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  1984 by George Orwell should be mandatory reading in every school across the United States. The date might have been off, but the story isn’t. Obama’s campaign seems to have taken at least one idea from the Orwell novel in the form of the “Truth Team,” which is nothing more than an online propaganda mill. The “Truth Team” is comprised of Keeping the GOP Honest, Attack Watch, and Keeping His Word. They are all inaccurate but the goal isn’t accuracy as the names would imply. ...

“Weather Vane Man”: Tracking Paul Ryan’s 5 Different Positions On The Sequester House Republicans are attempting to blame Democrats and President Obama for “sequestration,” the automatic budget cuts that will begin taking effect on March 1 if Congress fails to avert them. But even as they cast that blame and ignore their own role in creation of the sequester, which wouldn’t exist had Republicans not refused to raise the debt ceiling in August 2011, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ry...

>> chuck, i hope not. i have tried to answer each of your questions. youre right, time tables are difficult things to know. i hope not. i hope we can begin to enter afghan negotiations. i hope the taliban will continue to move towards their commitment to break with al qaeda. if we can do that, i hope that we can reduce our cost and blood and treasure there in afghanistan. >> you keep saying hope. hope is always, i have noticed when officials say hope, that is usually the last word they say becau...

Amendment for bids. the university cannot force a professor to speak messages he disagrees with. >> i want to read something from think progress, the headline is this professor wants to disrespect to train students so much is going to court. they talk about a the african they help meriwethers case will be a vehicle for them to impose a double standard that justifies discrimination against transgender people that wouldnt otherwise be tolerated against other groups. tyson layinghoffer said this is...

A university cannot force a professor to speak messages that he disagrees with. >> shannon: i want to read something from think progress, the headline is "this professor wants to disrespect trans students so much he is going to court." they talk about what you are defending, they hoped that his case will be a medium to impose double standards that justify discrimination against transgender people that wouldnt otherwise be tolerated against other groups. tyson langhofer said in a statement it isn...

Hold the nations first hearings on the idea of medicare for all. you can see evidence of pressure on that account today as well. a reporter with think progress today followed supporters of medicare for all as they showed up too at the capitol hill offices of freshmen members of congress who had run saying they supported medicare for all. now is the time for activists to hold them to it. this means new congressman like ayanna pressley from pennsylvania and alexandria ocasio-cortez from new york. ...

The new democratic majority will hold the nations first hearings on the idea of medicare for all. you can see evidence of pressure on that account today as well. a reporter with think progress today followed supporters of medicare for all as they showed up, too, at the capitol hill offices, freshmen members of congress who had run saying they support medicare for all. now activists will hold them to it. ayanna presley of massachusetts. with they showed up last year in support of the affordable c...

Welcome back, everyone. joining us now, co-founder of axios, mike allen. good to have you with us this morning. what is the one big thing for us? >> the axios one big thing, beto 2020. so the happiest loser in america, beto orourke, congressman from texas who, of course, lost that texas race the ted cruz but is the hottest topic as we talk to people about potential 2020 democratic candidates. there was a poll out yesterday that showed him at the top of the field from think progress. why is that?...

Accidentally found a boyfriend. >> tucker: am i misunderstanding this or do the social media platforms have a congressional exemption that allows them not to be held legally responsible for things that are set on their platform, in other words, they are not media companies and it cant be sued as media companies can be sued? but now they are acting like media companies, how does that work? >> how it works as they have the best of both worlds. you have it exactly right, they are treated like media...

There you have it. thats my kryptonite. i cant say those things. the website think progress today picked up this graphic that isthmus made to show the results this year in wisconsin. its clear as you can get in terms of showing what happened in this election and showing the challenges for democratic party nationwide. in wisconsin this year, democrats actually did great. democrats sort of ran the table in wisconsin. and this actually shows the democratic votes and the republican votes for all the...