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  1. An independent Mainer wants to shake up partisan Washington ow.ly/b8Loy about 11 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. A climate-change sceptic is melting ow.ly/b8Lve 11:35 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  3. UnObamacare ow.ly/b8Liz 10:50 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  4. Why we're talking about Bain ow.ly/b9EOH 9:55 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  5. Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled ow.ly/b8LjE 7:00 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  6. Romney rope-a-dope? ow.ly/b8L59 6:20 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  7. Buying a political insurgency ow.ly/b7Gk2 6:57 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  8. Revisiting the incontestable photographic proof of the president bowing to a visiting dignitary ow.ly/b6Mew 1:29 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  9. As my grammar-school teacher used to say, please show your work ow.ly/b6wrL 12:01 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  10. A president's background training matters ow.ly/b6xkd 10:47 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  11. RT @ezraklein: Don't worry guys, I know how to settle this. "Siri, did Mitt Romney's time at Bain prepare him for the presidency?" 9:15 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  12. US has changed since Voting Rights Act was passed, but has it changed since it was reauthorised—for good cause—in 2006? ow.ly/b6hXG 8:32 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  13. If Romney can't defend against Obama's attempt to turn his biz experience into a liability, he doesn't deserve to win ow.ly/b5bw5 1:50 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
  14. Bread, circuses and leather balls--gouging taxpayers for sport ow.ly/aYFlJ 10:20 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  15. Some Republicans want to end a valuable tool for settling debates about all sorts of policies ow.ly/b4soP 7:09 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  16. The navy hopes to restore its prestige by celebrating a forgotten conflict ow.ly/aYFsM 6:00 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  17. The paralysing polarisation dogging Washington may be a consequence of the geographic clustering of like personalities ow.ly/b3pN9 12:41 PM May 21st via HootSuite
  18. The story of one Californian county jail is not encouraging for state reform ow.ly/aYF2Y 11:30 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  19. City Journal on "The Worst Union in America": city-journal.org/2012/22_2_cali… 10:34 AM May 21st via web
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