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A Very Texas Christmas – Evangelicals Force Another Nativity Scene To Be Taken Down
Texas’ governor claimed that the sentiment that others celebrate the holidays in their own way was bullying and persecuting Christians
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Ted Cruz Says Obama’s Trayvon Remarks Prove He is Coming for Our Guns
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted he hadn’t watched Obama’s remarks about Trayvon Martin and Stand Your Ground laws, but complained that Obama was going after white folks’ guns again.
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The Republican Party and the un-Founding of America
Republicans claim to be the defenders of the Constitution; this while wishing to do away with every amendment save the Second and the Tenth- narrowing Republican goals to guns and secession.
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ALEC Education Bill Hides Privatization Behind a Reading Skills Disguise
An increasing number of states have passed a bill whose main component is increasing reading skills. It’s really another privatizing effort
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Pat Robertson Says You Have Demons in Your Underpants
Pat Robertson thinks there are demons in your underpantsr, so be sure to rebuke them before heading out of the house
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America’s Capitalism Has Embraced White Slaves as Well as Black
American capitalism supported white indentured servitude before and alongside black slavery and relinquished it only reluctantly.
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Ralph Reed Invokes MLK’s Fight for Freedom in Defense of his Fight to Oppress
So Ralph Reed of the misnamed Faith and Freedom Coalition, took exception to my findings yesterday, that the Bible is irrelevant as a determinant of United States immigration policy reform. He thinks he’s pretty clever and like any good conservative these days, goes right to invoking MLK: “So MLK was wrong to invoke the BIble &…
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Are We Giving Up Liberty for Perceived Security?
Trends in militarization, surveillance, and civil liberties violations raise disturbing questions about the exchange of liberty for security.
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Proposed Missouri Law Would Throw Federal Agents in Prison Over Guns
If you think a person is violating the Constitution, you don’t violate the constitution yourself as a remedy and expect anyone to take you seriously.
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David Barton Says We’ve Got to Have the Same Guns the Government Has
David Barton says the Founding Fathers would want us armed with the same weapons available to the government – because the Bible says so
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James Dobson Says Sandy Hook is God’s Judgment on America
James Dobson says America has turned its back on God and Sandy Hook is God’s response: the murder of our children in retaliation.
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The Lies Used to Portray Obama as an anti-Constitutionalist
Matt Barber calls quotes anti-Constitutionalist Patrick Henry to defend the Constitution and to portray Obama as the anti-Constitutionalist
Brian Fischer Says Shooting Proves NRC and AFA Not Hate Groups
Brian Fischer thinks if somebody hates a hate group that the hate group is magically no longer a hate group and wants SPLC to agree with him
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The Medical Debt of Colorado Shooting Victims Cries out for Healthcare Reform
Many victims of the Colorado shootings are facing ruinous financial debt due to expensive surgeries and rehabilitation for their wounds.
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Celebrating the Triumph of Our Liberal Revolution
Nothing is more liberal than a revolution; the best conservatism can manage is counter-revolution to restore the status quo lost to liberals
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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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Taking a Ride on Bryan Fischer’s Secular Sharia Crazy Bus
After putting words in George Washington’s mouth, Bryan FIscher produces bullshit from his and claims “the Ten Commandments of secular Sharia law” is taking over the land
Right Wing Privilege and Paranoia Gang up on Equal Rights
Ready to demonize and belittle any socio-economically disenfranchised group available for the abuse, America’s right-wing is directly appealing to the paranoid at the behest of the privileged.
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Apparently President Obama Isn’t the Right (White) Kind Of Christian For The GOP
It is no coincidence that Republicans never questioned George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan’s allegiance to the Christian faith despite their policies, because they were white Christians.
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The Nevada Caucuses: Let The Horse-Trading Begin
When the horse trading starts, things could get squirrelly and unpredictable during the GOP’s Nevada caucuses.
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Indiana Law Would Punish Schools for Getting National Anthem Wrong
A new Indiana law would punish schools that stray from lyrical and melodic guidelines for the national anthem, stifling artistic expression.
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The Same Old Deal: The GOP’s Fight Against the Ghost of FDR
Like the Obama Administration, Liberal groups, and Secular Humanists, Franklin Delano Roosevelt believed that Americans deserved security in their lives, and worked tirelessly to provide the very things that today’s Republicans obstruct and deny for citizens. Republicans fought tooth and nail to stop Social Security for older citizens and it is no different today. Republicans propose the hideous idea that health care, unemployment protection, a living wage, and economic protection are privileges and not an inherent right for being an American citizen.