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Christopher Altchek

I am a co-founder of PolicyMic. My previous experiences include banking at Goldman Sachs, labor organizing for SEIU, political analysis at the White House, and campaigning for Mayor Bloomberg. If you want to reach me, send me a message on the site!

Even Warren Buffett Can't Save the Dying Newspaper Industry
Even Warren Buffett Can't Save the Dying Newspaper Industry

Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, purchased 63 papers, but the transaction won't save newspapers from experiencing financial blight because the journalism business model is flawed.

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Christopher Altchek Very cool project. Thanks for sharing.

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Pinterest Raises $100M, More Than Half of U.S. Babies Now Minorities, Top 25 Cities for Women

Technology heats up, Wal-Mart sued, and how the White House is revamping its campaign to pass the Volcker rule.

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Introducing PolicyMic Facebook App For Your Friends

Today, we are pumped to announce the PolicyMic app on Facebook.

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Mic Check: Obama the ‘ESPN Man,’ 14 Best Bands of the ‘90s, Losing Money Isn’t a Crime

Obama's good press, Facebook is heating up, and the videos of the day.

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Ron Paul Oklahoma and Arizona Delegate Wins Fly in the Face of the GOP Establishment
Ron Paul Oklahoma and Arizona Delegate Wins Fly in the Face of the GOP Establishment

Sensing defeat, establishment Republicans fall back on dirty tricks at state conventions.

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Jamie Dimon, the Volcker Rule and Everything You Should Know About JP Morgan's $2B Loss
Jamie Dimon, the Volcker Rule and Everything You Should Know About JP Morgan's $2B Loss

An analysis of the issues surrounding the Volcker Rule and how it applies to the recent loss at JP Morgan.

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Christopher Altchek A $2 billion loss in several weeks is not pocket change for any financial institution, especially with margins being compressed across the industry.

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Saturday Download: What Happened This Week, 10 Must-Read Books This Summer, A 9-Year-Old Psychopath

The most important stories this week, the top from PolicyMic and across the web.

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Best High Schools Rankings, Inside the Quidditch World Cup, and Everything You Should Read on Thursday

How it went down, what's next, and top reactions to Obama's gay marriage announcement.

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A Richard Mourdock Win Would be a Massive Victory for the Tea Party, What's Wrong with Porn, And Everything You Need to Read Today

Elections updates, today's stop stories, and everything you need to read from across the web.

Trayvon Martin Death: Rethinking Crime and the Role of the Police
Trayvon Martin Death: Rethinking Crime and the Role of the Police

Trayvon Martin's case highlights the systemic racism of the U.S. justice system. We need to pursue alternative modes like Oregon's Rose City Copwatch and South Africa's community courts system.

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Christopher Altchek The editors selected the pictures – and the article analysis goes far beyond these pictures.

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French Elections 2012, Ron Paul Still Fighting, and What Happened This Week

5 important world news events this week, and everything you need to read today.

Ron Paul Won the Paul Krugman Economic Debate, and Here's Why
Ron Paul Won the Paul Krugman Economic Debate, and Here's Why

Ron Paul hauled Krugman behind the woodshed on national television.

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Christopher Altchek Thanks Alex, this has been fixed. Good catch

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French Presidential Debate 2012: Who Won?, Jay-Z And The Future of Hollywood, And Everything You Need to Read Today

Mitt Romney's quote of the day, what we're reading, and the top stories from PolicyMic.

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Introducing Social Reading on PolicyMic

Today, we’re excited to announce the social reading on PolicyMic.

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Christopher Altchek Yes, we're pushing out a bunch of cool new features today, tomorrow, and early next week. To fix the weird screen, hold CRTL (or command if you're on a Mac) and press 'R' – that should fix it. Thanks for your patience!!

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May Day 2012: Follow Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and Say 'No' to Public Sector Unions
May Day 2012: Follow Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and Say 'No' to Public Sector Unions

May Day celebrates a time when unions were necessary, but are they today?

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Christopher Altchek Fixing. Thanks!

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Ron Paul Wins in Paul Krugman Debate, Will Jay-Z & the Nets Reign in NYC?, and Everything You Need to Read Today

Mic Check: Your guide to news for millennials.

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Ron Paul: Last Remaining GOP Challenger Buoyed by Youth Vote and Everything You Need to Read Today

What happened this week, top jokes from the White House correspondence dinner, and what we're reading.

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Live: Space Shuttle Enterprise Flies Over NYC (+Photos and Video)

Share these beautiful photos from New York's unusual guest on Friday: the space shuttle Enterprise.

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Christopher Altchek If you want to me to post the shots, send them over to caltchek@policymic.com or drop them on our Facebook wall. So cool!

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How to Upset a Terrorist: Sing a Song of Peace With 40,000 Loud Enough For Him to Hear
How to Upset a Terrorist: Sing a Song of Peace With 40,000 Loud Enough For Him to Hear

Norwegians have shown us that the best way to support democracy, tolerance, and multiculturalism is to do it peacefully and with dignity -- singing a song rather than raging against the gunman.

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Christopher Altchek Jeff, I would love to read that story in an article. So awesome.

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The Best Mother's Day Gift is Your Time, What Obama Reads, And Everything You Need To Read This Morning

Today's Mic Check.

Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Could Be Disaster for California
Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Could Be Disaster for California

Mad cow disease has the potential to devastate the Californian agriculture industry.

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Christopher Altchek Haha, working on it!!

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Cyber War And World War 3.0, Mitt Romney Guns For Youth Vote, And Everything You Need to Read This Morning

Everything you need to read from across the web this morning.

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France Presidential Elections 2012 Results And Everything That Happened This Week

France held the first round of its presidential elections today. As expected, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy will move on to the run-off.

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France Election 2012 Results: Marine Le Pen Tops Her Father's Historic Score

Marine Le Pen, the far-right Front National party leader, recorded a record 20% of the vote in Sunday’s French Presidential election registering 7 million votes.

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Christopher Altchek yes thank you!!

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Chinese Luxury Yacht Adastra Photo, Sarkozy's Chances Tank in France, and Everything You Need To Read This Morning

Chines luxury yacht Adastra photos, the low-down on Mitt Romney and Nicolas Sarkozy, and everything you need to read this morning.

Does Twitter Deserve a Pulitzer Prize?
Does Twitter Deserve a Pulitzer Prize?

As much as it has been a powerful tool for the rapid spread of information, Twitter is not journalism and does not deserve to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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Christopher Altchek Fixed, thanks for pointing that out! Also added a link!

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Does Twitter Deserve a Pulitzer Prize?, Why I'm Proud to Give to the IRS, And Everything You Need to Read This Morning

Does Twitter deserve a Pulitzer Prize? Why millennials should be proud to pay their taxes, and the top stories from across the web.

Tax Day Forces Us to Cough Up Our Fair Share For the 'Public Good'
Tax Day Forces Us to Cough Up Our Fair Share For the 'Public Good'

Tax time! Creepy Uncle Sam wants that big fat wallet you've got in your pants.

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Christopher Altchek Good point regarding Roger Clemens, what an incredible waste of time, money, and energy.

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George Zimmerman Second-Degree Murder Charge Details, Bo Xilai Drama, And What Happened This Week

45 days later, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder. Romney and Obama battled over women and taxes. The summary of the week's big news.

ALEC Dumped by Mars and Arizona Public Service
ALEC Dumped by Mars and Arizona Public Service

The seventh and eighth corporations to publicly state that they cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are candy-maker Mars and the Arizona Public Service Company (APS).

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Christopher Altchek Rebekah, solid piece! I think you're successfully using the outrage around Trayvon Martin to push positive legislation forward. I'd be interested to hear your and others reactions to this piece though: http://www.policymic.com/articles/6...

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Cory Booker Bravely Rescues Neighbor in Newark Fire

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is amazing. Last night, Booker saved the life of his neighbor's daughter during a fire in New Jersey.

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Live: Japan 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake off Honshu Coast

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), a strong earthquake was just reported near east coast of Honshu, Japan.

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Trayvon's Mom Says Zimmerman Killing Was an Accident, Obama's War On Women, And Everything You Need To Read Today

The details of George Zimmerman's charges, the top stories from PolicyMic, and the top stories from across the web.

Why It's OK for Colleges to Accept Minorities With Lower SAT Scores
Why It's OK for Colleges to Accept Minorities With Lower SAT Scores

I scored a 2110 on my SAT, my African-American friend scored a 1900. We both applied to Georgetown and Princeton. While I was rejected from both, he was accepted.

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Christopher Altchek Susie, good points. I would be interested to hear, from your experience, what the average score increase is from a student who receives tutoring and SAT/ACT prep?

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From Trayvon Martin Hoodies to Shaima Alawadi Hijabs: Who is Responsible for Hate in America?
From Trayvon Martin Hoodies to Shaima Alawadi Hijabs: Who is Responsible for Hate in America?

Following the hate-driven murder of Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi, we need to pay attention to the real cause of hate crimes in America: Messaging around fear, hate, and contempt of "others".

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Christopher Altchek Definitely – but the systematic discrimination of the US legal system against minorities is a striking and obvious reality. Just look at the numbers.

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America's Schools Bleach Out Minorities and Fail to Teach Multiculturalism
America's Schools Bleach Out Minorities and Fail to Teach Multiculturalism

To participate in a diverse America and a multicultural world, our children must learn the alternate narratives, different perspectives, and new ideas wrought by the nation’s cultural diversity.

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Christopher Altchek NY seems to be working very well. Actually, Chinese immigrants who have imported their own culture are some of the most active civic participants in NYC. They have very high voter turnout in local elections. Politicians even print campaign flyers in ...

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Buffett Rule: 8 Reasons Republicans Are Wrong To Oppose The Millionaire's Tax
Buffett Rule: 8 Reasons Republicans Are Wrong To Oppose The Millionaire's Tax

The Buffett Rule is more popular than even Michelle Obama, but Republican politicians don't care.

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Christopher Altchek Thanks for pointing out. Appreciate it. Corrected.

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PolicyMic Is Looking For A Community Editor
PolicyMic Is Looking For A Community Editor

Are you the next addition to the PolicyMic team?

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Christopher Altchek Different search!

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Rick Santorum Drops Out of GOP 2012 Race

Rick Santorum has dropped out of the 2012 GOP presidential race.

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Facebook Buys Instragram: Is Facebook The New Big Bad Wolf?

Today's Mic Check.

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Bo Xilai Uncertainty Fuels Unrest In China As Government Shuts Down Sina and QQ Comments

Unrest in China, $10 million US bounty, ICE arrests over 3,000 illegal immigrants, Romney seals the deal, and investors celebrate a great Q1.

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New Features: Democratic Comment Moderation

Today, we’re excited to announce a new comment moderation feature that allows users to flag and remove comments that violate the discussion principles.

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Christopher Altchek We're upping the limit for pundits as many of you suggested, thank you.

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Romney Looks Wraps It Up In Pennsylvania Primary As Santorum Falters, But Who Even Cares?

Today's Mic Check. Lot's of good stories.

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Santa Monica College Students Pepper Sprayed (+Video)

Campus police at Santa Monica College pepper sprayed 30 students last night who were disrupting a Board of Trustees meeting.

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Christopher Altchek They definitely did not squash the problem (check yesterday's news headlines). The Board already apologized for it.

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Wisconsin Primary Results: Rick Santorum Looks For A Stunner

GOP primaries, Obama sends stern warning to Supreme Court, and PolicyMic's top stories.

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Mega Millions Winners Revealed, George Zimmerman Story Was a Lie, and Everything You Should Read on Saturday

Here are the top stories from PolicyMic and across the web that you should read on your Saturday.

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Christopher Altchek What did you intend with the phrase? "Do not believe the corporate-owned media that "Obama’s team fumbled their case while conservatives made their simple argument very compellingly."" The obvious interpretations is: The cor...

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George Zimmerman father dad speaks for the first time on camera about Trayvon Martin killing

Today's Mic Check.

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George Zimmerman Barack Obama Comments On Trayvon Martin Case

Today's Mic Check.

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Christopher Altchek Awesome! More important details coming very soon.

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In Toulouse Mohammad Merah Jumps To Death After French Police Raid And Everything You Need To Know This Morning

Today's Mic Check.

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Trayvon Martin 911 Call: George Zimmerman Racial Slur

As more details emerge from the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it is becoming increasingly clear that the police have failed to bring Zimmerman to justice.

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Christopher Altchek I'm with you. Luckily there are millions of people who agree with you and are mobilizing for Trayvon's Deaths.

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What Mitt Romney’s Victory in Illinois Primary Means: 3 Takeaways

Mitt Romney wins Illinois in decisive fashion. Here’s what it all means.

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Christopher Altchek Don't party too hard!

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Mitt Romney Set To Face Barack Obama In General Elections, Perfect Timing for Australian Viral Video

This video is hilarious.

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Illinois GOP Primary Could Be Decisive for Mitt Romney And Everything You Need To Know This Morning

Today's Mic Check.

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St. Patrick's Day Parade Explained, George Clooney Video, and What Happened This Week

Today's Saturday Download.

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Ides of March And Everything You Need To Know This Morning

Today's Mic Check.

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Announcing PolicyMic's Beta Mobile Site

Want to read, mic, and comment on the go? Now just go to PolicyMic.com from your smartphone.

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Christopher Altchek haha – you might get a fb app first though.

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Millennials Agree It's Time To Leave Afghanistan, Alabama And Mississippi Undecided, And Everything You Need to Know This Morning

Today's Mic Check.

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KONY 2012 Real or Fake?, Vladimir Putin Election Fraud, And Everything You Need to Read on Saturday

Saturday Download – What happened this week and the top stories from PolicyMic.

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KONY 2012 May Be Scam, International Women's Day, And Everything You Need To Know This Morning

Today's Mic Check. Everything you need to know this morning.

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Live Stream Rick Santorum Super Tuesday Speech

Rick Santorum is speaking now.

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Ohio Result Live And Everything You Need To Know This Morning

Today's daily Mic Check.

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Osama Bin Laden Body Not Buried at Sea: Wikileaks Stratfor Rumor

According to Wikileaks Stratford e-mails published by RT.com, Osama Bin Laden was not buried at sea as originally reported by the White House administration.

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Christopher Altchek Thanks for sharing the PBS piece. You would know better than I would, but my guess is that substantial analysis couldn't have been done in the short period of time the body was on the USS Carl Vinson.

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Yelp IPO Soars, Homs Burns, and World News In 5 Bullets

Saturday Download.

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3 Highlights From the Week, Your Feedback, and Today's Mic Check

Fadi freed, Sehreen on Daily Beast, and Susan sets the right example.

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Christopher Altchek Good idea – we'll test it out and see if adds a lot. It's Friday afternoon, we take this time to talk to everyone!

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Mitt Romney Eyes Super Tuesday, Apple Valued at $500 Billion, and Everything You Need To Know This Morning

Election results, markets rally, today is Leap Day, and the a great way to start the day.

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Rick Santorum: Millennials+ Preferred Candidate According to Michigan Primary Poll Results

Young voters in Michigan support Rick Santorum. Really? Yes.

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Christopher Altchek Agreed – I mentioned that in my last pp. Unfortunately it's very hard to find data on 18 - 24 year olds or even 18 - 29 (millennials). Even CNN doesn't poll for them.

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Romney Campaign Is Cash Strapped, Sacha Baron Cohen Stunt Video, And Everything You Need To This Morning

February 27 daily rundown with the top stories from PolicyMic and across the web.

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Christopher Altchek haha. it was the most entertaining event of the evening so Seacrest should be proud at least someone saw his coverage of the Oscars!

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Hillary Clinton Outlines Global Youth Engagement Plan to Tunisian Millennials

Hillary Clinton spoke to millennials in Tunisia this morning about the State Department's new strategy for supporting youth globally.

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Christopher Altchek Agreed. I've been thinking about this all day since the speech this morning and I believe that the U.S. gov doesn't have the resources to take on this type of big scale project on its own. Instead, the focus needs to be fostering relationsh...

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This Week at PolicyMic, Millennial Gender Roles at Parties, Santorum Surging Among Women

Every Friday, the PolicyMic team highlights three cool things that happened on PolicyMic that week and outlines a few major questions that we need your help answering.

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The GOP Candidates In One Word: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul

Paul said “Consistent.” Santorum: “Courageous.” Romney: “Resolute.” Gingrich: "Cheerful.”

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What Is Title 10, Title 20, Arlen Specter And The Other Topics From Arizona GOP Debate

Tonight's Arizona GOP debate went over some unknown topics including Title X, Title XX, and Arlene Specter. Here's the background you need.

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Livestream CNN Arizona Republican Debate and Live Blog: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum Battle It Out

Expect to see Rick Santorum on the hot seat tonight as he has seemingly come from nowhere to take a national lead in the polls on Romney.

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Obama Proposes Lower Corporate Tax Rate, Cool PolicyMic Events and Everything You Need To Know Today

February 22 daily rundown with the top stories from PolicyMic and across the web.

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Christopher Altchek haha. I still can't believe he got away with failing to pay his taxes.

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Mic Check: Pivotal Motown Showdown Nears, Obama’s Master Strategy on Contraception, 6 Political Hip-Hop Artists You Should Be Blasting

Today's newsletter: Michigan Showdown, ESPN apologizes for Jeremy Lin slurs, top stories from PolicyMic, and top stories from across the web.

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Saturday Download: What Happened This Week, Flawed Yale Law Prof Proposal, Asian-American Perspective on Linsanity

Today's newsletter: Summary of the week's most important events, top stories from PolicyMic, and top stories from across the web.

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Whitney Houston Dead, Questions Arise About Drugs

Whitney Houston has passed away after a lifelong battle with drugs at the age of 48. Drugs have been glamorized in Hollywood for decades, yet have left many artists ravaged by addiction.

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Christopher Altchek Amy, I'm not sure I totally agree with this. Are drugs really that prevalent in society or are they part of a subculture? In almost all professions, drugs are looked down upon except for Hollywood – that's why I think it's a bit dif...

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Clint Eastwood Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial Promotes American Economic Comeback [VIDEO]

Clint Eastwood promises an American second half in the 2012 Superbowl commercial for Chrysler.

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Graphic: Unemployment Drops to 8.3%

The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent in January.

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Facebook IPO Summary of Terms – Everything You Need To Know About FB

Here's the cheat sheet for those who don't want to read the whole S-1.

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How To Find the Facebook Filing S-1 IPO Document

With Facebook expected to file it's IPO today, here's a tutorial on finding critical financial fillings.

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New PolicyMic Features: Leaderboards & Headers

Today, we’re excited to introduce two exciting new features.

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Christopher Altchek Good suggestions. We'll take care of those on Monday. Thank you!

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CNN Florida Republican Debate Live Recap: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum Battle It Out

Follow the Thursday night GOP debate live.

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Christopher Altchek I agree. 70% of the questions asked tonight were a joke.

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What Gingrich’s South Carolina Primary Victory Means For Mitt Romney’s Chances at Winning the GOP Primaries

Devastating results and polls cast serious doubt over Romney’s electability. The race is not over yet. Florida will be huge, and Romney’s reaction is critical.

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Who Won South Carolina? Newt Gingrich First, Mitt Romney Second

Live updates of the results from South Carolina.

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Why I Support Mitt Romney Over Barack Obama

With his firm grasp of economics, Mitt Romney is the best for an America still struggling through the Great Recession.

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Mic Check: Facebook Predicts South Carolina, Lady Gaga Doesn't Speak For Millennials, Colbert Polling Better Than Huntsman

Today's newsletter. Leave us your thoughts!

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Sick of the Primaries Already? Check Out the Americans Elect Primaries Built for You

Americans Elect is doing what only the Republican and Democratic parties have been able to do until now: putting candidates on the ballot.

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Christopher Altchek I think partisans on both sides may feel this way right now. But if a conservative wins the AE nomination, it will play into the Democrats favor.

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Who Won Iowa? Mitt Romney Wins, Rick Santorum Second, Ron Paul Third

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were in a statistical dead heat, before Romney got a close victory.

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Christopher Altchek You're right, the Iowa caucuses are totally unrepresentative. So is the New Hampshire primary, which will be decided by 225,000 voters. Unfortunately along with South Carolina, these two states have the ability to decide the GOP nominee because ...

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What Should PolicyMic's New Year's Resolutions Be?

We want to hear from you, what should our New Year's resolutions be? Give us your thoughts on the questions below.

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Christopher Altchek Susan, these are all great ideas. We're working on face-to-face meet-ups. We thinking about the best ways to make sure the online/offline connections is as meaningful as possible. Regarding fact checking, there are a few people at MIT working...

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Want to Fix Congress? No Labels Has a Plan

We can all agree that Congress needs to change. Here are some ways how.

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Jon Corzine Testifies in Congress on MF Global Collapse

Today, Jon Corzine appears before the first of several congressional committees regarding the bankruptcy of MF Global and the disappearance of client funds.

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Christopher Altchek Quote of the day. Spitzer said it best, "The Democrats are going to prove that they're tough and make an example out of Corzine."

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Don't Expect The Super Committee To 'Go Big'

The sad reality is that the 2012 elections dynamics have left both the Republicans and the Democrats uninterested in reaching a substantive deal.

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Christopher Altchek Fair enough. I agree that we don't do a good enough job praising real reform attempts. That being said, what proposals were presented by either party this go around that were worth praising? Neither party put forward a plan that I could stand be...

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New Features: Your Stream, Allies & Rivals, and New Profiles

Read about the new PolicyMic features.

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Christopher Altchek Hey Susan, thanks for the heads up. Looks like the Mics are working? Can you do a hard refresh (CRTL + R) on the article and try again? Let me know if this doesn't work. Thanks!

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Your Feedback: Technical Suggestions and Issues

We want to hear your suggestions on how we can improve.

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Christopher Altchek Hey Philip, I'll take a look at the account issue and restore it. Sorry for the confusion. Regarding the share comment feature, we've started to deprecated it because Facebook required us to ask for more permissions to do that, so we wan...

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Your Feedback: Features, Content, and Community

Please use this forum to give feedback, ask questions, and share ideas how to make PolicyMic better.

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Christopher Altchek Wado, thank for your correction. The strict rule is "aggressive critique of other users." Those comments should be flagged. Aggressive critique of others' comments is also no encouraged. We'd rather people take the high road, and ...

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Occupy Wall Street's Millionaires March

The Millionaires March took protesters through New York's Upper East Side and to the doorsteps of the city's elite.

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Christopher Altchek You're right. We've been trying to provide a platform for those involved to tell their stories - http://www.policymic.com/group/showCompetition/id/1886 - and are going to continue to find new ways. We've spent a lot of time downtown wi...

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Occupy Wall Street's Millionaire March on the Upper East Side

Protestors from Occupy Wall Street held the “Millionaires March” this afternoon visiting the residences of New York City's wealthiest residents on the Upper East Side.

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Christopher Altchek You're right that this march was completely sensationalist. It will also be interesting to see how OWS differentiates between the "good" rich and the "bad" rich (if they differentiate at all). At a speech we heard on Sunday i...

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Who's Really Paying for Our Wars? This Generation

Young people pay the highest cost in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, incurring the most casualties and having to take on the most war debt payment during their lifetime.

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Independents Need a Serious GOP Candidate

Allowing birthers to take the national stage raises big questions about the Republican Party and its overall strategy. Why do fringe viewpoints gain so much traction within the GOP?

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Christopher Altchek Good point - and the rise of Huntsman suggests that the GOP could have a moderate revival. The question remains though, if the Tea Party continues to wield as much influence as they did last year, then Romney and Huntsman won't have a chance.

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Foreign Affairs Live: Debating Social Media's Political Power

As revolutions sweep across the Middle East and traditional diplomacy seems to be turned upside-down, what have we learned about the power of Wikileaks, Twitter, and Facebook?