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Trump's Birther Antics Are Driving Away His Liberal Audience — He may be dumber than you think: Exclusive research reveals “Celebrity Apprentice” viewers are the most Democratic in primetime TV. — Click to expand — He may have gotten President Obama's attention …
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Orly Taitz: Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Should Say ‘Negro’ Not ‘African’ — In a development that will surprise no one, it turns out that President Barack Obama's decision to release his long-form birth certificate hasn't quieted members of the “birther” movement who promote …
Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate — Ed. Note: Read the transcript of the President's remarks following this release or watch the video below: — var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube- nocookie.com/v …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Tells Untruth in Birth Certificate Press Briefing — ABC News' Jake Tapper reports: — It was about my birth certificate. And that was true on most of the news outlets that were represented here." — But the president was wrong. — According to Pew's Project …
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Texas Pol Still Isn't Satisfied on Obama Birthplace — Keywords: — Enlargephoto illustration by: Bob Daemmrich / Jacob Villanueva — State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, has checked out the birth certificate President Barack Obama released this morning — and he's not satisfied.
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Robert Gibbs to Donald Trump: Where are the tax returns? — Former White House press secretary and Obama confidante Robert Gibbs is throwing down the gauntlet on Donald Trump. — “Donald Trump said he'd release his tax returns as soon as the president released his birth certificate …
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E.D. Kain / Balloon Juice:
Why Obama Waited — The answer to the many questions surrounding why Obama waited so long to release his birth certificate is simple. — In 2008, Obama met with Donald Trump in a secret closed-doors beer summit. There, they hatched a scheme. Knowing that there is a large segment …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Acclaimed Historian Douglas Brinkley Calls For NBC To Dump Trump, Corporate Sponsors To Pull Ads
Acclaimed Historian Douglas Brinkley Calls For NBC To Dump Trump, Corporate Sponsors To Pull Ads
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Baratunde Thurston / Jack & Jill Politics:
(video) With President Obama's Birth Certificate, Klansman Trump Reminds Blacks They Will Never Be American
(video) With President Obama's Birth Certificate, Klansman Trump Reminds Blacks They Will Never Be American
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama jokes about ‘birther’ controversy at fundraisers
Obama jokes about ‘birther’ controversy at fundraisers
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Birther Legislator in Texas Not Convinced by Long-Form Certificate
Birther Legislator in Texas Not Convinced by Long-Form Certificate
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Will Release Of Obama's Purported Birth Certificate Give Rise To New “Certer” Movement?
Will Release Of Obama's Purported Birth Certificate Give Rise To New “Certer” Movement?
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Eric Cantor Criticizes President Obama For Addressing Birth Certificate Controversy
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
On Trail, Trump Basks in Spotlight
On Trail, Trump Basks in Spotlight
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
On the Birth Certificate Idiocracy
On the Birth Certificate Idiocracy
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Adviser: Even If Long-Form Birth Certificate Is Genuine, It Doesn't Prove Anything
Trump Adviser: Even If Long-Form Birth Certificate Is Genuine, It Doesn't Prove Anything
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why Did Obama Wait So Long?
Why Did Obama Wait So Long?
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Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Birthers unmoved — The theories about President Barack Obama's birth …
Birthers unmoved — The theories about President Barack Obama's birth …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Reid: The Senate Will Vote On Paul Ryan's Budget … WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on Wednesday that he would host a vote on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget as a means of forcing moderate GOP senators to weigh in on the legislation's controversial proposals.
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Gas prices and industry earnings: A few things to think about the next time you fill up — Here's a simple fact of economics that's getting everyone in Washington pretty excited this week: When prices increase for a commodity like oil, companies that produce and sell that commodity earn more money.
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ExxonMobil: Don't hate our profits
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Reid will hold Senate vote on Ryan budget
Reid will hold Senate vote on Ryan budget
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Fanatics' fury at Muslim Playgirl — A MUSLIM actress has caused a storm by posing naked for Playboy. — Sila Sahin has been branded a “whore” and a “western slut” after appearing topless on the cover of the German edition of the men's magazine. — And Islamic fanatics have posted threatening internet messages.
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David Frum / FrumForum:
The Birther Disgrace — Even for the small band that sustained the phony controversy until now, the birth certificate so-called issue ends today. — Any last lingering doubts that maybe, perhaps, a pregnant Stanley Anne Dunham in the summer of 1961 boarded a propeller plane from Honolulu to Los Angeles …
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Ralph Nader / Bloomberg:
Why Obama Will Get Second Term in White House: Ralph Nader — The stars are aligned for Barack Obama's re-election in November 2012. He won't join Jimmy Carter to be the second Democrat in 120 years to lose a second term. — Five things are playing in Obama's favor.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Ralph Nader: Pressure Obama with primary
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Advocates: Consumers ‘betrayed’ by high court ruling on class-action suits — Fine print in everyday consumer contracts can include provisions that require Americans to surrender their rights to file class-action lawsuits, the U.S Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling.
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Companies can block customers' class-action lawsuits, Supreme Court rules
Companies can block customers' class-action lawsuits, Supreme Court rules
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‘Atlas Shrugged’ producer: ‘Critics, you won.’ He's going ‘on strike.’ — EXCLUSIVE: Twelve days after opening “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1,” the producer of the Ayn Rand adaptation said Tuesday that he is reconsidering his plans to make Parts 2 and 3 because of scathing reviews and flagging box office returns for the film.
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Bush to ABC News: Just Because You're Reporting it Doesn't Make it True — Admit it: You miss him.
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Huckabee releasing S.C. team — We've been told that former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee, a rumored candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is giving his former S.C. supporters the nod to seek work on other presidential campaigns. The word is that he's told South Carolina staffers …
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Huckabee camp shoots down rumor he won't run in 2012
Huckabee camp shoots down rumor he won't run in 2012
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Fatah and Hamas Announce Outline of Deal — JERUSALEM — Fatah and Hamas, the rival Palestinian movements, announced an agreement in principle on Wednesday to end the years-long internal Palestinian schism. — At a press conference in Cairo to announce the deal, Taher Al-Nounou …
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Cardinal suspends Pfleger: ‘You are not able to pastor a Catholic parish’ — Citing what he called threats from the Rev. Michael Pfleger to leave the church, Cardinal Francis George has removed the outspoken priest from St. Sabina parish and has suspended his “sacramental faculties as a priest.”
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First Pictures of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Since Shooting, Walking on Her Own — A fragile but determined Rep. Gabrielle Giffords walked one careful step at a time today up the steps of a plane that will take her Florida to watch her husband blast off on the final mission of the space shuttle Endeavor..
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Superman Renounces [SPOILER] in ‘Action Comics’ #900 — After recently undertaking a journey to walk — not fly — across the United States in the “Grounded” storyline and reconnect with the country and everyday Americans, Superman appears to be taking another step that could have major implications …
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Gaddafi's daughter taunts Obama and Hillary Clinton and says: ‘You never know when a rocket or a bomb might hit you’ — The daughter of Colonel Gaddafi has taunted President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, saying the President has ‘achieved nothing’ while chastising Mrs Clinton for not leaving her husband after he had an affair.
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