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Ann Romney and Working Moms — My Twitter feed was on fire after an appearance last night on CNN's AC360, where I said that I thought it was wrong for Mitt Romney to be using his wife as his guide to women's economic struggles when she “had never worked a day in her life.”
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Conservatives Attack Hilary Rosen For Raising Children As A Lesbian — Hilary Rosen with her former partner Elizabeth Birch and kids Jacob and Anna. — No one is arguing that raising children isn't work. Democratic strategist and CAP Action board member Hilary Rosen is a single mother …

Rosen apologizes over comments against Ann Romney — (CNN) - Hilary Rosen offered an apology Thursday after her comments about Ann Romney sparked an uproar and a debate over women and the economy. — “I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended,” Rosen …
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Ann Romney Fights Back: Debuts on Twitter to Counter DNC Advisor's Insult — PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ann Romney's debut on Twitter couldn't have come at a more opportune time. — Ann's first tweet came just moments after Democratic strategist and DNC adviser Hilary Rosen lobbed an insult at Ann Romney …
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My friend Hilary Rosen — I am rushing to draft this — I have a flight to South Sudan in hours — but I wanted to briefly weigh in on this latest storm. If I indelicately draft this, cut me some slack since I am rushing and have little time (none?) to spare which I would use to proof read …
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The Hilary Rosen controversy is absurd — The Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee are attacking President Obama over the fact that Dem strategist and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen said that Ann Romney “hasn't worked a day in her life.” — Romney campaign officials …
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Hilary Rosen, Frequent White House Visitor — A Democrat consultant with ties to the Obama administration sneering that Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life” is an opportunity for the Romney campaign, but a small problem in the big picture. In the big picture, women who are unable …
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Hilary Rosen: No apology
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Here's who Democrat hitwoman Hilary Rosen visited at the White House, including at least 5 POTUS meetings
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Hilary Rosen apologizes to Ann Romney
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Obama Rejects Rosen's Comments on Ann Romney
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Democrat apologizes for swipe at Ann Romney
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Attacking Ann Romney — yeah, that's the ticket!
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Ann Romney Just BLASTED Democrats And Hilary Rosen On Fox
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Ann Romney responds to claim she has ‘never worked a day in her life’
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Ann Romney discusses Hilary Rosen controversy
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Rosen in 2008: Attacks on Michelle Obama ‘stupid’
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Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney in TV faceoff
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Democrat's comment about Ann Romney creates firestorm on Twitter
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Trayvon's mom says ‘shooting was accident,’ Zimmerman to face judge — George Zimmerman woke up in a Seminole County jail cell this morning as the mother of Trayvon Martin, the teen he killed, revealed on national television that she thinks the shooting was an accident.
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George Zimmerman arraignment set for May 29; Trayvon Martin's mother says encounter ‘an accident’ — George Zimmerman remains in jail while awaiting formal arraignment scheduled for May 29. — DCHANG@MIAMIHERALD.COM — JACKSONVILLE — The neighborhood watchman who shot …
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Semi-Props To Ms. Alvarez of the NY Times; Mockery For Their Editors
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Gingrich Unloads on FOX News in Private Meeting — DOVER, Del. — During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted FOX News Channel, accusing the cable network of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight.
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Newt Gingrich: ‘CNN is less biased than Fox’
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The ‘Fox News Mole’ Only Cost Gawker $5,000 — What's the going rate for inducing someone to commit career suicide? Apparently you can do it for five grand, as long as that person has a sufficiently large ax to grind against his employer. — Gawker's John Cook tells …
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Death to Word — It's time to give up on Microsoft's word processor. — Nearly two decades and several text-handling paradigms ago, I was an editorial assistant at a weekly newspaper, where a few freelancers still submitted their work on typewritten pages. Stories would come in over the fax machine.
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White House Bombarded With Questions About Why Obama Punted On Issuing Anti-Discrimination Order — White House spokesperson Jay Carney sought to explain the administration's decision to punt on issuing an executive order that would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation …


The Sexual Sadism of the Michigan Department of Corrections — Screen shot from video produced by ACLU on the strip-search procedure (photo: ACLU) — A consortium of civil liberties, religious and health organizations, and experts including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) …
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Religious Right Marks Anniversary of Titanic's Sinking by Exposing the ‘Iceberg’ of the ‘Radical Homosexual Agenda’ — The anniversary of the Titanic's sinking and release of ‘Titanic 3D’ has apparently inspired Truth in Action Ministries, formerly Coral Ridge Ministries …
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Syria truce takes shaky hold, Annan presses Syria — BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops held their fire on Thursday after a U.N.-backed ceasefire deadline passed, giving respite to rebellious towns that have suffered heavy bombardments, but international envoy Kofi Annan pressed Damascus to pull its forces back entirely.
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Why American Food Used to Be So Bad and Other Lessons From Tyler Cowen — For the past four years, I've been ordering the most unappatizing sounding item on the menu when I eat at nice restaurants. This counterintuitive advice from Tyler Cowen's 2007 book Discover Your Inner Economist has worked surprisingly well.
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Cut in E-Book Pricing by Amazon Is Set to Shake Rivals — The government's decision to pursue major publishers on antitrust charges has put the Internet retailer Amazon in a powerful position: the nation's largest bookseller may now get to decide how much an e-book will cost …
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