Author: Adalia Woodbury

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In a New Low The NRA is Schilling for War Criminals and Terrorists

While opposing fictional provisions in the Arms Trade Treaty, the NRA becomes a schill for War Criminals and Terrorists.

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The GOP’s Cure For its Messaging Problem (Humor)

Republicans blame the media for their messaging problem, but they have a plan to fix that.

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John Boehner: The Corporate Dummy Who Mouths The Message Of His Masters

John Boehner is nothing more than a dummy mouthing the message of his corporate ventriloquist.

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Republicans Attack the Voting Rights of People They Say They Need to Reach Out To

What a coincidence. Republicans talk about outreach to the same people whose votes they are trying to suppress.

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The Koch Brothers Have a Shiny New Propaganda Machine

Since buying politicians wasn’t enough, the Koch brothers are busy developing a shiny new propaganda machine complete with Koch think tanks and Koch owned media

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Fox News Viewers Threaten Woman for Challenging Their Beloved Rape Culture

Fox News viewers responded to the idea that real men don’t rape with racial epithets and death threats.

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GOP Logic: Health Care Mandates are Evil but Gun Mandates are Necessary

Why waste time teaching kids how to read when the NRA will fund mandatory programs to teach kids how to use a gun? That’s just one version of efforts to mandate gun ownership and training.

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The GOP’s Multi-Pronged War On Women Meets International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day celebrated the advances women have made – despite the Republican Party’s efforts to drag us back to the days when freedom was reserved for white men.

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University of North Carolina Threatens to Expel Rape Victim for Seeking Justice

Victim shaming takes on a new dimension at UNC where a victim of rape is threatened with expulsion for seeking justice.

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The Future of the Voting Rights Act Depends on One Supreme Court Justice

In reality the future of the Voting Rights Act depends on whether Justice Kennedy places a higher priority on states’ rights, or the rights of millions of Americans to vote.

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Defeat of Republican Efforts to Steal Elections Hinges on SCOTUS Voting Right Act Case

The SCOTUS will hear arguments Shelby County Alabama v. Holder on Wednesday. The facts of 2012 alone should make this an easy ruling in favor of upholding the VRA including Article 5.

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The GOP’s version of VAWA Should be called the Defense of Violence Against Women Act

The House GOP’s watered down version of the VAWA is more about preserving their bigotry than anything about protecting women from violence.

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The GOP’s version of VAWA Should be called the Defense of Violence Against Women Act

Rather than voting up or down on the Senate’s Violence Against Women Act, House Republicans counter offered a watered down version, which can be read here. The House version, predictably, excludes Native women and members of the LGBT Community. Yes, this is a sort of dejavu moment. The last time Republicans also objected to protecting…

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Whistleblowing Cop Fired for Exposing Alleged Plot to Kill the President

A Richmond Police Officer was fired for telling the media about an alleged plot to kill the President by fellow law enforcement officers.

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When Republicans Govern, Government is the Problem

North Carolina’s Governor, Pat McCrory is a classic example of why when Republicans govern, government is the problem.

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Unlike Republicans, Obama Talks To Regular Americans About Transparency on Drones

Barack Obama discussed drones during a Google Chat. Can anyone imagine a Republican President reaching out to people on social media, let alone discuss policy?

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Wall Street’s Badge of Honor to Elizabeth Warren

Being called extreme by Wall Street is Elizabeth Warren’s badge of honor. It means she’s effective and they know it.

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What Scares Republicans More Than Paying Workers a Living Wage? Voting Rights

There’s one thing that scared Republicans more than the President’s SOTU remarks on the economy – his comments on voting rights.

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Obama’s Attack on Medicare Fraud Reaps Record Results for Second Year in a Row

By attacking Medicare Fraud instead of benefits, the Obama Administration cut healthcare costs by billions for the second year in a row.

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Rand Paul Shows Off His Tea Party Book Learnin’ and Still Comes Off Better than Rubio

As the Tea Party’s 2nd choice, Rand Paul out performed Marco Rubio and his magic gulp.

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Obama’s Use of Drones is Not Analogous to Bush’s Torture Program

The comparison to Bush’s torture program is categorically false – not only from a legal standpoint on the use of drones vs. the use of torture, but also with respect to transparency and oversight.

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When Dogma Trumps the Constitution and Dollars Trump Dogma

In short, this is a story about the Catholic Churches priorities. Dogma trumps the constitution and dollars trump dogma.

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Legality Vs Morality: The Law Allows the Use of Drones, But Should We Do It?

The use of drones is one of those issues in which the law allows it, but we may ask should we do it?

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During Confirmation Hearing Brennan Confirms Torture Did not Lead Us to Bin Laden

During questioning by Senator Diane Feinstein at his confirmation hearing, John Brennan confirmed once again that torture did not lead us to bin Laden.

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Virginia Foxx Compares Regulating For Profit Education to The Holocaust

Virginia Foxx really outdid herself when she compared regulating for profit education with the Holocaust.

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Texas AG Tweets Under Twitter Thought Police Hashtag tgdn

The latest assault on freedom of speech comes in the form of tgdn list members on Twitter. And surprise, guess who likes to tweet with the TGDN hashtag, but the Attorney General of Texas?

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Panetta Obliterates The Myth That Torture led to Bin Laden

During an interview on Meet the Press, Leon Panetta obliterated the mythology of torture enthusiasts and the inferred message of Zero Dark Thirty that torture led to Bin Laden’s capture.

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Israel forced Ethiopian Women to take Harmful Birth Control Drug

For a decade, Ethiopian Jews seeking to immigrate to Israel were forced to take the birth control drug, Depo-Provera, by injection.

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Personhood of Convenience: The Hypocrisy Behind Sanctity of Life

One might think that the gospel, and all those deeply held religious values really are only wallet deep.

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Rachel Maddow Explains Why It’s Dangerous to Leave Republicans Alone Without Adult Supervision

Rachel Maddow used the gerrymandering of Virginia to explain why it’s dangerous to leave Republicans in control of anything, especially without sufficient adult supervision.

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John McCain’s Tortured Humor About Waterboarding

After noting that he intends to interrogate Kerry mercilessly, McCain went on to say. ‘We will bring back for the only time waterboarding to get the truth out of him.’

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Here is Who The NRA is Really Defending

The NRA is defending people like Richard Schmidt, convicted felon, neo-Nazi and potential terrorist who manage to buy gun weapons despite laws prohibiting convicting felons from owning them.

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A Rational Analysis of NDAA 2013

Sometimes presidents have to be grown-ups and sign bills they don’t like, simply because the possibility for improvement is limited by the children in Congress.

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New Study Proves More Homicides in Stand Your Ground States

A new study by Mark Hoekstra and Cheng Cheng suggests critics have a point on the question of increasing the likelihood of violence in stand your ground states.

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Glenn Beck is Outraged That Current TV Sold to Al-Jazeera After Rejecting Him

Glenn Beck reacted like a jilted lover to the news that Current was sold to Al Jazeera.

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Zero Dark Thirty – An Encore of Bush Administration Talking Points?

The torture debate is making an encore performance with the buzz around ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, a fictional account of Osama Bin Laden’s capture, based on first-hand accounts reportedly from the CIA.

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The Unfettered Power of Michigan Emergency Managers Invites Corruption

Blackwell agreed to be Detroit’s Emergency Financial manager for $1.00/year. Subsequently, he decided to pay himself a total of $246,000 retroactively.

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The Real Life and Death Consequences of Cuts to Mental Health Funding

Just as we can’t pretend violence away, we also can’t pretend mental illness away. We need a frank discussion about our broken mental health system.

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Dare We Hope that After Sandy Hook Things Will Be Different?

At this point, there is reason to hope for action on gun violence in response to the tragic shooting in Sandy Hook in which 20 children died.

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GOP Continues to Ignore Their Real Problem as Nikki Haley Elevates Tim Scott

By elevating Tim Scott with an appointment to the Senate, the Republican Party continues to overlook it’s bigger problem: namely the party’s policies.

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Connecticut Shooting: A loss of Life and Innocence

The same question keeps coming into my mind. Who shoots children?

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You Have the Freedom to be Pepper Sprayed in Rick Snyder’s Michigan

His decision to pepper spraying protesters shows just how much Rick Snyder respects people making choices.

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Stand up to the Cowardly Republicans who let Fear of The Tea Party Trump Equality

Well, if Republicans can’t stand up to the Tea Party, it means it’s up to we the people to stand up to them and say no, be it by phoning, emailing, using social media, signing this petition.

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John Boehner’s ‘Counter Offer’ is an Insulting Joke on America

Republicans remain under the illusion that if they just use the right combination of words for a proposal that has been rejected repeatedly, somehow we’ll fall for it.

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Stand Up and Shut Down the GOP Obstruction Machine by Demanding Filibuster Reform

Americans continue to support the use of the filibuster, but are demanding that Republican abuse of the procedure must stop.

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Democracy Won in 2012 and That’s Thanks to You

All this and more happened because Americans across the country spent hours in lines, after surviving the Republican obstacle course, and voted.

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What You Need to Do if You are Harassed or Denied Your Vote

This is your Election Day check list, providing you with information on everything from what to do before you leave for the polls, to what to do if you are harassed or denied your vote

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Ohio’s GOP Secretary of State Pulls More Voter Suppression Out of His …. Hat

Four days before the election, Ohio’s Secretary of State decided to add an extra step to the process for people who are voting with provisional ballots.

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The Republican Hail Mary Pass: Racist Mailers and More Vote Suppression

With only days to go before the election, Republicans are resorting to racist mailers and voter suppression in a desperate attempt to win.

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What You Need to Know About Voting in States Affected by Sandy

Election officials in several states are dealing with a variety of issues that come with whole communities being evacuated, poll stations being seriously damaged or destroyed.

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A Halloween Special Featuring Sarah Palin

Here with her Halloween special is Lipstick Liberal to remind us of the various disasters, natural and otherwise, that would come with a Republican Administration and/or congressional control.

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Romney’s Little Liars Set to Wreak Havoc as Misinformed Poll Watchers

Republicans in Wisconsin are busily arming their ‘poll watchers’ with tricks and lies to suppress the vote.

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The Meningitis that Mitt Romney’s Deregulation Built

Mitt Romney and other Republicans love to talk about the profits that deregulation builds, but will dismiss the very real and deadly consequences that come with their ideology.

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Texas AG Threatens Election Observers while Ignoring Conservative Vigilante Group

What has the Attorney-General of Texas done to stop a Koch brother financed vigilante group from violating the very laws he seeks to use against the OSCE observers?

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Ohio’s Election Nightmare – Courtesy of Jon Husted

Many are saying that this election hinges on Ohio. Well, if that is true, thanks to Jon Husted’s new program, we may not know the results of the election until late November.

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Don’t Be Scammed: Surviving Republican Election Tricks

Don’t let any of these scams steal your vote, but most importantly don’t let them intimidate you. Stay alert, but vote.

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There is No Known Party Link To Florida Voter Hoax Letters

As information unfolds from county election officials, the only thing that is clear is there is the letters do not appear to be targeting people from any specific political party.

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House Democrats Call On DOJ to Investigate Election Fraud by Sproul

Three Democratic Members of the House asked Eric Holder to order an investigation into alleged tampering in voter registration drives by two GOP firms.

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Florida GOP Sec of State Suddenly Cares About Voter Intimidation

Ken Detzner, silent about the GOP firm accused of voter registration fraud against Democrats, jumped into action when he thought Republicans were targeted.

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FBI Investigating Hoax Letters to Voters in Florida

The FBI is working with The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, to find the source of hoax letters received by voters in several Florida counties.

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Mitt Romney Didn’t Mention Our Veterans Once During Foreign Policy Debate

While there were moments that Romney mentioned sending troops to this place and that not once did he acknowledge, let alone express concern, for veterans.

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Virginia Official Says Dumping Voter Registration Forms isn’t Politically Motivated

When a Sproul employee is caught red handed dumping registration forms for Democrats, the Attorney-General of Virginia doesn’t a reason to investigate.

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Republican Ohio Sec of State Believes Early Voting (By Democrats) is Un-American

According to Jon Husted, making the vote accessible to all eligible voters is un-American, but a look who he is trying restrict reveals that he specifically means Democrats should not vote early.

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At this point, a Vote for a Republican is an Endorsement of Election Fraud

At this point, a vote for a Republican candidate is a tacit endorsement of election fraud and voter suppression

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Sharp Tongued Candy Crowley Won’t Be Bullied on Romney Fact Check

Despite right wing efforts to smear and damage her, debate moderator Candy Crowley is refusing to walk back her accurate fact check of Mitt Romney’s Libya comments.

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The Dark Ties between Strategic Allied Consulting and American Crossroads

The now scandalized voter registration firm of Strategic Alliance has not only reemerged under a new name, but has ties with Karl Rove’s SuperPAC.

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Supreme Court Rejects Ohio GOP’s Attempt to Deny Early Voting

The Supreme Court rejected Oho Secretary of State, Jon Husted’s petition to restrict early voting rights during the last 3 days before the election.

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The Moment of Truth in the VP Debate

If there was a single exchange that defined the winner of this debate, it was the 47% exchange

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Protect Your Vote: What You Need to Know About Voting in Virginia

Here is what you need to know in order to make sure that your vote counts on Election Day in Virginia.

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Husted Appeals Early Voting to the Supreme Court

Ohio’s Secretary of State will Appeal last Friday’s Federal Court ruling that reinstated early voting during the last 3 days before the election, in Ohio.

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If Elected Romney Promises to Borkize the Supreme Court

Mitt Romney gave us ample warning of what he would do to the Supreme Court’s balance when he chose Robert Bork as the head of his judicial advisory team.

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Mitt Romney’s Latest Endorsement (satire)

Here is Lipstick Liberal’s Vicky Ruggiero to announce her family’s endorsement for the baddest gangsta around, Mitt Romney.

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Victory for Democracy as Court Reinstates Early Voting for All In Ohio

The Sixth District Court of Appeals struck down Jon Husted’s restrictions on early voting based because it violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

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What did Romney Really Achieve?

Post debate discussion focused on Romney’s energy and ability to take down Jim Lehrer. One problem: he isn’t running against Jim Lehrer

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Exposed: Republicans in NM Teach Poll Watchers to Break Election Law

Progress New Mexico has busted Republicans in the state teaching their poll challengers illegal tactics to challenge people at the polls.

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Will Romney Zing Obama with Torture?

There is one policy area in which Mitt Romney has remained consistent: namely his support of the Bush era torture policy.

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Sproul Knew About Voter Registration Fraud for Weeks Before Getting Busted

Strategic Allied Consulting’s alleged voter registration fraud problems began back in August, according to Lee County’s voter Registration Director.

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Protect Your Vote: What You Need to Know to Vote in Florida

If you are part of the sane America who believes in our constitution, including the right to vote, you may want to vote in this election and be sure that it counts.

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Protect Your Vote: What You Need to Know to Vote in Ohio

If you are part of the sane America who believes in our constitution, including the right to vote, you may want to vote in this election and be sure that it counts.

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Amidst Growing Election Fraud Evidence, Republicans Run Away from Sproul

Ten counties in Florida alone are now reporting possible fraudulent voter registration forms turned in by the group hired by the Republican Party.

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A Tea Party Group is Trying to Purge Thousands of Ohio Voters

The Tea Party is trying to have 2,100 people stripped of their right to vote in Ohio.

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Thousands of Fake Republicans Are Being Registered by Romney and the GOP

Registration fraud is a familiar tool in the Republican Party’s bag of tricks, and it is being used in Florida, California, and around the country.

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PA Officials Water Down Voter ID Law in Effort to Save It

There was a small victory for representative democracy in Pennsylvania as State Officials announced some changes to the current Voter ID requirements.

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Pennsylvania Democrats use loophole to beat Voter Suppression Law

Metcalf admits that he thinks ‘you people’ in the 47% are probably too lazy to bother getting the ID anyway. Moreover, if you’re one of those ‘lazy 47%’ you don’t deserve the vote anyway.

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Are the Koch Brothers Borrowing from the KGB?

Lipstick Liberal explains the possible source for the tactics Republicans are using in their war on the vote.

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The Cognitive Dissonance that Made Offensive Mitt Possible

It’s so nice to know what Mitt Romney really thinks of our troops, the elderly, the working poor and students who comprise the 47%.

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House Republicans Have Military Mom Arrested for Supporting the Troops

Watching House Republicans high five after defeating a battle pay increase was too much for military mom Maria Meacham, who shouted, ‘Pay the soldiers or bring them home,’ and was promptly arrested.

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Republicans Secretly Continue To Purge Voters In Florida

In Florida, while agreeing to a settlement with voter advocacy groups that had sued over the voter purge, behind the curtain Florida’s Republicans continues with the purge.

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Labor Day: The Republican $400 Million Buy-Out

Happy American Labor Day Tea-partiers, Republicans and conservative Americans, today as you celebrate this American day off those un-American lazy bastards forced you to take!

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Romney Ryan 2012 Win Would Give Corporations Olympic Gold Medals!

All Big Corporations would be Olympic Gold Medal Winners with a Romney Ryan 2012 Presidential Election win!

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Ohio’s Former SOS obliterates Husted’s Uniformity and Fairness Claim

Perhaps Jon Husted doesn’t understand that uniformity and fairness are not interchangeable when it comes voting rights.

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Newsweek Isn’t That Into Customers, Doesn’t Apologize for Coat Hanger Cursor

Newsweek isn’t apologizing for their coat hanger cursor, with which they mocked women’s lives. Instead, they send US customers to an anti-Obama article on the Daily Beast.

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Wi AG Appeals to State Supreme Court to Reinstate the Unconstitutional Voter ID Law

Just when you thought voting rights were safe in Wisconsin, Attorney-General, J.B. Van Hollen decided to appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn rulings that struck down Walker’s Voter ID law.

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Ohio Sec. of State Husted Suspends Democrats For Defending Voting Rights

Last Friday, Ohio’s Secretary of State Jon Husted took the unprecedented step to preserve his block the black vote directive.

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Exposing the Inherent Racism in the Republican Myth of Voter Fraud

While there are some Republicans holding on to the myth about voter fraud, others are more candid about their intent, not to mention the inherent racism that goes with it.

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Small Government Republicans Have Created a Bureaucratic Voter Suppression Nightmare

It seems ironic that the advocates of small government have established a nightmarish and confusing bureaucratic process that will deny Americans the ID they need in order to vote.

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A Win for Planned Parenthood with Kansas Prosecutor’s Decision to Drop Remaining Charges

Prosecutors in Kansas dropped the remaining 32 charges against Planned Parenthood bringing an end to, anti-choice zealot, Phill Kline’s witch-hunt masquerading as a prosecution.