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Lawmakers tune in to social media

By NICOLE GAUDIANO | Federal Times When Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont delivers a major speech, he offers his audience a menu of cyber options to learn more and aid the cause. The independent lawmaker’s 47,000-plus Twitter followers can retweet a play-by-play from his staff, links to the speech and television interviews. More than 70,000 […]...
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Paul Ryan Joins Quora to Tackle Questions About the Budget

By Nick Judd, TechPresident One of the latest additions to Quora, the social question-and-answer platform? Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), chair of the House Budget Committee. Ryan joined Quora yesterday and answered two questions, one about the Greek debt crisis and another about his Medicare budget. “Is Paul Ryan’s budget really ending Medicare as we know […]...
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Tea Partier Whips Libs Silly on NBC News

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Wednesday, July 13, The Ed Show on MSNBC: JUDSON PHILLIPS, TEA PARTY NATION: Oh, yeah, right, tax cuts didn’t create jobs? And please tell me why in 2004 and 2005 we had full […]...
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Tea Partier Whips Libs Silly on NBC News

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy From FOX NATION Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Wednesday, July 13, The Ed Show on MSNBC: JONATHAN ALTER, BLOOMBERG VIEW COLUMNIST: I just wanted to make a couple of points to Mr. Phillips. First of all, the massive […]...
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The Federal Debt Limit and the Federal Reserve

By John Dennis, The John Dennis Report My guess is that Obama, Boehner et al will cut a deal and raise the federal debt ceiling. The amount will likely continue the status quo through the beginning of 2013, after the presidential election. My bigger guess is that the deal will have no substance, with spending […]...
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GOP in tweeted debate

by Russ Jones, OneNewsNow.com A conservative non-profit group announced last week that it will host the Twitter Republican Presidential Debate on July 20 — the first presidential debate conducted through one of the web’s largest social media sites. Political analyst and pollster Dick Morris will moderate TheTeaParty.net event that will feature many GOP candidates. Dustin […]...
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2012 battles fought in 140 characters or less

By Shannon Travis, CNN.com Might future presidential debates feature candidates that voters can’t see, can’t hear and who answer questions in 140 characters or less? While televised presidential debates are far from political extinction, what’s certain is that more and more presidential-type forums are making significant use of social media or wholly being broadcast online. […]...
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Facebook upgrade spurs fears of political bias

By Neil Munro, The Daily Caller Facebook’s managers are deploying a new software upgrade that will dismantle myriad groups of like-minded political activists unless they get a special software-key from the company. But Facebook manager are providing very limited information about which groups are being favored with the new key, prompting some activists to complain […]...
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YouTube Launches Debate Clearinghouse For Politicos

by Austin Carr, Fast Company When it comes to debating the issues, the public has a hard time sifting through all the political theater, biases, and endless muckraking. Between boilerplate-spewing press secretaries, 30-second attack ads, and swiftboating, it’s often difficult to figure out where candidates and elected officials stand on hot policy topics like health […]...