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President Obama: “The Affordable Care Act is here to stay”
From the White House: On March 23, 2010, I sat down at a table in the East Room of the White House and signed my name on a law that said, once and for all, […]
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SCOTUS Watch – Friday, June 26th – UPDATE: Court rules that same-sex marriage is a right
June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar normally calls […]
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SCOTUS Watch – Thursday, June 25th – UPDATED: ACA Wins! Fair Housing Wins!
June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar calls for […]
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Let Our People Vote
Today, Democrats in Congress will introduce the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015, a bill intended to repair the damage done to the Voting Rights Act by the Shelby County v Holder Supreme Court ruling […]
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Leonard Pitts: “Where can we find sanctuary?”
Leonard Pitts, widely syndicated opinion writer for the Miami Herald, published an editorial yesterday: There is no sanctuary He begins with the definition of “sanctuary”: The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary. […]
Election 2016
GOP Primary Primacy – NBC/WSJ Poll
Jeb!mentum and Trumpmania were the watchwords last week as the clown car swelled by two. Word was that Bobby Jindal, dictator of Louisiana, was to have announced on Saturday but probably held up as he […]
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SCOTUS Watch – Monday, June 22nd – UPDATED
June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar calls for […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: June 21st through June 27th
Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]
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President Obama: “I refuse to act as if this is the new normal”
The president spoke at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco on Friday. One of the topics was gun violence. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Obviously, the entire country has been shocked and heartbroken by what happened […]
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Creating New Pathways of Opportunity for Americans Like You
The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President spoke […]