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Rush Limbaugh helped Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accuse Democrats of bugging his Kentucky campaign headquarters, despite a report by NBC’s Chuck Todd that a sweep of McConnell’s campaign office found no evidence of a bug.

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Fox News played a portion of Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-TX) speech at Howard University where he claimed “I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the Civil Rights Act” without noting his long history of controversial statements regarding the anti-discrimination law

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Bank of America will pay $36.8 million to members of the military it improperly foreclosed on between 2006 and 2010, according to a settlement it reached with the federal government in 2011, the Justice Department announced this week. Bank of America was already paying 142 military members under the original 2011 agreement, but a further review required by the settlement found 155 additional military homeowners who were subject to improper foreclosures, the Justice Department said

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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly declared victory in the so-called “War on Christmas,” joining Fox’s fight to defend Easter from supposed attacks by “secular progressives.” Previously, O’Reilly claimed there was no “War on Easter,” crediting himself for preventing such a war. O’Reilly Declares Victory In The “War On Christmas,” Shifts His Focus To Easter Bill O’Reilly: “We Won The War On Christmas Battle.” During his Fox News show, Bill O’Reilly declared victory in the supposed “War on Christmas,” before claiming that other Judeo-Christian values were under attack.

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Secretary of State John Kerry delivered another set of powerful remarks on climate change last night. But all his poignant words will come to nought — indeed, they’ll come back to haunt him — if he makes the wrong decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

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In an attack on efforts to strengthen gun legislation, frequent Fox News guest Star Parker asked if background checks would prohibit women who have had abortions from purchasing firearms by invoking a long-debunked link between abortion and mental illness.

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President Obama has nominated Tom Perez as Secretary of Labor. Right-wing media used this announcement to push false attacks about Perez based on his service in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and other civil rights work and advocacy. President Chooses DOJ’s Tom Perez As Labor Secretary Nominee Huffington Post: Perez Picked As Obama’s Labor Secretary Nominee

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A new study on mental health in war-ravaged Afghanistan conducted by researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis comes to a jarring conclusion: socioeconomic indicators such as poverty and social vulnerability are more telling risk factors for mental illness than even exposure to warfare

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In the wake of a milder-than-expected snowstorm, the president of the American Meteorological Society has batted aside claims that balky short-term weather forecasts undermine long-term climate models. Last week, a snowstorm forecast for the Mid-Atlantic, the “Snowquester,” petered out in some areas expected to be hit hard

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Perpetually fuming about President Obama, Sean Hannity widened his rant Wednesday night on Fox News and condemned the “lapdog, kiss ass media” that allegedly lets Obama have his way. Echoing the same attack, Karl Rove  wrote  in the Wall Street Journal this week that  ” Mr

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