http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/211806-dems-push-race-issues-revving-up-their-voters
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5746&app=cro
Link above = Article on University of Chicago Publishes An “Abortion Guide”
Link below = website for the “Abortion Guide”
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/07/09/under-surveillance/
Link above = Glen Greenwald article on 5 Muslims Under Surveillance by Government Since 200? (includes GOP Operative and CAIR Head)
Link above is newspaper with majority of my tweets from 7-9-14
http://freebeacon.com/politics/democracy-alliance-in-turmoil-as-member-dissatisfaction-mounts/ (July 9, 2014)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/democracy-alliance-dumps-_n_1306867.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/382367/closer-look-net-neutrality-marsha-blackburn-michael-orielly — Net Neutrality NOT Needed!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/politics/prominent-environmentalist-helped-fund-coal-projects.html — Tom Steyer Beginnings in Coal – Article
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cgi-federal-selected-as-prime-contractor-for-10-year-multi-billion-dollar-gsa-oasis-contract-2014-07-08-8173319 — The people responsible for healthcare.gov (obamacare) have an NEW, UNLIMITED government contract!
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/07/09/bishop-ronnie-crudup-says-pac-everything-legal/12422597/ — Smells Like a RAT! Treasurer is same for Bishops church and the PAC!
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/lois-lerner-irs-lawyer-email-108722.html — E-mail showed Lerner & cohorts communicated via IM’s!
http://thefederalist.com/2014/07/09/media-ignorance-becoming-serious-problem/
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