<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/</link><description>&quot;There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.&quot; - Johann Kaspar Lavater</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:23 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Harry Reid Focuses On July For The 'Nuclear Option'</title>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has told top advisers that  he is prepared to take action if Senate Republicans block three  upcoming nominations, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Reid is reportedly focusing on the month of July to approach  filibuster reform&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18342449-harry-reid-focuses-on-july-for-the-nuclear-option</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18342449-harry-reid-focuses-on-july-for-the-nuclear-option</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>video</category><category>republican-party</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>nuclear-option</category><category>judicial-nominations</category><category>senate-majority-leader-harry-reid</category><category>filibuster-reform</category><category>harry-reid-nuclear-option</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:14:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatBBEA3C62-A1A4-4C6C-0AA0-86463BA674E2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatBBEA3C62-A1A4-4C6C-0AA0-86463BA674E2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP Drools Over Dream of Special Prosecutor</title>
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Megyn Kelly went there on her show Wednesday, but you knew this was  the goal all along, right?  Republicans have wet dreams every night of a  special prosecutor so they can harass Barack Obama through the last  three and a half years of his presidency and make sure they don't &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304194-gop-drools-over-dream-of-special-prosecutor</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304194-gop-drools-over-dream-of-special-prosecutor</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>fast-and-furious</category><category>benghazi</category><category>tea-party</category><category>megyn-kelly</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Let Conservatives Know There Is No Climate Change &amp;#039;Debate&amp;#039; Among Scientists, New Study Confirms</title>
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Are you tired of debating whether climate change is real, and if so, if  it is caused by humans? Do you believe that science should be trusted to  find these answers? If so, good news! Science&nbsp;has&nbsp;those  answers, and contrary to the beliefs of many climate change deni&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18303912-let-conservatives-know-there-is-no-climate-change-debate-among-scientists-new-study-confirms</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18303912-let-conservatives-know-there-is-no-climate-change-debate-among-scientists-new-study-confirms</guid><category>politics</category><category>climate-change</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat0E5A5EEB-9A99-EC6A-92D6-9D97533FF6B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat0E5A5EEB-9A99-EC6A-92D6-9D97533FF6B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bachmann: Obama Might Use IRS To Deny Healthcare To Tea Party Members (Video)</title>
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Rep. Michele Bachmann&nbsp;today held a press conference on Capitol Hill, and suggested that President Barack Obama might use the IRS as a means to deny access to healthcare &ldquo;based upon a person&rsquo;s  political beliefs.&rdquo; Bachmann&rsquo;s presser included Tea Part&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18303283-bachmann-obama-might-use-irs-to-deny-healthcare-to-tea-party-members-video</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18303283-bachmann-obama-might-use-irs-to-deny-healthcare-to-tea-party-members-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>first-amendment-rights</category><category>tea-party</category><category>louie-gohmert</category><category>obamacare</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>rep-michele-bachmann</category><category>house-tea-party-caucus</category><category>ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:34:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA1486011-792F-2C36-113C-B925980F61E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA1486011-792F-2C36-113C-B925980F61E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-IRS Director: Tea Party Groups Deserved Scrutiny, But IRS Bungled the Job</title>
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Among those in attendance last Friday when IRS official Lois Lerner admitted that agency staffers had systematically singled out tea partiers and other conservative groups for special scrutiny was a lawyer named Marcus Owens.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280203-ex-irs-director-tea-party-groups-deserved-scrutiny-but-irs-bungled-the-job</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280203-ex-irs-director-tea-party-groups-deserved-scrutiny-but-irs-bungled-the-job</guid><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>conservative-groups</category><category>501-c-4</category><category>tea-partiers</category><category>lois-lerner</category><category>conservative-groups-applying-for-tax-exempt-status</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:18:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat94DEE7E8-73F2-D1E5-A9FF-9A1285434EF6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat94DEE7E8-73F2-D1E5-A9FF-9A1285434EF6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The IRS Was Dead Right To Scrutinize Tea Party</title>
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Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The Internal  Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it opted to train  its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated groups.
In castigating government as the root of all evil while portraying  taxatio&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277985-the-irs-was-dead-right-to-scrutinize-tea-party</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277985-the-irs-was-dead-right-to-scrutinize-tea-party</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>tea-party</category><category>irs-tea-party</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:15:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat7AA4FEF4-2831-2521-2CCA-B459ED8B430F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat7AA4FEF4-2831-2521-2CCA-B459ED8B430F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Bigoted Is Your Region? New Interactive Map Tracks Hate Speech On Twitter (IMAGE)</title>
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Prior to the advent of Twitter, the social media networking site for  decidedly anti-social people who can not live in the moment or  articulate hatred with their mouths, you had to burn crosses or beat up  gay people if you wanted to express your&nbsp;phenomenally,  breathtaki&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18266578-how-bigoted-is-your-region-new-interactive-map-tracks-hate-speech-on-twitter-image</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18266578-how-bigoted-is-your-region-new-interactive-map-tracks-hate-speech-on-twitter-image</guid><category>texas</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>politics</category><category>indiana</category><category>north-dakota</category><category>fag</category><category>dyke</category><category>150</category><category>twitter</category><category>humboldt-state-university</category><category>bigoted-views</category><category>burn-crosses</category><category>beat-up-gay-people</category><category>overtly-racist-and-homophobic-regions-in-america</category><category>000-geocoded-tweets</category><category>homo-and-queer</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:31:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat95D0EB44-0A5C-DA7C-9710-6B454CBC0E37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat95D0EB44-0A5C-DA7C-9710-6B454CBC0E37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Why I quit the Republican Party</title>
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A year ago, Pablo Pantoja was the future of the Republican Party,  courting fellow Latinos for the conservative cause and stumping across  Florida with Ann Romney&rsquo;s brother. &ldquo;Hispanics in the area are going to realize the Republican Party is where they belong,&rdquo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18257898-why-i-quit-the-republican-party</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18257898-why-i-quit-the-republican-party</guid><category>puerto-rico</category><category>elections</category><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>republican-party</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>veterans</category><category>hate</category><category>immigration-reform</category><category>rnc</category><category>latinos</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>reince-priebus</category><category>the-latino-vote</category><category>editors-picks</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The IRS Tea Party Scandal, Explained </title>
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On Friday, May 10, a top official with the Internal Revenue Service dropped a bombshell. IRS staffers had singled out conservative organizations&nbsp;with  "tea party" or "patriots" in their name that were seeking tax-exempt  nonprofit status, subjecting them to extra scrutiny &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18257562-the-irs-tea-party-scandal-explained</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18257562-the-irs-tea-party-scandal-explained</guid><category>patriots</category><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>glenn-beck</category><category>tea-party</category><category>501-c-4</category><category>tea-party-movement</category><category>american-action-network</category><category>lois-lerner</category><category>tax-exempt-nonprofit-status</category><category>karl-roves-crossroads-gps</category><category>koch-funded-americans-for-prosperity</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:37:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat04A12CDD-3701-1835-CF51-8AD137DE3A37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat04A12CDD-3701-1835-CF51-8AD137DE3A37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>My Five Obamacare Anxieties -  The scenarios that keep this reform advocate up at night </title>
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Conservatives are talking about the implementation of Obamacare in the same thoughtful way they talked about its enactment&mdash;that is, as an impending apocalypse. It won&rsquo;t be, as I've noted previously.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252989-my-five-obamacare-anxieties-the-scenarios-that-keep-this-reform-advocate-up-at-night</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252989-my-five-obamacare-anxieties-the-scenarios-that-keep-this-reform-advocate-up-at-night</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>medicaid</category><category>kaiser-family-foundation</category><category>children-s-health-insurance-program</category><category>obamacare</category><category>subsidized-private-insurance</category><category>health-care-exchanges</category><category>affordable-care-act-aca</category><category>income-based-subsidies</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat09A845E7-7E4B-8339-3485-A00DDDF4C219.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="166" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat09A845E7-7E4B-8339-3485-A00DDDF4C219.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Biggest &amp;quot;Takers&amp;quot; and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor</title>
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Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged"  fantasizes a world in which anti-government citizens reject taxes and  regulations, and "stop the motor" by withdrawing themselves from the  system of production. In a perverse twist on the writer's theme the  prediction is coming true. But in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18232784-the-biggest-quottakersquot-and-societal-parasites-are-the-rich-not-the-working-class-and-poor</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18232784-the-biggest-quottakersquot-and-societal-parasites-are-the-rich-not-the-working-class-and-poor</guid><category>politics</category><category>exemptions</category><category>credits</category><category>capital-gains</category><category>ayn-rand</category><category>loopholes</category><category>atlas-shrugged</category><category>john-galt</category><category>super-rich</category><category>earned-income-tax-credit</category><category>exclusions</category><category>special-deductions</category><category>corporate-tax-haven</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:37:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat75C1CFB2-9084-A380-1FA9-D7DD72D3BE4C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="267" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat75C1CFB2-9084-A380-1FA9-D7DD72D3BE4C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Surpass 400 PPM Milestone</title>
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Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide surpassed a notable milestone this week.
They reached a daily average above 400 parts per million, reported NOAA, for the first time in human history.
The milestone, hit on May 9, may be symbolic,  notes Climate Central, but manmad&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18190699-atmospheric-co2-concentrations-surpass-400-ppm-milestone</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18190699-atmospheric-co2-concentrations-surpass-400-ppm-milestone</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>climate-change</category><category>keeling-curve</category><category>atmospheric-carbon-dioxide</category><category>green-news</category><category>400-ppm</category><category>atmospheric-co2-levels</category><category>atmospheric-co2-concentrations-400ppm</category><category>atmospheric-co2-concentrations</category><category>global-atmospheric-co2</category><category>keeling-curve-400ppm</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:54:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat6E733FFD-7464-946D-ADB2-DB06B69641B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="361" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat6E733FFD-7464-946D-ADB2-DB06B69641B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>We Can&amp;#039;t Let Hatred and Gun Paranoia Silence Our Great Democracy</title>
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We were struck this week by one response to our broadcast last week  on gun violence and the Newtown school killings. A visitor to the  website wrote, &ldquo;It is interesting to me that Bill Moyers, who every week  describes the massive levels of corruption in our government&h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18190472-we-cant-let-hatred-and-gun-paranoia-silence-our-great-democracy</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18190472-we-cant-let-hatred-and-gun-paranoia-silence-our-great-democracy</guid><category>politics</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>gun-control</category><category>gun-violence</category><category>bill-moyers</category><category>armed-revolution</category><category>newtown-school-killings</category><category>pro-gun-groups</category><category>newtown-s-sandy-hook-elementary-school</category><category>mike-bloomberg-s-mayors-against-illegal-guns</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:37:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The IRS was wrong to target the tea party. They should&amp;#8217;ve gone after all 501(c)4s.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Let&rsquo;s be very clear: because the Internal Revenue Service holds so much  private data, and because it can make people&rsquo;s lives absolutely  miserable, it is of paramount importance in our political system that it  both is, and is perceived as, an apolitical entity.&nb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18179076-the-irs-was-wrong-to-target-the-tea-party-they-shouldve-gone-after-all-501c4s</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18179076-the-irs-was-wrong-to-target-the-tea-party-they-shouldve-gone-after-all-501c4s</guid><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>organizing-for-america</category><category>tea-party-groups</category><category>crossroads-gps</category><category>priorities-usa</category><category>501-c-4-social-welfare-organizations</category><category>heritage-action-fund</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:08:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat58F1774C-E218-62D4-0A65-255A06C68BE7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat58F1774C-E218-62D4-0A65-255A06C68BE7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Republicans' Benghazi Obsession</title>
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Before Wednesday&rsquo;s hearing on the attack in Benghazi, Libya, Republicans in Congress promised  explosive new details about the administration&rsquo;s mishandling of the  episode. Instead, the hearing showed, yet again, that sober fact-finding  is not their mission. Common&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18178907-the-republicans-benghazi-obsession</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18178907-the-republicans-benghazi-obsession</guid><category>libya</category><category>politics</category><category>watergate</category><category>republicans</category><category>hillary-rodham-clinton</category><category>obama</category><category>benghazi</category><category>darrell-issa</category><category>ambassador-j-christopher-stevens</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:05:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5AD370BD-8D09-25A4-B7C7-C9D4D422F49F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5AD370BD-8D09-25A4-B7C7-C9D4D422F49F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pro-Gun Absolutism: The Gun Lobby's Push To Privatize Law and Order </title>
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The gun lobby is shooting sensible gun legislation full of holes.  Already, the Senate has dropped a ban on assault weapons and  high-capacity magazines, and Rand Paul is threatening to lead another  filibuster, this time against stricter background checks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18178621-pro-gun-absolutism-the-gun-lobbys-push-to-privatize-law-and-order</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18178621-pro-gun-absolutism-the-gun-lobbys-push-to-privatize-law-and-order</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>nra</category><category>background-checks</category><category>wayne-lapierre</category><category>assault-weapons</category><category>gun-lobby</category><category>gun-legislation</category><category>pro-gun-absolutism</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5292B129-AA62-99E3-521B-55C1EEE08D69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5292B129-AA62-99E3-521B-55C1EEE08D69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Benghazi scandal that isn't: How Republicans and the media are distorting a tragedy</title>
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Another  day, another breathless report of something supposedly "new" in the  whole Benghazi saga, which really just amounts to a media-enabled  Republican assault on the the Obama Administration -- first the  president himself as the target, now, with Republicans looking ahead&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18178231-the-benghazi-scandal-that-isnt-how-republicans-and-the-media-are-distorting-a-tragedy</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18178231-the-benghazi-scandal-that-isnt-how-republicans-and-the-media-are-distorting-a-tragedy</guid><category>libya</category><category>cia</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>abc-news</category><category>state-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>news-media</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>david-petraeus</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>benghazi-attack</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:17:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New NRA Leader Jim Porter Makes Former President Look Like a Peace-Loving Hippie (Video) - Americans Against the Tea Party</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The new president of the National Rifle Association has a deep  history with the gun rights organization &mdash; along with an equally deep  history of controversial statements that are sure to make an already  explosive debate over gun-control more contentious.
James Porter w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18177026-new-nra-leader-jim-porter-makes-former-president-look-like-a-peace-loving-hippie-video-americans-against-the-tea-party</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18177026-new-nra-leader-jim-porter-makes-former-president-look-like-a-peace-loving-hippie-video-americans-against-the-tea-party</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>gun-control</category><category>culture-war</category><category>nra</category><category>gun-rights-debate</category><category>james-porter</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:45:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat4526DE8B-6147-4119-EBCC-06C56E0F81D2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat4526DE8B-6147-4119-EBCC-06C56E0F81D2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>5 Ways The Republican Party Has Sabotaged Our Economic Recovery</title>
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The Dow is over 15,000 and continually testing new highs. The  unemployment rate and unemployment claims are at lows that haven&rsquo;t been  seen since before the economic crisis of 2008. If Mitt Romney were  president, Republicans would be hailing him as the new Reagan with a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18175757-5-ways-the-republican-party-has-sabotaged-our-economic-recovery</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18175757-5-ways-the-republican-party-has-sabotaged-our-economic-recovery</guid><category>recovery</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>republicans</category><category>sabotage</category><category>sequester</category><category>deficit-hysteria</category><category>debt-limit-crisis</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:34:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Inside the Collapsing Media Empire of Deceased GOP Sleaze-Peddler Andrew Breitbart</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This March was a cruel month for the American press. The 10th  anniversary of the Iraq War briefly punctured the country's cultural  amnesia, forcing hacks to sweat out another round of cringing mea  culpas.
March was also the anniversary of another less epic media failure,  b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18098336-inside-the-collapsing-media-empire-of-deceased-gop-sleaze-peddler-andrew-breitbart</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18098336-inside-the-collapsing-media-empire-of-deceased-gop-sleaze-peddler-andrew-breitbart</guid><category>politics</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>anne-coulter</category><category>abbie-hoffman</category><category>jerry-rubin</category><category>andrew-breitbart</category><category>shirley-sherrod</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><category>openly-partisan-journalism</category><category>garden-variety-gop-sleaze-peddler</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 07:34:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5A6C7AA6-B929-3112-FA68-C2AB96F40D2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat5A6C7AA6-B929-3112-FA68-C2AB96F40D2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&amp;#039;If You Love Ted Nugent, You&amp;#039;re Going to Love the New Incoming President of the NRA&amp;#039;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Your quote of the day from Coalition to Stop Gun Violence's Ladd  Everitt when asked by Melissa-Harris Perry about the NRA's incoming  president, Jim Porter:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18040372-if-you-love-ted-nugent-youre-going-to-love-the-new-incoming-president-of-the-nra</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18040372-if-you-love-ted-nugent-youre-going-to-love-the-new-incoming-president-of-the-nra</guid><category>politics</category><category>racism</category><category>militias</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>wingnuts</category><category>nra</category><category>conspiracy-theorists</category><category>ted-nugent</category><category>right-wing-extremists</category><category>the-rachel-maddow-show</category><category>patriot-movement</category><category>birthers</category><category>melissa-harris-perry</category><category>jim-porter</category><category>coalition-to-stop-gun-violence</category><category>ladd-everitt</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 18:23:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat84EF6755-9443-7C15-DA3D-1E787DAFA4F9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="80" width="97" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat84EF6755-9443-7C15-DA3D-1E787DAFA4F9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="97" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lean Socialist</title>
<description><![CDATA[
He wasn&rsquo;t a household name, but for the last half of the 20th century Michael Harrington was the most prominent socialist in the United States. International  leaders like&nbsp;Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme said that if Harrington  were European, he&rsquo;d be a head &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039927-lean-socialist</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039927-lean-socialist</guid><category>politics</category><category>capitalism</category><category>socialist</category><category>liberalism</category><category>william-f-buckley</category><category>progressive-democrats-of-america</category><category>michael-harrington</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><category>left-forum</category><category>american-socialist-movement</category><category>american-democratic-socialist-movement</category><category>the-socialist-party-of-america</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 17:33:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat7F05BEBE-710E-F0AE-9EA2-287282AC3235.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="209" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat7F05BEBE-710E-F0AE-9EA2-287282AC3235.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Conservatives rally behind MSM&amp;#8217;s Howard Kurtz</title>
<description><![CDATA[
You would expect Howard Kurtz&rsquo; departure from the Daily Beast to be  fodder for conservative critics of the liberal mainstream media, but  probably not in this way.
The problem they seem have with the  incident is not that Kurtz falsely accused openly-gay NBA player Jaso&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039736-conservatives-rally-behind-msms-howard-kurtz</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039736-conservatives-rally-behind-msms-howard-kurtz</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>journalism</category><category>cnn</category><category>fox-news</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>media-criticism</category><category>matt-drudge</category><category>howard-kurtz</category><category>media-news</category><category>john-podhoretz</category><category>breitbart</category><category>the-daily-beast</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 17:22:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatBDE42E6E-84C4-F714-4357-29F967E9B6CA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatBDE42E6E-84C4-F714-4357-29F967E9B6CA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>God, Guns And Gays: The Majority Of Americans vs. The GOP</title>
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The majority of Americans support the right of same-sex couples to  marry. The majority of Americans support an inclusive ENDA. The majority  of Americans support a women&rsquo;s right to choose. The majority of  Americans support common sense gun control, including expanded  b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039501-god-guns-and-gays-the-majority-of-americans-vs-the-gop</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039501-god-guns-and-gays-the-majority-of-americans-vs-the-gop</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>racism</category><category>sexism</category><category>creationism</category><category>homophobia</category><category>immigration-reform</category><category>tea-party</category><category>voter-id-laws</category><category>legalizing-marijuana</category><category>common-sense-gun-control</category><category>women-s-right-to-choose</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 17:03:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>5 Things You Need to Know About the NRA&amp;#039;s New President - His name is Jim Porter, and his politics will disgust you.</title>
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In the midst of the most promising time for the gun violence prevention debate in decades, the National Rifle Association will&nbsp; name a new president&nbsp;at their annual meeting May 3-5.&nbsp;
Alabama lawyer Jim Porter&nbsp; will replace&nbsp;current NRA Pre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039265-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-nras-new-president-his-name-is-jim-porter-and-his-politics-will-disgust-you</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18039265-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-nras-new-president-his-name-is-jim-porter-and-his-politics-will-disgust-you</guid><category>politics</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>war-of-northern-aggression</category><category>david-keene</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>conspiracy-theorist</category><category>european-style-socialism</category><category>gun-violence-prevention</category><category>jim-porter</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 16:34:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat28FE4621-0841-CABC-23DD-66659FBD0C34.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat28FE4621-0841-CABC-23DD-66659FBD0C34.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>