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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.]]></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[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[Sotomayor's First Day]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor asked 36 questions in her first hour as a Supreme Court justice-more than her colleagues, the Los Angeles Times reports. While both rookie and veteran justices have sat in silence for days-or even years (Clarence Thomas has not asked a...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Sotomayor Shake Up Court?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor on the Nomination Process]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a summer of controversy surrounding her appointment to the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is opening up on the days surrounding the nomination process behind the scenes. In an interview with C-Span, Sotomayor explains the heads-up she...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor, Cover Girl]]></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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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Gets Warm Reception]]></title>
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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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            <description><![CDATA[It's a big day for Sonia Sotomayor. Obama's No. 1 draft pick was administered two oaths in an 11 a.m. ceremony: the first among a small group of friends and family; then the judicial oath, which was the first televised ceremony of its kind. Sotomayor...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate Confirms Sonia Sotomayor]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Senate voted 68-31 to confirm Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Thursday, making her the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the nation's highest court. No Democrats voted against Sotomayor, while nine Republicans crossed party lines...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's about to get ugly in the Senate. This week, almost three-quarters of GOP senators will oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as unfit for the bench. Although the Associated Press reports that Sotomayor's confirmation as the first Hispanic...]]></description>
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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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            <title><![CDATA[Pope Breaks Wrist]]></title>
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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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            <title><![CDATA[GOP Warms Up to Sotomayor]]></title>
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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[Sen. Franken's Confirmation Jokes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jeff Sessions called it "the fastest rise of any senator in history": When a microphone problems prompted Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy to sit, for a moment, in newly-minted Sen. Al Franken's seat, the junior senator slid over to...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Mum on Abortion]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor repeatedly declined to describe her views on abortion rights at her confirmation hearings on Wednesday, and said that President Obama has never asked her about the issue. When Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn asked her whether or not...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Explains "Wise Latina"]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following opening remarks from Patrick Leahy, senators launched into the question-and-answer portion of Sonia Sotomayor's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. &nbsp;"The process of judging is the process of keeping an open mind," Sotomayor responded....]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor vs. GOP, Round 1]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Things were civil on Monday during opening remarks at the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court-nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Might the gloves come off Tuesday when senators question her directly? Expect Republicans to target Sotomayor over her "wise...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA['Jane Roe' Arrested]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The woman from the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was arrested today among other antiabortion protesters for disrupting the first day of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Norma McCorvey, the 61-year-old referred to as Jane Roe in the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor: I Will Follow the Law]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor attempted to preempt her critics on Monday with her introductory remarks at her confirmation hearing: "The task of a judge is not to make law," she said. "It is to apply law." She pledged to serve the "larger interest of impartial...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Graham: Sotomayor Is In]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Don't hold your breath for confirmation-hearing theatrics: Republican Senate Judiciary Committee member Lindsey Graham said today that Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed, "unless you have a complete meldown." Other senators weighed in during opening...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP Preps Sotomayor Grilling]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Which Sonia Sotomayor do you believe in: The hardworking, dedicated judge who climbed the social ladder, or the radical, "activist" judge? It probably depends on your political affiliation. Democrats and Republicans are preparing their starkly...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Practicing for Senate Battle]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings begin Monday, and the Supreme Court nominee has been rehearsing for over a week with Obama administration lawyers to prepare for senators' hard-hitting questions. Republicans will target her "wise Latina"...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Expect to hear about this at Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a group of white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut, who claimed they were denied promotions because of their race. The court ruled 5-4...]]></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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            <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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            <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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            <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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            <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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            <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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            <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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            <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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            <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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            <title><![CDATA[Yes, It's All About Race]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ As conservatives call Sonia Sotomayor an "activist" judge today, you should remember one thing, Matthew Yglesias writes. Conservatives love activist judges. They just prefer when they advance the interests of white people.
Plus: The complete Daily...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Matthew Yglesias]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[19 Best Moments from Sonia's Hearing]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor's second day on Capitol Hill finally brought some contentious back-and-forth. Watch our roundup of the highlights of the hearings so far.
Plus: The complete Daily Beast coverage of the nomination hearings.
 Franken Talks Mason
On the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor: The Drinking Game]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Today's confirmation hearings don't have to be a total snooze-so crack open a beer and let the buzz words start flying, says Tom Goldstein, who has argued more than 20 Supreme Court cases and is founder and manager of SCOTUSblog. Who'll be the first to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Thomas Goldstein]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[July 12: 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Democrats including Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin slam Dick Cheney for allegedly duping Congress, Howard Kurtz revisits Obama's controversial glance, and guess who's still defending Sarah Palin?
Feinstein Chides Cheney's 'Big Problem'
A number of...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Justice Reflects]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Sotomayor's hearings two weeks away, former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor tells Walter Isaacson she regrets she wasn't replaced by a woman and says real-life experiences matter.
This week, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was at the...]]></description>
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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?
Monday's Supreme Court decision overruling an appeals court opinion...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Campos]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Washington's Fatherless Elite]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From Obama to Sotomayor, D.C.'s ruling class is defying the truism that growing up with a dad is important. Lisa Carver explores why so many of them are from father-free homes. 
I was recently helping a graduating senior put together his college...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lisa  Carver]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:54:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's 6 Funniest Moments from the Correspondents' Dinner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Comedian-in-Chief made an appearance on Friday at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner. From a steamed Rahm Emanuel to an awkward Brian Williams, few emerged unscathed. Watch the video highlights. 
No Punches Pulled...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Puerto Rican All-Stars]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is sure to amp up today's Puerto Rican Day festivities. VIEW OUR GALLERY of 18 spotlight-stealing Puerto Ricans.
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:39:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Myth of Humble Origins]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Is Sotomayor a product of affirmative action or an underdog whose can-do spirit exemplifies our national promise? The Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearings, Lee Siegel writes, will revive a debate even Obama's election couldn't put to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lee Siegel]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:57:26 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Newt backs off calling Sotomayor a racist, Hillary says Obama can now take calls at 3 a.m., and why politicians shouldn't Tweet. Watch the best moments from Sunday's talk shows.
Sotomayor a 'Racist?' Newt Takes Back His Tweet... Sort of
On Face the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:12:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[9 Most Talked About Moments from Conan's Debut]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Did he keep his edge? Did he bring the Taurus? WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS and decide whether the 6'4" wiseass from late-late night proved himself worthy of Johnny Carson's mantle.
Click Image Below to Watch Conan Video Gallery

Xtra Insight: The Daily...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:03:34 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why White Guys Are Doomed]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor meets Tuesday with Harry Reid and a bunch of other senators who look, well...a lot like him. Former Ms. magazine editor Elaine Lafferty on how white guys lost their groove.
Quite soon, likely this week, Sonia Sotomayor will arrive on...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Elaine Lafferty]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:37:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Party of Cowards]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Sotomayor hits Capitol Hill today, Republicans have a chance to act like statesmen. So far, says conservative talk show host John Batchelor, they've betrayed him.
The whimpering of the Republican officeholders at the rants of Limbaugh, Gingrich,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[John Batchelor]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:20:29 -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.
The confirmation silliness has reached new heights-critics now are springing the...]]></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[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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            <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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            <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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            <title><![CDATA[Franken's Unfunny Debut]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Al Franken's much-anticipated appearance ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rumors are swirling that 89-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens may step down next year. The politics this time around will be trickier; no "first Hispanics" or cushion in the polls. The Daily Beast asks Thomas Goldstein, SCOTUSBlog founder, who Obama...]]></description>
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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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