<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/</link><description>20% Cooler in 10 Seconds flat!</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:43:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:12 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The scandals are falling apart</title>
<description><![CDATA[Things go wrong in government. Sometimes it&rsquo;s just bad luck. Sometimes it&rsquo;s rank incompetence. Sometimes it&rsquo;s criminal wrongdoing. Most of the time you never hear about it. Or, if you do hear about it, the media eventually gets bored talking about it (see warmin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18300411-the-scandals-are-falling-apart</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18300411-the-scandals-are-falling-apart</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>scott-wilson</category><category>washington-post8217-s</category><category>omran-al-fetorireuters</category><category>determination-unit8217-s</category><category>but-cia</category><category>media-shield-act</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:43:06 +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=drreid305286BE5-DC21-92B5-2DC6-6F56C8BEF3F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid305286BE5-DC21-92B5-2DC6-6F56C8BEF3F6.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>Five myths about taxes - The Washington Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[1.&nbsp;The income tax is a big-government Democratic scheme.
The first income tax in the United States&nbsp;was enacted under the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln. Before the Civil War, Republicans were the party of big government, supporting high tariffs, infrastruc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17729868-five-myths-about-taxes-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17729868-five-myths-about-taxes-the-washington-post</guid><category>politics</category><category>dana-milbank</category><category>editorial-board</category><category>steve-cohen</category><category>chris-cillizza</category><category>post-most</category><category>republican-william-howard-taft</category><category>matt-latimer32</category><category>theodore-rooseveltrsquo-s</category><category>irving-berlinrsquo-s</category><category>jay-lefkowitz</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:40:17 +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=drreid3E973CCE3-B17B-BFE0-922D-0392E3D22B15.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="196" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3E973CCE3-B17B-BFE0-922D-0392E3D22B15.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>Poll: Republicans 'Out Of Touch' And 'Extreme' | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press</title>
<description><![CDATA[At a time when the Republican Party&rsquo;s image is at a historic low, 62% of the public says the GOP is out of touch with the American people, 56% think it is not open to change and 52% say the party is too extreme.
Opinions about the Democratic Party are mixed, but the party &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17109598-poll-republicans-out-of-touch-and-extreme-pew-research-center-for-the-people-and-the-press</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17109598-poll-republicans-out-of-touch-and-extreme-pew-research-center-for-the-people-and-the-press</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>usa-today</category><category>pew-research</category><category>barack-obama-s</category><category>among-republicans</category><category>e-mail-updates-sign</category><category>press-pew-research-project</category><category>parties-about</category><category>pages-prev-next</category><category>survey-interactive-quiz</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:12:22 +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=drreid388EE73FC-163E-DA8F-C024-9FCBB8C9E664.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid388EE73FC-163E-DA8F-C024-9FCBB8C9E664.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Racist, Sexist People Think Michelle Obama Is Fat Because Of Racism, Sexism</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now, the weird thing about this is that Michelle Obama is the most in-shape First Lady we&rsquo;ve had since Sarah Childress Polk, who was a notorious regular at 19th-century Curves classes. &nbsp;Why, then, is there so much focus on her body?
Well, Michelle Obama does believe t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16877724-racist-sexist-people-think-michelle-obama-is-fat-because-of-racism-sexism</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16877724-racist-sexist-people-think-michelle-obama-is-fat-because-of-racism-sexism</guid><category>politics</category><category>washington-post</category><category>first-lady</category><category>michelle-obama</category><category>ann-althouse</category><category>michelle-obama8217-s</category><category>and-rep-nbsp-f</category><category>yr-wonket</category><category>sweet-dee</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:49:09 +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=drreid31334CFF1-C54B-E15D-4674-76AAF26A9593.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="202" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid31334CFF1-C54B-E15D-4674-76AAF26A9593.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox News' Credibility At 'Record Low': PPP Poll</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fox News' credibility has fallen 9 percent since three years ago, according to&nbsp;new Public Policy Polling (PPP) results&nbsp;released on Wednesday.
The annual poll asks participants to rate their trust in multiple networks including Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, Comedy Central,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873827-fox-news-credibility-at-record-low-ppp-poll</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873827-fox-news-credibility-at-record-low-ppp-poll</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:15:29 +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=drreid336E318EE-51D7-CE41-0C00-7C4138F400CF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid336E318EE-51D7-CE41-0C00-7C4138F400CF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox News Host Blows Up At NRA Head: &amp;#039;That&amp;#039;s Ridiculous And You Know It, Sir!&amp;#039; </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Fox News host Chris Wallace tore into National Rifle Association&rsquo;s contention that President Obama and other elites are hypocritical for employing security guards to protect their children, while downplaying the importance of armed protection in preventing gun violence.
&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16827256-fox-news-host-blows-up-at-nra-head-thats-ridiculous-and-you-know-it-sir</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16827256-fox-news-host-blows-up-at-nra-head-thats-ridiculous-and-you-know-it-sir</guid><category>politics</category><category>secret-service</category><category>fox-news</category><category>nra</category><category>wayne-lapierre</category><category>chris-wallace</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:10:32 +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=smd12364EAE9F1F8-52C6-BCFE-B107-2E0FC7B372FC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="247" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364EAE9F1F8-52C6-BCFE-B107-2E0FC7B372FC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Noam Chomsky: Obama Would Have Been A 'Moderate Republican' Several Decades Ago</title>
<description><![CDATA[MIT professor and widely renowned scholar&nbsp;Noam Chomsky&nbsp;said&nbsp;on Thursday that President Barack Obama is "basically what would have been called several decades ago, a moderate Republican."
His comments came during an&nbsp;interview&nbsp;with The Young Turks' Cenk Uy&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16810551-noam-chomsky-obama-would-have-been-a-moderate-republican-several-decades-ago</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16810551-noam-chomsky-obama-would-have-been-a-moderate-republican-several-decades-ago</guid><category>politics</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>republican-party</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>noam-chomsky</category><category>young-turks</category><category>post-comment-preview-comment-to</category><category>popularity-huffpost-super-user</category><category>approval-on-economy</category><category>approval-on-foreign-policy</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 21:22:24 +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=drreid3CE939520-CF0D-1F8D-03B3-B31C75FE79CE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="190" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3CE939520-CF0D-1F8D-03B3-B31C75FE79CE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="57" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republicans STOLE the House! Here's What YOU Can DO to Fight Back!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
By now you've probably heard that last November, American voters chose to give Democrats control of the presidency and both chambers of congress in this past election. &nbsp;Wait, both chambers? &nbsp;No, Republicans maintained control of the House despite Democratic candidates&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16658529-republicans-stole-the-house-heres-what-you-can-do-to-fight-back</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16658529-republicans-stole-the-house-heres-what-you-can-do-to-fight-back</guid><category>arkansas</category><category>georgia</category><category>ohio</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>michigan</category><category>alabama</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>presidency</category><category>gerrymandering</category><category>popular-vote</category><category>fighting-back</category><category>democrats-control</category><category>republicans-stole-house</category><category>chambers-of-congress</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:27:16 +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=mscyprah86BF8439-8379-D754-1223-234E50B58E89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="361" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah86BF8439-8379-D754-1223-234E50B58E89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>George Burnett's I Love Drilling Smoothie &amp; Juice Bar Adds $1 Surcharge For Liberal Customers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Avocado, apple juice and liberal-bashing. That could be your order at a juice shop in Vernal, Utah, where the owner is&nbsp;charging liberal customers $1 extra&nbsp;on each drink they buy, KSL News reports.&ldquo;We have a fiscal problem in this country,&rdquo; George Burnett, ow&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16592946-george-burnetts-i-love-drilling-smoothie-juice-bar-adds-1-surcharge-for-liberal-customers</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16592946-george-burnetts-i-love-drilling-smoothie-juice-bar-adds-1-surcharge-for-liberal-customers</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>mark-ruffalo</category><category>more-comments</category><category>huffpost-super-user</category><category>bloggers-recency</category><category>lmao-famp-f</category><category>d-dipasupilgetty</category><category>maggiedoe-if</category><category>new-york-marcellus-shale</category><category>joanna-zelman</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:36:07 +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=drreid3F3D36F3C-CD92-981A-D34C-F5F727A91AF8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3F3D36F3C-CD92-981A-D34C-F5F727A91AF8.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>Aaron Swartz  Was 'Killed By The Government'</title>
<description><![CDATA[HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. &mdash; Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was "killed by the government," his father told mourners Tuesday during his son's funeral in suburban Chicago.
Swartz, who help create Reddit and RSS, the technology behind blogs, podcasts and other web-based sub&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16533954-aaron-swartz-was-killed-by-the-government</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16533954-aaron-swartz-was-killed-by-the-government</guid><category>politics</category><category>aaron-swartz</category><category>highland-park</category><category>post-comment-preview-comment-to</category><category>attorney-carmen-ortiz</category><category>pernille-ironside</category><category>westernma2008-what</category><category>americamustact-bankers</category><category>unbending-prosecutors-insisted</category><category>how-aaron-swartz</category><category>get-technology-alerts</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:46:49 +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=drreid3122C7E0B-3997-E2AD-5953-783DF72A8885.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3122C7E0B-3997-E2AD-5953-783DF72A8885.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rachel Maddow Obliterates the Republican Lie that Obama has Blown Up the Deficit</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Armed with facts, Rachel Maddow completely obliterated the great Republican lie that President Obama has blown up the deficit.
After discussing the Jack Lew nomination, and Lew&rsquo;s past success in the Clinton administration, Maddow said,
You would never know it from the w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16483863-rachel-maddow-obliterates-the-republican-lie-that-obama-has-blown-up-the-deficit</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16483863-rachel-maddow-obliterates-the-republican-lie-that-obama-has-blown-up-the-deficit</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><category>president-obama</category><category>blown-up-deficit</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:52:28 +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=easyjjgrand3BC66AEF9-4866-9A6D-4811-3224A6AEBFD8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3BC66AEF9-4866-9A6D-4811-3224A6AEBFD8.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>Fiscal Cliff Polling Shows Little Support For John Boehner, Wider Approval For Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[Americans are largely split in their reaction to the "fiscal cliff" agreement, but united in their dislike for the role played by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), according to a&nbsp;Washington Post/ABC pollreleased Tuesday.
Americans were divided on the fiscal cliff agreeme&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16418593-fiscal-cliff-polling-shows-little-support-for-john-boehner-wider-approval-for-obama</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16418593-fiscal-cliff-polling-shows-little-support-for-john-boehner-wider-approval-for-obama</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 00:21:22 +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=drreid3FA1E3650-A913-33BC-1734-0D72045755F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3FA1E3650-A913-33BC-1734-0D72045755F1.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>Re-election Puts Obama in Top 4 All-Time Presidents - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2012 stakes are high for&nbsp;President Obama, whose re-election could mean more&nbsp;than four more years in the White House&mdash;it could transform his status in the minds of historians from average to one of greatest presidents of all time.
&nbsp;
Presidential rankings &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16262931-re-election-puts-obama-in-top-4-all-time-presidents-washington-whispers-usnewscom</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16262931-re-election-puts-obama-in-top-4-all-time-presidents-washington-whispers-usnewscom</guid><category>politics</category><category>nichols</category><category>youth-vote</category><category>herbert-hoover</category><category>george-bushs</category><category>previous-post-next-post</category><category>new-deal-era</category><category>twitter-vote</category><category>scandal-presidents</category><category>will-obama</category><category>washingtonquot</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:01:13 +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's Top 35 Accomplishments – Looking Back On A Historic Presidency (So Far) | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[
As America slowly climbs out of the dank, shadowy pit dug by 40 years of neoconservative, supply side policies &mdash; made even gloomier by George W. Bush&rsquo;s coup d&rsquo;&eacute;tat and subsequent eight-year-long disastrous rule &mdash; it&rsquo;s easy for progressives t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16259828-obamas-top-35-accomplishments-looking-back-on-a-historic-presidency-so-far-addicting-info</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16259828-obamas-top-35-accomplishments-looking-back-on-a-historic-presidency-so-far-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>oil-spill</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>snap</category><category>schip</category><category>stimulus-bill</category><category>obamacare</category><category>patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act</category><category>obamas-achievements</category><category>student-aid-and-fiscal-responsibility-act</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:49:49 +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=easyjjgrand3B2C70A81-3104-1F0D-DF31-459A4C3929C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3B2C70A81-3104-1F0D-DF31-459A4C3929C6.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>There's Only One Way To Fix The Deficit — And Actually It's Totally Painless  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Very interesting analysis here, with lots of charts to make the case that the real fix is getting people back to work.&nbsp;
In short: What's good for workers is good for the economy is good for our nation's fiscal health.
A good idea or too good to be true?
Something to think&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Idle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[American Idle]]></source><link>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16251075-theres-only-one-way-to-fix-the-deficit-and-actually-its-totally-painless</link><guid>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16251075-theres-only-one-way-to-fix-the-deficit-and-actually-its-totally-painless</guid><category>economy</category><category>taxes</category><category>medicare</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>workers</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>deficit</category><category>entitlements</category><category>government-spending</category><category>austerity</category><category>social-secuirty</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:04:31 +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=american-idle70F7E0C2-8833-2F79-BC53-784E52004D5C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idle70F7E0C2-8833-2F79-BC53-784E52004D5C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>High-End Tax Hikes Would Have 'Negligible' Impact On Growth, Revised CRS Report Says</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A Congressional Research Service report that was reissued Thursday after Republicans complained about it before the elections still finds little evidence that the Bush-era tax cuts spurred growth or that hiking the top rates would have more than a "negligible" impac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15895220-high-end-tax-hikes-would-have-negligible-impact-on-growth-revised-crs-report-says</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15895220-high-end-tax-hikes-would-have-negligible-impact-on-growth-revised-crs-report-says</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:57:03 +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=drreid3F37E71DF-3DB4-E877-05D4-0D5C1791A6EC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="574" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3F37E71DF-3DB4-E877-05D4-0D5C1791A6EC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Job Approval Soars To 2009 Levels But Conservatives Claim Mandate </title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama&lsquo;s approval rating is soaring, his disapproval level is dropping, both to levels not seen since his first year in office, 2009, and all this while the GOP is threatening to take the country over the so-called &ldquo;fiscal cliff.&rdquo; The President today en&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15883048-obama-job-approval-soars-to-2009-levels-but-conservatives-claim-mandate</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15883048-obama-job-approval-soars-to-2009-levels-but-conservatives-claim-mandate</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>governing</category><category>obama-approval-rating</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>stalemates</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:55:20 +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=diane-whitedove17FB44172-5953-17FF-49B8-7C9C6BA9E60F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="207" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove17FB44172-5953-17FF-49B8-7C9C6BA9E60F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>SCALIA GOES OFF: 'IF WE CAN'T HAVE MORAL FEELINGS AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY, CAN WE AGAINST MURDER?'</title>
<description><![CDATA[PRINCETON, N.J. &mdash; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday found himself defending his legal writings that some find offensive and anti-gay.
Speaking at Princeton University, Scalia was asked by a gay student why he equates laws banning sodomy with those barring&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15833909-scalia-goes-off-if-we-cant-have-moral-feelings-against-homosexuality-can-we-against-murder</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15833909-scalia-goes-off-if-we-cant-have-moral-feelings-against-homosexuality-can-we-against-murder</guid><category>gay-marriage</category><category>politics</category><category>roman-catholic-church</category><category>antonin-scalia</category><category>huffpost-super-user</category><category>post-comment-preview-comment-to</category><category>bloggers-recency</category><category>huffpost-high-school</category><category>ruthless1-that</category><category>ellis-dont</category><category>is-homosexuality</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:10:48 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3BE05647D-BF29-9EE8-D6D3-7443F20B9C09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3BE05647D-BF29-9EE8-D6D3-7443F20B9C09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Study Demolishes Right-Wing Mantra About The 'Lazy' Unemployed | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Republicans have their trigger finger ready to &ldquo;shoot the hostages&rdquo; (the American middle class) in order to preserve tax breaks for the top 2 percent. One way the GOP excuses their selfishness is by implying that unemployed people are simply lazy, and killing their &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh of Arc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh of Arc]]></source><link>http://josh-of-arc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15650282-new-study-demolishes-right-wing-mantra-about-the-lazy-unemployed-addicting-info</link><guid>http://josh-of-arc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15650282-new-study-demolishes-right-wing-mantra-about-the-lazy-unemployed-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 21:25:12 +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=josh-of-arcDDF0B7C7-4DF6-BD3A-6214-877DD978D047.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-of-arcDDF0B7C7-4DF6-BD3A-6214-877DD978D047.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>Nov. 1: The Simple Case for Saying Obama Is the Favorite - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nov. 1: The Simple Case for Saying Obama Is the Favorite
By&nbsp;NATE SILVER ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14885319-nov-1-the-simple-case-for-saying-obama-is-the-favorite-nytimescom</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14885319-nov-1-the-simple-case-for-saying-obama-is-the-favorite-nytimescom</guid><category>scenario-analysis-how</category><category>election-state</category><category>fivethirtyeight-loading-twitter</category><category>simple-case</category><category>democratic-bang</category><category>ohio-has</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 18:45:01 +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=drreid3883468A9-9F61-1703-9D47-BA771152AC5B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3883468A9-9F61-1703-9D47-BA771152AC5B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PROOF: GOP Party Bosses Rigging Elections For Romney | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[The internet has been abuzz since the British website&nbsp;UK Progressive&nbsp;released a&nbsp;report&nbsp;on how a retired NSA analyst Michael Duniho had gone over the&nbsp;Arizona GOP Primary Results&nbsp;from earlier this year and&nbsp;discovered&nbsp;widespread GOP election&n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14845041-proof-gop-party-bosses-rigging-elections-for-romney-addicting-info</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14845041-proof-gop-party-bosses-rigging-elections-for-romney-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>tea-party</category><category>mike-connell</category><category>justice-department-a-a</category><category>a-voting-machine-election-fraud-in-a</category><category>a-voter-id-related-a</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 05:45:09 +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=drreid36C7F6389-7242-F5BC-DA4A-6D8891973982.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid36C7F6389-7242-F5BC-DA4A-6D8891973982.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>  BREAKING; Retired NSA Analyst Proves GOP Is Stealing Elections (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[World View: Denis Campbell, editor-in-chief of&nbsp;UK Progressive Magazine, joins us to discuss the breaking story that a retired NSA analyst believes to have proven the Republican Party is committing election fraud.
If you liked this clip of The David Pakman Show, please do us&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14729833-breaking-retired-nsa-analyst-proves-gop-is-stealing-elections-video</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14729833-breaking-retired-nsa-analyst-proves-gop-is-stealing-elections-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>political-arena</category><category>jerry-brown-says-they-do</category><category>it-time-to-take-down-ann-coulter</category><category>political-humor-romney-s</category><category>and-it-isnt</category><category>wealthiest-people-have</category><category>republican-rape-compilation</category><category>candy-and</category><category>percent-meme</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:24:57 +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=drreid38170B442-608B-DBDF-6746-9C182BADBE19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid38170B442-608B-DBDF-6746-9C182BADBE19.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>Obama Reelection Odds Increase In Prediction Markets Following Foreign Policy Debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The&nbsp;consensus&nbsp;after Monday night's third and final presidential debate is that Barack Obama was the winner. But the president's victory begs an important question -- does success in Boca Raton, Fla., mean he's more likely to win the election? Will voters car&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14656611-obama-reelection-odds-increase-in-prediction-markets-following-foreign-policy-debate</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14656611-obama-reelection-odds-increase-in-prediction-markets-following-foreign-policy-debate</guid><category>politics</category><category>franklin-delano-roosevelt</category><category>adlai-stevenson</category><category>state-henry</category><category>huffpost-super-user</category><category>bloggers-recency</category><category>woodrow-wilson-woodrow-wilson</category><category>obama-reelection-odds-vs</category><category>tandem-with-sp</category><category>grace-coolidge</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:12:36 +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=drreid30178F874-C843-4F2E-8710-15A46925A545.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid30178F874-C843-4F2E-8710-15A46925A545.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Joe Biden Creams Paul Ryan In Debate: Survey (UPDATE)</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- An hour into the debate, a survey of more than 300 debate watchers from across the political spectrum finds that Vice President Joe Biden is handily beating Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) by a margin of 65 percent to 35 percent.
The survey, conducted for HuffPost by&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14380151-joe-biden-creams-paul-ryan-in-debate-survey-update</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14380151-joe-biden-creams-paul-ryan-in-debate-survey-update</guid><category>politics</category><category>ted-olson</category><category>huffpost-super-user</category><category>william-andrews</category><category>bozell-column</category><category>martha-raddatz-republican</category><category>newsbustersorg-speaking</category><category>dumb-visions</category><category>annieadams-love</category><category>not-ryan</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:46:51 +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=drreid38B14DB72-3386-FEFB-5199-C33ACD2033D7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid38B14DB72-3386-FEFB-5199-C33ACD2033D7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Almost-Eagle Scout denied award because he is gay, mom says - U.S. News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ryan Andresen had recently completed the requirements to earning his Eagle Scout award, including building a "tolerance wall" for victims of bullying like himself, but his Scoutmaster would not sign off on honoring him with the Boy Scouts&rsquo; highest ranking because he is gay,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14226827-almost-eagle-scout-denied-award-because-he-is-gay-mom-says-us-news</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14226827-almost-eagle-scout-denied-award-because-he-is-gay-mom-says-us-news</guid><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>united-way</category><category>deron-smith</category><category>scoutmaster-rainer-adchoices-if</category><category>boy-scoutsrsquo</category><category>ryan-andresen</category><category>karen-andresen</category><category>boy-scouts-activist</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 20:40:07 +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=drreid3B55A50DE-CFD9-644F-2C38-DD4A43B8E656.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid3B55A50DE-CFD9-644F-2C38-DD4A43B8E656.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>