<?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://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:15:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:06 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Daily Kos: Bachmann Lies - Again. Says Gov't Bureaucrats get 70% of Food Stamp Spending</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is just another example as to why trusting the republican/tea party is always going to be a problem. The representation is never mindful of just What it is the People Want!
Michelle Bachman recently claimed at the CPAC convention that 70% of all the money allocated to the f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17406202-daily-kos-bachmann-lies-again-says-govt-bureaucrats-get-70-of-food-stamp-spending</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17406202-daily-kos-bachmann-lies-again-says-govt-bureaucrats-get-70-of-food-stamp-spending</guid><category>economy</category><category>budget</category><category>republicans</category><category>deficit</category><category>snap</category><category>tea-party</category><category>michelle-bachmann</category><category>foodstamps</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:14:48 +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=geewizz648514433F1F9FD-6BA9-D1A6-F6D2-B4AC6C608E96.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514433F1F9FD-6BA9-D1A6-F6D2-B4AC6C608E96.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>Ten ways Republicans say they went wrong in 2012 | The Ticket - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Grwth &amp; Opportunity Project]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361008-ten-ways-republicans-say-they-went-wrong-in-2012-the-ticket-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361008-ten-ways-republicans-say-they-went-wrong-in-2012-the-ticket-yahoo-news</guid><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>cpac</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:32:19 +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=geewizz648514409DE50DF-326D-0610-BD59-AAA6280EBF5A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514409DE50DF-326D-0610-BD59-AAA6280EBF5A.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>First Read Minute: Signs of GOP identity crisis at CPAC - First Read</title>
<description><![CDATA[Need I say more?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17314338-first-read-minute-signs-of-gop-identity-crisis-at-cpac-first-read</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17314338-first-read-minute-signs-of-gop-identity-crisis-at-cpac-first-read</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican</category><category>cpac-gop-crisis</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:31:20 +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=geewizz64851447734EA7B-4049-8E98-49BD-E3FCD43185F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz64851447734EA7B-4049-8E98-49BD-E3FCD43185F4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>War is hell on veterans' job prospects: Fed paper - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military veterans who have been deployed overseas for prolonged periods struggle to find work because of the traumas of war, as well as training that does not readily translate into the civilian world, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Ch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089755-war-is-hell-on-veterans-job-prospects-fed-paper-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089755-war-is-hell-on-veterans-job-prospects-fed-paper-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>veterans</category><category>republican-vote</category><category>veterans-job-bill</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:49:09 +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=geewizz648514473278007-879F-3FA3-7AF8-7B1E96D5E159.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514473278007-879F-3FA3-7AF8-7B1E96D5E159.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Can escape clause save voting rights provision? - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments to an escape hatch from the law's strictest provision.
The Voting &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17081171-can-escape-clause-save-voting-rights-provision-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17081171-can-escape-clause-save-voting-rights-provision-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>voter-fraud</category><category>voter-rights</category><category>election-2012</category><category>republicans-and-voter-fraud</category><category>voter-proviions</category><category>republicans-and-veter-fraud</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:20:29 +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=geewizz6485144FD4F6193-C9FB-E291-9986-131584BA84C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz6485144FD4F6193-C9FB-E291-9986-131584BA84C7.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><item><title>GOP Reality Check: Time to Face the Facts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Root) -- We recently heard former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and current Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, both Republicans, use the word "stupid" in reference to their own party. Although they had in mind comments about rape and pregnancy like those made by losing GOP senator&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885805-gop-reality-check-time-to-face-the-facts</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885805-gop-reality-check-time-to-face-the-facts</guid><category>politics</category><category>tea-party</category><category>barack-obamas</category><category>new-politics</category><category>alberta-roberts</category><category>even-worse-than-it-looks</category><category>john-langston-gwaltney</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:52:48 +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=geewizz6485144CBA6E9D5-E958-0281-D9CC-908413619F75.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz6485144CBA6E9D5-E958-0281-D9CC-908413619F75.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New PAC stirs GOP rivalries, tea party angst - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Republicans' struggles to redefine their party are intensifying, as tea party insurgents and establishment Republicans vie to control congressional primaries, and GOP leaders try to expand their focus beyond the deficit.
Grassroots conservatives are conde&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16857067-new-pac-stirs-gop-rivalries-tea-party-angst-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16857067-new-pac-stirs-gop-rivalries-tea-party-angst-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>republican-party</category><category>house-gop</category><category>christian-democratic</category><category>tom-harkin</category><category>christine-odonnell</category><category>can-republicans</category><category>bill-barrow</category><category>new-pac</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 21:49:37 +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=geewizz648514407E23A4C-A2E3-6C60-D8ED-FBCF059E2318.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514407E23A4C-A2E3-6C60-D8ED-FBCF059E2318.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>A Second G.O.P. - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[On the surface, Republicans are already doing a good job of beginning to change their party. Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana gave a speech to the Republican National Committee calling on Republicans to stop being the stupid party, to stop insulting the intelligence of the American&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16760809-a-second-gop-nytimescom</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16760809-a-second-gop-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>nytimes</category><category>david-brooks</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:05:58 +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=geewizz64851449D199788-7465-5F4E-84FC-A0F1C7DB3110.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="600" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz64851449D199788-7465-5F4E-84FC-A0F1C7DB3110.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rachel Maddow Show</title>
<description><![CDATA["This is the new Republican leadership talking point: President Obama is mean. And Republicans are helpless before his meanness in Washington. 
But you know what? Republicans have complete control of government in 24 states, which is a lot. And where they do have control, they'r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16760599-rachel-maddow-show</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16760599-rachel-maddow-show</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:50:45 +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>Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan faces changed world after prison - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[When former Illinois Gov. George Ryan steps out of prison on Wednesday after serving five-plus years for corruption, he will return to a life altered by personal tragedy and to a state altered by his and his predecessor's legacy of corruption. 
Ryan, who is headed to a halfway h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16759213-ex-ill-gov-ryan-faces-changed-world-after-prison-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16759213-ex-ill-gov-ryan-faces-changed-world-after-prison-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>maricopa-county-superior-court</category><category>illinois-campaign</category><category>ray-nagins</category><category>file-ap-convicted</category><category>george-ryan-wls</category><category>new-orleans-vietnam</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:20:11 +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=geewizz648514404179D9A-DB4A-591C-FA9B-6E6FF98CDC28.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514404179D9A-DB4A-591C-FA9B-6E6FF98CDC28.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>&quot;A MUST READ FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THE POPULAR/ELECTORAL VOTE RULES&quot; First Thoughts: Changing the rules, not the party - First Read</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans in MI, OH, PA, VA are looking to change the Electoral College rules, not their party&hellip; The changes would give the GOP a HUGE advantage in presidential contests&hellip; But it would also present this dilemma for Republicans: It would speed up efforts to have the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16697747-a-must-read-for-those-who-understand-the-popularelectoral-vote-rules-first-thoughts-changing-the-rules-not-the-party-first-read</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16697747-a-must-read-for-those-who-understand-the-popularelectoral-vote-rules-first-thoughts-changing-the-rules-not-the-party-first-read</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>chris-matthews</category><category>lt-governorgoes</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:39:09 +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=geewizz64851443A91C070-2F2B-9482-52E1-3DA2728C05D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz64851443A91C070-2F2B-9482-52E1-3DA2728C05D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dallas stepmom gets 85 years in dehydration death - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;A Dallas woman whose 10-year-old stepson died after she denied him water, even as temperatures soared over 100 degrees, was sentenced Tuesday to 85 years in prison. 
Tina Marie Alberson did not react as her sentence was announced. She was convicted last week of reckless in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16646586-dallas-stepmom-gets-85-years-in-dehydration-death-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16646586-dallas-stepmom-gets-85-years-in-dehydration-death-yahoo-news</guid><category>health</category><category>dallas-county</category><category>follow-yahoo</category><category>photo-dallas-county-sheriff-department</category><category>associated-presscbs-dallas-file</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:40:44 +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=geewizz6485144767CC750-0980-8CDD-184D-A80A6DA7C08A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz6485144767CC750-0980-8CDD-184D-A80A6DA7C08A.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>Rachel Maddow Show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rachel Maddow reports on the growing awareness among the American political media of a plan by state Republicans to use a gerrymandering strategy with the Electoral College to give a greater advantage to Republican candidates in presidential races.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16614809-rachel-maddow-show</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16614809-rachel-maddow-show</guid><category>politics</category><category>rachel-maddow-show</category><category>rachel-maddow-show-msn-home</category><category>nbcnewscom-msnbc-about</category><category>trms-advertise</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:22:18 +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>Dems have hard road to taking House in 2014 - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Democrats are promising an all-out blitz to win the House in 2014. There&rsquo;s just one lingering question: Which Republicans can really be unseated?
The problem: Republicans used the once-a-decade redistricting process to shore up many of their members, leaving Democrats wi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567832-dems-have-hard-road-to-taking-house-in-2014-alex-isenstadt-politicocom</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567832-dems-have-hard-road-to-taking-house-in-2014-alex-isenstadt-politicocom</guid><category>politics</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>liberal-reply</category><category>sign-this-petition</category><category>am-est-thank-god</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:12:09 +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=geewizz648514439DD7FD8-5721-1510-54F5-0E1002C56848.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514439DD7FD8-5721-1510-54F5-0E1002C56848.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rachel Maddow Show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Effectively, what they would do is use the exact same gerrymandering, that let Republicans keep the House this year, even though more people voted for Democrats for Congress than voted for Republicans. It would let them use the exact same maps that rigged the House for the Republ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567239-rachel-maddow-show</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567239-rachel-maddow-show</guid><category>politics</category><category>rachel-maddow-show</category><category>rachel-maddow-show-msn-home</category><category>conditions-about</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:34:20 +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></item><item><title>House GOP desperately seeking agenda - Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
House Republicans &mdash; who start their annual retreat in Williamsburg, Va., on Wednesday &mdash; are facing something of a conundrum: They have the majority but don&rsquo;t know what to do with it.
When Republicans snatched back the House majority in 2010, they were armed w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16548687-house-gop-desperately-seeking-agenda-jake-sherman-politicocom</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16548687-house-gop-desperately-seeking-agenda-jake-sherman-politicocom</guid><category>politics</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>house-gop</category><category>some-house-republicans</category><category>pm-est-house-republicans-can-t</category><category>congresswoman-blackburn</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:47:14 +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=geewizz64851449BA2D441-D711-A0AC-1391-058F9D6245E2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz64851449BA2D441-D711-A0AC-1391-058F9D6245E2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>White House calls NRA ad &amp;quot;repugnant and cowardly&amp;quot; - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[The White House condemned as "repugnant and cowardly" an ad by the National Rifle Association that mentions President Barack Obama's children as receiving armed Secret Service protection. 
The ad comes as Obama unveils sweeping efforts to reduce gun violence that are for the mos&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547585-white-house-calls-nra-ad-quotrepugnant-and-cowardlyquot-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547585-white-house-calls-nra-ad-quotrepugnant-and-cowardlyquot-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>reuters-obama</category><category>washington-reuters-white-house</category><category>assaut-rifle</category><category>cbstv-videos-these</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:15:22 +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></item><item><title>EPA changed course after gas company protested - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[In this Nov. 26, 2012 photo, Steve Lipsky pauses during an interview at his family's home in rural Parker County near Weatherford, Texas. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;&hellip;more&nbsp; had evidence a gas company's drilling operation contaminated Lipsky's drinkin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547326-epa-changed-course-after-gas-company-protested-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547326-epa-changed-course-after-gas-company-protested-yahoo-news</guid><category>new-york</category><category>environment</category><category>associated-press</category><category>fort-worth</category><category>not-news</category><category>could-take-another</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:57:08 +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>Rachel Maddow Show</title>
<description><![CDATA["And even though the Obama administration kind of declared war on peacocks in this announcement yesterday, it is worth wondering if they might not actually be better off if they did strut on these issues a little bit more than they like to, because you would never know it from th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16480923-rachel-maddow-show</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16480923-rachel-maddow-show</guid><category>this-week</category><category>rachel-maddow-show</category><category>rachel-maddow-show-msn-home</category><category>conditions-about</category><category>nbcnewscom-msnbc-about</category><category>careers-terms</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:53:27 +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>GOP senator threatens delay on CIA nomination - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama's choice of John Brennan to be the next CIA director hit a snag Tuesday as a Republican senator threatened to delay the nomination until the Obama administration provides answers on the deadly assault in Libya that killed the U.S. am&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16417670-gop-senator-threatens-delay-on-cia-nomination-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16417670-gop-senator-threatens-delay-on-cia-nomination-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>cia-director</category><category>bill-clintons</category><category>celebrity-shenanigans</category><category>this-is-what</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 22:38:42 +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=geewizz648514425D859CA-8D36-EFA0-6629-B00803C325AF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514425D859CA-8D36-EFA0-6629-B00803C325AF.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>Heidi Heitkamp Gun Control Criticism Attracts Ad Campaign By Advocacy Group</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Gun control advocates are launching a hard-hitting series of ads on Tuesday targeting newly elected Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), who has criticized gun law reforms.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence will run advertisements in the Washington publications Politico &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal came out in favor of gun control restrictions in a Tuesday morning appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
"I spent a career carrying typically either a M16, and later a M4 carbine," he said. "And a M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.5&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16415875-stanley-mcchrystal-gun-control-requires-serious-action</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16415875-stanley-mcchrystal-gun-control-requires-serious-action</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>michael-bloomberg</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>gabrielle-giffords</category><category>stanley-mcchrystal</category><category>trayvon-martin</category><category>george-zimmerman</category><category>general-mcchrystal-gun-control</category><category>michel-bloomberg-gun-control</category><category>stanley-mcchrystal-gun-control</category><category>politics-news-stand-your-ground</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 19:13:09 +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=geewizz6485144121BFCE4-5F57-4FAA-9A0B-1D26645AD6AF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz6485144121BFCE4-5F57-4FAA-9A0B-1D26645AD6AF.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>Heidi Heitkamp: Reported White House Gun Control Plans 'Way In Extreme' (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp (N.D)told ABC's 'This Week'&nbsp;that gun control plans reportedly being considered by the White House are "way in extreme."
The Washington Post&nbsp;on Saturday reportedthat the Obama administration is weighing a broad approach to tackling the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16384249-heidi-heitkamp-reported-white-house-gun-control-plans-way-in-extreme-video</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16384249-heidi-heitkamp-reported-white-house-gun-control-plans-way-in-extreme-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>heidi-heitkamp</category><category>though-i</category><category>we-need</category><category>huffpost-super-user</category><category>sandy-hook-elementary</category><category>democrats-like-this-one</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 01:59:54 +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=geewizz648514415E76C0E-739F-5C3C-7BC2-B44BA995E96D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz648514415E76C0E-739F-5C3C-7BC2-B44BA995E96D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Congress, old ways: D.C.'s angry politics aren't going away | The Ticket - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[As the 113th Congress took the oath of office together this week, newly minted representatives and senators posed with their kids. Democrats celebrated unprecedented diversity at the Capitol (sometimes, ahem, less than completely honestly). Vice President Joe Biden was, well, in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16383482-new-congress-old-ways-dcs-angry-politics-arent-going-away-the-ticket-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16383482-new-congress-old-ways-dcs-angry-politics-arent-going-away-the-ticket-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>republican-john-cornyn</category><category>associtae-press</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:36:16 +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=geewizz64851444E553432-96EE-E078-9008-1ED01C96D66A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz64851444E553432-96EE-E078-9008-1ED01C96D66A.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>Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever.
Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions have increased, pitting endangered Northeastern Republicans against their colleagues from othe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geewizz-6485144]]></source><link>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16368344-republican-party-seems-as-divided-angry-as-ever-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://geewizz6485144.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16368344-republican-party-seems-as-divided-angry-as-ever-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>republican-party</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>chris-christie</category><category>new-jersey-s</category><category>those-republican</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jan 2013 17:32:54 +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=geewizz6485144F893A3C0-7C2A-E559-8471-8A5C3B6782C4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geewizz6485144F893A3C0-7C2A-E559-8471-8A5C3B6782C4.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></channel></rss>