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McCain's Pastor Problems Deepen, Widen

by Anne Landman — May 23, 2008 - 12:24pm

Pastor John Hagee, the controversial Christian televangelist who last March endorsed Senator John McCain's nom

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Huffington Post, May 21, 2008

Bigger Isn't Always Better

by Anne Landman — May 15, 2008 - 12:48pm

Colorado Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bob Schaffer proclaims his devotion to the state in his latest television ad, saying "Colorado is my life ...

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The Denver Post, May 15, 2008

Where There's PR Smoke, There's Grassfire.org, Dude

by John Stauber — May 9, 2008 - 12:06pm

Columnist Dimitri Vassilaros received a news release about a grassroots "petition to stop climate alarmism" and attacking Al Gore's work.

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 9, 2008

University Helps Censor "One-Sided" Science

by Diane Farsetta — April 7, 2008 - 12:38pm

Administrators of "Popline," the "world's largest scientific database on reproductive health," which is housed at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Public Health, "blocked the word 'abortion' as a search term after receiving a complaint from the Bush administration over two abortion-related articles listed in the database." The search block has since been remov

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Wired blog "Threat Level," April 4, 2008

Changing of the Guard at Freedom's Watch

by Sheldon Rampton — April 4, 2008 - 10:25am

Freedom's Watch, the right-wing advocacy group, recently hired Carl Forti, the former political director for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, signalling that the group "is getting ready to gear up for Election 2008," reports Bill Berkowitz.

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Media Transparency, April 3, 2008

When "Civil Rights" Means Ending Affirmative Action

by Anne Landman — April 2, 2008 - 12:07pm

People in Colorado who signed an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative petition are charging that petition circulators deceived them about the measure's real purpose and intent.

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New York Times, April 1, 2008

Vets for Freedom Pushes School Too Far

by Diane Farsetta — March 27, 2008 - 2:47pm

It was originally planned as "a low-key classroom discussion about patriotism and service to country" at Forest Lake High School in Minnesota. But when the Republican Party-associated pro-Iraq war group Vets for Freedom "decided to call a press conference at the school and alerted media," things got heated.

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Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota), March 26, 2008
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