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 Health-Care Protesters 
 Winning Sympathy: Poll 

34% 'more sympathetic' to protesters, 21% less

Aug 13, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Town-hall protesters have succeeded in making some Americans “more sympathetic” to their health care views, a USA Today/Gallup poll finds. Of 1,000 adults surveyed, 34% say they’re now more sympathetic of the protesters’ stance, while 21% say they’re less. Among independents, that grows to a 2-to-1... More »

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poll • health care reform • town hall meeting • independents • David Axelrod • protesters • Gallup poll • Nate Silver

Cops Bust 2nd Obama Protester With a Gun

Man arrested before NH town hall; gun was unlicensed, loaded

Aug 12, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A protester arrested ahead of President Obama’s town hall yesterday had an unlicensed loaded gun, police say. Richard Young, 62, was discovered inside Portsmouth High School several hours before Obama arrived. He was carrying a pocket knife; police found the gun in his car. He has been charged with... More »

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town hall meeting • protesters • guns • President Obama • Richard Young

Gun-Toting Obama Protester Is a Birther

Secessionist group included among his MySpace friends

Aug 12, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - William Kostric, the man who showed up to protest at Obama’s town hall meeting yesterday with a loaded gun strapped to his leg, told Chris Matthews that he wasn’t affiliated with birther groups. But a web user by the same name has left a digital trail that proves... More »

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MySpace • libertarian • white supremacism • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • guns • President Obama • loaded gun • birther • William Kostric

Gun-Toting Protester at Obama Event Unrepentant

Tells Chris Matthews it's no big deal

Aug 11, 09 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who showed up at President Obama's town hall today with a gun defended his right to do just that when grilled by Chris Matthews on his show tonight, reports the Huffington Post. When Matthews asked why he showed up with a weapon strapped to his leg, William Kostric... More »

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Chris Matthews • town hall meeting • protesters • guns • President Obama • William Kostric

(Newser) - Arlen Specter got a taste of health care rage at a town hall event today, where a reform opponent got so angry that another attendee tried to physically remove him from the event. Specter descended from the stage to try to break up the confrontation, telling the man to leave... More »

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Arlen Specter • health care reform • town hall meeting • protesters

(Newser) - Roughly 100 supporters and about half as many protesters have already lined up along the road outside Portsmouth High School in New Hampshire, where Barack Obama will hold a health care town hall meeting at 1pm today, the AP reports. About 70% of the 1,800 tickets were distributed by... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • town hall meeting • protesters

OPINION

 Pelosi, Hoyer: Health 
 Reform Haters Ignore Facts 

After a century, it's time to get this done

Aug 10, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The debate over universal health care has lasted almost a century, and once again, an overhaul faces tough odds. This time, not only are opponents trying to “misrepresent” legislation—many others have been crashing meetings and making “civil dialogue” on the issue impossible, write Nancy Pelosi and Steny... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • speaker of the House • right wingers • protesters • Obama administration

(Newser) - Americans everywhere are storming town halls to heckle their congressmen over health care, and that shouldn't come as a surprise. “They hired a man to represent them in Washington,” explains Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal. “And all they ask in return is that he... More »

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health care • Democrats • protests • health care reform • Peggy Noonan • protesters

 Progressives' Memo: 
 Here's How to Outwit 
 Righty Protesters 

Memo urges civil discourse, chanting

Aug 6, 09 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A progressive organization is trying to turn the tables on conservative protesters who have been interrupting Town Hall discussions on health care reform, Talking Points Memo reports. Health Care for America Now has released a memo outlining tactics for defusing shouting matches and allowing lawmakers to actually answer questions. First... More »

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Congress • health care reform • town hall meeting • protesters • conservatives • Health Care for America Now • progressives • HCAN

(Newser) - Connecticut Republicans protesting health care reform outside a Chris Dodd event yesterday mocked the senator with references to his newly diagnosed cancer, reports Talking Points Memo. “How come we just don't give Chris Dodd painkillers?” one shouted. “Like a handful of them at a time! He can wash... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • painkiller • health care reform • whiskey • protesters • pills • Scotch

 New DNC Ad Slams 
 GOP's 'Angry Mobs' 



Dems use town hall protests to fire back

Aug 5, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a new online ad, Democrats return fire at “angry mobs” driven by the Republican Party, the Huffington Post reports. “They lost the election. They lost on the Recovery Act, the budget and children’s health care,” says the ad. “Now, desperate Republicans and their well-funded... More »

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online advertising • mob • Republican Party • Democratic National Committee • political advertising • Democratic Party • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • President Obama • birther

Army Probes Charges That Worker Spied on Protesters

Members say employee used alias to get names, email addresses

Aug 2, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials are investigating charges by two anti-war groups that a civilian employee for the Army spent more than 2 years infiltrating their organizations under an assumed name, reports the New York Times. The groups, active near one of the nation’s largest military bases close to Tacoma, Wash., say criminal... More »

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military • US Army • spying • civilians • protesters

(AP) - More than 100 opposition protesters are in court in Tehran today on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system in the country's first trial following the disputed presidential election, the AP reports. The trial underlines the government's efforts to bring to a close anti-government demonstrations that have persisted... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protesters • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Town Halls Turn to Mayhem for Lawmakers

'Unruly mob' mentality becoming more common at events

Jul 31, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of Congress are increasingly seeing town-hall meetings turn to bedlam, with people yelling and protesters being pulled out by police, Politico reports. A New York representative who’d hosted more than 100 such meetings has called it quits after a chaotic scene last month that necessitated his departure with... More »

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Congress • mob • town hall meeting • House Democrats • protesters • constituent relations

(Newser) - PETA has released video it says shows cruelty to circus elephants, the Orange County Register reports. The tape shows Ringling Bros. handlers swatting elephants with “bull hooks,” and one pachyderm exhibiting signs of “severe psychological distress.” “This video again shows what we have been saying... More »

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animal cruelty • PETA • elephant • circus • undercover video • protesters • Ringling Brothers

(AP) - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed not to let the blood of protesters killed in postelection crackdown go in vain as he met with the family of a young man shot to death during the turmoil, a reformist Web site reported today. He also announced that he will attend... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • prayer • Tehran University • Hashemi Rafsanjani • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Friday

(Newser) - Riot police swarmed around Tehran University today, dispersing anyone attempting to gather in protest with batons, shields, and pepper spray, the Washington Post reports. “There are 300 of us in a small alley, and we are under attack by dozens of security forces,” one witness reported. Others... More »

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Iran • Tehran • protests • Tehran University • protesters • Iranian election • Iranian protests

Ousted Zelaya Heads to DC to Meet Clinton

Aims to shore up backing for return to power in Honduras

Jul 7, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington today as his supporters threatened to escalate protests and disrupt business across the empoverished Central American nation. A day after failing to land in Honduras to confront the interim government that ousted him, Zelaya boarded a plane... More »

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Hillary Clinton • protests • Honduras • Washington, DC • protesters • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

 Iraq Protesters 
 Burn US Flag 
 During Biden Visit 

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr mock veep's reconciliation tour

Jul 3, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to promote reconciliation among Iraqis was met today with protests by supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Reuters reports. Demonstrators burned American flags and shouted anti-US slogans. Biden plans to meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani to assess plans to heal the... More »

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Iraq • Joe Biden • Sadr City • sectarianism • Muqtada al-Sadr • political demonstrations • protesters • American flag

Iran 'Retires' Soccer Players Over Protest

Banned for life for wristbands showing Mousavi support

Jun 23, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has barred four of its national soccer players from the field for life after they wore green wristbands during a match last week in apparent support of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian pro-government newspaper said. Six players wore the bands; most took them off at halftime,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • soccer • protests • political demonstrations • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

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