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• Big Brother Dems: Bean, Halverson, Foster

  UPDATE: Add Lipinski to the list.***From the Illinois GOP:

  Illinois GOP Chairman: Pelosi's Government-Run Health Care Experiment Is Wrong For Illinois

  Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady issued the following statement today on the passage of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats’ government-run health care experiment:

  "Today is a disappointing day for'" [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:28pm EST
  

• Final Pelosi Bill Vote

  220-215
  
  It passes with two to spare.
  
  I say hell to pay.
  
  We got 39 Dem votes. That is above expectations. One Republican crossed over. (Cao of Louisiana) This is nothing for the Dems to celebrate.
  
  More. sorendayton Harry [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:59pm EST
  

• GOP Motion to Recommit Vote Now

  NRO: A staffer puts it this way: "Stops the Medicare cuts that eliminate choices for seniors, and pays for it by enacting real medical liability reforms. Will Democrats side with seniors, or the trial bar?" More here. Trying to improve the bill before the final vote.
  
  P.S. 13 [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:52pm EST
  

• Stupak pro-life amendment passes

  RichLowry: strange: 60+ dems vote for stripping abortion funding THAT WAS NEVER THERE, we were repeatedly told by B.O., et al
  
  philipaklein Final tally: Stupak passes 240-194-1Shadagg (R-AZ) votes present.
  
  More. 64 Dems vote in favor. But of course [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:20pm EST
  

• This is Sick

  HalfMoonTrader: NY Muslims: US Military Blood Will Spill in America!~Video [bit.ly] #tcot #military #Islam #fbi [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:18pm EST
  

• Chicago TeaParty: Bungalow Belt

  Marathon Pundit with the scoop and pix. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:10pm EST
  

• The Man from Indiana

  Mike Pence just made the most moving speech.
  
  Will put it up when I get it.
  
  Choose freedom:
  [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:37pm EST
  

• Abort those Babies--and YOU have to pay for it

  emzanotti So this display on the House floor is just confirming what Dems called "scare tactics" a few weeks ago, that abortion IS in the bill. Huh.
  
  RichLowry pro-choice dems curiously angry abt amend blocking [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Bean TeaParty Target

  From TeaParty Palatine:
  Melissa Bean (D-8th district) SOLD OUT her constituents and it voting FOR pelosi-care. She has been dodging the issue for weeks now and insisting that she was "reading the bill". Please have everyone call her DC office to voice their contempt for her actions and support [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:25pm EST
  

• The Liberals' Favorite Thug Country

  Yoani Sanchez, the adorable and vividly good Cuban blogger who blogs about Castro's island hellhole from inside Cuba, using her own name, has been beaten up by Castro's thugs for the first time. Yoani described it as "professional violence." It's never happened before. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:16pm EST
  

• The Imperious Pelosi

  Pelosi on the floor--people have been calling for this for centuries. Centuries!!!
  
  She says security for our seniors and being responsible to our children--adding not one dime to the deficit.
  
  And she says these lies with a straight face.
  
  "...this morning we were part of history...and we" [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  

• Paul Ryan: What Side of History

  Watch: [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:49pm EST
  

• WaPo Smears TeaPartiers

  Photographic Proof that Dana Milbank Is, as Mark Levin Describes Him, "A Punk, a Liar and a Coward." [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:45pm EST
  

• Radical Spiritual Adviser

  No, we're not talking the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Telegraph: Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. Previous post: Behold our president' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:21pm EST
  

• Roskam: Failure--Dems Threaten Jail

  Pulling a pair of handcuffs out of his pocket, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) calls out the Democrats on their silence about the threatened jail term for individuals for non-compliance wit the Pelosi Bill.
  
  This punitive part of the bill only surfaced in the last day or so---UNBELIEVABLE!!!
  
  He [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:14pm EST
  

• Fierce Healthcare Battle

  BrianFaughnan: AMA may vote to reverse stance on Obamacare. Details: [bit.ly] More. Current whip count. Call your congressman. Debbie Halvorson, Illinois. The Hill says Bean is still undecided. CAll now. Other sources say she's a yes. CALL NOW. Bill Foster?
  
  More. Massive, risky' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  

• Go After Bean

  Melissa Bean -- Yes. The Politico.
  
  Down to defeat in 2010. TeaParty target.
  
  P.S. Tucson TeaParty defeats incumbent! In Dem district. Via the Instapundit. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  

• Crater on a Mars Moon

  Astronomy pix of the day. A crater nearly half the diameter of its moon.
  
  P.S. Am listening to the healthcare debate--catastrophic damage comes to mind. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:31pm EST
  

• Pollak to Chicago TeaParty

  Republican challenger in the 9th Congressional District Joel Pollak, video message to Chicago TeaParty. Call Dem Jan Schakowsky today! The Bench.
  
  Chicago TeaParty today in swing vote Dem Dan Lipinski's district. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:22pm EST
  

• Marine Traffic.com

  Tracking ships around the world. You can zoom in. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:02pm EST
  

• Pence: Freedom is on the Line

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:55pm EST
  

• Dems Denial of Reality

  QueenofSpain Rationing my ass. Clearly they didnt see me wait months to see a specialist. We already HAVE rationing.Um, that has to do with existing doctor shortages, which will become acute if this bill passes. It's not government gatekeeper-mandated. Are' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:06pm EST
  

• Behold our president

  Obama To Camp David, Not Fort Hood???
  
  More. Obama's Delayed Empathy. Boston Globe. And the LA Times comments on the same enemy at home, but suggests terror will be always with us.
  
  Oh well, how about just telling our cops not to bother, telling' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:35am EST
  

• Paul Ryan: How Pelosi Bill Will Kill Jobs

  Watch: $5.5. MILLION more jobs lost. Taxes going up astronomically.
  
  More. WSJ--return of the inflation tax:

  All of those twentysomethings who voted for Barack Obama last year are about to experience the change they haven't been waiting for: the return of income tax bracket creep. Buried in Nancy' [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:18am EST
  

• Nightmare Pelosi Bureaucracy

  The killer chart. Huge job losses, millions losing current coverage, $730 BILLION in new taxes, CBO estimate (certainly low) $3 Trillion over 10 Years, jailtime for non-compliance, rationing care, slush funds. Debate on C-Span now. GOP twitter updates here. NRO updates [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:11am EST
  

• Healthcare Nightmare

  You may get a nurse practitioner as the gatekeeper to your care, or be fined thousands of dollars or go to jail if you don't comply, while billions are funneled to entities like ACORN:
  

  While the bill will slash Medicare funding, it will also direct billions of dollars' [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:32am EST