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		<title>The Lamest Analogy in the History of Energy and Climate: Equating &#8216;Benefits&#8217; of Keystone with Those of All U.S. Lighting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline have any significant energy security benefits?  No. In my recent reply to Joe Nocera, I said a line he borrowed from Michael Levi, &#8220;may be the lamest analogy in the history of energy and climate.&#8221;  Levi, who blogs for the Council on Foreign Relations, has doubled down with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/15/426425/lamest-analogy-energy-and-climate-equating-keystone-us-lighting/</link>
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		<title>Chris Weitz Turns from Directing Oscar-Nominated Movies to Immigration Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Chris Weitz didn&#8217;t just make one of the best movies of 2011 with his tender exploration of the lives of undocumented immigrants, A Better Life. The process of making the film turned him into a dedicated advocate for immigration reform, reconnecting with his Mexican heritage and studying Spanish and economics so he can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/02/15/426132/chris-weitz-turns-from-directing-oscar-nominated-movies-to-immigration-reform/</link>
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		<title>John Bolton Admits Attack On Iran Might Not Stop Its Nuclear Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton is one of the more outspoken Fox News pundits, nearly always advocating for U.S. and/or Israeli military action to stop Iran&#8217;s alleged nuclear weapons program. But appearing on Fox News today, Bolton, who still supports military action, admitted that military strikes might be incapable of breaking Iran&#8217;s control of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/15/425791/bolton-attack-iran-nuclear-program/</link>
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		<title>Fox Panel: Liberals Support Birth Control To &#8216;Get Rid Of The Poor&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking the war on birth control to the paranoid extreme, the panel on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;The Five&#8221; agreed this afternoon that contraception is really scheme of the left to eliminate poor people. Often-sarcastic co-host Greg Gutfeld first floated the idea, saying, &#8220;it&#8217;s more about getting rid of the poor.&#8221; &#8220;The right want the poor to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/15/426509/the-five-birth-control/</link>
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		<title>Bryan Fischer: Women &#8216;Are Not Prepared By DNA&#8217; To Serve In Combat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Rick Santorum had to walk back his comment that he opposes women serving in combat because &#8220;of emotions that are involved&#8221; by saying it&#8217;s not that he&#8217;s against women serving in combat, he&#8217;s just concerned that men are emotionally unfit to serve alongside women. Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association &#8212; an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/15/426467/byran-fischer-women-are-not-prepared-by-dna-to-serve-in-combat/</link>
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		<title>Mississppi Lawmaker Pushes Alabama-Style Attack On Schools And Showers For Immigrants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the harm caused by a harsh immigration law in the neighboring state of Alabama, Mississippi State Rep. Becky Currie (R) filed a bill, HB 488, that would implement an Alabama-style law in Mississippi. Unlike anti-immigrant laws in states like Georgia and Arizona, Currie&#8217;s bill includes Alabama&#8217;s unconstitutional provisions driving the children of immigrants out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/15/426267/mississippi-harmful-immigration-bill/</link>
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		<title>Romney Signs Anti-Porn Pledge, Ignores Demand To Return Contribution From &#8216;Hardcore&#8217; Pornographer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, three of the four current Republican presidential contenders responded to a survey from the group Morality in Media’s War on Illegal Pornography campaign. They all agreed to get aggressive with violators of federal obscenity laws if elected president. Mitt Romney specifically said he would be for &#8220;strict enforcement of our nation’s obscenity laws, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/02/15/426391/romney-anti-porn-pledge-ignores-contribution-pornographer/</link>
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		<title>West Wing Writer Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell: &#8216;Of Course&#8217; Obama Is A Better President Than President Bartlet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before he became an MSNBC host, Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell spent seven years as a writer and, eventually, executive producer on the West Wing. So it&#8217;s surprising that one of the key writers behind a show that&#8217;s liberal canon agrees that President Bartlet isn&#8217;t a progressive hero. As O&#8217;Donnell told ThinkProgress in a phone interview yesterday, &#8220;It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/02/15/426072/west-wing-writer-lawrence-odonnell-of-course-obama-is-a-better-president-than-president-bartlet/</link>
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		<title>Rahm Emanuel: &#8216;I&#8217;ll Push For&#8217; Marriage Equality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) is not sure if he supports marriage equality, Chicago mayor and former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel promised to advocate for legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. “I’ll push for it because it is consistent with the values base, and the practical values base, that I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/15/426442/rahm-emanuel-ill-push-for-marriage-equality/</link>
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		<title>Former Wall Street CEO Says Rule Reining In Banks&#8217; Risky Trading Doesn&#8217;t Go Far Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since it was first proposed, the financial services industry has launched a withering assault on the Volcker rule, a regulation meant to rein in the ability of banks to gamble with their customers&#8217; deposits. The banks were able to water the rule down before it was passed into law &#8212; thanks in no small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/15/426423/wall-street-ceo-volcker-further/</link>
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		<title>George Allen Wants To Be Virginia&#8217;s Tar Sands Senator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a new ad for the Virginia U.S. Senate race, Republican candidate George Allen implausibly argues that the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport Canadian tar sands crude from Montana to Texas refineries, would benefit the state of Virginia. The unnarrated 75-second spot, entitled &#8220;Unabashed,&#8221; laments that the nation has endured &#8220;35 straight months of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/02/15/426236/george-allen-wants-to-be-virginias-tar-sands-senator/</link>
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		<title>Democratic National Convention Chairman Open To Including Marriage Equality In 2012 Platform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The newly appointed chair of the Democratic National Convention, Antonio Villaraigosa, has reiterated his support for marriage equality, but said on a conference call today that &#8220;it&#8217;s not for me to dictate&#8221; whether that position is part of the party&#8217;s official platform. Villaraigosa made the comments in response to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s (D-CA) call [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/15/426339/democratic-national-convention-chairman-open-to-including-marriage-equality-in-2012-platform/</link>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Going to Die on &#8216;Community&#8217;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel McHale&#8217;s confirmed that, whenever Community comes back, &#8220;someone you&#8217;ve seen a lot&#8221; will die in the show. This seems like a good decision: I think the show&#8217;s done a good job with its younger characters this season in terms of both giving them emotional stakes and moving them towards figuring out what their adult [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/02/15/426080/whos-going-to-die-on-community/</link>
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		<title>Obama Plan To Reduce Nukes Is Good For Budget, Boosts Moral Authority On Global Nonproliferation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Lawrence Korb and Alex Rothman The Obama administration is reportedly considering major reductions in the size the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The administration has reportedly asked the Pentagon to evaluate three options for further cuts: to approximately 1100, 800, or 400 weapons. Any of these scenarios would take the United States well below the ceiling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/15/426332/obama-plan-to-reduce-nukes-is-good-for-budget-boosts-moral-authority-on-global-nonproliferation/</link>
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		<title>House Republicans Again Try To Make It Easier To Cut Funding For Low-Income Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the summer, House Republicans &#8212; led by House Education Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) &#8212; released a bill that would have made it easier to cut funding for low-income and at-risk students. And as Center for American Progress Associate Director of Education Research Raegen Miller noted today, the GOP is at it again, aiming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/education/2012/02/15/426241/gop-low-income-student-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Power for the People: Overcoming Barriers to Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An action plan for boosting weatherization efforts in low-income communities by Jorge Madrid and Adam James Energy efficiency upgrades to low-income homes help struggling families use less energy and lower their utility bills while still meeting their daily energy needs. A family living in an older home, for example, could cut their yearly energy bill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/15/426045/power-for-the-people-barriers-to-energy-efficiency-for-low-income-families/</link>
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		<title>Chris Christie Ignores Gov. Gregoire&#8217;s Outreach On Marriage Equality, Hopes To Swiftly Veto Measure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) hopes to put the politically delicate question of same-sex marriage behind him and is prepared to swiftly veto a bill extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians, even if it means ignoring the arguments of proponents. ThinkProgress has learned that Christie has yet to respond to a letter from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/15/426256/chris-christie-ignores-gov-gregoires-outreach-on-marriage-equality-hopes-to-swiftly-veto-measure/</link>
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		<title>Poll: &#8216;RomneyCare&#8217; Overwhelmingly Popular In Massachusetts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During his presidential run, Mitt Romney has tried to distance himself from the universal healthcare plan he passed as governor of Massachusetts because of its similarities to President Obama&#8217;s Affordable Care Act, but Romney&#8217;s law has been highly successful and, a new poll shows, very popular. The poll from WBUR, an NPR-affiliate in Boston, finds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/15/426255/poll-romneycare-overwhelmingly-popular-in-massachusetts/</link>
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		<title>Conservatives&#8217; Cultural Agonies at CPAC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something refreshingly honest in two takes by conservative commentators on the behavior of young and youngish people at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Erick Erickson laments the lines of young men queued up to buy condoms, and the trend he sees in men coming to the conference with the goal of having casual sex: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/02/15/425639/conservatives-cultural-agonies-at-cpac/</link>
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		<title>Chief Sponsor of Virginia &#8216;Personhood&#8217; Bill Calls The Affordable Care Act &#8216;Rape&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a so-called &#8220;Personhood&#8221; bill which purports to give fertilized eggs the same legal rights as actual human beings. As ThinkProgress has previously explained, these bills could outlaw many forms of birth control, and they also attempt to ban abortion even when a woman is raped. This is hardly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/15/425944/chief-sponsor-of-virginia-personhood-bill-calls-the-affordable-care-act-rape/</link>
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