GOP Rep calls Pres. Obama "An Enemy of Humanity" - 2009-09-29
Remember when questioning George W. Bush in any way was unpatriotic? Funny how times have changed. Now, apparently it’s OK with conservatives for a sitting congressman to call the president of the United States “an enemy of humanity.” View video here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/29/gop-rep-trent-franks-call_n_302713.html
Rewriting History in Texas, Puritan Style - 2009-07-14
The Wall Street Journal reports that as the Texas Board of Education considers revisions to its social studies curriculum, conservatives want the state to stop teaching students about Thurgood Marshall and Cesar Chavez, and provide a more central role for Christianity in American history.
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El Paso is for lovers, unless you're gay - 2009-07-10
Even with all the progress we've made, it's sometimes shocking and disheartening how far we have to go.
In Texas, two gay men were thrown out of a restaurant for kissing. Straight couples kiss in restaurants all the time, and people either don't notice or think it's cute or charming.
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Republicans Still Blocking Critical Obama Nominees - 2009-06-29
We all know that Republicans believe that “that government is best which governs least” (attributed variously to Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, or neither). But they seem to be taking that a bit too seriously these days.
Clean Energy Bill Might Not Pass the House - 2009-06-25
This Friday, clean energy legislation goes to the floor of the House--and it may not pass without a grassroots push over the next 36 hours.
In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Look Back - 2009-04-22
From the New York Times:
In a series of high-level meetings in 2002, without a single dissent from cabinet members or lawmakers, the United States for the first time officially embraced the brutal methods of interrogation it had always condemned.
Utah lawmaker: Gays are "greatest threat to America" - 2009-02-20
So what's America's greatest threat? The weakest economy in 80 years? Widespread layoffs, bank collapses, meltdown in the auto industry and a housing crisis?
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Obstructionism at its finest - 2009-01-29
Those Republicans sure know how to demonstrate the bipartisan spirit President Obama is calling for. For nearly three full weeks, they've blocked Obama's nominee, Hilda Solis, for Labor Secretary.
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Spying on pacifists, environmentalists and nuns - 2008-12-08
Among those labeled as terrorists: two Catholic nuns, a former Democratic congressional candidate, a lifelong pacifist and a registered lobbyist. One suspect's file warned that she was "involved in puppet making and allows anarchists to utilize her property for meetings."
Apparently, $700 billion just isn't enough. Some of the banks who are buying up failing banks are also getting big tax breaks. How big?
The tax break that Wells Fargo will get as a result of its acquistion of Wachovia Corp. is $20 billion. That's $5.2 billion more than the $14.8 billion it cost Wells Fargo to make the acquisition.
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Reading McCain's Ayers slime from a script into the phone was too much for one young woman,reports West Virginia's Charleston Gazette.
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It's getting right crazy down here in Dixie. When we're not talking to ourselves, we're talking to everybody else -- whether they want to listen or not. Yada-yada-Muslim, yada-yada-antichrist, yada-yada-doesn't-want-America-to-win, yada-yada-he-s-a-commie-socialist! Yada-yada-God-hates-him. And more.
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Republican Mailing Leaves Voters Confused - 2008-09-25
Read the full All Things Considered story and then sign Progress Florida's petition to Gov. Crist telling him that Floridians deserve an election free from underhanded tactics and dirty tricks.
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A Bailout Above the Law - 2008-09-23
There are lots of reasons to be concerned about the bailout: it's expensive, it probably won't help homeowners, it doesn't include adequate oversight provisions, and it might not even work. Could it get any scarier?
Yes. According to this piece by Andrew Sorkin, it will also consolidate more power over the financial life of our nation into the hands of one person than ever before in our history.
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UPDATE: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote - 2008-09-11
Michigan Republicans plan to foreclose on African American voters.
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Nearly 600,000 Subject to Possible Caging in Ohio - 2008-09-08
Ohio election officials are sending out a mass mailer stamped "do not forward" to all registered voters today (Sept. 5) with an absentee ballot application and other important notices for Nov. 4.
Unbeknownst to the would-be recipients, the same mailer - just 60 days before the election - has the potential to determine their eligibility to vote, challenged not by election officials but by partisan opposition.
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Army: Soldier Suicide Rate May Set Record Again - 2008-09-07
Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.
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Community Organizing is not a laughing matter - 2008-09-04
There was a lot about the RNC that I found offensive tonight. But as a pastor, a resident of a small town, and a Christian who is a passionate progressive (because of issues of social justice) I was most deeply offended by the routine mocking of "community organizing."
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KBR at it again - 2008-08-28
It seems KBR is at it again, and just when you thought they couldn't get worse, they did.
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Countdown to 1/20/09: Watch your vote disappear? - 2008-08-26
Who has the Bush administration hired to make sure our voting rights aren't violated on Election Day?
Meet Hans Von Spakovsky, a key player in the right-wing vote-suppression agenda.
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Just follow the (oil) money - 2008-08-19
When 80% of Americans would rather see our government invest in renewable energy than drill for more oil, you have to ask yourself...Why are we still having this argument?
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Where Would Jesus Drill? - 2008-08-14
The other day, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann told us that we don't need Nancy Pelosi to save the planet. Jesus has it covered.
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American Psychological Association Turns Blind Eye To Psychologists' Aid in Torture Programs - 2008-08-12
This weekend, the American Psychological Association will be holding their annual conference, but it won't be as harmonious as you would think: a group of psychologists are organizing to change the association's position on the presence of psychologists during interrogations of Guantanamo detainees.
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Is She Kidding? - 2008-08-11
Even though state representative Myra Crownover is a Republican and an oil-drilling company owner, we still thought she had to be playing a joke on us when she posted an op-ed in the New York Sun, proclaiming oil drilling as the new 'clean' energy.
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What's on your laptop is your business - 2008-08-08
The Department of Homeland Security recently gave Customs and Border Patrol the right to search laptops without probable cause at airports along the borders.
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Burned! Cancer Hospital Hires Tobacco Lobbyists - 2008-08-07
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa, Florida, has hired lobbyists to advocate for the institution in Florida's capitol, and seven of those lobbyists are also tobacco lobbyists.
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