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Daily Kos May 19, 2013 | 7:30 pm UTC
Google's Sergey Brin wears some scary lookin ish. Lawmakers questioned Google about privacy concerns with it's Google Glass technology. I'm no Luddite, but this thing is a bit ummm...unsettlin...

The hard lessons of the post-partisan unity schtick


Daily Kos May 19, 2013 | 6:15 pm UTC
Ezra Klein recently wrote a piece imagining President Obama going Bulworth, including this pretend exchange:  Q: Sir, you've been criticized in recent weeks for being overly passive. And as you...

Virginia GOP Nominee Believes Gays Are ‘Very Sick’ And Democrats Are Worse Than The KKK


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 5:00 pm UTC
(Credit: Associated Press)  The Virginia Republican Party this weekend nominated for lieutenant governor a minister who has a history of virulent anti-gay statements, accuses the Democratic Party...

1,200 Harvard Students Demand Investigation Into Jason Richwine’s Thesis On Hispanic IQ


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 4:41 pm UTC
Jason Richwine. (Credit: The Heritage Foundation.) Over 1,000 Harvard students delivered a petition to Harvard University’s JFK School on Saturday, demanding an investigation into how and w...

Climate change isn't AN issue, it's THE issue


Daily Kos May 19, 2013 | 4:30 pm UTC
Home Nicholas Stern has been a lecturer at the University of Oxford, a professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics, chief economist and special counsellor...

Worse Than Watergate: Growing Scandal Brings Nation To The Brink Of Ruin


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 4:27 pm UTC
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein points us to the ever-growing scandal that will echo through the ages:  When future generations look back on the scandals of our age, it’ll be the uncheck...

VIEWPOINT: Ambassador Chris Stevens Deserved Better Than What Benghazi Became


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 4:00 pm UTC
(Photo: Amb. Chris Stevens, left, in Tripoli, Libya in Aug. 2012, Credit: AP)  I didn’t know Chris Stevens. I admit that the first I’d heard of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya was the mo...

Rand Paul Struggles To Tie Obama To IRS Scandal


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 4:00 pm UTC
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) went on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday to use the IRS scandal to attack the Obama administraiton, but flubbed a key part of his case: he couldn’t defend the claim...

Republican outreach report card: Graded 'F' for Fail


Daily Kos May 19, 2013 | 2:45 pm UTC
Students holding report cards We have had numerous articles here in recent days about Jason Richwine, his racist Republican sponsored research on Latino low IQ (and about blacks too) for which he re...

Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 2:43 pm UTC
On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet The Press, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — the GOP leader in the senate — distanced himself from Republican efforts to portray the Obama administratio...

Minnesota State Rep Calls Climate Change ‘Complete United Nations Fraud And Lie’


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 2:40 pm UTC
Matt Kasper is the Special Assistant for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress.  Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen  On Wednesday night, Minnesota State Representative Glenn Gruenhagen (R-Gle...

White House Pushes Back At Fox News’ Effort To Politicize IRS Scandal


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 2:15 pm UTC
On this week’s Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace pressured White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer about why the Obama administration didn’t act sooner to address the IRS’s inappro...

Carmenlita Stevens, Quavon Foster Funeral: Ceremony Held For Mother, Son Slain In New Jersey Home


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com May 19, 2013 | 1:13 pm UTC
TRENTON, N.J. -- Funeral services have been held for the New Jersey woman and boy whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last weekend. The Times of Trenton (http:/...

David Beckham Cries At Last Home Game (VIDEO)


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com May 19, 2013 | 1:10 pm UTC
David Beckham got emotional after playing his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday.  The legendary footballer announced his retirement earlier this week. As the PSG captain de...

Eva Longoria Wardrobe Malfunction Exposes Actress' Lower Half At Cannes (PHOTOS)


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com May 19, 2013 | 1:08 pm UTC
Things got a little wet and wild on the Cannes red carpet this weekend. A rainstorm hit the French fest on Saturday, presenting difficulties for arrivals at the "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains In...

'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' At Cannes: Sequel


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com May 19, 2013 | 1:00 pm UTC
CANNES, France -- Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party. Stars of the "Hunger Gam...

The next biggest scandal ever, until the next one


Daily Kos May 19, 2013 | 1:00 pm UTC
Yes, Mitch McConnell. IRS bureaucrats targeting "tea party"-related groups is a conspiracy. Everything is a conspiracy. Everything is a conspiracy meant to distract from all the other conspiracies, a...

China Just Endorsed Construction Of Its Biggest Hydropower Dam Yet


ThinkProgress May 19, 2013 | 1:00 pm UTC
Reuters reported on Wednesday that China’s environmental ministry has okayed the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Dadu River in the Sichuan province, which when completed will be t...

Bees In Croatia Being Trained To Find Land Mines


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com May 19, 2013 | 12:54 pm UTC
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field tha...

Richard DeCoatsworth, Former Cop, Once Hailed As Hero Now Faces Rape Charges


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com May 19, 2013 | 12:42 pm UTC
PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other...

 

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