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First Dad: Barack Obama Celebrates His Favorite Job
Go back in time with First Lady Michelle Obama to see the President hard at work doing his favorite job: being a dad.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
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‘Religious Freedom’ Measure Targeting Women’s Reproductive Rights Goes Down in Flames
While Republicans pass alleged ‘religious freedom’ laws aimed at knocking down women’s reproductive rights across the country, at least one has gone down in flames.
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CNN Disgraces Itself by Claiming Obama has Accomplished Nothing
CNN embarrassed itself today when Candy Crowley told David Plouffe that the Obama administration has not accomplished any of their goals.
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Shades of Sarah Palin as Mitt Romney Bombs On Face The Nation
Bob Schieffer was as gentle as the corporate media can be, but Mitt Romney pulled a Palin, and bombed his first non-Fox Sunday morning interview.
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Another Republican Lie: GOP Admits They Have No Plan to Replace ObamaCare
Remember the Republican 2010 ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacares mantra? Well, kiss that goodbye. Their new mantra is ‘repeal’ and deal.
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President Obama Maintains His Dignity When Faced With Racist and Bigoted Attacks
It is a sad commentary that a man of President Obama’s stature, intelligence, and even-keeled resolve has been the subject of such rancid racism in a country like the United States.
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Demythologizing Christianity’s Most Cherished Moment: Nero and the Christians, Part One
It is always claimed that Christianity has been persecuted ever since Nero but it can be argued that this is the biggest non-event in history
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I Like To Fire People: Romney Made $20,000 For Every Worker He Laid Off
Mitt Romney has profited handsomely by laying off people for his own personal gain. In fact he made, $20,000 per laid off worker.
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Bill Maher Exposes and Obliterates the Right’s Racist Propaganda
Bill Maher has done something the media refuses to do. He actually looked at the images used in conservative media and called out their racism.
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Republicans Respond to Obama Immigration Change with more Bigotry and Racism
President Obama’s decision was not based on race, but the response from the right is inherently racist and little else.
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Brian Fischer Says You Cannot Reason with Liberals Because God Gave Them Deranged Minds
Brian Fischer complains liberals cannot reason or employ logic though his real problem is we won’t simply take his word for it and believe
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Fox News Edits Out Bill O’Reilly Slamming Obama Heckler
Bill O’Reilly slammed heckler Neil Munro and supported Obama for calling him out, but when Fox News posted the video, they cut out O’Reilly’s criticism of the heckler.
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The Embodiment of Fail: Right Martyrs Heckler Who Got Owned By Obama
As the right hero worships The Daily Caller reporter who interrupted the president today, but they neglect to mention that he got completely owned by Obama.
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Obama’s Immigration Surprise Triggers an Epic Blubbering Right Wing Meltdown
In the wake of Obama’s announcement today that he has changed his administration’s immigration policies for younger illegal immigrants, the right has had a total meltdown.
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John McCain Accuses Republicans of Using Foreign Money Against Obama
John McCain has indirectly accused his fellow Republicans of using Citizens United to get foreign money into their campaign to defeat President Obama.
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According to Republicans Corporations Are People But Sarah Jessica Parker is Not
As Republicans bash Obama for attending a fundraiser for his campaign given by Sarah Jessica Parker, they are arguing that while corporations are people, actual human beings aren’t.
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Mitt Romney Unveils His Healthcare Plan: Don’t Get Sick
A president Romney will allow health insurance industry to offer bare-bones coverage with higher premiums and pre-existing conditions will not be covered. In other words, don’t get sick.
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David Barton Supporters Say Criticism of Barton Proves Barton is Right
David Barton’s deputy Rick Green and the ACLJ’s David French claim that criticism of David Barton proves that Barton is telling the truth
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House Republicans Use the NDAA to Take Away Access to Abortion
House Republicans claimed that the NDAA should not be used for social issues, but they did exactly in order to cut down access and funding for abortion.
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A Critical Mass to Challenge the Corporate Colonization of our Government
A mass majority convinced through years of struggle that a fairer, more humane, more sustainable world is possible is the best way to challenge the corporate colonization of our government.
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Obama Drops the Gloves and Delivers an Epic Middle Class Beatdown to Mitt Romney
President Obama offered his vision for America’s future in Cleveland, and he wiped the floor with Romney by defining him as a man with no plan, but to make himself and his friends even richer.
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Everybody Hates Bush: Number of Americans Blaming W. for Recession Increases to 68%
The number of Americans who blame Bush for the economy is growing. In the past year, the number of Americans blaming George W. Bush for the recession has increased by seven points to 68%.
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Treasonous Republicans Should Stand Trial for Sabotaging the American Economy
The Republicans sabotaging economic recovery should be tried and convicted of treason under Article III, Section 3, where it says a subversive act that ‘weakens the power of the United States.’
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Family Research Council Loses Cool Over Employment Non-Discrimination Act
The idea that we all enjoy equal rights under the law is abhorrent to the totalitarian mindset, as the FRC proves in an anti-rights tirade
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Republicans Risk Their Constituents Lives to Protect Big Coal’s Profits
Republicans will not pass a law to prevent death and destruction of their constituents by putting a moratorium on the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining.
Behind Enemy Lines: Being Democratic Poll Worker In a Very Red State
Tuesday, June 12, I worked as a Poll Manager for the South Carolina Primary Election. It was an enlightening experience for a deep south dem
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Democrats Encouraged by the GOP’s Unceasing Grumbles About Romney
If some of the biggest Republican names are unable to publicly condone Romney’s candidacy, why should the mainstream voter be any different?
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Bernie Sanders Nails the GOP: ‘If it’s Good for America, We Can’t Do it’
Sen. Bernie Sanders has perfectly summed up what Republicans stand for in one sentence, ‘If it’s good for America, if it creates jobs, if it’s good for Barack Obama, we can’t do it.’
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The Forest and the Trees: How Extreme Ideologues Destroy the Left’s Unity
The left needs to coalesce around one goal; defeating Republicans at all costs, but here is already talk of various groups of ideologues sitting out the election to teach Democrats a lesson.
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Carrie Underwood’s Support of Marriage Equality Exposes Fundie Confusion Over Love and Hate
Carrie Underwood came out in support of marriage equalitylast weekend, leaving fundies to misread the Bible and to confuse love with hate
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Are Republican Contempt Allegations Payback For Eric Holder’s Defense of Voting Rights?
Only the gullible can’t see the link between Eric Holder’s aggressive persecution of voting abuses in Florida and what has happened to the Attorney General in the halls of Congress this week.
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Rush Limbaugh Insults Police and Firefighters By Claiming They Don’t Create Wealth
On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh insulted police and firefighters by saying that they are great to have around, but they don’t create wealth, but they exist to protect the wealthy.
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Intimate Partner Terrorism and the Murder of Candice Roberts
The murder of Candice Roberts by her ex-husband Jeremy is a reminder that far too many women die in this country from domestic violence.
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Rick Scott Sues Homeland Security In Order to Cover Up His Constitutional Crimes
Rick Scott is suing the Department of Homeland Security in the name of accessing its database, but the real point is to distract from his planned purge’s violation of the constitution.
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Arizona Cop Who Encouraged Shooting Obama Claims It is a Victimless Crime
Pat Shearer, the Arizona police officer who posted a photo of an Obama t-shirt riddled with bullet holes is claiming encouraging violence against the president is a victimless crime.
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True Patriots Must Rise and Defend Our Nation Against Corporate Tyranny
This election is not about fiscal responsibility, reducing the deficit, or creating jobs. It is about changing America into a private enterprise, and corporate tyranny that must be stopped.
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Obama Has Removed the Last Shred of Divine Covering Over the White House? Really?
Apparently, President Obama has ripped away from imaginary protective layer over the White House for which surface-to-air missiles are no substitute
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If Obama is Bad for Business Why Are Foreign Investors Flocking To The United States?
If President Obama is so bad for business, why are foreign investors be coming to the United States to invest at an all time high.
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Rush Limbaugh Attacks Police and Firefighters for Contributing Nothing to the Economy
On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh said that police and firefighters are nice to have, but they take away from private sector jobs and contribute nothing to the economy.
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Paul Krugman Explains Why Obama’s Private Sector Gaffe Wasn’t Wrong
On CBS, Paul Krugman explained how Obama got the phrase wrong, but his point about private versus public sector job health was correct.
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Jeb Bush Tells It Like It Is, ‘Reagan Would Not Win In Today’s GOP’
Jeb Bush has stated the obvious. Due to his record of raising taxes and bipartisanship, Ronald Reagan could never survive in the current Birchers on steroids Republican Party.
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Mitt Romney: The Economic Guru Who Specializes In Killing Jobs
The only thing voters need to know about Romney is that he is not an economic guru. He is a wealthy investor who earned millions killing jobs.
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Dr. James Dobson: Another Presidential Campaign, Another Chance to Hate Obama
Dr. James Dobson is an Obama-basher of long standing, and his behavior demonstrates why this country can never compromise the separation of church and state.
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Mentally Challenged Media Attacks Obama for Not Compromising with Republicans
Despite the fact that President Obama has spoken of compromise throughout his presidency, CNN attacked the president for not compromising with Republicans.
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Scott Walker Pulls a Palin and Stabs Romney In the Back
Scott Walker pulled a Sarah Palin special on Romney today, dissing the Republican nominee’s 2012 strategy, while setting himself up as the 2016 GOP savior.
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The Mormon Church’s Etch-a-Sketched Doctrine on Blacks
The Mormon Church has had to Etch-a-Sketch a doctrine on blacks to save their tax exempt status, and hide their built in doctrine of discrimination.
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How Many Otherwise Socially Liberal Men Have Abandoned Reproductive Rights?
Some of Ron Paul’s otherwise socially liberal followers are an example of men who have turned their backs on reproductive rights.
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Fighting Back Against the Republican Violation of America
It is evident, now, that Republicans and their corporate funding machine are raping America and its citizenry in every possible way to express their power, contempt, and dominance over their victims
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Extreme Church Gay Bashing Isn’t a Coincidence, it’s the Republican Plan
All of the sudden extreme videos of preachers denouncing gays have gone viral, and it is all party of the mixture of extreme religion and conservatism that Republicans want America to become.
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Fu*king Brian: The Attempted Shaming of Melissa Stetten
Melissa Stetten’s tweets really made Team Brian mad. It’s all her fault for telling that married Brian took his ring off and tried to hit on her.
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87% Of Rick Scott’s Florida Voter Purge Targets Are People of Color
More evidence of the real motivation behind Rick Scott’s Florida voter purge is that 87% of the people he has targeted are African-Americans and Hispanics.
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Debunking The Right Wing Claims of Death Threats Against Scott Walker
An examination of the ‘death threats’ against Scott Walker hints at their likely source being an illiterate tea partier.
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The Corporate Media Conspires With Republicans to Strengthen Citizens United
At the behest of corporate broadcasters, a single subcommittee vote by House Republicans killed an FCC disclosure guideline and strengthened the role of secret money in American politics.
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Job Killing For Dummies: Why the GOP is to Blame For the Lack of Jobs
It is up to President Obama to tell the American people what those with a memory already understand; high unemployment, the sluggish economy, and threat of war are the fault of Republicans.
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Fundamentalist Christian Predators Target School Children
Your children aren’t safe at school; there are spiritual predators prowling our nation’s elementary schools, preying on the innocent.
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Hate Religion Rears Its Ugly Head Again as Obama Hung in Effigy
Terry Jones of Florida Dove World Outreach Center in Gainsville, Florida dredged up a past that is shameful and violent, when he hung President Obama in effigy.
Similarities Between the Tea Party and English Skinheads are Frightening
An English movie, ‘This is England’ could have very well been the story of the American Tea Party with numerous parallels.
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The Slow Recovery Is Due To Americans Paying Down Personal Debt
Once the American people feel more comfortable with their personal debt level, the economy will begin to take off. They will spend more and business will be forced to hire.
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Rick Scott’s Voter Purge Powers Obama to the Lead in Florida
Holy backfire, Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s attempt to purge the voting roles in Florida is not only wildly unpopular. It is also helping to solidify Obama’s lead in the state.
Fox News Betrayed by Their Own Obama Supporting Poll
Fox and Friends were flabbergasted that Americans trust President Obama more on foreign policy, education, terrorism, and unity.
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Republicans Defy the Founding Fathers By Allowing Religion to Influence Policy
When the Founding Fathers devised how America would function they knew the danger of allowing religion to govern the country, but Republicans are ignoring the Founders’ warnings.
North Carolina GOP Would Make Truth About Rising Sea Levels Illegal Rather Than Deal With It
Rather than let scientists accurately project sea level rise, the business-friendly North Carolina GOP would make it illegal to tell the truth
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Meeting President Obama
President Obama is a likable guy. I know because I had the opportunity to meet him in December of 2010, when came to my home town, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to speak at a local community college.
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Rick Scott Dares the DOJ To Stop His Illegal Florida Voter Purge
Rick Scott is the personification of a child governor, and he will stop at nothing to rig the vote to help the Republican Party defeat Obama.
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Why Michigan Is Not the Next Wisconsin
Rick Snyder is not Scott Walker. Both of them are repulsive in their own right, and each of their states would be considerably better off with them gone, but there are some significant differences.
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The Big Three Automakers Push For Single Payer
The Big Three automakers, GM,Chrysler and Ford along with the Canadian Autoworkers pushed the Canadian government to strengthen their single payer system.
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Rush Limbaugh Enraged When Michelle Obama Does Something He Can’t: A Push Up
First Rush wants women to put their sex acts on the internet for him but now he’s upset that Michelle Obama did push ups on TV, because as we all know Rush Limbaugh can’t do push ups.
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Unions Score a Major Victory as Judge Blocks Michigan Paycheck Law
A federal Judge blocks Michigan’s controversial law prohibiting school districts from collecting union dues via payroll deductions.
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Jon Stewart Hammers the Media’s Overreaction to Wisconsin
Jon Stewart took the media to task to for blowing the Wisconsin recall completely out of proportion, and proclaiming the results an Armageddon like event.
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Dirty Little Red State Secret: ALEC is Behind the GOP’s Voter Purge
The recent voter purge in Florida and Texas are the result of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) fascist voter ID laws.
David Barton’s New Thesis: People Who Are on Welfare Don’t Read the Bible
David Barton attempts to prove we’d all be better off economically if we read our Bibles with a pedestrian attempt at developing a thesis
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A Win For Equal Marriage: New York Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
Score one for equality, today a New York court ruled that DOMA unconstitutionally discriminates against married same-sex couples.
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Timeline: How Obama Dug America Out of a Depression
The next time a Republican asks where are the jobs, show them this chart that demonstrates how deep of a hole President Barack Obama has dug us out of.
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American Fatwa: Challenging the Drone Killing of Progressive Values
We should be really clear about the lines we’re crossing if we don’t challenge the undemocratic killing of what are effectively international gang leaders.
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Watch Bernie Sanders Explain Why Citizens United Is To Blame For Walker’s Win
If you want to know why Scott Walker won yesterday, watch Bernie Sanders explain how Citizens United’s impact on Wisconsin and why it is the biggest threat to one person, one vote in our lifetime.
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Where are the Jobs? Ask the GOP
The mystery of the disappearing workforce is owing not to the President’s leadership but to eight previous years of treasury looting and voodoo economic policy.
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Fair Pay Vendetta: Women will Remember Senate GOP Betrayal In November
After Senate Republicans rejected the Fair Pay Act, women and their supporters have stepped up their actions to make Republicans pay in November.
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Why the GOP is the Party of Choice for Sociopaths and Psychopaths
Pastor John Hagee’s hateful preaching is an example of why the GOP has become the party of choice for sociopaths and psychopaths
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Kathy Nickolaus of ‘Found Votes’ Still In Charge in WI GOP Stronghold
Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas swore that Kathy wouldn’t be anywhere near this election, but it sure looks like she’s in charge again.
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Recall Walker Live: Wisconsin Election Updates and Returns
We will updating all the election returns from Wisconsin as they come in, so come on in and join us for the live chat.
High Wisconsin Turnout Sends Republicans into Panic Mode
Despite the high turnout for the protests, and the high number of recall petition signatures, Republicans are getting very nervous about the record turnout numbers coming out of Wisconsin.
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Pro-Walker Groups Spreading False Info To Keep Voters From Voting
Wisconsin state Sen. Lena Taylor is calling on the GAB to investigate two pro-Walker groups who are spreading false information to keep voters from voting in the recall.
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Republicans Make Charges of Voter Fraud In Wisconsin Recall
Republicans are ramping up their PR in case they lose in Wisconsin today; if they lose, it will be because of the imaginary voter fraud.
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Constituent Demands to Know Why Allen West Has His Own Gestapo Security
Allen West uses storm troopers and Gestapo to silence citizens asking polite questions about gay marriage during a recent town hall.
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Mitt Romney the Political Prostitute Who Turns Tricks for the Extremist Vote
Either Mitt Romney is a coward who cannot muster the courage necessary to take a stand and push back against extremism, or he is a prostitute who will sell himself to lunatics to win in November.
Trapped by Religion
Thomas Jefferson once hoped to liberate us from being trapped by beliefs not our own but the GOP has made trapping us the basis of their platform
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Scott Walker: Pro-Life…BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The ghost of Christmas past haunted Ebeneezer Scrooge, and was 1/3 of the spirit that changed Scrooge around and it scared the Hell out of him, and apparently, the same is happening with Scott Walker.
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Republicans Twist Capitalism Into a Democracy Killer
America is capitalism run amok. A handful of greedy individuals and corporations currently control all the money and power.
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Recall Bombshell: Closest Aide Turns on Walker and Cooperates With John Doe Investigation
Proof that the real source of doom for Scott Walker isn’t the recall but the John Doe investigation is the revelation that Walker’s former top aide has is now working with the investigation.
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President Obama Shows America The GOP Economic Plan Doesn’t Work
Just to prove a point, President Obama may have just opened the Republican economic plan to ridicule during this campaign of 2012.
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Solidarity: Pictures to Inspire the Recall of Scott Walker
In honor of the historic recall election on June 5th, here are a few inspiring moments captured in pictures from the Wisconsin protests.
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MSNBC Is Not Fox: Ed Schultz Won’t Speak At Wisconsin Democratic Convention
A recent AP story stating that Ed Schultz would be speaking at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention was shot down by MSNBC today. Schultz will attend only as media.
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In 1994 Romney Praised His Mom For Championing Abortion Rights Before Roe v Wade
In 1994 Romney praised his mother for running for U.S. Senate well before Roe V. Wade. She was championing the legalization of abortion before it was legal.
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Republican Comes Unglued When Asked to Provide Examples of Voter Fraud
When a right wing expert on voter fraud was pressed to give specific examples, he babbled James O’Keefe then ran for the hills all the while ignoring the rampant plague of Republican voter fraud.
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Conservative Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists Create Death Panels By Abusing Conscience Clause
Regardless of how a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist feels about homosexuality, or pregnant women, their religious beliefs or bigotry does not give them the right to hand down a death sentence.
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Chuck Norris Displays Comedic Talents on Scott Walker’s Behalf
Chuck Norris takes to WND to display comedic talents in support of Scott Walker, and badly misrepresenting Ronald Reagan in the process
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GOP Holds Stephen Colbert Hostage in the War on Women
Republicans, Tea-Partiers, Conservative Americans, I’m talking to you today from the front lines of Republican War on Women, where an American Hero has been taken prisoner of that war!
Wrong Scott Walker or Political Smokescreen: Questions Remain On Walker Baby Daddy Story
A reporter claims that the wrong Scott Walker was fingered in the baby daddy scandal but does his email hold up or is it a smokescreen?
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Paul Krugman Defies the Media and Calls Out Paul Ryan’s Budget Fraud
In an age when the mainstream media treats fiction and fact as equal, Paul Krugman confronted the Romney campaign today and called the Ryan budget a fraud.
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Citizens Strike Back Against Predatory Payday Lenders
Missouri citizens have petitioned to get a ballot initiative up for a vote that would limit interest rates on usurious payday loans
