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August 25, 2009
If you bump into the president on the Vineyard...
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August 21, 2009
Conservatives will find a way to raise hell about the first black first family living lavish on The Vineyard with Secret Service in tow.
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August 19, 2009
Obama's foreclosure initiative is failing. Here's what that should teach us about health care: Cautious politics are no match for massive, entrenched problems.
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August 18, 2009
He has no affiliation to speak of other than the Rahm Emanuel Is Not My Homeboy Club...
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August 6, 2009
The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court, and it’s first Latina Justice by a vote of 68-31.
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by Philip Kennicott onAugust 6, 2009
A "political" poster of Obama as the Joker turns on violent symbolism.
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August 5, 2009
More than 200 black officers are bringing suit against the white supervisors they say discriminated against them...
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August 4, 2009
CNN's Ed Hornick wants to know...
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August 4, 2009
The cash for clunkers plan is intriguing, but suspicious
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July 30, 2009
Beck sees ....BLACK PEOPLE. And like some other white people... he's scared.
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