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• Sex, Drugs and Crude Oil: Wide-Ranging Ethics Scandal Emerges at Interior Department
• Whistleblower breaks 15-year silence to allege John McCain concealed his wife's drug abuse
• Indicted ex-CIA sub-boss Kyle "Dusty" Foggo threatens to disrupt his corruption trial by treasonously exposing agents, programs
• Republicans Ramp up Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts Ahead of November Election
• CREW report outlines 'most corrupt members of Congress'
• Countdown: Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on the GOP's Trademarking of September 11
• As the Lies Pile Up, McCain's Former Fans Increasingly Repulsed by the Cynicism
• Duty, Honor, Country — and Undermining the Chain of Command
• Obama Reverses Positions on 527s
• Obama on Lipstick Controversy: Attacks Media, Says "Enough Is Enough"
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