Marriage equality is the current enormous focus of the bigger goal of full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and via TPM, one response from Thursday’s pro-marriage equality vote in Minnesota reveals something about why the goal of equality is broader than marriage. After the bill passed, state Rep. Peggy Scott (R) said: [...]
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No Kermit Gosnell Coverage on Weekly Standard or National Review
THE ridiculous charge surrounding the trial coverage of Kermit Gosnell is that it’s all a liberal conspiracy because of abortion rights. Never mind that the disgusting illegal and criminal intent alleged is about one example that everyone wants to make sure never ever happens in America again. It’s the one thing abortion rights and anti [...]
Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Trial
No, they aren’t right about the Gosnell story. If you’ve never heard of the Gosnell story, it’s not because of a coverup by the liberal mainstream media. It’s probably because you failed to pay attention to the copious coverage among pro-choice and feminist journalists, as well as the big news organizations, when the news first [...]
Obama Keeps Pushing for Gun Safety
GO TO the White House website and you’ll see the continued push for gun safety, here and here. The hastag on Twitter is #NowIsTheTime. Senators Manchin and Toomey got the job done in the Senate, with their legislation online. Speaker Boehner initially threatened this week to only “review” the gun measure, because of the Hastert [...]
How Blue Dog Democrat Joe Manchin Turned Into a Hero on Gun Safety
Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey will unveil a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for commercial gun sales at a press conference Wednesday morning. [...] The deal would close the so-called gun show loophole, requiring that background checks are conducted on all commercial gun sales in the country, according to a fact sheet of [...]
Seven State Legislatures Introduce Seven “Terrible” Bills
No state legislature is immune from producing what Think Progress calls “terrible bills.” But some of the bills probably are more “terrible” than others. The latest examples, from Think Progress: NORTH DAKOTA: The state’s Republican governor signed a trifecta of terrible anti-abortion bills, which are likely to have the effect of banning abortion in the [...]
Republican Election-Rigging in Virginia and Beyond
NATIONAL REPUBLICANS who continue to be frustrated that the American voter won’t reward their extremism with handing them the national popular vote have started systematically to take voters out of the equation. It’s been making the news for days in Virginia. American Progress has released a document titled Grand Theft Election. How the Republican election-rigging [...]
Matt Damon’s “Promised Land” no “China Syndrome”
“Promised Land,” which was written by Matt Damon and the actor John Krasinski (with initial help from Dave Eggers), offers observations on something not often seen in movies—the contrasting morality between caring desperately about your work and simply doing it competently and collecting a paycheck. The movie makes the case for both. This is one [...]
Tin Foil Hat Alert: Black Panthers and “Fraud” in Pennsylvania!
ON AN Election Day where the Republican candidate has to flood the voting zone with white voters to make up for the gaping maw left by people of color fleeing their zone, Sean Hannity is leading his troops into tin foil crazy land. Powerline’s John Hinderaker is glad to deliver online what Hannity is squealing [...]
They Don’t Call Him Obama’s #1 Surrogate for Nothing
IN CASE you weren’t aware of President Clinton’s schedule for President Obama, it’s below, from one of the pool reports on Saturday. On Monday, Clinton will make 4 stops in Pennsylvania. In Virginia late Saturday night in Bristow, Virginia, with Clinton, Obama and Tim Kaine on the stage, “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” even played [...]
Where Does the Election Stand Today?
THE ILLUSTRATION above goes with what Charlie Cook said today to Andrea Mitchell. Cook said Mitt Romney has to win over 80% (sorry, didn’t catch the exact number) of the battleground state electoral votes to win, while Obama only needs around 18%. Are you hearing me now, Dick toe-sucker Morris? And since the a new [...]
David Axelrod Bets his Moustache on Obama Winning MN, PA, MI
@davidaxelrod “I’m so confident of that I’ve put my mustache on the line.” Talking about Romney SUPER Pac ads running in MI, MN of PA — Taylor Marsh (@taylormarsh) October 31, 2012 ON A CONFERENCE call this morning Team Obama pulled all the political quips and sports metaphors out of their Halloween grab bag, making [...]
Pennsylvania Red?
POLLING in Pennsylvania is showing a tight reelection race for Sen. Bob Casey, with very little margin for President Obama. This is a scenario we’ve heard before, but it rarely leads to PA going red, which hasn’t happened since 1988. Times-Tribune: On Monday, an Allentown Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion poll showed Mr. [...]
Arlen Specter, Author of “Magic Bullet” Theory, Passes
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his family announced. Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at his home in Philadelphia, his family said. He was 82. [...]
News Desk: Judge Puts Controversial Pennsylvania Voter I.D. Law on Hold Until After Election
Judge Simpson said in his Tuesday ruling that for the presidential election of Nov. 6, voters in Pennsylvania could be asked to produce the newly required photo IDs, but if they did not have them could still go ahead and vote. The decision could still be appealed to the state Supreme Court. [New York Times] [...]
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