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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. The goal is to sell Obama at all costs. Attack Watch, the Orwellian “fact checker,” has some new...

“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 Ryan (R-WI) is expected to count the sequester’s automatic cuts in the next version of his budget, B...

>> chuck, i hope not. i have tried to answer each of your questions. you're 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 because they don't think progress is coming. you sound pessimistic. >> i'm not pessimistic. i have watch...

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 meriwether's case will be a vehicle for them to impose a double standard that justifies discrimination against transgender people that wouldn't otherwise be tolerated against other groups. tyson layinghoffer said this isn't just about a pronoun but endorsing an ideology that is false but respecting people for who the...

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 wouldn't otherwise be tolerated against other groups. tyson langhofer said in a statement it isn't just about a pronoun, it's about endorsing an ideology -- that's false comments about respecting...