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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Although the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org touts itself as a grassroots political group, records show that a sizable lump of money comes from just two donors. A review of the Berkeley-based group's first quarter fund raising showed nearly half its $6.98 million came from Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corporation, a Cleveland insurance company, and billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Lewis has donated $2 million to the group and Soros has given more than $1 million, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday. The directors of MoveOn, which has pledged to "bring ordinary people back into politics," say...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- President Bush and the GOP leadership are suddenly pushing through Congress the biggest spending bill in history, the $820 billion "Omnibus" bill. In this bill are two hidden clauses that reverse important victories on which the voices of millions of Americans were heard: Protecting overtime pay and stopping media consolidation. You see, the Republicans have this thing about speeding bills through so people cannot have the time to digest what is in them. They did it in Colorado and Texas and were successful at it so they keep doing it. People should know the truth about the...