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Alaska divesting from Iran?
Alaska Dispatch
If it becomes law, it will be the first time Alaska's accounts have been used as a tool for political protest. In 2008, Anchorage Democrat Rep. Les Gara proposed pulling Alaska's funds from the Darfur region of Sudan while a well-documented genocide ...

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4 Types of Independent Voters Who Could Swing the 2012 Elections - The Atlantic
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:26 GMT

The Atlantic

4 Types of Independent Voters Who Could Swing the 2012 Elections
The Atlantic
Their number, along with their disaffection with the two-party political system, is growing exponentially. About 40 percent of all American voters now call themselves independents, a bigger group than those who say they are either Democrats or ...

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Former Austin-area state represetative Maurice Angly Jr. dies - Austin American-Statesman
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:59 GMT

Former Austin-area state represetative Maurice Angly Jr. dies
Austin American-Statesman
By Katie Glueck Maurice Angly Jr., the first Republican state legislator elected to represent the Travis County area since Reconstruction and a champion of government transparency, died Monday in Anchorage, Alaska, his children said. He was 71 .

Roseanne is running for president - CNN (blog)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:17:52 GMT

Roseanne is running for president
CNN (blog)
If green party really wanted to be a force in american politics, they should have got a veteran with proven record like al gore, rick perry, Alan greenspan, sarah palin or whatever Makes evolutionary sense to have a comedian as the next president.

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Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod - CBS News
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:30:39 GMT

Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod
CBS News
It's not to be released and published until April 1st. by erichsh February 3, 2012 8:30 AM EST It's fascinating to read the glowing comments endorsing a comedian with ZERO political experience - from the very same people who openly mocked former Alaska ...

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Top Democrats seeks to quell debate over permanent earmark ban - The Hill (blog)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:25:53 GMT

Top Democrats seeks to quell debate over permanent earmark ban
The Hill (blog)
Dick Lugar (Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Richard Shelby (Ala.). While election politics could seep into the vote count this time around, many lawmakers, specifically appropriators, have said they are loathe to give up their right to choose how ...

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Lawmaker seeks end to tax break benefiting Baptist Temple - TheNewsTribune.com
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:02:35 GMT

Lawmaker seeks end to tax break benefiting Baptist Temple
TheNewsTribune.com
An Anchorage lawmaker is asking the Alaska Legislature to undo a 2006 change in state tax law that is benefiting only one Anchorage church: the same church that sought the amendment. By RICHARD MAUER; Anchorage Daily News An Anchorage lawmaker is ...

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Dan Popkey: Democrat's defection roils the Idaho Statehouse - The Idaho Statesman
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:08:23 GMT

Dan Popkey: Democrat's defection roils the Idaho Statehouse
The Idaho Statesman
Butch Otter's recruitment of John Foster, a former Idaho Democratic Party executive director, suggests Otter is taking seriously his promise to defend “Students Come First” at the polls Nov. 6. The news, rumored the past two weeks, prompted anger and ...

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Ron Paul: Hispanics used as 'scapegoats' - Washington Post (blog)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:31:09 GMT

Ron Paul: Hispanics used as 'scapegoats'
Washington Post (blog)
EARLIER ON THE FIX: Fourth quarter fundraising winners and losers Mitt Romney plays into Democrats' looming rich-guy attacks The Solyndra election Romney, citing safety net, says he's 'not concerned about the very poor' Space for conservative ...

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Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes - Fox News
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:51:26 GMT

Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes
Fox News
But it's moving quietly into mainstream political discourse, despite the fact that such sweeping changes would almost certainly mean a total rewiring of tax systems at a time when most states are still struggling in the aftermath of the recession.

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