The UpTake's Chuck Olsen interviews author Irwin Tang about his book, "Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters." McCain first used the work "gook" in the mass media in his 1973 article for U.S. News & World Report. The word appears 12 times in the article and is available online here: http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html Most recently, McCain used the term in his 2000 presidential campaign, as documented by the San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/18/MN32194.DTL To learn more about Mr. Tang's book, which also details McCain's connection to white supremacist groups, visit his web site: http://irwinbooks.com/

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A unique moment from Josh Marshall's TPMtv.

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Should We Really Have Been Surprised? Shock and disappointment seem to be the prevalent reactions to the recent Democratic compromise on the Iraq funding bill. Whether you agree or disagree with the bill itself, it makes little sense to be surprised when the Democrats were telegraphing the move in advance.

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Freedom rings for some...

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On Wednesday our in house ground hound Raleigh went down to the YouTube debates. She found a lot of Ron Paul supporters, Chuck Norris and undecided Republicans. http://www.veracifier.com/page/become-a-veracifier-journo

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Analyse #2

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Coming Soon.

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"A gross politicalization" is Congressman Keith Ellison's assessment of the Department of Justice hiring scandal. He spoke with The UpTake's Ken Avidor about Monica Goodling, a former US Attorney and Bush political appointee, who is accused of finagling the firings of several left-leaning attorneys in order to, as Ellison says,"make sure she infuses the federal bureaucracy with a right-wing stamp." Eliison also addresses the controversial Don Siegelman case, in which the former Democratic governor of Alabama was yanked out of office to fight corruption charges. A corrupt politician isn't news these days. What is news? The fact that Karl Rove has been accused of cooking up fictional scenarios to politically decapitate Siegelman, and has subsequently ignored subpeonas demanding he answer the charge. Will Rove go to federal prison?

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Bill Clinton on the campaign trail in October of 2004

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Karl Rove on ABC's This Week, May 25, 2008

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Making new friends at the YouTube debates. (Ahem.)

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The Scoop on Biskupic... or, the Smoke Coming Out of Wisconsin in the US Attorney Scandal

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May 7, 2008

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In the first of our On the Ground reports we visit the Values Voters Summit in Washington DC. Want to be On the Ground for Veracifier? We want you! Join us, go to http://www.veracifier.com/page/become-a-veracifier-journo for more info.

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A lot of TPMtv viewers have been wondering about those curious logos at the beginning and end of each show: Veracifier and nextnewnetworks. Today we tell you what they're all about, and do our best to explain just what exactly that made-up word "veracifier" really means.

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Was US Attorney scandal player Monica Goodling digging dirt on Al Gore in 2000? TPM reports. Follow all the stories: http://veracifier.com http://talkingpointsmemo.com

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Did Pelosi screw up? Or was it a White House set up? TPM Reports. Follow all the stories at http://veracifier.com and http://talkingpointsmemo.com

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Duncan Hunter wanders onto the set of Morning Joe, January 7, 2008

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As part of our continuing effort to get you our viewers to help Veracifier be on the ground, last week, ground hound Royce D'Orazio went to the Democratic Debates in Las Vegas, Nevada. Royce manages to catch Barack Obama at a bar speaking to the masses. (Not downing shots though). Great job Royce!

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Veracifier asks: what is Giuliani's plan for Iraq? TPMtv rounds up Giuliani's thoughts on Iraq. Watch the full episode at http://www.veracifier.com/episode/TPM_20070620

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June 7, 2008

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ABC News announces the historic news that Barack Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee. For search engine: AP associated press barack obama clinches wins nomination won barak hilary hillary clinton john edwards mccain bush veracifier fox news bill orielly o'rielly msnbc abc news talkingpointsmemo talking points memo martin luther king democratic democrat republican gop nominee primary caucus delegate superdelegate keith olbermann

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April 14, 2008

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Sen. Feinstein asks about James Comey

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Hillary Clinton at Argus Leader editorial board interview, May 23, 2008

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