Politics & Current Affairs — April 3, 2010

As Seen on Rachel Maddow…

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My story in AlterNet about the Republican National Committee’s creative expense accounting got picked up by Rachel Maddow last night. Watch the video:

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Trends & insights

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High Culture

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