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(Reuters) - A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to make it easier for U.S. companies to hire foreign workers as part of a broad immigration bill being debated in Congress.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for the amendment, which would loosen requirements that employers recrui&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18405474-senate-panel-oks-changes-sought-by-tech-firms-in-immigration-bill-reuters</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18405474-senate-panel-oks-changes-sought-by-tech-firms-in-immigration-bill-reuters</guid><category>technology</category><category>unemployment</category><category>workers</category><category>high-tech</category><category>visa</category><category>charles-schumer</category><category>orrin-hatch</category><category>h1-b</category><category>foreigner</category><category>l-1</category><category>mcjobs</category><category>foreign-worker</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:40:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle334FAF39-C2AE-096C-1953-AFBD9B355975.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="80" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle334FAF39-C2AE-096C-1953-AFBD9B355975.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS sued for seizing medical records of 10 million Americans </title>
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&ldquo;This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal&nbsp;Revenue Service (&lsquo;IRS&rsquo;) agents (collectively referred to as &lsquo;Defendants&rsquo; herein) during a raid of John Doe Company, in the southern district of California, on M&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18323911-irs-sued-for-seizing-medical-records-of-10-million-americans</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18323911-irs-sued-for-seizing-medical-records-of-10-million-americans</guid><category>lawsuit</category><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>class-action-lawsuit</category><category>medical-records</category><category>4th-amendment</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:43:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleBCDC7780-4E28-9223-47D7-31CA93921D56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleBCDC7780-4E28-9223-47D7-31CA93921D56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>This Is No Ordinary Scandal - WSJ.com</title>
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The IRS case deserves and calls out for an independent counsel, fully armed with all that position's powers. Only then will stables that badly need to be cleaned, be cleaned.&nbsp;
Everyone involved in this abuse of power should pay a price, because if they don't, the politici&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18317659-this-is-no-ordinary-scandal-wsjcom</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18317659-this-is-no-ordinary-scandal-wsjcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>irs</category><category>obama</category><category>abuse-of-power</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:33:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle8A1AAE3A-D82C-8FFC-BB55-86360A81167E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle8A1AAE3A-D82C-8FFC-BB55-86360A81167E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>VIDEO:Jon Stewart Mocks Obama Over Latest Scandals</title>
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Jon Stewart Mocks Obama Over Latest Scandals: 'I Think The White House Is Going To Start Reading Their Emails Now' (VIDEO)
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18276443-videojon-stewart-mocks-obama-over-latest-scandals</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18276443-videojon-stewart-mocks-obama-over-latest-scandals</guid><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>video</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleB1C8B10F-51B8-F12A-FE55-FA7047F7B759.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleB1C8B10F-51B8-F12A-FE55-FA7047F7B759.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says</title>
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At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency&rsquo;s&nbsp;inspector &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18216197-irs-targeted-groups-that-criticized-the-government-ig-report-says</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18216197-irs-targeted-groups-that-criticized-the-government-ig-report-says</guid><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>obama</category><category>groups</category><category>targets</category><category>iris-inspector-general</category><category>government-critics</category><category>u-s-constitution-education</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 01:57:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spinning Benghazi: The C.I.A.'s Talking-Point Edits : The New Yorker</title>
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It&rsquo;s a clich&eacute;, of course, but it really is true: in Washington, every scandal has a crime and a coverup. The ongoing debate about the attack on the United States facility in Benghazi where four Americans were killed, and the Obama Administration&rsquo;s response to&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18209754-spinning-benghazi-the-cias-talking-point-edits-the-new-yorker</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18209754-spinning-benghazi-the-cias-talking-point-edits-the-new-yorker</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>benghazi</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 14:08:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle9284C2C7-862D-6300-5D21-8B2DEC0F002B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle9284C2C7-862D-6300-5D21-8B2DEC0F002B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform | Threat Level | Wired.com</title>
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The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system.
Buried in the more than&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18200781-biometric-database-of-all-adult-americans-hidden-in-immigration-reform-threat-level-wiredcom</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18200781-biometric-database-of-all-adult-americans-hidden-in-immigration-reform-threat-level-wiredcom</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>border-security</category><category>government</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>aclu</category><category>big-brother</category><category>database</category><category>department-of-homeland-security</category><category>immigration-reform</category><category>federal-database</category><category>economic-opportunity</category><category>biometric-database</category><category>national-identification-system</category><category>and-immigration-modernization-act</category><category>bio-metric</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:06:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle5B2B18EE-56D1-DD99-C124-E5616C79C493.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="224" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle5B2B18EE-56D1-DD99-C124-E5616C79C493.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>If the Millionaires' Party ever gets its act together, watch out</title>
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If millionaires were a political party, that party would make up less than 10% of the country, but it would have a filibuster-proof super-majority in the Senate, a majority in the House, a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court, and a man in the White House. If the Millionaires&rsqu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18199853-if-the-millionaires-party-ever-gets-its-act-together-watch-out</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18199853-if-the-millionaires-party-ever-gets-its-act-together-watch-out</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>millionaires</category><category>nick-carnes</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:24:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle4ED6C4BE-5F07-5FD3-10A3-18663750A65B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="202" width="303" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle4ED6C4BE-5F07-5FD3-10A3-18663750A65B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democratic strategist: Party 'in decline'</title>
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One of the Democrats&rsquo; most veteran strategists warns that the party is &ldquo;in decline&rdquo; and &ldquo;at considerable risk&rdquo; when President Barack Obama is no longer on the scene.
&ldquo;Since Obama was elected President, the Democrats have lost nine governorsh&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18192859-democratic-strategist-party-in-decline</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18192859-democratic-strategist-party-in-decline</guid><category>politics</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>memo</category><category>decline</category><category>obama-democrats</category><category>doug-sosnik</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleB59BB812-EC05-E3F8-C483-3A0B7816CC2F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleB59BB812-EC05-E3F8-C483-3A0B7816CC2F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Video: &quot;Snapchat'' Photos Don't Disappear. Deleted photos saved on phone</title>
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Orem-based firm Decipher Forensics said it has derived a method to extract the supposedly no-longer-viewable images and pass them on to parents, lawyers and law enforcement.
"The actual app is even saving the picture," said Richard Hickman, a digital forensics examiner. "They &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18169441-video-snapchat-photos-dont-disappear-deleted-photos-saved-on-phone</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18169441-video-snapchat-photos-dont-disappear-deleted-photos-saved-on-phone</guid><category>technology</category><category>photos</category><category>smartphone</category><category>snapchat</category><category>nomedia</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:48:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleBE0CBE89-A88F-58F4-4944-C262766CB021.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleBE0CBE89-A88F-58F4-4944-C262766CB021.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Western black rhino declared extinct - CNN.com</title>
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London (CNN) -- Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct according the latest review of animals and plants by the world's largest conservation network.
 The subspecies of the black rhino -- which is classified as "critically endangered" by the International Union&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18149872-western-black-rhino-declared-extinct-cnncom</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18149872-western-black-rhino-declared-extinct-cnncom</guid><category>africa</category><category>environment</category><category>iucn</category><category>western-black-rhino</category><category>extinct-rhino</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle8BD97C4D-DF29-1DAC-4CCE-23CA97811223.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle8BD97C4D-DF29-1DAC-4CCE-23CA97811223.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NAVY SEAL TEAM VI FAMILIES TO REVEAL GOVERNMENT'S CULPABILITY IN DEATH OF THEIR SONS </title>
<description><![CDATA[NAVY SEAL TEAM VI FAMILIES TO REVEAL GOVERNMENT&rsquo;S CULPABILITY IN DEATH OF THEIR SONS IN FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL RAID ON BIN LADEN&rsquo;S COMPOUND]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18146596-navy-seal-team-vi-families-to-reveal-governments-culpability-in-death-of-their-sons</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18146596-navy-seal-team-vi-families-to-reveal-governments-culpability-in-death-of-their-sons</guid><category>taliban</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>obama</category><category>special-operations</category><category>us-news</category><category>biden</category><category>navy-seal-team-vi</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 13:16:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gun crime has plunged, but Americans think it's up, says study - latimes.com</title>
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Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show.
Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18110597-gun-crime-has-plunged-but-americans-think-its-up-says-study-latimescom</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18110597-gun-crime-has-plunged-but-americans-think-its-up-says-study-latimescom</guid><category>guns</category><category>crime</category><category>violent-crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>reduction</category><category>decrease</category><category>gun-crime</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 23:49:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle50595A02-0C0C-DA20-5CF8-7650B681EFEB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle50595A02-0C0C-DA20-5CF8-7650B681EFEB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Workers Claim Racial Bias in Farms' Hiring of Immigrants - NYTimes.com</title>
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But as Congress weighs immigration legislation expected to expand the guest worker program, another group is increasingly crying foul &mdash; Americans, mostly black, who live near the farms and say they want the field work but cannot get it because it is going to Mexicans. The&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18107775-workers-claim-racial-bias-in-farms-hiring-of-immigrants-nytimescom</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18107775-workers-claim-racial-bias-in-farms-hiring-of-immigrants-nytimescom</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>reform</category><category>immigrant</category><category>legislation</category><category>guest-workers</category><category>farms</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 18:41:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle58AE5E72-80B3-1BCE-4391-394138B9B8EA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle58AE5E72-80B3-1BCE-4391-394138B9B8EA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate passes internet sales tax bill amid opposition from conservatives | guardian.co.uk</title>
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Bill to overturn 1992 court decision has support of Obama, Amazon and Walmart &ndash; but its future in the House is uncertain
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The bill passed the Senate by 70 votes to 24 but faces a second test in the House of Representatives where internet retailers and conserv&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18090387-senate-passes-internet-sales-tax-bill-amid-opposition-from-conservatives-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18090387-senate-passes-internet-sales-tax-bill-amid-opposition-from-conservatives-guardiancouk</guid><category>senate</category><category>tax</category><category>politics</category><category>internet</category><category>obama</category><category>sales-tax</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 23:13:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle1EB46995-695C-A175-4993-1499BBF02CDA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle1EB46995-695C-A175-4993-1499BBF02CDA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>TIME/CNN Poll Shows Increasing Number Of Americans Won't Give Up Civil Liberties To Fight Terrorism </title>
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from the the-government-can't-give-you-safety,-but-it-can-take-your-rights dept
 When discussing NYPD Police Chief Ray Kelly's assertion that "privacy is off the table" as a result of the Boston bombing, I mentioned I hadn't heard any public outcry demanding the government and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18086340-timecnn-poll-shows-increasing-number-of-americans-wont-give-up-civil-liberties-to-fight-terrorism</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18086340-timecnn-poll-shows-increasing-number-of-americans-wont-give-up-civil-liberties-to-fight-terrorism</guid><category>terrorism</category><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>government</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>civil-liberties</category><category>freedom</category><category>anti-terrorism</category><category>liberties</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle0E37C739-6034-12DC-D0F3-52B4BAEB83B8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle0E37C739-6034-12DC-D0F3-52B4BAEB83B8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Funny thing happened on the way to global warming</title>
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A funny thing happened on the way to the global warming apocalypse. First, temperatures stopped rising, defying the projections of supposed environmental experts. Then, increased oil-and-gas drilling, opposed by climate change true believers, helped reduce U.S. production of ca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18067169-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-global-warming</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18067169-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-global-warming</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>environment</category><category>co2</category><category>carbon-dioxide-emissions</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 13:45:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleF4DBD118-F71E-BE24-E5AF-1A502AA97051.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="118" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleF4DBD118-F71E-BE24-E5AF-1A502AA97051.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="48" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? | guardian.co.uk</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18054940-are-all-telephone-calls-recorded-and-accessible-to-the-us-government-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18054940-are-all-telephone-calls-recorded-and-accessible-to-the-us-government-guardiancouk</guid><category>fbi</category><category>phone</category><category>email</category><category>government</category><category>surveillance</category><category>us-news</category><category>nsa</category><category>interception</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 16:51:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle16F67A93-DE1F-C654-2732-A7D172640E96.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="221" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle16F67A93-DE1F-C654-2732-A7D172640E96.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama: The fall - The Washington Post</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18045512-obama-the-fall-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18045512-obama-the-fall-the-washington-post</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lack of jobs pushes 4.4 million out of work force - CBS News</title>
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Today's good news that the economy added 165,000 jobs meant the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5 percent.&nbsp;
That rate change only happened because the pool of people being counted is so low. Nearly 4.4 million people aren't included in the jobs report because they have dro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18044182-lack-of-jobs-pushes-44-million-out-of-work-force-cbs-news</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18044182-lack-of-jobs-pushes-44-million-out-of-work-force-cbs-news</guid><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>obama</category><category>unemployed</category><category>bureau-of-labor-statistics</category><category>great-recession</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 01:44:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>VIDEO: Too Big to Jail? - Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders U.S. Senator for Vermont&nbsp;&nbsp;- Too Big to Jail?
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18025628-video-too-big-to-jail-bernie-sanders-us-senator-for-vermont</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18025628-video-too-big-to-jail-bernie-sanders-us-senator-for-vermont</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>politics</category><category>senator</category><category>vermont</category><category>youtube</category><category>bernie-sanders</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>attorney-general-of-the-united-states</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 02:00:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleA2D2920E-AF94-912D-0922-F4A11F6C39FF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleA2D2920E-AF94-912D-0922-F4A11F6C39FF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Russia builds up, U.S. down - Washington Times</title>
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As the Obama administration prepares to launch a new round of strategic nuclear missile cuts, Russia&rsquo;s strategic nuclear forces are undergoing a major modernization, according to U.S. officials.
Russia's military announced last month that as part of the nuclear buildup, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18020701-russia-builds-up-us-down-washington-times</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18020701-russia-builds-up-us-down-washington-times</guid><category>russia</category><category>nuclear</category><category>military</category><category>missile</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>icbm</category><category>nuclear-missile</category><category>yars-m</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 16:28:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle37B58D24-58BF-BFFC-C40C-13F8EE94BA10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="72" width="127" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle37B58D24-58BF-BFFC-C40C-13F8EE94BA10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Group sought to protect Wasserman Schultz's congressional seat, emails show - MiamiHerald.com</title>
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A liberal group involved in a lawsuit to make Florida&rsquo;s congressional districts less partisan engaged in its own partisan efforts by drawing Democratic-heavy Hispanic seats or trying to "scoop" Jewish voters into a district for U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Demo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18019344-group-sought-to-protect-wasserman-schultzs-congressional-seat-emails-show-miamiheraldcom</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18019344-group-sought-to-protect-wasserman-schultzs-congressional-seat-emails-show-miamiheraldcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>democratic-national-committee</category><category>dnc</category><category>wasserman-schultz</category><category>fair-districts-coalition</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 14:38:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle91C9A4F0-36C3-2ECA-DCC3-1C965547D023.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="123" width="223" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle91C9A4F0-36C3-2ECA-DCC3-1C965547D023.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama to nominate Chicago exec Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary Thursday - Chicago Sun-Times</title>
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Pritzker &mdash; who turns 54 on Thursday &mdash; served as national finance chair for Obama&rsquo;s presidentital 2008 campaign. The team she led was successful in making Obama&rsquo;s bid viable, quickly raising enough campaign cash from major donors to demonstrate he had the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18017277-obama-to-nominate-chicago-exec-penny-pritzker-as-commerce-secretary-thursday-chicago-sun-times</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18017277-obama-to-nominate-chicago-exec-penny-pritzker-as-commerce-secretary-thursday-chicago-sun-times</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>nomination</category><category>pritzker</category><category>commerce-secretary</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 12:06:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama nominates former wireless and cable lobbyist to head FCC</title>
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President Barack Obama will nominate venture capitalist and former wireless and cable lobbyist Tom Wheeler on Wednesday to head the Federal Communications Commission.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/18001417-obama-nominates-former-wireless-and-cable-lobbyist-to-head-fcc</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/18001417-obama-nominates-former-wireless-and-cable-lobbyist-to-head-fcc</guid><category>lobbyist</category><category>politics</category><category>fcc</category><category>obama</category><category>federal-communications-commission</category><category>tom-wheeler</category><category>lobbyist-federal-communications-commission</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 15:08:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleA64E2900-2B4A-4508-961F-FD34B631CE2A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddleA64E2900-2B4A-4508-961F-FD34B631CE2A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>