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		<title>White House releases Open Government Directive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration, as of December 8th, 2009, is requiring every government agency to release three high-value data sets to the public within 45 days.
The Sunlight Foundation reports:
In a livestreamed chat, blogpost, and document online, the White House has announced a bold new plan for openness in the Executive Branch.  The result of months [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/12/21/white-house-releases-open-government-directive/</link>
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		<title>Opportunity for reform?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article in the New York Times on the current opportunity for reform.
“In recent years, ethics reform, especially at the state level, has become a priority,” said Caitlin Ginley, a staff writer at the center who helped prepare the rankings. “But it really needs to come from citizens calling for this. Legislators are not going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/12/21/opportunity-for-reform/</link>
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		<title>FBI Official: Corruption is America&#8217;s No. 1 Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Palm Beach Post reports that John Gillies, FBI official with 22 years of experience, gave a spirited talk to the West Boca Chamber of Commerce:
Gillies regaled about 70 attendees with tales of his work investigating politicians, judges and attorneys in prior FBI postings across the country. These FBI targets all displayed an unhealthy thirst [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/12/14/fbi-official-corruption-is-americas-no-1-problem/</link>
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		<title>Read the Bill!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe reveals the utter absurdity of law-making in our federal government.
From &#8220;Lawmakers, read the bills before you vote&#8221;:
Ramming legislation through Congress so quickly that neither lawmakers nor voters have time to read and digest it is a bipartisan crime; Republicans have been as guilty of it as Democrats. The 341-page Patriot Act, to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/10/30/read-the-bill/</link>
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		<title>Three.  In a Row.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well folks, I know what I&#8217;m about to talk about isn&#8217;t front page news any more, but unglue your eyeballs from the single-payer Titanic for a minute and think about something you can actually change, and that is your state government.
Three.  In a row.
What am I talking about?  Strikes at Fenway?  $10,000 donations for our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/09/23/9/</link>
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		<title>William Jefferson, US Rep, found guilty of corruption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Representative (D) from Louisiana.  He took bribes of over $400,000.  Some of it found in his freezer.
Crews Most Corrupt: Summary of the crime
Wall Street Journal: Why you should pay attention to this trial
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		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/08/07/william-jefferson-us-rep-found-guilty-of-corruption/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the Notebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome message and basic statement of purpose.]]></description>
		<link>http://politicsisyou.com/2009/06/30/hello-world/</link>
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