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• Obama challenges: Shrink gap between rich, poor

  Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto their homes. Seeking re-election and needing results, the president invited Republicans to join him but warned, "I intend to fight."

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• Constitutional Law Prof Blog: Occupy Jacket-wearer Arrested at Supreme Court Building

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  The video below is entitled "Man Arrested for Wearing Occupy Jacket at Supreme Court" (h/t Virginia Wilber) and the title seems accurate.  Although we don't have a good view of the jacket, the officer clearly refers to it (and asks the wearer to remove it); the officer also  …

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• All Sex Not Between Married People Should Be Criminalized Says AFA Host

  Source: Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement

  Bryan Fischer, the public face of the certified anti-gay hate group, American Family Association, on his AFA radio program this week called for criminalizing all sex not between two straight married people. Adultery, infidelity, fornication all lead to sexually transm …

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• If that's not the pot calling the kettle black! Rich people have no idea how most Americans live.

  “I made pretty good money out of speeches. I didn’t have to lobby.

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• Mitt Suggests That Only Wealthy Should Hold Political Office

  Source: Hullabaloo

  Really darling, if you have to worry about paying bills you have no business running for office. Needing money for your expenses distracts from your real job --- delivering for your fellow millionaires.

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