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• Warren pushes on failure to prosecute banks / Salon.com
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is pushing federal agencies over their failure to prosecute a single banking executive despite ample evidence of fraudulent activity leading up to the 2008 crisis.15/5
• PARK AVENUE: Money, Power & The American Dream
  An I Files TV documentary (Via Salon). The story of the grotesque realities of the wealth and power of 400 Americans, and the damage this financial inequity and political advantage wreaks on the rest of America. 13/5
• Elizabeth Warren shocked at Obama attack on Social Security / Huffington Post
  John Hay: “Senator Warren is right. President Obama needs to keep his pre-election promise not to interfere with Social Security”. 16/4
• Australians (Queenslanders) 1st & 3rd in the Masters / The New York Times
  “What an incredible day — everything fell my way in the end, I guess,” said Scott, who closed with a 69 to finish deadlocked with Cabrera at nine-under 279. Another Australian, Jason Day, was alone in third. 15/4
• The Masters: A phony, sanitized South / Thomas Hackett / Salon
  “We live in an idiotic society,” Jones wrote toward the end of his life. “Frankly, if I knew any more profitable ways of taking advantage of the idiots, I would exploit them. This is no time for idealism.”12/4
• DC’s quest to silence Elizabeth Warren / David Sirota / Salon.com
  She comes with a record that doesn’t conform to the country club’s staid rules. She has ascended at a moment where groups have built powerful infrastructure to incentivize her to expose – rather than embrace – the D.C. omerta.
• Senator Elizabeth Warren Embarasses Financial Regulators / Video 4 min 19.
  Simple but direct questioning of Regulators by Senator Elizabeth Warren leaves them dumbfounded and struggling to provide any assurance that they are dealing with corruption on Wall Street. 16/2
• Proof: GOP Will Never Support Obama Proposals / Business Insider
  The Washington Post and ABC News conducted a fascinating poll that produced revealing results about partisanship and how it applies to President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda. 13/2
• Elizabeth Warren Now Senior Senator From Massachusetts / Politicus usa
  The story of how GOP obstructionism made Warren one of the most powerful women in U.S. politics took another turn as many of the Republicans who opposed Warren in 2011 confirmed John Kerry’s nomination as secretary of state. 30/1
• Senate Approves Kerry for Secretary of State / The New York Times
  WASHINGTON – By a vote of 94 to 3, the US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Senator John Kerry as Secretary of State, filling a key job in President Obama’s second-term national security team. 30/1
• How PM Gillard plans to fund ALP 'values' / The Australian
  In a speech to the National Press Club to prioritise Labor’s re-election pitch, the Prime Minister will state that her big-ticket initiatives regarding disability and education can only be funded through economic strength”. 30/1
• Makers, Takers, Fakers / Paul Krugman / The New York Times
  Their proposals for a makeover all involve changing the sales pitch rather than the product. When it comes to substance, the G.O.P. is more committed than ever to policies that take from most Americans and give to a wealthy handful. 29/1
• Obama & Hillary Clinton Interview / 60 minutes / Parts 1 & 2 Video
  President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton address their evolution from bitter opponents to partners in the corridors of power. Steve Kroft reports. 27/1
• Sarah Palin is gone, almost forgotten / Alex Halperin / Salon.com
  “Now that Fox News has cut off the conservative semi-celebrity, those appearances won’t be as frequent. Palin will have to gulp the media oxygen wherever she can find it”. 27/1
• Sarah Palin's days at Fox News are Over / The New York Times
  America’s admiration for John McCain’s surprising and ill considered 2008 VP candidate Sarah Palin, appears to have waned. It was all so predictable. 26/1
• President Obama Presidential Inauguration 2013 / New York Times Video
  New York Times video of President Obama’s second term Inauguration. (Duration 1 hour 20 minutes) Plus other links to Inaugural events. 22/1
• The Obama Inauguration 2013 / Huffington Post & Photos
  ‘Most Sustainedly Progressive Statement Obama Has Made’… Made The Case For ‘An , Activist Energetict Government’… ‘A Distinctly More Combative Tone’… ‘He Wants To Change Minds’… ‘Obama Becomes A Great President. 22/1
• Mr Obama takes the official 2013 Inaugural Oath 20th January
  With January 20th 2013 falling on a Sunday, President Obama was required under law to take the Inauguration oath on that day. It was taken in a private ceremony at the White House. 21/1
• Obama Unveils Proposals for Toughening Laws on Guns / NYT
  Mr. Obama vowed to rally the nation on an issue he largely avoided in his first term and during both of his presidential campaigns. “I will put everything I’ve got into this, and so will Joe,” he declared. 17/1
• Frontline: Inside Obama's Presidency / Program 54 mins.
  PBS Frontline Program: Broadcast in the United States on the evening of 15th January 2013. 16/1
• FRONTLINE & Longreads: Inside Obama’s Presidency
  FRONTLINE and Longreads have partnered to cull the best long-form reporting and reading on President Obama’s first term, for your reading pleasure. 16/1
• Secrets of 'Zero Dark Thirty'/ Logan Hill / Rolling Stone
  The movie stresses the little-reported role of the tenacious young female CIA agent who tracked down the world’s most wanted terrorist. 12/1
• A Lost Civilization / Maureen Dowd / The New York Times
  Mayans were right when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select world: the G.O.P. universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys. 2/1
• "Obama 2012: Our Journey Together" Campaign Highlights
  From national days of action to an unforgettable Democratic National Convention to rallies that spanned the nation, and everything in between, the road that began in April 2011, was full of amazing moments. 29/12
• 2nd Amendment Has Nothing to Do with Gun Ownership / Daily Kos
  The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires. 27/12