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RNC Chair Reince Preibus Compares President Obama To Italian Ship Captain Accused Of Manslaughter (VIDEO) | Addicting Info

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:22 AM EST ()

Reince Preibus is the current chairman of the RNC. He’s also on my list of the top 15 conservative politicians to watch in 2012.

politics, george-w-bush, cruise-ship, rnc, gop-primary, president-obama, reince-preibus

America's secret political power

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:10 AM EST (Toronto Star)

Seeded by McSpocky

It puts state lawmakers together with representatives from some of the country’s most powerful corporations to advance their legislative agendas.

politics, verizon, wal-mart, pfizer, ups, bayer, at-t, glaxosmithkline, koch-industries, alec

U.S. Defense Department can't account for billions for Iraq, audit finds

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:50 AM EST (CNN)

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The U.S.

bush, iraq, politics, george-w-bush, dick-cheney, dod, department-of-defense, us-defense-department, cannot-account-for-about-2-billion, iraq-related-expenses

Gingrich questions Romney's honesty

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:24 AM EST (CNN)

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Front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich traded accusations of dishonesty Sunday as the increasingly vitriolic Republican presidential campaign headed for its biggest primary to date.

politics, republicans, mitt-romney, accusations, newt-gingrich, dishonesty, teapublicans

Indiana welfare drug testing bill withdrawn after lawmakers included

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:36 PM EST (Raw Story)

Seeded by luckydog

A bill proposed by one Indiana Republican has been withdrawn after its provision to drug test recipients of government largesse was widened to include lawmakers themselves, according to Arthur Delany at The Huffington Post.

politics, indiana-lawmakers-dodge-drug-test

"This system spawns virtual monopolies over our seafood harvest and breeds economic disasters for independent fishing families and fishing communities."

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:35 PM EST (gloucestertimes.com)

Seeded by bore-head007 (Clipped by JAVE)

trade dispute capsulizes flawed fed fishing system

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U.S. Defense Department Can't Account For Billions for Iraq,

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:51 PM EST (CNN)

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The U.S.

iraq, funds, war, military, us-news, u-s-news, department-of-defense

Fox Nation Hearts Allen West's Anti-American Rhetoric

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:43 PM EST (News Hounds)

Seeded by proglib

Fox Nation - the website that boasts about its devotion to civility, tolerance and love for America - has posted about West's remarks in the most forgiving way possible without just coming out and saying, "no problem!"

politics, fox-news, nancy-pelosi, allen-west, president-obama, fox-nation, jesse-watters

Pentagon calls for environmentally friendly "ecobombs"

Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:31 PM EST

By Leafydebater

WASHINGTON- Earlier this week the Pentagon put out a call to all weapons manufacturers to research into the next generation of tactical warfare: environmentally friendly bombs and missiles nicknamed "ecobombs" or "biobombs". The Pentagon wished to ensure that the prototypes they …

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Wealth vs. Democracy and the 2012 Presidential Campaign

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:28 PM EST (The BRAD BLOG )

Seeded by proglib

Here, Mitt "Gordon Gekko" Romney provides the principle focus, not because of personality, or "envy", but because his candidacy affords an opportunity to explore the inconsistency between wealth and democracy...

politics, mitt-romney, newt-gingrich, ron-paul, gordon-gekko, bain-capital, charles-kochs

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