Of AIPAC and Astroturfers

| Thu Sep. 10, 2009 10:33 AM PDT

It's Laura, zooming by with the latest MoJo must reads. 3 non-health-care stories today:

1) Is AIPAC still the chosen one? Bob Dreyfuss explains the shifting terrain for the Israel lobby.

2) Who's really behind the Van Jones attack? Meet Phil Kerpen, master astroturfer and green job blocker extraordinaire.

3) Dr. Evil's Payday: How PR op Richard Berman's "economic literacy" nonprofit spun payday loans into gold.

Laura McClure hosts weekly podcasts and is a writer and editor for Mother Jones. Read her recent investigative feature on lifehacking gurus here.

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Comments

Yes, how dreadful of tricksy

Yes, how dreadful of tricksy Republicans to post a video of someone saying "Republicans are a******s" and a video of someone explaining how Green Jobs is just a way to change the whole economy to a more redistributionist footing.

Van Jones was brought down by his own radical ideas. That's the truth. Deal with it.

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