May 2012
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 18th
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May 17th
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“Today TED was subject to a story so misleading it would be funny… except it...”
– In which TED responds to National Journal’s latest Restoration Calls piece. Do you agree?  Read the full speech that TED said was too controversial to post concerning income inequality.  Read the email sent to Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer from TED curator Chris Anderson on why his...
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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“That’s why I can say with confidence that rich people don’t create jobs, nor do...”
– The inequality talk that TED won’t show you (via restorationcalls) Latest from Restoration Calls. The full story drops tomorrow. 
May 16th
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“A candidate must be a chameleon, adapting to each person he meets, changing his...”
– Politicians pandering to voters, making hollow promises, using ancient election techniques… guess what? These really are ancient election techniques.  Read more advice translated from a memo believed to be written by Quintus Cicero to his brother, Marcus Tullius, in 64 B.C. while Marcus was...
May 15th
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May 15th
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May 11th
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What do you want to see on the NJ Tumblr?
We attempt to brighten your day, show life in the newsroom, and bring you political news. But what would you like to see more of on the National Journal Tumblr? Conversations? Q&A with reporters? Charts? 
May 11th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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“I’m a very different person than I was in high school, of course.”
– Romney apologizes for hurtful high school pranks
May 10th
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May 10th
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WatchWatch
Late night reacts to Pres. Obama’s announcement concerning same-sex marriage.
May 10th
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“I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to...”
– Obama said in an interview to appear on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday. Excerpts of the interview will air tonight on ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer.” Read it here. 
May 9th
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“But the religious views of immigrants, many of whom Kaufmann says will come from...”
– What do you think? Could the changing demographics of the U.S. push the population further to the right? Join the discussion.
May 9th
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“Run we did, huffing and puffing under helmets and heavy body armor, a group of...”
– Michael Hirsh’s latest dispact from Afghanistan. Hirsh is on the ground from May 5 to 11, reporting on the beginning of the end of U.S. presence. Read the coverage here.
May 9th
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