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O'Donnell: Using Campaign Funds on Rent is Fine
(Newser) - Christine O'Donnell believes using campaign funds to pay rent on her home is "ethical." She made the comment in response to complaints filed by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which is charging that she treated campaign funds like a personal ATM. The complaint from CREW,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Anti-Gay Death Threat Traced to GOP Senator's Office
(Newser) - A hatred of gays and a lack of IT savvy are likely to add up to unemployment for somebody in Sen. Saxby Chambliss' office. A commenter calling himself "Jimmy" left a post reading "all faggots must die" on popular gay blog Joe.My.God soon after a measure... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Move to Legalize Immigrant Kids Shot Down in Senate
(Newser) - A bill offering a path to legal residency for the children of illegal immigrants was blocked in the Senate yesterday. The DREAM Act—which was attached to the defense bill the GOP shot down —would have allowed people who came to the US when they were under 16, had... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Whiny Law Prof Quits Blogging After Lament for Rich People
(Newser) - Todd Henderson has quit blogging—just a bit too late to avoid a stint as an internet punching bag. "I was a fool," he writes for Truth on the Market . "I wish I had just stuck to blogging about corporate law and such, but I couldn’t... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Obama's Aunt: Make Me a Citizen
(Newser) - President Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango, an illegal immigrant living in public housing, is unapologetic about her situation and says her nephew hasn't been helping her fight to stay in the US. An immigration judge granted her asylum this year. "Obama did not know my whereabouts," the Kenyan native... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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LA Suburb Officials Hit With Corruption Charges
(Newser) - Eight well-paid current and former officials of the city of Bell, Calif. , were rounded up and hit with a slew of corruption charges today, the LA Times reports. Among the eight were Michael Rizzo, the former city manager whose salary was nearly $800,000, and several council members who were... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Larry Summers Will Leave White House After Midterms
(AP) - President Obama's top economic adviser plans to leave the administration at the end of the year, the White House said today. Lawrence Summers will leave his post as director of the National Economic Council to return to Harvard University, where he once served as president before being forced out in... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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GOP Blocks Bill to Lift Don't Ask, Don't Tell
(AP) - Senate Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The move likely will push consideration of the measure into next year, when prospects for... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Poll: Joe Miller Trouncing Lisa Murkowski
(Newser) - How Republican is Alaska? So Republican that ex-Republican Lisa Murkowski is polling higher as a write-in than the Democratic nominee in the state’s Senate race. In the latest Rasmussen poll , GOP nominee Joe Miller has a commanding 42% lead, followed by Murkowski with 27%, and Democrat Scott McAdams with... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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'GOP Civil War' Is a Media Invention
(Newser) - You may have heard about the alleged “civil war” going on between the Republican party establishment and those tea party upstarts. Well, don’t believe a word of it. The media loves a fight, but “it takes two to tango, and it takes two to fight a civil... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Newt's Doing a McCarthy Impression
(Newser) - Don’t you wish American judges would quit imposing harsh Islamic sharia law? Eugene Robinson, for one, thinks all these stonings and beheadings are really getting out of hand. Where did he get the crazy idea? “Why, Newt Gingrich told me,” he writes in the Washington Post . This... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Murkowski Campaign Has Trouble Spelling Her Name
(Newser) - So Karl Rove may or may not have been kidding when he doomed Lisa Murkowski's write-in campaign because of Alaskans' inability to spell her name, but he might be onto something if her own campaign is any indication. Ben Smith of Politico points to a screenshot of Murkowski's latest ad... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Looks Doubtful
(Newser) - President Obama's promise to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell by the end of the year is in trouble, reports the Washington Post . At the moment, it looks like Republicans will successfully filibuster today's defense legislation that contains the measure. This morning, Susan Collins—one of the GOP moderates that Democrats... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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What Happens When a Liberal Comic Sits Next to Ken Mehlman On a Plane?
(Newser) - Liberal comedian Marc Maron hit the jackpot on a recent flight when he upgraded to first class … and found himself sitting next to former GOP chairman Ken Mehlman , who recently confirmed he’s gay . Maron live-tweeted the entire experience, starting with a picture of Maron exposing his nipple as... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Obama Is Losing Black Voters
(Newser) - Bob Herbert sees a growing "disenchantment" among black voters for President Obama and the Democrats. It's a real problem, he writes, even if it hasn't generated many headlines. "Most blacks are reluctant to publicly express their concerns about the president because they are so outraged by the blatantly... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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