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Because of his position, disposition and bipartisan popularity, Judge Garland has been on Mr. Obama’s shortlist of potential nominees for years. In 2010, when Mr. Obama interviewed him for the slot that he instead gave to Justice Elena Kagan, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, said publicly that he had urged Mr. Obama to …

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Hash

Might be late to the party, but I just discovered this site via lifehacker: Hash gives you a cool, good looking overview of trending topics on twitter – and you don’t even need a twitter account. Nice. (There’s also an iOS app.)

5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Are The Real Boston Tea Party

think-progress: 1. The original Boston Tea Party was a civil disobedience action against a private corporation. 2. The original Boston Tea Party feared that corporate greed would destroy America. 3. The original Boston Tea Party believed government necessary to protect against corporate excess. 4. The original Boston Tea Party was sparked by a corporate tax cut for a British corporation. …

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“Girls were not allowed to converse except from 6 to 9 p.m. each Friday. They were not allowed contact with their families during their first month, or with anyone else for six months. By that time, Roxy said, most girls are ‘broken,’ having been told that their families have abandoned them, and that the world outside is a sinful, dangerous place where girls who leave are murdered or raped.”

motherjones: Women isolated from secular society, scarred for life, and beaten for crossing the religious authorities. Kandahar? No, Missouri. And conservatives keep the system running. This is sickening.”Girls were not allowed to converse except from 6 to 9 p.m. each Friday. They were not allowed contact with their families during their first month, or with …

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3rdofmay: The art: Jack Levine, The Great Society, 1967. The news: “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich,” by Warren Buffet for the New York Times op-ed page. The source: Private collection.

fuckyouverymuch: We don’t read the news. ..because really, what’s the point?