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Republicans Turn to Dirty Tactics in Georgia By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Of all the issues Republicans could have picked, this has to be the most offensive. Read more »   Stop Hating: Here's Why Obama Is a Progressive By Booman, Booman Tribune Do you even begin to understand what we've accomplished (and what we averted)? Read more »   Obama and a Paucity of Progressives By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake Obama is not a super progressive. But he may, be the most progressive person we could have possibly hoped to elect as President of the United States. Read more »   Summers and Gibbs Both Get Jobs From Obama By Satyam Khanna, Think Progress Obama has selected Summers to lead National Economic Council, Gibbs as press secretary. Read more »   Obama Announces 'Economic Recovery Plan' to Create 2.5 Million Jobs By Staff, AlterNet "It is time to act. As the next president of the United States, I will." Read more »   Obama and the End of the Military's Ban on Gays By John Ridley, Huffington Post With Barack Obama as president it's not just possible. Thankfully, it's probable. Read more »   Study Shows 'Center-Right Nation' Narrative Spiked Immediately After Election Day By David Sirota, Blog for Our Future We're not talking about theory anymore -- we're talking about empirical fact. Read more »   Watching the Watchmen: What Obama Can Do About Illegal Surveillance By Emptywheel, Firedoglake An area that has been neglected recently is that of the illegal wiretapping and surveillance policies. That needs to change. Read more »   Wanted: A New Slogan for Coal By Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club Help take on the dirty coal industry's "clean coal" lies, by coming up with a new slogan for coal. Read more »   Bush's Backward Sprint to the Finish: Shady Rules Passed in the Final Days By Staff, Think Progress In its "sprint to the finish," the Bush administration is working tirelessly to enact or alter a wide array of federal regulations. Read more »   On Clinton: 'Madame Secretary' Has a Nice Ring Doesn't It? By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville I know all the legitimate arguments for Clinton to stay in the Senate, and I know all the legitimate arguments against Clinton as SoS. But ... Read more »

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Ten Worst Corporations | Can Bush Self Pardon? | Meditating Can Help Your Brain

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008 By Robert Weissman, Multinational Monitor The financial meltdown and economic crisis illustrated that corporations will destroy even themselves in search of profit. Read more »   Robert Gates Wants to Keep His Pentagon Gig, so He's Pandering to Obama's Bad Ideas for Afghanistan By Ray McGovern, Consortium News Obama needs a defense secretary with the courage to speak out and halt the lunacy of more war, not a yes-man Bush holdover. Read more »   A Response to the Extreme Anti-Gay Comments by My Brother, New Gingrich By Candace Gingrich, Human Rights Campaign "You should be more afraid of the new political climate in America, because, there is no place for you in it." Read more »   Can George W. Bush 'Self-Pardon' Himself? By Stephen M Brown, AlterNet There's no definitive legal consensus on whether a president can pardon himself. But Bush may well give the theorists an answer. Read more »   Bank Eat Bank: Bailout Encourages Mergers, and Paulson Decides who Lives and Who Dies' By Danielle Ivory, Lagan Sebert, American News Project With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big banks have been rushing to gobble up smaller ones. Read more »   Code Pink Activists Blaze the Trail for Obama's 'No Preconditions' By Linda Milazzo, AlterNet Citizen diplomats push hard to establish peaceful diplomacy with Iran. Let's hope Obama takes the same approach. Read more »   Meditation May Protect Your Brain By Michael Haederle, Miller-McCune.com Research is confirming the medicinal effects that advocates have long claimed for meditation. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Republicans Turn to Dirty Tactics in Georgia By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Of all the issues Republicans could have picked, this has to be the most offensive. Read more »   Summers and Gibbs Both Get Jobs From Obama By Satyam Khanna, Think Progress Obama has selected Summers to lead National Economic Council, Gibbs as press secretary. Read more »   Obama Announces 'Economic Recovery Plan' to Create 2.5 Million Jobs By Staff, AlterNet "It is time to act. As the next president of the United States, I will." Read more »

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