March 31, 2008
Bush Booed at 2008 Nationals Home Opener

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March 28, 2008
Iraq is Undergoing a Cholera Epidemic

Iraq is undergoing a cholera epidemic, exacerbated by the failing sewer system in the capital and excess of stagnant sewage polluting Baghdad and much of the rest of the country. While security may be improving, there seems to be little movement to improve access to basic necessities such as clean water and electricity.

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March 27, 2008
Clifford Stoll: 18 Minutes with an Agile Mind

Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But he's not going to. Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll's to give a talk on any one topic. Instead, he simply captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides — and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he's a scientist: "Once I do something, I want to do something else."

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March 26, 2008
Army Holds Annual 'Bring Your Daughter To War' Day

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March 25, 2008
This is Your Brain on Fox
While discussing on Fox News' The Live Desk New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama, Philadelphia radio host Dom Giordano said of Richardson's beard: "I don't know if it's playing into the ethnic card, or whatever." Host Martha MacCallum stated, "[Richardson] said, you know, 'It's hard for me,' he said to me once, 'people don't even know I'm Hispanic,' " and then asked, "So is that part of what he is ... cultivating here?" Giordano replied, "I think so."

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March 24, 2008
The Real Rev. Wright: The Footage Fox Won't Show

The full version of the now infamous sermon of Jeremiah Wright.

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March 21, 2008
Twin DNA Differences

Geneticists are discovering that identical twins don't have identical DNA. As this ScienCentral News video explains, this surprising research could help scientists better understand genetic diseases in the rest of us.

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March 20, 2008
John McCain: Unfit to Serve

The gaffes are the least of it. In today's episode of TPMtv, we discuss why John McCain's poor grasp of foreign policy and military strategy makes him a dangerous choice for the role of commender-in-chief.

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March 19, 2008
Rod Parsley: McCain's Anti-Gay "Spiritual Guide"

“A spiritual invasion is taking place!” shouted Rod Parsley at the “War on Christians” conference in 2006. “… Man your battle stations! Ready your weapons! Lock and load!” Parsley, an Ohio megachurch pastor and televangelist, promised to build an army of “Patriot Pastors” to march to the polls, an even bolder political machine than the one he led in 2004 that helped pass an anti-gay amendment in the state and nudge George W. Bush to reelection. Parsley’s 2006 candidate, Ken Blackwell, ultimately lost the governor’s race, but the televangelist remains an outsized political force, and his “Patriot Pastors” machine is still a model for church-based electoral organizing—as demonstrated by Mike Huckabee’s surprise win in Iowa. (read more here)

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March 18, 2008
Food Fight: An Abridged History of American-centric Warfare

An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. For a breakdown of the actual battles portrayed in the film, visit here. For the official cheat sheet (breakdown of the foodstuffs), visit here.

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March 17, 2008
Iraq War Veterans Accuse US Military of Coverups

On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of US veterans of the war say the American military has been covering up widespread civilian killings in that country. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports their sentiments aren't necessarily getting a warm reception.

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March 14, 2008
The Holocaust Happened to People Like Us

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March 13, 2008
The Surge is Working (For Suicide Bombers)

A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday after detonating his explosives vest in central Baghdad, the U.S. military said, the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Iraq in more than a month.

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March 12, 2008
The Bush Debt: $7.7 Trillion

On March 11, lawmakers took to the Senate floor and blasted President Bush's wasteful spending. To fully illustrate the impact, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), brought up a chart showing the budget plans of President Clinton versus the budget formulated by Bush. He concluded that by squandering Clinton's government surplus, Bush has cost the country $7.7 trillion: This next chart illustrates the value of the differences between the budget landscape planned by President Clinton and the one created by President Bush. As you can see, the difference between the two is a staggering $7.7 trillion. This number represents the fiscal harm that President Bush has inflected on our nation. This number is the Bush debt. [...] Like most concepts of enormous size, this amount takes some thought to comprehend. $7.7 trillion is $25,000 owed by every adult or child in the United States.

The federal budget deficit is currently at "$87.7 billion so far this budget year, double the $42.2 billion imbalance recorded during the same period in 2007."

Additionally, five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, national unemployment is going up. Between December 2006 and December 2007, the national unemployment rate increased by 13.6 percent in seasonally adjusted terms, from 4.4 to 5.0 percent. Additionally, 68 percent of the American public believes that redeployment from Iraq would help fix the country's economic woes.

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March 11, 2008
Bush ‘Brings Down the House’ with Song

"Down the lane I look and here comes Scooter, finally free of the prosecutor. It's good to touch the brown, brown grass of home," sings President Bush.

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March 10, 2008
Al Qaeda Will be “Dancing in the Streets”

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who recently declared that al Qaeda would be “dancing in the streets” if Barack Obama were elected President “because of his middle name,” again stood by his comments in an interview with Fox News this morning.

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March 7, 2008
Scott Bateman: George W. Bush Endorses John McCain

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March 6, 2008
George W. Bush Library Design Contest

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March 5, 2008
McCain Can't Quit John Hagee

There's been a lot of chatter over the last few days about John McCain's embrace of Pastor John Hagee, who's well-known for a history of anti-Catholicism and claims that God will send terrorists to create a "bloodbath" in America for its support of a two state solution in Israel/Palestine. So what is it exactly that Hagee's said and just how much has McCain cozied up to him? TPMtv put all the choicest moments into one quick video so you could take a look and make up your own mind.

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March 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton and Wal-Mart

ABC News on Wal-Mart's poor business practices.

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March 3, 2008
Turban Outfitters: Taking the High Road Against Barack Obama

Bill Maher responds to the host of ridiculous attacks on Barack Obama.

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