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		<title>NorCal Tea Party leads federal suit against IRS</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/20/norcal-tea-party-leads-federal-suit-against-irs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NorCal Tea Party is the lead plaintiff in a class-action federal lawsuit filed today in Cincinnati against the Internal Revenue Service, seeking damages for what they call “illegal and harassing behavior in the handling and processing of their applications for nonprofit status.” The NorCal Tea Party, based in the Placer County city of Colfax, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speier calls for bipartisan probe of IRS scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/16/speier-calls-for-bipartisan-probe-of-irs-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jackie Speier may be the first Bay Area House member to speak out for digging deeper into the IRS scandal that has dogged the White House for the past week. Speier, D-San Mateo, issued a statement today saying she agrees with President Obama that the IRS’ targeting of conservative organizations for special scrutiny of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Pelosi condemn IRS bias scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/13/obama-pelosi-condemn-irs-bias-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeez, I take one day off (to go to an awesome concert, at least) and THAT’S when the IRS gets busted for targeting conservative groups – prime blog fodder if I ever saw it. Sorry for the delay, readers. In case you missed it, the IRS apologized Friday for targeting groups with “tea party” or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silicon Valley lawyer getting White House post?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/silicon-valley-lawyer-getting-white-house-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/silicon-valley-lawyer-getting-white-house-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNET is reporting that prominent Silicon Valley attorney Nicole Wong, 44, of Berkeley, will join the Obama administration as the White House’s first chief privacy officer. Wong since November has been San Francisco-based Twitter’s legal director; earlier, she was deputy general counsel at Mountain View-based Google for almost eight years, where she was responsible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Education Secretary visits Bay Area this week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/29/u-s-education-secretary-visits-bay-area-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recognizing Educational Success Professional Excellence and Collaborative Teaching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan arrives tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30, for a three-day Bay Area visit to highlight the need for more high-quality early learning programs and innovative teaching strategies. Duncan tomorrow will tour and host a media availability at San Francisco’s Cross Cultural Family Center, which provides child-care services in cross-cultural settings — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House names 4 local &#8216;Champions of Change&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/29/white-house-names-4-local-champions-of-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four Bay Area residents are among 15 Asian-American and Pacific Islander women nationwide who’ll be honored by the White House next week as “Champions of Change.” The Champions of Change program is the White House’s effort to feature groups of Americans – individuals, businesses and organizations – who are doing extraordinary things to empower and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi &amp; Obama praise George W. Bush. For real.</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/25/pelosi-obama-praise-george-w-bush-for-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark the date: It might be the one day you hear some Democrats saying nice things about former President George W. Bush. The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated today in Dallas. From House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco: “Today, we take the opportunity to honor our 43rd President, George W. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MoveOn targets Bay Area officials&#8217; offices today</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/25/moveon-targets-bay-area-officials-offices-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activists are descending today upon the offices of federal officials across the Bay Area, and across the nation, to deliver petitions urging the protection of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and veterans’ benefits from cuts proposed by President Obama. Organized by MoveOn.org, it appears there’ll be gatherings at noon at the offices of U.S. Sen. Barbara [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read the court papers filed against ricin suspect</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/18/read-the-court-papers-filed-against-ricin-suspect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/18/read-the-court-papers-filed-against-ricin-suspect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has released the criminal complaint and affidavit supporting the arrest of Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man accused of mailing letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Obama and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. The complaint is pretty boilerplate but the affidavit is interesting reading; it basically describes Curtis as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reactions to Boston Marathon bomb explosions</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/15/reactions-to-boston-marathon-bomb-explosions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/15/reactions-to-boston-marathon-bomb-explosions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bay Area is reacting to horrific news of a bombing near the Boston Marathon’s finish line today that killed at least two people and injured at least 100. Oakland Police said that although they have no reason to believe there’s any threat here, they’re keeping officers apprised of the situation in Boston and will [...]]]></description>
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