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Leaders React to the Colorado Shooting
Credit: kdrv.comIn wake of the tragic Colorado shooting in the city of Aurora, our country's leaders spoke to rally the spirits of the people and send their condolences to the victims and their ...
21 Jul, 2012
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Presses Presidential Candidates on Gun Control
New York City's Mayor Mike Bloomberg came out swinging today in the aftermath of the horrific movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. He pressed the presidential candidates to go beyond the typica ...
20 Jul, 2012
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States Doubling Down on Farmers Market Food Stamps Wager
According to a poll commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, an overwhelming majority of Americans want the federal government to double the value of food stamp benefits at farmers markets to ensu ...
20 Jul, 2012
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Election Update: Twitter Bomb, Negativity, and Super PAC Spending
unPAC the 2012 Olympics fights to restore American unity by asking NBC not to run special interest political ads, including those from super PACs, during the 2012 Olympic Broadcast. http://www.unpac. ...
18 Jul, 2012
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Agreement in Reach on Decades-Long Yakima River Water War
Credit: usbr.govThe Yakima River in Washington, like the Colorado River and the Sacramento Delta, has been the focus of nasty, divisive water wars for years. But it now appears that a landmark agreem ...
17 Jul, 2012
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Key to Swing State Voters: Stagnant vs Growing Economy
Credit: Purple Strategies Purple Poll July 2012In a new Purple Poll released today, voters in 12 swing states diverge dramatically on their views of the country's economic trajectory. This overwhelmi ...
16 Jul, 2012
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UN Conference on Arms Trade Treaty Underway
The United Nations is currently debating the content of an arms trade treaty, which would cover not only what most people would think of as weapons of war, but also "small arms," which includes rifles ...
16 Jul, 2012
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Congress' Approval Rating Lower Than: BP Oil Spill, Lawyers, IRS
File this under the oldie but goodie section. Found this graph presented by Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado to the 112th Congress. The Democratic Senator was kind enough to present this to the Repu ...
13 Jul, 2012
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Chris Christie's Drug War Remarks Belie His Solutions
As recently reported, New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie did what so many politicians are still unwilling to do: He called the War on Drugs a failure. In a speech at the Brookings Institution, Chris ...
12 Jul, 2012
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The Swing States Project #Election2012
Gearing up for the 2012 election, the Columbia Journalism Review has launched a project monitoring key swing states, covering the presidential candidates and media coverage of the election.& ...
12 Jul, 2012
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