee Phitsamay Uy, the conference's keynote speaker, said that while the demographics of refugees have changed over the years, many still seek out the Mill City for t…
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  • Problems Surface Over Ariz.'s 2007 Immigration Law - ABC News

    Problems Surface Over Ariz.'s 2007 Immigration Law - ABC News

    Philly.comProblems Surface Over Ariz.'s 2007 Immigration LawABC NewsThe law marked a bold step by a state into an area that had long been the domain of the federal government, and it paved the way for Arizona's landmark 2010 immigration law. It also…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 12:17am -

US Senate

  • Harry Reid is Considering Rule Change to Block Filibuster - Town Hall (blog)

    Harry Reid is Considering Rule Change to Block Filibuster - Town Hall (blog)

    Town Hall (blog)Harry Reid is Considering Rule Change to Block FilibusterTown Hall (blog)“If Senator Reid decides to do something on nominations, the president has said he'll be there to support him,” a Democratic aide told the Post. "This would…
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  • State Senator Pushing Bill To Legalize And Tax Marijuana In NY - Gothamist
    State Senator Pushing Bill To Legalize And Tax Marijuana In NYGothamistState Senator Liz Krueger is pushing ahead for something even bigger: “It is my intention as a New York State senator to soon introduce a law that would actually decriminalize,…
    - 5 hours ago, 18 May 13, 9:03pm -
  • Patton Oswalt's 'Star Wars' Filibuster Animated - Uproxx - Uproxx
    Patton Oswalt's 'Star Wars' Filibuster Animated - UproxxUproxxAs you probably remember and will never forget, Patton Oswalt broke the Internet last month when NBC released a video of him filibustering on Parks and Recreation about Star Wars, The Aven…
    - 7 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:50pm -
  • Sestak explains goal to seek US Senate in 2016 - Daily Local News
    Sestak explains goal to seek US Senate in 2016Daily Local NewsJoe Sestak said he wants to run for U.S. Senate in 2016 because Pennsylvanians want an independent representative to look out for them in Washington, D.C.. “What Pennsylvanians want most…
    - 7 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:18pm -
  • Senator wants US in oil price-fixing probe - USA TODAY

    Senator wants US in oil price-fixing probe - USA TODAY

    The GuardianSenator wants US in oil price-fixing probeUSA TODAYU.S. public concern over a European probe into possible oil price manipulation escalated Friday as the head of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources urged the Justice Depar…
    - 15 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:42am -

Defense News

US House of Representatives

Energy & Environment

World Water Watch

  • just inHaunted by death Marine daughter searches 2500 death certificates 30 years ... - Daily Mail

    Haunted by death Marine daughter searches 2500 death certificates 30 years ... - Daily Mail

    Daily MailHaunted by death Marine daughter searches 2500 death certificates 30 years ...Daily MailAnd this could be me.' The 49-year-old homemaker lived on the southeast North Carolina base during the 1960s and '70s — at a time when levels of certa…
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  • Fluoride in Marin water supply becomes subject of debate - Daily Democrat

    Fluoride in Marin water supply becomes subject of debate - Daily Democrat

    KATUFluoride in Marin water supply becomes subject of debateDaily DemocratA group of Marin residents is petitioning the Marin Municipal Water District to remove fluoride from drinking water, but officials said they are bound by state law to fluoridat…
    - 3 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:51pm -
  • Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply - Washington Post

    Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply - Washington Post

    WFMY News 2Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supplyWashington PostCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as…
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  • MGP calls for KERC-like body for water supply - The Hindu

    MGP calls for KERC-like body for water supply - The Hindu

    The HinduMGP calls for KERC-like body for water supplyThe HinduAmong the short-term plans, the MGP has extended its support to the implementation of the proposal by the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) to stop pumping water fr…
    - 4 hours ago, 18 May 13, 9:30pm -
  • Water supply restored - The Hindu

    Water supply restored - The Hindu

    The HinduWater supply restoredThe HinduWater supply to several divisions on the eastern side of the Thrikkakara Municipality leading up to Manakkakkadavu was restored on Saturday after Kerala Water Authority repaired a pipe that had burst on the Atha…
    - 6 hours ago, 18 May 13, 8:04pm -

Canadian Political News

Canadian Wheat Board

  • Familiar sound - Star Phoenix - StarPhoenix
    Familiar sound - Star PhoenixStarPhoenixWelcome to corporate Canada and Saskatchewan, where grain-trade has gone from farmer-owned wheat pools and the Canadian Wheat Board to shareholder controlled multinational corporations such as Swiss Glencore, C…
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  • Around The Peace Posted May 18 - CJDC (blog)
    Around The Peace Posted May 18CJDC (blog)Applications can be found on the league's website, or on the minor hockey board in the lobby at the Pomeroy Sport Centre. Anyone interested in coaching for the season at the .... In partnership with Canadian P…
    - 19 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:58am -
  • Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia - Los Angeles Times
    Capturing the world through photography, video and multimediaLos Angeles Timeshttp://framework.latimes.com/?attachment_id=87253. 10. Link. Amritsar, India — An Indian daily-wage laborer loads a sack of wheat onto a truck at a grain distribution poi…
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  • US corn up with farmers busy planting, not selling - Canadian Cattlemen
    US corn up with farmers busy planting, not sellingCanadian CattlemenWheat fell for a third day in a row on technical selling and crop-friendly rains in key wheat growing areas of the U.S., Australia and the Black Sea. At the Chicago Board of Trade, J…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 10:51pm -
  • CWB adds new character to controversial ad - Farms.com
    CWB adds new character to controversial adFarms.comThe Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is hoping that its newest ad will encourage farmers who still have grain in the bin to go through the wheat board for marketing. The ad pictures a man in jeans and a re…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 8:33pm -

Canadian News