Links: AlterNet Newsletter - January 19th, 2012

AlterNet Newsletter: Hot News and Views

Gingrich Ex-Wife's Pre-SC Bombshell: He Asked Her to Have an "Open Marriage" So He Could Stay With Mistress

By Igor Volsky | Think Progress
Jon Stewart on SOPA: "It's Like Coming Up With a Plan to Prevent Teen Pregnancy That Includes Filling Penises With Cement"

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
Romney Actually Lost to Santorum in the Iowa Caucuses (by 34 Votes!)

By Agence France-Presse
Irony Alert: On Day of SOPA Protests, Guy Who Authored the Bill Broke Piracy Laws on His Own Website

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
Stephen Colbert to Host "Rock Me Like a Herman Cain" Rally in SC, With Cain Himself

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
Rick Perry Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Gingrich
By Staff | AlterNet

What the Hell, Democrats? Republicans Are the Ones Acting as "Heroes" Against SOPA/PIPA
By kos | Daily Kos
Gingrich Won't Win the Presidency, But He May Always Be the GOP's #1 Racist

By Seth Freed Wessler | ColorLines
The History of Gay Rights, in Seven Minutes
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

_PROGRESSIVE WIRE
Twitter Fills The Gap When Wikipedia Went Black

By NPR Online
'Socialist' used to mean something

By Steve Benen | Washington Monthly
Chart of the Day: 2011 in Reproductive Rights

By Kate Sheppard | Mother Jones Online
‘Totally’ Resistant TB Emerges in India
By Truthdig
Divers search Italy cruise wreck as fears grow over fuel
By Agence France Presse

_BEST OF THE WEEK

1. Victory for Internet Freedom: Obama Announces Opposition to SOPA, Congress Shelves Bill
By Steve Benen | Washington Monthly

2. The 5 Most Outrageous Examples of Hidden Charges Companies Pass Off on Consumers -- And How to Fight Back
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

3. New Tool Reveals Country's Most Polluted Places: How Close Do You Live?
By Scott Thill | AlterNet

4. Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats?
By Greta Christina | AlterNet

5. How Legal Pot Could Save Thousands of Lives? Hint: Stop Feeding the Mexican Death Cartels
By Jamie Haase | AlterNet

6. Shocker: Is Our World Becoming Less Violent?
By Joshua Holland | AlterNet

7. Sucker: How Cable Companies Make You Pay For Channels You'll Never Watch
By Stephen Pizzo | Smirking Chimp

ENDS

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