The global warming bill passes the house, health care stalls, and finally, our international news roundup, with a Mideast flair. Links Mentioned: arrests in Iran … coup in Honduras … poppies in Afghanistan

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More protests in Iran, the transportation bill takes a time out, and finally: health care reform gets expensive. Links Mentioned: HuffPo covers the protests … details on the Oberstar transpo bill.

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Health care front and center, election chaos in Iran and finally: North Korea is at it again. Links Mentioned: that New Yorker health care article.

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Sotomayor gets the nomination, New York revitalizes its streets and finally, GM goes for broke.

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Closing Guantanamo, new fuel efficiency standards take effect and finally, California edges closer to bankruptcy. Links Mentioned: Gail Collins on Gitmo politics, Paul Krugman on California.

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The Bush administration’s torture legacy, Obama and abortion politics, and fianally, our international news roundup. Links Mentioned: the Pelosi thing … Obama’s Notre Dame speech … Jeff Goldberg on Bibi’s visit … the Rumsfeld slides

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The bank stress tests, “Don’t ask don’t tell” … don’t work and finally, Star Trek and the triumph of American liberalism. Links Mentioned: stress tests … Dana Stevens on Star Trek… Don’t ask fails again

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Specter switches parties, Justice Souter retires, and finally: one of the big three takes a tumble. forclosure legislation … inflation fears … Chrysler’s bankruptcy terms … the view from Detroit … Chrysler’s manufacturing base.

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The torture memos, Texas secession, and an update on piracy. Links Mentioned: on the torturing … more and yet more … “swine flu” … Wyden’s Healthy Americans Act … Hari on Pirates

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We’re back! Obama goes to Europe, marriage equality comes to the heartland, and the defense budget gets a shakeup. Links Mentioned: Alan Wolfe’s The Future of Liberalism

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On the latest plans to save the economy and Afghanistan. Links Mentioned: Krugman on the economic plan … Kaplan on the war strategy … the NYT editorial board gives up … war crimes charges are explored.

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Transit funding picks up speed, AIG blackmails the U.S. taxpayer, and finally, the Seattle P-I goes online. Links Mentioned: The 538.com survey results … The details on the AIG contracts … the last day for the printed P-I … the future of that newspaper.

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Rush reasserts himself, the recovery act gets underway, and finally, our internatonal news roundup. Links Mentioned: Recovery.gov’s logo … Hillary’s snafus.

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Obama’s big speech, a couple of cabinet appointments, and finally, the war in Iraq winds down.

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A post-Oscar preview, Obama’s budget and housing plans, and finally, 17,000 more troops head for Afghanistan. Links Mentioned: The details on the budget … the homeowner plan … David Brooks on the plan … Fred Kaplan on Afghanistan.

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