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Chris in Paris and John Aravosis at Americablog gives us some good news on the aftermath of the deadly tornado in Moore, OK:
- OMG Oklahoma tornado victim interviewed about losing her dog in rubble, when she spots her dog
- Heartwarming videos of parents reuniting with kids at Oklahoma school destroyed by tornado
Then from John, the uglier side of this tragedy from the “Me, But Not For Thee” crowd:
- Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid
- Anti-Sandy-relief GOP Oklahoma Senator: Aid for my state is “totally different” than Sandy
Over at Corrente, lambert‘s marathon ObamaCare Clusterf**k continues with:
- The “unbanked” are 27% of those eligible for ObamaCare, and may be denied coverage because they have no way to pay that insurance companies will accept
- Today’s rollout compared to Medicare’s
At FDL’s Newsdesk, DSWright fills us in on the news that we missed while the MSM is reporting the disaster. No, folks, the idiocy in politics and the changing canvas of the “Scandal-Gate” has not stopped:
- White House Changes Story On IRS Knowledge Again
- New Head Of CIA National Clandestine Service Featured In Wikileaks Cables On Torture Case
- Occupy Our Homes Activists Arrested At Justice Department Headquarters
From Jon Walker at FDL Action:
- Poverty Among Senior Citizens is Worse than Official Numbers
- Obama Gives Civil Liberty Abuse a Bipartisan Seal of Approval
Kevin Gosztola continues his reporting on “Reporter- Gate” and the Bradley Manning trial at FDL’s The Dissenter:
- When the Justice Department Pursues Reporters as Spies
- Government Accepts Bradley Manning’s Plea to Lesser Offense Related to Disclosure of Diplomatic Cable
From the many contributors at MyFDL:
- CIA: An Idea That’s Time Has Gone
by David Swanson - Jamie Dimon’s Sleazy Record
by masaccio - Changing My Recorded Gender With DOD
by Autumn Sandeen
From the contributors at Grist here are just a few of today’s really interesting features:
- Fourth-grade filmmaker sneaks a camera into the cafeteria to document his gross school lunch
by Susan Laskow - Bill aims to tackle climate-caused health problems
by John Upton - Utilities for dummies: How they work and why that needs to change
by David Roberts - Manhattan to see more killer heat waves
by John Upton
And finally, Charles P. Pierce gives Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse a Big Bravo. Both Charles and Atrios make note of a possible “band reunion” of sorts:
The president should announce that he has told the Justice Department to appoint an independent investigator with bulldog instincts and bipartisan credibility. The list of candidates could start with Kenneth Starr, who chased down the scandals, real and imagined, of the Clinton presidency.
They learned nothing.
The stupid just burns.
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