Randi Rhodes Homework May 2nd 2014

Audio/Video
	White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Smacks Down Fox During Ridiculous Exchange Over Benghazi Fmr WH Spokesperson to Fox's Brett Baier on Benghazi: 'Dude, This Was Like Two Years Ago' Fox Contributor Rep. Lynn Westmoreland Gives Away The Right-Wing Game On Benghazi Actual Benghazi Testimony Derails Fox's Latest Fully Of Attacks On Obama Glenn Beck-Hired Christian 'Historian': Allowing Women To Vote 'Hurts The Entire Culture And Society' Fox Analyst: There's A 'Problem With Slavery' Under Obama Krugman: What's With All The Billionaires 'Whining' Over Criticism? Crossfire's Van Jones: The 'Get Obama Party' Making America Look Weak Shep Smith: The Gawker Report on Fox and Me Is 'Horsesh*t'
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Jobs & The Economy
	U.S. Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs In April, Jobless Rate Falls To 6.3 Percent Steve Benen: Where Are The Jobs? They're Right Here Vox.com: May Jobs Day - The Complete Rundown Commerce Dept Inspector General: 2012 Jobs Report Data Not 'Faked' As Right Wing Claimed
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Inequality In America
	Seattle Announces $15 Minimum Wage, Highest In The U.S. U.S. Postal Service Workers Continue To Resist Privatization Plans More Seniors Now Must Seek Roomies To Share Expenses Why America's Essentials Are Getting More Expensive While Its Toys Are Getting Cheap Andrew Leonard: Warnings Of Another Tech Bomb Are Out There – But This Time, The 1 Percent Won't Feel A Thing David Cay Johnston: The Cockroaches Are Coming Back - Enron-Style Wall Street Electricity Price-Rigging Tactics Are Making A Comeback Paul Krugman: Why Has Economics Failed Us? Because Policy Makers And Politicians Have Ignored It
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Race & America Today
	Right-Wing Nut William Gheen Defends Don Sterling: 'I'm More Worried About The Black Mobs' Los Angeles NAACP President Resigns Amid Criticism Surrounding Almost-Award For Sterling Donald Sterling's Past May Speak To A Present Course With NBA Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson Calls It Like It Is: Says Justice Clarence Thomas Is An "Uncle Tom" and Mitch McConnell Is A Racist Black Congressman Stands By Comment That Clarence Thomas Is An 'Uncle Tom' Morning Joe Berates Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) Over Rep. Thompson's Comments Sean Hannity's Next, Post-Bundy Hero: Meet Vigilante Killer Byron Smith
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Politics and Policy
	States That Didn't Set Up Marketplaces See Surge In Health Plan Enrollment, Figures Show Confirmed: Young Adults Fueled Final Surge In Health Insurance Enrollment Update Confirms: Most Obamacare Enrollees Lacked Prior Health Insurance Report Confirms: Major Corporations Likely To Move Employees to Obamacare Exchanges, to save $700B Vox.com: Insurers Pretty Happy About Obamacare Outcomes Desperate House GOP Releases Its Own Incomplete Obamacare Data Michael Tomasky: Obamacare Truthers Get Caught in a Lie on Delinquency Rate Republicans To Push Anti-Obamacare Message In Upcoming Senate Confirmation Hearings White House Calls For Limits on Use of Customers' Web Data By Private Corporations House Votes To Expand Sexual Harassment Training For Members Spacex Company Wins Injunction To Stop U.S. Air Force From Buying Russian Rocket Engines GAO Report: Cost Of Pentagon Weapons Systems Balloons To Half A Trillion Dollars; 80 Programs Delayed More Than Two Years
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Benghazi Baloney
	General's Opinion On Benghazi Draws A Rebuke From Republicans In Hearing Steve Benen: Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming Unglued Fox Contributor: Donald Sterling's Racism Is Terrible - But Not As Terrible As Benghazi Paul Waldman: The GOP Hunt For A Watergate-Scale Scandal Continues - And Finds Nothing
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The Spying Game
	U.S. And Germany Fail To Reach A Deal On Spying Germany Blocks Edward Snowden From Testifying In Person In German Parliament Inquiry Into U.S. NSA Surveillance Apple, Facebook, Others Defy Authorities, Increasingly Notify Users Of Secret Data Demands From Governments
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Meanwhile....
	Taser Was Used On Oklahoma Death-Row Inmate On Morning Of His Botched Execution Maryland Dealer, Under Pressure From Pro-Gun Extremists, Drops Plan To Sell Smart Gun Around The World, Water Now Becoming More Valuable Than Gold Brad Plumer: A Very Bad Sign - Carbon-Dioxide Levels Are Higher Than They've Been In At Least 800,000 Years Scientific American Editor Says Fox Producer Told Him Not To Talk About Climate Change Fox Smears Scientific American Editor; Attempts To Brand Him A 'Coward' Limbaugh's California Ratings Collapse; Now Rated 37th in LA, Worse Than Previous Progressive Talk Format
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