The Great American Stupid

John Cory | The Great American Stupid
John Cory, Reader Supported News
John Cory begins: "The Glenn Beck Magic Revival Hour is over now. The concession stands have sold out of 'Freedumb Pop,' while Believers shout hosannas and praise the 'Word' as revealed to Beck from the burning sagebrush of John Wayne's sacred spirit."
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Frank Rich | The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party
Frank Rich, The New York Times
Frank Rich begins: "Another weekend, another grass-roots demonstration starring Real Americans who are mad as hell and want to take back their country from you-know-who."
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7 US Troops Killed in Latest Afghanistan Fighting
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press
Report begins: "Seven US troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat."
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AUDIO: Migrants Common Prey of Mexico's Deadly Violence
Jason Beaubien, NPR
Report begins: "This week Mexico experienced the worst mass killing in what was already an incredibly bloody battle against organized crime. Seventy-two migrants were gunned down by what authorities say were drug cartel hitmen."
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Were the New Orleans Police Ordered to Shoot Looters?
Mary Foster, Associated Press
Curtis begins: "Forty-seven years ago Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and witnessed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech, which summed up the hopes of generations."
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Lawrence Davidson | Victory in Iraq??
Lawrence Davidson, Reader Supported News
Lawrence Davidson: "Our alleged triumph has served to destabilize not just Iraq but that entire region, and we will have to pay the piper for many years to come."
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Reclaiming the Dream
Lottie L. Joiner, Gannett News
Congressman John Lewis: "We wanted to bring people together ... We wanted people to come to the point and realize that we were one people, one family, one house: the American house, the American family. We didn't go around calling people racists. Mr. Beck called the president of the United States a racist."
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USA Today to Lay Off 130; Shifting Focus Away From Print
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
"USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices."
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Mary C. Curtis | Is Glenn Beck Hijacking MLK's Legacy?
Mary C. Curtis, Politics Daily
Curtis begins: "Forty-seven years ago Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and witnessed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech, which summed up the hopes of generations."
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Legacy of Torture
The New York Times | Editorial
Intro: "The Bush administration insisted that 'enhanced interrogation techniques' -- torture -- were necessary to extract information from prisoners and keep Americans safe from terrorist attacks. Never mind that it was immoral, did huge damage to this country's global standing and produced little important intelligence. Now, as we had feared, it is also making it much harder to try and convict accused terrorists."
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WikiLeaks Builds a Legal Shield in Sweden
Mia Shanley, Reuters
"The choice of Sweden gives WikiLeaks a better shot at fulfilling the 39-year-old Australian's self-proclaimed mission to make the world more transparent. Jonathan Coad, head of litigation at London-based Swan Turton, says it would be hard for the US government to challenge Sweden's free speech act."
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Newsweek Poll: Democrats May Not Be Headed for Midterm Bloodbath
Daniel Stone, Newsweek
Intro: "Obama's approval continues to slide, but Bush's legacy still haunts the GOP. As Democrats prepare for considerable losses in the November elections, there's reason to believe the party in power may not be headed for the bloodbath it might expect."
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