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		<title>Despicable: Bill O&#039;Reilly Continues to Attack the Late George Tiller, Referring to Him as &#039;Dr. Killer&#039;</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/357642/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Despicable-Bill-OReilly-Continues-to-Attack-the-Late-George-Tiller-Referring-to-Him-as-Dr-Killer</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:21:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Corley</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Obama Clears the Deck for Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/353323/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Obama-Clears-the-Deck-for-Health-Care-Reform</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/353323/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;We&amp;#039;re just about at the stage at which the health care debate starts crowding out practically every other domestic policy.
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:19:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Where Does the New Army Secretary Stand on Don&#039;t Ask, Don&#039;t Tell? </title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/352541/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Where-Does-the-New-Army-Secretary-Stand-on-Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/352541/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Is McHugh open to changing the ban on gay servicemembers?
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:30:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Frick</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Progressives Have the Troops and a Massive War Chest for Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/351321/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Progressives-Have-the-Troops-and-a-Massive-War-Chest-for-Health-Care-Reform</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/351321/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Progressives will spend $82 million mobilizing against big business interests that stand in the way of better, more affordable health care.
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:35:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Frel</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Stuck in Your Job Because You Need the Health Benefits? You&#039;re Not Alone.</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/337611/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Stuck-in-Your-Job-Because-You-Need-the-Health-Benefits-Youre-Not-Alone</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/337611/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;There are the millions of people for whom losing their employer-based coverage would have dire financial and health consequences.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 09:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Sanchez</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Obama Calls for Health Care Reform Now ... or Never</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/321125/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Obama-Calls-for-Health-Care-Reform-Now-or-Never</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/321125/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If we don&amp;#039;t get it done this year we are not going to get it done.&amp;quot; 
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:43:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Stein</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Starbucks&#039; Health Care Policy Is Sickening</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/313671/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Starbucks-Health-Care-Policy-Is-Sickening</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/313671/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Tell Starbucks&amp;#039; CEO Howard Schultz to support his workers&amp;#039; right to unionize.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:13:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ZP Heller</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Bush v. Gore Foes Are Actually Teaming Up to Fight Prop. 8</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/311416/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Bush-v-Gore-Foes-Are-Actually-Teaming-Up-to-Fight-Prop</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/311416/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Their suit calls for an injunction against the proposition, allowing immediate reinstatement of marriage rights for same-sex couples.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:21:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Terkel</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Health Care vs. the Right&#039;s Health Scare</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/311417/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Health-Care-vs-the-Rights-Health-Scare</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/311417/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Conservatives are going after Health Care reform with wildly misleading attacks. 
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:10:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>ShellGuilty Rallies in NYC and London Today!</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/309568/0/alternet_blogs_action/~ShellGuilty-Rallies-in-NYC-and-London-Today</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/309568/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Rally for justice for the Ogoni and people of the Niger Delta.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 01:43:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator> Staff</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Shameful: California Supreme Court Upholds Same Sex-Marriage Ban</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/304081/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Shameful-California-Supreme-Court-Upholds-Same-SexMarriage-Ban</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/304081/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;The CA Supreme Court has upheld the notorious Proposition 8 from last year&amp;#039;s election, but also validated all gay marriages held before Nov. 4.
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Parties/Protests Planned: The California Supreme Court to Deliver Its Prop. 8 Verdict on Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/278725/0/alternet_blogs_action/~PartiesProtests-Planned-The-California-Supreme-Court-to-Deliver-Its-Prop-Verdict-on-Tuesday</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/278725/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Those battling for equality have devised new outlets for activism which have amped up the pressure for action at every level.
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 08:10:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator> dday</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Activists Takeover Starbucks&#039; Own Twitter Campaign</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/278726/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Activists-Takeover-Starbucks-Own-Twitter-Campaign</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/278726/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;A look at how marketing campaigns can be used against the very corporations they are meant to promote. 
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:53:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator> Staff</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Starbucks&#039; Dirty Secrets Revealed</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/278727/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Starbucks-Dirty-Secrets-Revealed</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/278727/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Anti-worker and anti-EFCA, the momentum to Stop Starbucks&amp;#039; problematic anti-labor practices is building.
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:55:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ZP Heller</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Health Care Activists Battle Powerful Insurance Companies</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/278728/0/alternet_blogs_action/~Health-Care-Activists-Battle-Powerful-Insurance-Companies</link>
		<description>&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;&quot; vspace=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/278728/0/alternet_blogs_action/&quot;&gt;Health Care for America Now activists call on the Justice Department to look at monopolies in the insurance market. 
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:02:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator> dday</dc:creator></item>
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