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Did America Get Punk'd on the Bailout? By David Sirota, Campaign for America's Future The answer is yes ... now here's what to do about it. Read more »   Could Obama's Pro-Marijuana Commerce Secretary Spell a Golden Era for Pot Reform? By Scott Thill, AlterNet Bill Richardson believes we need to "rethink and decriminalize" our cannabis laws. Now that he's in office, he has the chance to achieve it. Read more »   A Bigot, Anti-Choice Pastor Picked for Obama's Inauguration By Sarah Posner, TheNation.com A very strange pick -- Pastor Rick Warren opposes gay marriage, doesn't believe in evolution and compared abortion to the Holocaust. Read more »   Why Iranians Love and Loathe Ahmadinejad and Think Nuclear Technology's Their Right By Hooman Majd, AlterNet An Iranian-American author explains why their president elicits such passionate emotions from both supporters and opponents. Read more »   Obama Should Worry About Iraqi Shoes, Too By Ben Lando, AlterNet When Iraq's violence escalates, President Obama better not be caught on his heels when he's blamed for losing Bush's "win." Read more »   In This Era of Hope, Obama Must Embrace a Genuine Agenda of Peace By David Cortright, AlterNet Obama's election was in substantial part a mandate for ending the war and demilitarizing U.S. foreign policy; now it's time to hold him to it. Read more »   How To Be an Ethical Consumer Without Breaking the Bank By Suyeon Khim, Campus Progress There are many affordable ways to spend your hard-earned cash in accordance with progressive values. Read more »   Bikes Point the Way to a Sustainable Future By Chris Carlsson, AKPress Bicycling subcultures signal a sensibility that stands against oil wars, environmental devastation, urban decay and monocultural sprawl. Read more »   Lessons from an Emergency Room Nightmare By Harold Pollack, The American Prospect Several people made mistakes in my wife's care. The worst and most deadly mistake was ours. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Did Dick Cheney Just Confess to a War Crime on National TV? By ZP Heller, Brave New Films The VP and his hubris have finally gone too far. Read more »   Even the State Department Recommends Dumping Blackwater By Satyam Khanna, Think Progress A panel commissioned by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for the security firm's contract not to be renewed next year. Read more »   Slimy Newt: How Gingrich Is Hoping to Trick the Public By Taking the 'High Road' By Digby, Hullabaloo Never take Newtie at face value. He's a slime, just as his name suggests. Always has been, always will be. Read more »   Is Caroline Kennedy Winning Over Skeptics? By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Are Democrats warming up to the idea of Senator Kennedy? Read more »

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