Author: Juliana
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Obama 2012 selects Campaign HQ
No surprise it’s in Chicago. WASHINGTON — The Obama 2012 national headquarters will be at One Prudential Plaza, I’ve learned exclusively, a skyscraper whose south front faces Grant Park, where President Obama held his 2008 election night victory rally. The building — completed in 1955 and known to Chicagoans by its original name, thePrudential Building…
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The fight for HOPE is heating up!
BREAKING: One student arrested, 15 given trepassing citations at HOPE debate today. Some college students were tossed out of the Senate gallery Wednesday for disrupting the debate on the massive overhaul to the HOPE scholarship. Students hissed when lawmakers mentioned changes they didn’t like and snapped for those they supported. Some chanted: “Kill the bill!” After…
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Well at least someone noticed!
REP. JOHN LEWIS CELEBRATES THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Washington, D.C. – Today we celebrate the 100thanniversary of International Women’s Day . Begun in 1908, it emerged out of the struggles of women in the labor movement and is used today as a way to raise awareness about the struggles and historic contributions…
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GA Republicans commit “Crime against the future”
Really, yes really. The “Reduced HOPE” GOP House bill not only sailed through the House in record time, but the Republican controlled Senate committee well damn, man, that was like shit through a goose as my grandfather would say. This morning it came before the Senate committee and in something 37 minutes it was in…
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I couldn’t love this story more
Why, because it’s got everything I love-protests, international goodwill, small business success, solidarity, personal stories and best of all Ian’s Pizza! Oh yeah sure the First Amendment is fine and all, but protesting without any idea of where your next meal is coming from is pretty Un-American! Heck, every successful protest movement counts on a…
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From the Tip Line: SB63 Medicaid “Smart Card” has “issues”
A smart reader sent this. I am a political science student and like to keep up with whats happening under the Gold Dome during session. Earlier this week I saw a Senate Press Conference concerning SB 63. SB 63 would establish a new ID card for Medicaid and Peach care patients. This proposed “smart” card…