Stupak tries to scuttle healthcare reform with wedge issue

Source:
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/abortion-fight-erupts-in-health-care-debate/

Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off close votes on the Patriot Act to attend Michele Bachmann’s Tea Party rally against health-care reform.

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/patriot_games_gop_reps_pick_tea_party_rally_over_n.php

This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill.

As the Democratic Womens Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor to offer their arguments for how the bill would benefit women, House Republicans ” led by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) ” repeatedly talked over, screamed, and shouted objections.

Source:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/07/gop-gone-wild/

The October unemployment rate has just been released and it has jumped to double digits at 10.2%, the worst rate since 1983.

Any higher unemployment rate would make this the worst recession since the Great Depression. So how is the Associated Press reporting the growing unemployment numbers? “The economy is rebounding.” I kid you not.

Source:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/11/06/unemployment-rate-jumps-10-2-ap-reports-economy-rebounding

An American police woman has been hailed a heroine after taking on the lone gunman who went on a shooting spree at a huge military base in the United States, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6514427/Fort-Hood-shooting-police-woman-hailed-for-bravery.html

Yes, Bachmann’s “wider background of knowledge” goes from the conservative blog RedState — led by a guy whose idea of a brilliant political tactic is sending fake dog poop to a Democratic congressman

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http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2009/11/05/bachmann

Secret speakeasies filled with Mexican and other Central American legal and illegal immigrants.

They operate in what appear to be shuttered, recession-emptied storefronts or hollowed-out homes. But inside, after entering, patrons can get almost anything they want, in a one-stop shop: drugs, gambling, heisted cigarettes, after-hours booze and…

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http://www.laweekly.com/2009-11-05/news/chaos-in-the-casitas/

Retired undercover narcotics detective Jack Cole and Judge Andrew Napolitano discuss their support for legalizing drugs after spending careers sending countless drug offenders to jail.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1_vOJRlSkI

Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced Thursday.

The government-controlled company, through its new “Deed for Lease” program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease.

Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/fannie-mae-deed-for-lease_n_346988.html

Two journalists have published the two speeches Sarah Palin was prepared to give, one a victory speech and one a concession.

Source:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/11/sarah-palin-john-mccain.html