<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/</link><description>Mitt Romney would fire Santa Claus and send the reindeer off to China</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:27:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:06:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>True Statements By Democrats Causing Critical Pinocchio Shortage At WaPo&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8216;Fact Checker&amp;#8217;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hello Glenn Kessler, Mr. Dr. The Fact Checker of Washington Post &ldquo;fame,&rdquo;  into what pretzels of tortured hermeneutics and fussiness are you  twisting yourself today, because you are pathologically obsessed with  appearing nonpartisan? Will it be three out of four &ldq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404767-true-statements-by-democrats-causing-critical-pinocchio-shortage-at-wapos-fact-checker</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404767-true-statements-by-democrats-causing-critical-pinocchio-shortage-at-wapos-fact-checker</guid><category>politics</category><category>fact-checker</category><category>glenn-kessler</category><category>benghazi-emails</category><category>hillarys-benghina</category><category>one-million-pinocchios</category><category>pt-who-will-fact-check-the-fact-checkers</category><category>washington-post-15-11</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:26:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton41D156A9-D2CD-912E-A881-6EEEDE958013.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton41D156A9-D2CD-912E-A881-6EEEDE958013.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Political Animal - Hitting the Hornet&amp;#8217;s Nest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious
Even as &ldquo;investigators&rdquo; seek without much success so far to find  evidence that the IRS scrutiny of applications for 501(c)(4) status  represents a vast political conspiracy&mdash;one that might have changed the outcome of the 2012 e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404713-political-animal-hitting-the-hornets-nest</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404713-political-animal-hitting-the-hornets-nest</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>irs</category><category>republican</category><category>boston-herald</category><category>picket</category><category>tea-party</category><category>501-c-4</category><category>political-conspiracy</category><category>obamagate</category><category>glenn-beck-listening-conspiracy-theorist</category><category>secular-socialists</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:19:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton804BAC52-A71F-4610-8AC5-130C3177DF33.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="54" width="157" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton804BAC52-A71F-4610-8AC5-130C3177DF33.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="42" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Roberts Court to Wade into Debate Over Religion&amp;#039;s Place in Public Square | ACS</title>
<description><![CDATA[For decades Religious Right activists have cultivated a wobbly  narrative, championed by pundits like Bill O&rsquo;Reilly, of a secular  America striving to erase Christianity from the public square.
These activists, such as the Family Research Council and the American Family As&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404498-roberts-court-to-wade-into-debate-over-religions-place-in-public-square-acs</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404498-roberts-court-to-wade-into-debate-over-religions-place-in-public-square-acs</guid><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>religion-clauses</category><category>public-prayer</category><category>constitutional-interpretation-and-change</category><category>other-courts</category><category>adam-liptak</category><category>individual-liberties</category><category>judge-guido-calabresi</category><category>legislative-prayer</category><category>lyle-denniston</category><category>marsh-v-chambers</category><category>town-of-greece-v-galloway</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton3E6921D8-DA3C-7DDD-3FDE-E016DE0CE333.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="290" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton3E6921D8-DA3C-7DDD-3FDE-E016DE0CE333.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>RNC Chairman Says Impeachment Discussion Is Coming Way Too Early, Rand Paul Concurs | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[A word of caution to Republicans for throwing impeachment around regarding Obama and the sensationalized IRS problems came from a somewhat surprising source: Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and  the Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, Reince Priebus. It  should be noted that t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404460-rnc-chairman-says-impeachment-discussion-is-coming-way-too-early-rand-paul-concurs-addicting-info</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404460-rnc-chairman-says-impeachment-discussion-is-coming-way-too-early-rand-paul-concurs-addicting-info</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>republicans</category><category>right-wing</category><category>morons</category><category>tea-party</category><category>nut-jobs</category><category>loony-birds</category><category>bachmann-chairman-impeachment-irs-rand-paul-rnc-scandal-sensationalized-dolt</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:50:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonBDE806EA-FAD4-AE28-50BC-76E5BD0417BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonBDE806EA-FAD4-AE28-50BC-76E5BD0417BF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Anti-Sandy-relief Senator: Aid for Oklahoma is &amp;quot;totally different&amp;quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Far-right US Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) tried to explain today why it&rsquo;s consistent for him to oppose the federal government paying for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief in New England, but why the government should pay for tornado disaster relief in Oklahoma.
After all, New E&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404398-anti-sandy-relief-senator-aid-for-oklahoma-is-quottotally-differentquot</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18404398-anti-sandy-relief-senator-aid-for-oklahoma-is-quottotally-differentquot</guid><category>oklahoma</category><category>aid</category><category>politics</category><category>relief</category><category>tornado</category><category>tom-coburn</category><category>jim-inhofe</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Decades Of History Behind IRS Flap : NPR</title>
<description><![CDATA[Host Michel Martin looks into why some non-profits are tax exempt, and  how something like the recent IRS flap could happen. She speaks with  David Cay Johnston, a columnist for Tax Analysts and reporter Brentin  Mock of Colorlines.com.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18379194-decades-of-history-behind-irs-flap-npr</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18379194-decades-of-history-behind-irs-flap-npr</guid><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>fake</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:55:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonCE693D1F-8F2D-F0E9-A2CC-EE1A30051D20.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="46" width="138" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonCE693D1F-8F2D-F0E9-A2CC-EE1A30051D20.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="40" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Most Folks Do Not Care About Obama &quot;Scandals&quot; | All Things Democrat</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just over a week ago a trifecta of &ldquo;scandals&rdquo; broke upon the Obama  administration.&nbsp; It started when congressional Republicans hoodwinked  ABC into reporting on fabricated emails.&nbsp; Things got worse when news  broke that IRS agents had given more scrutiny to &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359811-why-most-folks-do-not-care-about-obama-scandals-all-things-democrat</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359811-why-most-folks-do-not-care-about-obama-scandals-all-things-democrat</guid><category>congress</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>campaigns</category><category>conspiracy-theories</category><category>the-economy</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>orly-taitz</category><category>secret-muslim</category><category>stars-of-the-gop</category><category>the-media-and-tagged-filibuster</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:04:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Phony IRS &amp;#8220;Scandal&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; We&amp;#8217;ve Been O&amp;#8217;Keefe&amp;#8217;d Again | Seeing the Forest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Guess  what. We&rsquo;ve been O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;d again. It turns out that the &ldquo;IRS Targeted  Conservatives&rdquo; story is just one more made up, phony, right-wing  victimization fantasy lie.
James O&rsquo;Keefe is the guy who made a video supposedly showing him in a  &&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359750-phony-irs-scandal-weve-been-okeefed-again-seeing-the-forest</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359750-phony-irs-scandal-weve-been-okeefed-again-seeing-the-forest</guid><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>james-okeefe</category><category>trageted-conservatives</category><category>phony-right-wing-victimization</category><category>fantasy-lie</category><category>acorn-employees</category><category>pimp-costume-story</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:58:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton144F3D81-66BB-3B7C-9941-C14CC3045E63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton144F3D81-66BB-3B7C-9941-C14CC3045E63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="33" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>    They gave us a republic...:: IRS Another Faux Fox News &amp;quot;Scandal&amp;quot;    </title>
<description><![CDATA[Someone once said that the real scandals are not the way some  politicians break the law but the way most politicians make the laws.
And in the manufactured outrage over the extra scrutiny the IRS  gave to Tea Party and other "patriot" groups seeking tax exempt status  for their&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359696-they-gave-us-a-republic-irs-another-faux-fox-news-quotscandalquot</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359696-they-gave-us-a-republic-irs-another-faux-fox-news-quotscandalquot</guid><category>patriot</category><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>tax-exempt-status</category><category>tea-party</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>501-c-4</category><category>political-activities</category><category>social-welfare-organizations</category><category>pesudoscandal</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:50:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congressmen Pocan and Ellison Introduce &amp;quot;Right to Vote&amp;quot; Constitutional Amendment </title>
<description><![CDATA["The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected," wrote Thomas Paine in 1795.
Yet contrary to popular belief, there is no affirmative right to vote  in the U.S. Constitution. This gap in our founding document has  provided an ope&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343617-congressmen-pocan-and-ellison-introduce-quotright-to-votequot-constitutional-amendment</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343617-congressmen-pocan-and-ellison-introduce-quotright-to-votequot-constitutional-amendment</guid><category>constitution</category><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>voting-rights-act</category><category>gender</category><category>keith-ellison</category><category>thomas-paine</category><category>19th-amendment</category><category>poll-taxes</category><category>26th-amendment</category><category>mark-pocan</category><category>24th-amendment</category><category>right-of-voting</category><category>jim-cdrow</category><category>deny-right-to-vote</category><category>14th-and-15th-amendments</category><category>18-year-olds-vote</category><category>neutered-by-supreme-court</category><category>restrictive-bills</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:31:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas: America's Rotting Banana Republic | The Progressive</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas Governor Rick Perry said recently that even after the massive  fertilizer plant explosion last month, voters in his state really aren&rsquo;t  that interested in tighter workplace safety rules. That would infringe  upon freedom.
Having lived in Texas for most of my life, I&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343552-texas-americas-rotting-banana-republic-the-progressive</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343552-texas-americas-rotting-banana-republic-the-progressive</guid><category>texas</category><category>politics</category><category>stephen</category><category>c</category><category>corporations</category><category>webster</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:23:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Perverse Mental Gyrations of Rep. Darrell Issa</title>
<description><![CDATA[Darrell  Issa appears to be following his stated purpose of opening an  investigation a week into sensitive White House matters. At this point  it is difficult to determine just what it is he and others are after,  except of course pursuing the obvious goal of discrediting the pr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343474-the-perverse-mental-gyrations-of-rep-darrell-issa</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343474-the-perverse-mental-gyrations-of-rep-darrell-issa</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>lies</category><category>republican</category><category>right-wing</category><category>benghazi</category><category>tea-party</category><category>partisan-witch-hunts</category><category>never-let-facts-get-in-the-way</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton781D3FE4-336A-BDDE-A1CF-123A23995DE0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton781D3FE4-336A-BDDE-A1CF-123A23995DE0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>They Can't Create Jobs, But GOP Votes 37 Times to Repeal Obamacare (*Please... Cut the Crap)</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the space of less than two and a half  years, Republicans in Congress have voted to repeal all or part of the  Affordable Care Act a whopping 36 times. Here's a list of these attempts. Each of them includes a link to the votes on each bill, so you can see who voted for this no&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343405-they-cant-create-jobs-but-gop-votes-37-times-to-repeal-obamacare-please-cut-the-crap</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343405-they-cant-create-jobs-but-gop-votes-37-times-to-repeal-obamacare-please-cut-the-crap</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>right-wing</category><category>idiots</category><category>tea-party</category><category>obamacare</category><category>repeal-37-times</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:09:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Colbert Report: Why Does Eric Holder Hate Louie Gohmert's Asparagus? - Little Green Footballs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Watch the video.&nbsp; It's wonderful.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343347-colbert-report-why-does-eric-holder-hate-louie-gohmerts-asparagus-little-green-footballs</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343347-colbert-report-why-does-eric-holder-hate-louie-gohmerts-asparagus-little-green-footballs</guid><category>politics</category><category>colbert-report</category><category>asparagus</category><category>louie-gohmert</category><category>eric-holder</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:03:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonB0C7809C-5E3C-3B41-AC95-1349A8331B1F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonB0C7809C-5E3C-3B41-AC95-1349A8331B1F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Private Prisons Rebrand Themselves As Real Estate Investment Trusts To Avoid Taxes | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The prison industrial complex has the perfect love affair with the  U.S. government. They are like the mistress that gets a diamond ring and  the prisoners in their &ldquo;care&rdquo; are the spouse that is presented with a  vacuum cleaner. This love affair is precisely what le&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320708-private-prisons-rebrand-themselves-as-real-estate-investment-trusts-to-avoid-taxes-addicting-info</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320708-private-prisons-rebrand-themselves-as-real-estate-investment-trusts-to-avoid-taxes-addicting-info</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>for-money</category><category>private-prisons</category><category>avoiding-taxes</category><category>staying-full</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton0C610664-449F-A59F-2C47-41A287F176FF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="184" width="274" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton0C610664-449F-A59F-2C47-41A287F176FF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arizona House Passes Religious Freedom Pro-Discrimination Bill By Wide Margin | The New Civil Rights Movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Arizona House yesterday passed a bill that would allow anyone to discriminate  against anyone for any reason, especially on the grounds of religious  liberty. The bill, designed to allow private businesses the legal right  to discriminate against LGBT people by citing their p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320634-arizona-house-passes-religious-freedom-pro-discrimination-bill-by-wide-margin-the-new-civil-rights-movement</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320634-arizona-house-passes-religious-freedom-pro-discrimination-bill-by-wide-margin-the-new-civil-rights-movement</guid><category>arizona</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>religious-freedom</category><category>evangelicals</category><category>fundamentalists</category><category>stand-your-ground</category><category>tea-party</category><category>religious-bigots</category><category>steve-yarbrough</category><category>sb-1178</category><category>right-wing-stupid-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:32:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NRCC Blog Post On IRS Scandal Includes Lawmakers No Longer In Office, Mayor Of Colombian City</title>
<description><![CDATA[An attempt by the National Republican Congressional Committee to  embarrass Democrats went awry on Thursday, when the group published a  blog post riddled with errors.
The post, titled "31 Democrats Who Are Huge Fans of the IRS  Investigating Conservative Groups," tried to conne&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320596-nrcc-blog-post-on-irs-scandal-includes-lawmakers-no-longer-in-office-mayor-of-colombian-city</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320596-nrcc-blog-post-on-irs-scandal-includes-lawmakers-no-longer-in-office-mayor-of-colombian-city</guid><category>errors</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>national-republican-congressional-committee</category><category>right-wing</category><category>tea-party</category><category>stupid-party</category><category>attempt-to-embarass-democrats</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton6A3E3F78-1E01-0920-8A27-F401D03EF337.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton6A3E3F78-1E01-0920-8A27-F401D03EF337.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McConnell&amp;#039;s Chief of Staff Asks Politico to Remove Ad Promotion Video | The World&amp;#039;s Greatest Deliberative Body</title>
<description><![CDATA[A video posted on the Politico website featuring Senate Minority  Leader Mitch McConnell&rsquo;s chief of staff has been taken down after the  Kentucky Republican&rsquo;s office objected to its placement on a page  designed to solicit advertisers.
The video, posted earlier this &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320534-mcconnells-chief-of-staff-asks-politico-to-remove-ad-promotion-video-the-worlds-greatest-deliberative-body</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320534-mcconnells-chief-of-staff-asks-politico-to-remove-ad-promotion-video-the-worlds-greatest-deliberative-body</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>promo</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>politico</category><category>senate-ethics</category><category>josh-holms</category><category>cheif-of-staff</category><category>advertising-purposes</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:26:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton9C88EF7E-5475-BDAE-EBEB-244380026ACC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton9C88EF7E-5475-BDAE-EBEB-244380026ACC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Daily Kos: CBS: Republicans were source of inaccurate Benghazi emails</title>
<description><![CDATA[From a logical standpoint, it was pretty obvious that Republicans were  the source of the inaccurate Benghazi talking point emails reported last  Friday by ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl, but when the  actual emails surfaced, Karl did not acknowledge who his sources &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320462-daily-kos-cbs-republicans-were-source-of-inaccurate-benghazi-emails</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320462-daily-kos-cbs-republicans-were-source-of-inaccurate-benghazi-emails</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>right-wing</category><category>tea-party</category><category>benghazi-cbs</category><category>false-leaks</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>House Freshmen Get Their Wish to Waste More Money | BobCesca.com | Liberal Politics Blog and Podcast | We Cover the World</title>
<description><![CDATA[While House Republicans hold their 37th vote to repeal Obamacare today, ThinkProgress has tallied the current cost of those 37 votes and it comes out to $55 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304823-house-freshmen-get-their-wish-to-waste-more-money-bobcescacom-liberal-politics-blog-and-podcast-we-cover-the-world</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304823-house-freshmen-get-their-wish-to-waste-more-money-bobcescacom-liberal-politics-blog-and-podcast-we-cover-the-world</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>obamacare</category><category>healthcare-and-tagged-affordable-care-act</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is the IRS &quot;Scandal&quot; Even a Scandal?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The details of the current scandal at the Internal Revenue Service  are straightforward, which might be surprising, given the reputation of  the agency.
In early 2010&mdash;as  right-wing opposition to President Obama reached a fever pitch&mdash;an IRS  office in Cincinnati, Ohi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281450-is-the-irs-scandal-even-a-scandal</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281450-is-the-irs-scandal-even-a-scandal</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>benefit</category><category>truth</category><category>right-wing</category><category>tax-exempt</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>501-c-4</category><category>american-crossroads</category><category>liberal-groups</category><category>fake-scandal</category><category>political-bluncer</category><category>influx-appliclations</category><category>provide-a-service</category><category>koch-brother-amnericans-for-prosperity</category><category>absence-of-regulation</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:12:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonDA3174EC-C2D7-CBB1-C9A5-57939333DB2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonDA3174EC-C2D7-CBB1-C9A5-57939333DB2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>15%: Time House GOP has devoted to useless Obamacare repeal votes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A rather stunning figure from the New York Times.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281345-15-time-house-gop-has-devoted-to-useless-obamacare-repeal-votes</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281345-15-time-house-gop-has-devoted-to-useless-obamacare-repeal-votes</guid><category>politics</category><category>vote</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>repeal</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Daily Kos: House ready to make draconian cuts to food stamps in Farm Bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a Farm Bill that cuts food and nutrition programs by $4.1 billion over the next decade, $400 million annually. That's  bad, and unnecessary, particularly in light of the CBO's new report of shrinking deficits. But the Senate cut&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281324-daily-kos-house-ready-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-food-stamps-in-farmbill</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281324-daily-kos-house-ready-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-food-stamps-in-farmbill</guid><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>aid</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>bill</category><category>recommended</category><category>snap</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonA8C0C5DF-94FC-B54A-958B-FAE8FC2C14D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonA8C0C5DF-94FC-B54A-958B-FAE8FC2C14D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>10 Things We Learned From the IRS Inspector General Report : It's All Politics : NPR</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scintillating isn't how you'd describe the report issued by the  on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.
It was written, after all, by government bureaucrats for government bureaucrats. Enough said.
Still,  peel back the careful, cautious and colorle&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281294-10-things-we-learned-from-the-irs-inspector-general-report-its-all-politics-npr</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281294-10-things-we-learned-from-the-irs-inspector-general-report-its-all-politics-npr</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>tea-party</category><category>treasury-inspector-general-for-tax-administration</category><category>tigta</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:57:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton717E564A-EF37-1976-1A82-1B974C148E52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton717E564A-EF37-1976-1A82-1B974C148E52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republican Says The Stupidest Thing Ever About Benghazi 'Controversy' </title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s difficult to understand just how desperate the GOP has become to  make Benghazi into a huge conspiracy. Sure, Republican voters are  outraged, OUTRAGED! at Obama but they&rsquo;re not entirely sure what it is  they&rsquo;re outraged about. They &ldquo;know&rdquo; he li&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281223-republican-says-the-stupidest-thing-ever-about-benghazi-controversy</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281223-republican-says-the-stupidest-thing-ever-about-benghazi-controversy</guid><category>of</category><category>terror</category><category>terrorism</category><category>act</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>darrell</category><category>romney</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>issa</category><category>please</category><category>mitt</category><category>desperation</category><category>proceed</category><category>bengahzi</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:48:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton5E3BDA02-69AE-3325-439D-F849C722EAB5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton5E3BDA02-69AE-3325-439D-F849C722EAB5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>