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            <description><![CDATA[Even some liberals are frustrated by Sonia Sotomayor's carefully plotted answers this week. The Daily Beast's Paul Campos on how she's denying the truth about our legal system.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Franken: Sonia's `Pretty Cool']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[New Senator Al Franken stayed true to his comedic roots at Sotomayor's confirmation today, namechecking TV detective Perry Mason and calling Sotomayor's success "pretty cool." WATCH VIDEO of the best moments from the hearings.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonia's Kabuki Confirmation]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Without any objectionable cases in her past, all Republicans can really come up with is their particularly virulent brand of identity politics. By Eric Alterman.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonia Scores a KO]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Not even the roughest-and most leading-questions from the GOP peanut gallery could derail Obama's Supreme Court nominee Tuesday. As Scott Horton argues, she's cruising toward confirmation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Sonia I Know]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Stephen Carter, the bestselling author-and her former law-school classmate and editor-on why he's been rooting for her nomination all along.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yes, It's All About Race]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As conservatives call Sotomayor an "activist" judge, Matthew Yglesias says remember one thing: Conservatives love activist judges-as long as they advance the interests of white people.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonia: The Drinking Game]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein says the Sotomayor hearings don't have to be a snooze-crack open a beer and let the buzzwords start flying. Who'll be the first to say 'empathy'?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama: The Musical]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[9 Most Outrageous News Videos of the Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[August is usually slow on news and entertainment, which means it's the perfect time to indulge in trainwreck television. Take this, for example: Sherri of The View has been working out for months to look good in a bathing suit, and she does! But what...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[10 Most Outrageous News Videos of the Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[You'd think the guy behind The 40-Year-Old Virgin, famous for a scene where Steve Carell gets his chest waxed, would be immune to grisly deforestation footage. But host Sherri Shepherd's adventure in bikini waxing managed to shock even the unflappable...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Puerto Rican All-Stars]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor's recent Supreme Court nomination will likely make her the first Latina on the bench in America's highest court. In 1992, Sotomayor became the youngest judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the first...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor: The Movie]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Justices Give Court Liberal Voice]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The tenor of debate at the Supreme Court has changed since two justices, appointed by President Barack Obama, have joined the nation's highest judicial body. For the first time in 20 years, there are liberal voices to stand up to the questions of...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leaked: Obama Supreme Court Memo]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Well this is illuminating: Ed Whelan, the president of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center, has gotten his hands on a memo about the Supreme Court written to President Obama by Laurence H. Tribe, the Harvard law professor who is one of the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kagan Sworn In to Supreme Court]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[History has been made: Elena Kagan, former Harvard Law School dean and most recently President Obama's solicitor general, has been sworn in to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court. Kagan will be the fourth woman ever to...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Supremes Uphold Anti-Terror Law]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hamas shouldn't expect help from American aid organizations any time soon: The Supreme Court upheld on Monday a federal law that bars "material support" to foreign-terrorist organizations. Humanitarian groups had challenged the law on free-speech...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia from the Bronx and Ruth from Brooklyn should say hello to Elena from Manhattan. President Barack Obama nominated U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan as an associate justice for the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Kagan will be the third New York...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Always an eclectic mix, Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World is written by insiders on each subject and includes leaders, artists, heroes, and thinkers. 2010's "Leaders" include President Barack Obama, Brazil's President...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sadly, there won't be a "wise Latina" this time, but otherwise the list of likely successors to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens should look familiar: President Obama is said to have already drafted a shortlist with many of the same names he...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Justices May Stiff-Arm NFL Suit]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court appears prepared to rebuke the National Football League in its quest to secure broad protection from antitrust suits. At issue in a case involving the league and a clothing manufacturer is how greatly the NFL can restrict trade and...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The First Celebrity Justice]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rookie Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor may be out-talking her fellow judges and outshining Beltway stars in New York and Washington's gossip columns, but the New Yorker's Lauren Collins finds her to be an earthy, grounded, and technocratic...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Sotomayor Shake Up Court?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[She's already shown herself to be a more open public persona than your average Supreme Court justice, and now speculation is mounting on how Justice Sonia Sotomayor will change the dynamic of the court when its new session begins Monday. Though the new...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor on the Nomination Process]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Move over, Kate Moss: Sotomayor is on the case. Judge Sonia Sotomayor got her vogue on Thursday during a photo shoot for the cover of Latina magazine. The rookie Supreme Court Judge sported chic black robes and posed in front of the Supreme Court...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Another Supreme Court Opening?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor may not be the most junior Supreme Court justice for long: Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, leading some to speculate that the court's leading liberal will retire next year. The Associated Press reports...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor may now don the robe-but in the Supreme Court, she's a freshman all over again. In the two months she has to prepare for her first case, she'll need to study up on a lot more than the law. Sotomayor will need to familiarize herself with...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Sworn in Today]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP's Southern Strategy Redux?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The GOP might be getting traction though their rejection of Obama's health-care agenda, opposition to Sonia Sotomayor and even the kooky birthers, but might they be damning the future of their party? Writing for the Huffington Post, Thomas Edsall says...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Clears Judiciary Committee]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[So much for a bipartisan nomination. Sonia Sotomayor cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, though only one Republican, Lindsay Graham, joined the Democrats who approved of her. The 13-6 vote paves the way for a full vote in the Senate next...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Disappoints the Left]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor's poised performance and non-ideological perspective in her hearings may clear the way for an easy confirmation, but it is upsetting some liberals who feel that President Obama blew an opportunity to push the Supreme Court further...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the Supreme Court seems to be all but guaranteed as key Republican senators are breaking with Senate leadership to voice their support. After a solid performance in confirmation hearings, Republican Senators Richard...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Like Sonia Sotomayor and Hillary Clinton before him, the pope has taken a spill. According to CBS, "Hospital officials and the Vatican say Pope Benedict XVI broke his right wrist in a fall during his vacation in the Alps." An X-ray of the 82-year-old's...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor appears to have made herself a few fans on the Hill this week: Even as Republicans prepared to call to the stand Frank Ricci, the Newhaven firefighter from the discrimination lawsuit she presided over, they praised her. "You have been...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Hearing Winding Down]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's so hard to say goodbye. Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme-Court confirmation hearing is likely to wind to a close Thursday, as Republicans attack her membership in Hispanic advocacy groups and her "wise Latina" remarks one last time. The hearing has...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Female Judges From Around the Globe Convene in D.C.]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At an inspiring meet-up of the world's most prominent female jurists, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor joined their African counterparts to discuss how legal solutions can help battle everything from female circumcision to...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ken Burns Tackles Baseball Again]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Yankees fan Allen Barra talks to the documentarian about The Tenth Inning, which 'roid users will make the Hall of Fame, and whether Burns gives too much attention to the Red Sox.
Ken Burns thinks I lack maturity. "You Yankee fans really do have to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allen Barra]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Carolina's GOP Civil War]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is South Carolina big enough for Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint? They are hardly friends and they clearly disagree about the direction of the Republican Party.
On Wednesday, South Carolina's two senators, Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint will get together...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Samuel P. Jacobs]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich Is Crazier Than You Think]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[He's fired up the ground zero mosque debate, stirred buzz by visiting Iowa, and is Meet the Press' favorite guest. Eric Alterman on why liberals should root for Gingrich in 2012.
Most of my liberal friends are rooting for Sarah Palin to win the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Eric Alterman]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fix Affirmative Action Now]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The Tea Party's fight with the NAACP reveals what's wrong with the debate about race. Peter Beinart calls for a new kind of affirmative action, based on class, not skin color. 
Is the Tea Party racist? It all depends on what you mean by racist. For...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Peter Beinart]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Elena Kagan's Looks Matter]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When hearings for her Court nomination start tomorrow, senators won't be asking about her looks but everyone else already has. Professor Deborah Rhode on the continuing bigotry of beauty in American society. 
"Why do Janet Napolitano, Sonia Sotomayor,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Man Who Scared Specter]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The prospect of facing Pat Toomey spooked Arlen Specter into becoming a Democrat-a move that cost him his seat. Lloyd Grove talks to Toomey about Joe Sestak, his New York phobia-and Rand Paul. 
Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey claims he isn't...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lloyd Grove]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Quiz: Is Kagan a Socialist?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is John Roberts a Marxist? Did Donald Rumsfeld major in doublespeak? Can you determine which topics these Washington power players wrote about in college? Take our thesis quiz.



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            <title><![CDATA[In Defense of the Ivy League]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Are we really complaining about the college pedigree of the Supreme Court? Peter Beinart on the misguided backlash against Ivy-educated justices.
"There's about to be a backlash against the Ivy League lock on the court," explained David Brooks this...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Peter Beinart]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Short People Rule!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Elena Kagan-nicknamed 'shorty' by Thurgood Marshall-is only 5'3". Rebecca Dana on why little people land big jobs. Plus, a gallery of Napoleon-sized power players.
"Shorty" "Pootie Poot" "Li'l Mike"
These may sound like schoolyard taunts against the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Rebecca Dana]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Books Powerful Women Love]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On the 80th anniversary of the Nancy Drew series, the girl detective is still going strong-without fighting zombies or hooking up. Hugh Ryan on the Nancy machine and its appeal to women like Sonia Sotomayor.
In a few days, one of America's most...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside Obama's Supreme Strategy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In deciding Justice Stevens' successor, the White House expects a full-tilt battle. Richard Wolffe talks to Obama aides about why bridge-building will trump ideology.
Amid all the speculation about who President Obama will pick to replace retiring...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Richard Wolffe]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obamacare and the Fight for Stevens' Seat]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Lingering rancor over the health-care debate will make any Obama pick  to replace Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court a major fight. But  legal experts say there's one centrist whose selection might appease  Republicans.
For all the rancor over...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Benjamin  Sarlin]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Obama Screw the Left Again?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ A strong liberal appointment to replace Justice Stevens, who's expected to retire soon, would fire up the president's troops ahead of a bruising election season. But Obama may seek middle ground once more by choosing Elena Kagan.
A symbol that Obama...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Eric Alterman]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shooting Blanks]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court heard a new gun-control case yesterday that has Second Amendment activists thinking they've won, but Adam Winkler says that despite the hype, nothing is likely to change.
The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a landmark...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Wingnut Target: 'RINO' Scott Brown]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Not a week after Scott Brown's stunning Senate victory, the overheated praise is dissolving into accusations that he's a Republican in Name Only. John Avlon on the out-of-control RINO-hunting impulse. Avlon is the author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[John Avlon]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Little Latin Flavor]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fiery Food Network star Daisy Martinez talks about why everyone should know how to break down a chicken, the dish her kids can't get enough of, and the ingredient worth flying to Puerto Rico for. 
Daisy Martinez never meant to be a Food Network star....]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Sarah Whitman-Salkin]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:22:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rush the Race-Baiter]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Limbaugh's fans say unfair charges of racism blocked his bid to become an NFL owner. Could be-but why don't they care when he's the one doing the race-baiting?
Rush Limbaugh maintains that his efforts to buy an NFL football team failed due to the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Conor Friedersdorf]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's George Bush Problem]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Obama ran for president on a pledge to change the tone in Washington. The right's reaction to the Olympic setback proves he's failed-just like Bush before him.
Civility really may be dead.
I was not surprised that Chicago did not get the Olympics. I...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Mark McKinnon]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Hillary Haters On Trial]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  On Wednesday the Supreme Court revisited its divisive decision on Hillary, a film so scathing it was restricted during the 2008 campaign. Watch video on the case that could rewrite campaign finance law.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court cut its summer...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scalia's Death Row Lunacy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ In his most outrageous opinion yet, Antonin Scalia refused to spare potentially innocent inmates on death row. Paul Campos on the Supreme Court justice's shocking argument. 
Twenty years ago Wednesday night, Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Campos]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[9 Most Outrageous News Videos of the Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week, Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly broke their fake truce, Sherri Shepherd swimsuited up, and Hillary Clinton boogied down. The Daily Beast presents the 9 most outrageous news clips of the week.
Click the Image Below to View the 9 Most...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[10 Most Outrageous News Videos of the Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Though the White House "Beer Summit" dominated the networks this week, a Vaseline-eating point guard and Judd Apatow's bikini-wax face are not to be missed. The Daily Beast presents the 10 most outrageous news clips.
 Click Image To View Our Video...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:15:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Birthday With Sonia]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Watching my husband-Sonia Sotomayor's former boss-testify for the Supreme Court nominee turned out to be a great way to spend a birthday in Washington.
"No, I'm not going to wear it, it's too flashy," said my husband, Robert Morgenthau, getting ready...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lucinda Franks]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:29:14 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Newt Gringo]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Despite a history of missteps, Newt Gingrich is trying to bring Latinos into the Republican fold by doing interviews on Univision, taking language lessons and even Tweeting in Spanish. But will Hispanic voters see it as progress or pandering? 
The...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Benjamin  Sarlin]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:16:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[July 19: 7 Best Moments From Sunday Talk]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[John Glenn remembers Walter Cronkite, Senators Leahy and Sessions go toe-to-toe on Sotomayor, and one pundit declares herself a "wise white woman." That and more in our Sunday roundup
Will Abortion Be a Poison Pill for Health Reform?
On Fox News...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:37:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sit Down and Shut Up]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ With the silencing of Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand, is it any surprise that a brave woman from Alaska might decide to take a road less traveled?
Read more analysis on Hillary's speech from other Daily Beast writers.
Women should be seen...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Amy Siskind]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:57:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[She's Lying]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Even some liberals are frustrated by Sonia Sotomayor's carefully plotted answers this week. The Daily Beast's Paul Campos on how she's denying the truth about our legal system.
Four hundred years ago, upon the occasion of his sudden religious...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Campos]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:44:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonia's Kabuki Confirmation]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Without any objectionable cases in her past, all Republicans can really come up with is their particularly virulent brand of identity politics.
When Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) informed Sonia Sotomayor on Monday that "unless you have a complete meltdown,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Eric Alterman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:16:55 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonia Scores a KO]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Not even the roughest-and most leading-questions from the GOP peanut gallery could derail Obama's Supreme Court nominee Tuesday. As Scott Horton argues, she's cruising toward confirmation. 
As Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings opened on Monday,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Scott  Horton]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:30:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Justice Reflects]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor tells Walter Isaacson she regrets she wasn't replaced by a woman and says real-life experiences matter.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Walter Isaacson]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:12:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Sotomayor Overruled]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's overturning of a decision endorsed by Obama's nominee revives a debate over empathy in judging-but do her right-wing critics make an exception for white litigants?]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Campos]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:15:41 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Is Sotomayor Getting Palin-ed?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Conservatives are about to make the same stupid mistake on Sonia Sotomayor that the left took on Sarah Palin: questioning her intelligence, writes former Ms. magazine chief Elaine Lafferty.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Elaine Lafferty]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 May 2009 08:01:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonia's Batting Average]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Critics argue the Supreme Court has reversed 60 percent of Sotomayor's opinions. But Stephen L. Carter says their math is way off-the real number is less than 1 percent.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Stephen L. Carter]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 May 2009 23:41:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Addresses Abortion]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[During the third day of her confirmation hearing, Sonia Sotomayor addresses abortion rights. She also delivers a dig to an old boss. Well played, judge.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:43:34 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor on 'Wise Latina' Remark]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[During her confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy allowed Sonia Sotomayor to address the flak she's faced regarding the famous "wise Latina" comment.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:21:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Against Term Limits for Supreme Court]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[She sure sounds like an originalist on this issue: when asked about term limits for the Supreme Court, Sotomayor says it's not what the founding fathers would have wanted.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:57:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Not Get 'Bork'-ed]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Robert Bork, one-time Supreme Court nominee whose name has become synonymous with rejection, offers some advice to Sonia Sotomayor: Don't lose your temper. CNN]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:37:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Franken's Unfunny Debut]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Al Franken's much-anticipated appearance ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Will Replace Stevens?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Justice John Paul Stevens, the oldest member of the Court, has announced that he will retire at the end of this summer. Stevens, who is 11 days shy of his 90th birthday, said he hopes his successor is confirmed "well in advance of the commencement of...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:34:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Judging Sonia]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama's nominee has been called a judicial activist and had her intelligence questioned. But she has an inspiring personal story and could help Obama and the Democrats reshape the political landscape. Six angles on a historic nomination.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Who's the liberal who will replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court? After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pronounced in January that she's been "lonely" ever since Sandra Day O'Connor retired, it has seemed likely that the next Supreme Court...]]></description>
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