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# Today's News Tips: July 10, 2012
- URL: https://ivn.us/todays-news-tips-july-10-2012/
- Published: 2012-07-10T18:55:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:27:20.000Z
- Author: Matt Metzner
- Tags: News

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Today's News Tips. Your Independent Breakdown of Today's News Tips.

**[IVN – Facebook Will Track Voter Opinion](https://ivn.us/editors-blog/2012/07/09/voting-goes-social/)**

The social media giant is partnering with CNN to track voter opinion in real-time and allow users to endorse candidates and advocate for issues on their pages.

**[Reuters – Congolese Warlord Becomes First Sentenced by ICC](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/10/us-warcrimes-lubanga-idUSBRE8690C320120710?ref=ivn.us)**

The Int’l Criminal Court at the Hague sentenced its first criminal today, Thomas Lubanga, for 14 years for the use of child soldiers. Lubanga has been in detention for 6 years and will have 8 left to serve. The brevity of the sentence hinged on prosecutor misconduct in the trial.

**[POLITICO – Barney Frank Marries Partner, Congress Responds](http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/07/frank-gop-mostly-ignored-my-wedding-128517.html?ref=ivn.us)**

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) married his long-time partner over the weekend. He stated that several Republicans have congratulated him privately and the Democrats have been enthusiastic and friendly.

**[The Atlantic – Can a Candidate Win Without Lying?](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/07/a-brief-reflection-on-lying-politicians/259609/?ref=ivn.us)**

The article argues that we have become so familiar with lying politicians that we shouldn’t expect anything different.

**[YouTube – PA Voter ID Videos](http://youtu.be/RrxRow4j2JQ?ref=ivn.us)**

Let us know what you think of the new voter ID promo videos that make IDs seem like a civil rights issue.

**[Bloomberg – Independents Playing Big Role in Swing States](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-10/independent-voter-surge-cuts-democrats-swing-state-edge.html?ref=ivn.us)**

Democrats are seeing their voter registration numbers decrease as more voters re-register as Independents in: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, and NC.

**[Roll Call – Boehner Thinks We Will Get Excited About Romney Because He’s Not Obama](http://www.rollcall.com/news/john%5Fboehner%5Fim%5Fenthusiastic%5Fabout%5Fvoting%5Ffor%5Fmitt%5Fromney-215991-1.html?pos=hbtxt&ref=ivn.us)**

The Speaker of the House is hopeful that American voters will be so upset with Obama come Election Day that they will become enthusiastic about Romney by default.

**[Reuters – London Judge Allows Missiles on Roofs](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/10/oly-missiles-adv-idINDEE8690DW20120710?ref=ivn.us)**

London residents were pushing to keep surface-to-air missiles off their roofs during the Olympic games, but have lost.

**[WaPo – Voters Seeing 2012 in Nuanced Terms](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-morning-plum-will-this-election-break-the-rules/2012/07/10/gJQAerEPaW%5Fblog.html?wprss=rss%5Fsocial-opinion-headlines&Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm%5Ftwitter%5Fwashingtonpost&ref=ivn.us)**

The general rule is, recessions bring referendums on incumbents, but voters are showing more faith in Obama when asked about particular issues but not head to head against Romney.

**[Time – Do Changes in Weather Make You Believe in Climate Change?](http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2119129,00.html?ref=ivn.us)**

Most often we point to recent weather events as evidence that climate change does/does not exist. The weather is not valid evidence, but environmental disasters are.