Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) on Wednesday morning was asked to leave the House floor after removing his suit jacket to reveal a “hoodie,” then putting the hood on his head to protest the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida. – The Hill Rep. Rush began in a suit and tie, then took off his jacket and [...]
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Virginians Give Republican War on Women a Big Thumbs Down
Voters say 72 – 21 percent that government should not make laws which try to convince women seeking an abortion to change their minds. – Quinnipiac As if things couldn’t get any worse for Gov. Bob McDonnell, who’s hoping Mitt Romney isn’t paying attention to how badly the guv botched the forced ultrasound issue. He’s [...]
Trayvon Martin Case Shifts to Confusion and Accusations Against the Victim
“They killed my son, now they’re trying to kill his reputation.” – Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sabina Fuller Somebody is trying awfully hard to make 17 year-old Trayvon Martin look like a bad kid. Yesterday, information was released about Martin and marijuana, which led to a school suspension, the reason he was visiting his father, but [...]
Geraldo Rivera Hits Nerve with Walking While Black In a Hoodie Remark
My own son just wrote to say he’s ashamed of my position re hoodies-still I feel parents must do whatever they can to keep their kids safe – Geraldo Rivera via Twitter We live in a country where one 20th century motto was “the clothes make the man.” It’s advertising, but it’s apropos. See any [...]
Pres. Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’
During remarks from Pres. Obama on his announcement to nominate Jim Yong Kim to the World Bank, he was asked about the murder of Trayvon Martin. From the White House:: Question: Mr. President, may I ask you about this current case in Florida, very controversial, allegations of lingering racism within our society — the so-called [...]
Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law, Trayvon Martin, and Concealed Carry
From an op-ed in the Orlando-Sentinel: Prodded by their NRA masters, lawmakers waved off those predictions as exaggerations. Then they overwhelmingly passed a bill that took the “castle doctrine” to infinity and beyond. The “castle doctrine” used to mean you could use deadly force if someone attacked you in your home. “Stand your ground” not [...]
Trayvon Martin Gunned Down
**updated** Ugly America. It’s taken a long time, but this horrendous crime is finally making news. “Trayvon had a bag of Skittles,’’ Fulton’s attorney, Ben Crump, told Lauer. “(Zimmerman) had a nine millimeter gun. He was almost 80 pounds more weight than Trayvon Martin. This is a situation where when you…listen to those 911 tapes [...]
Another Republican Judicial Filibuster
… Republicans at the time argued that it was unconstitutional to block votes on judicial nominees, and the Republican leader, Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, threatened to change Senate rules to ban judicial filibusters. The crisis was averted after seven Democrats agreed not to block certain appeals court nominees and to eschew filibusters except in [...]
Eric Holder on a Spit
Listening to Sean Hannity briefly today, because I can only take this cretin in short stints, he had Rep. Issa on for an interview over the “Fast and Furious” imbroglio that is lighting up the right. Between the two of them they flayed A.G. Holder until only bones were left, symbolically speaking, of course. Whether [...]
Rick Perry Now, Marco Rubio Tomorrow?
**UPDATED** Dumbed down, God-invoking, gun-slinging, constitution cutting, anti women, retro Republican Rick Perry is causing Mitt Romney severe distress. He’s not doing much for Democrats and progressives either. But what sets Perry apart and earns him his niche in the far right corner of Mount Rushmore has nothing to do with the gyrations of the [...]
Gov. Jan Brewer Betrays Birther Front Man Donald Trump
“I think it’s a very bad thing for Cantor to have done,” Trump said, “because I’ll tell you, people love this issue especially in the Republican Party. And there’s something to what we’re saying.” – Donald Trump This is going to make the Tea Party Right and the 38% birther crowd that reportedly won’t vote [...]
FAIRNESS: Investigate AARP, Then Investigate the NRA
Waaaaaaah—waaaaaaaaah–wah. The big bad AARP is beating us senseless with their huge numbers, so the Republican We’ll Show Them Report is out. And Republican allies have come up with a scary title for AARP to rev up the Right: “AARP is the Death Star of American entitlements.” Through AARP the Right hopes to do a [...]
Saving ‘Rawhide’
**UPDATED** It came very close for “Rawhide,” Pres. Reagan’s Secret Service code name. A remarkable report from CBS News adds to the history of this day. At 2:27 pm EST, thirty years ago today, Pres. Ronald Reagan was shot and critically wounded, though the American public didn’t know how grievously at the time. John Hinckley [...]
2nd Indiana Official Suggests Violence to Help Walker
This story is incredible and shows who is actually the thug in Wisconsin’s union battle: Republicans. An Indiana deputy prosecutor and Republican activist resigned Thursday after the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism uncovered an email to Gov. Scott Walker in which he suggested a fake attack on the governor to discredit union protesters. Carlos F. [...]
Obama’s Sec. of Labor Crawls Out From Hiding
Perhaps Pres. Obama let Sec. of Labor Hilda Solis out for Women’s History Month. But Sec. Solis finally, at long last, after waiting around forever, has come out from her previously undisclosed location inside the Obama bubble to write a post over at HuffingtonPost. In hard times, we all understand the need for sacrifices. Scapegoating [...]
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