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The plot against Van Jones thickens! Not only is the guy a communist, but he’s also … wait for it …

JERUSALEM – Van Jones, the man appointed as “green jobs czar” to the White House, previously served on the board of an environmental activist group at which a founder of the Weather Underground [...]

There’s a new meme in the presidential race: The Internet is helping expose dirty tricks, enhance campaign accountability and punish the purveyors of dog-whistle sleaze.
Such web luminaries as Arianna Huffington and Micah Sifry pushed that argument this week. The Obama campaign agrees.
On Friday, Sen. Barack Obama’s new-media office launched an initiative to identify and expose [...]