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ExxonMobil's War on Science

By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., HuffingtonPost.com. Posted January 31, 2007.

With an elaborate network of phony think tanks and slick public relations firms, ExxonMobil has become today's Big Tobacco, defrauding the public and waging a war on science.   Alternet Article

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From Ms. Magazine

This Is What a Speaker Looks Like
Nancy Pelosi has finally cracked the marble ceiling of the Capitol. Now what will she do with the unprecedented power she has earned?

Ms. is proud to be the first magazine to feature on its cover Nancy Pelosi, the first woman and first self-identified feminist Speaker of the House.   This 2002 Ms. Woman of the Year gives Ms. an exclusive interview in our cover story, “This Is What A Speaker Looks Like,” by Marie Cocco, in which we focus on her substance, rather than her clothes and jewelry.    Entire Article

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From Buzzflash

Melanie Sloan's Team of Watch Dogs Is Taking the Crooks To Court

We filed suit against the Justice Department... The Justice Department has documents that were stolen from the computers of Democrats, but didn't call Democratic Senators to inform them that, hey, somebody's obviously been accessing your documents, because we have them. And the question is, why didn't the Justice Department return them? I think the Justice Department is going to have a hell of a time in court with that argument.        Article & Interview

 

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