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The Northerner

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Wed Jun 6, 2012, 04:05 PM Jun 2012

TYT: Our Massively Politicized Justice Department



"Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said on Sunday that reports of him attending President Obama's weekly "Terror Tuesday" meetings are blatantly false. The New York Times recently reported that Obama and his national security team hold weekly meetings, with Axelrod in attendance, to pore over terrorists' biographies and discuss which of them are on the president's "kill list." Axelrod's alleged presence at the meetings raised some concerns that the administration was dangerously blurring campaign politics with national security. But Axelrod emphatically denied the accusation on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday morning...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down, and explains how the Justice Department is politicized.

*Read more here from Laura Bassett on The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/david-axelrod-kill-list-meetings_n_1566138.html
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TYT: Our Massively Politicized Justice Department (Original Post) The Northerner Jun 2012 OP
What are your ideas on how to defeat Romney... Wait Wut Jun 2012 #1
The appropriate answer to that question in this context ihavenobias Jun 2012 #2
Hey you libodem Jun 2012 #3
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Wait Wut

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1. What are your ideas on how to defeat Romney...
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 04:11 PM
Jun 2012

...with the insane amount of backing he's receiving from Koch Bros. and others?

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