Let the homophobic hand-wringing begin
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that gay couples are entitled to civil rights, and stopped short of endorsing gay marriage. But in this election season, we can expect the right wing opportunists to...
View ArticleWhite House offers more tortured doubletalk on torture
These guys just can't help tripping on themselves:Cheney triggered the flap in an interview Tuesday by radio broadcaster Scott Hennen of WDAY in Fargo, N.D. Hennen said callers had told him, "Please,...
View ArticleSupreme Court declares the uterus is property of the government
Well they did it: The conservative men of the Supreme Court declared that the State has the right to control women's wombs, thus rendering women officially as second-class citizens with fewer rights...
View ArticleWith the Supreme Court targeting Roe, where shall progressives draw the line?...
Russell Shaw calls for progressives to unite around whatever Democratic Party nominee for president:I look at this past week's 5-4 Supreme Court vote against "partial birth abortion." Then I hold up...
View ArticleNow that the Supreme Court has thrown reproductive rights to the political...
...it's time to push back the regressive forces in Congress. Support the Freedom of Choice Act.Step 1:Join NARAL Pro-Choice America in our National Call-In Day to Support the Freedom of Choice Act -...
View ArticleKarma Nobel-style for Al Gore
Al Gore now can add a Nobel Peace Prize to his Oscar kudos, but does it make up for the election the Supreme Court took from him?What about the rest of us, who are living in a world so broken by that...
View ArticleTo "shit on" a Democrat
You know the election primaries are close when Kos starts his strident howls:Psst, Barack, slamming John Kerry and Al Gore is what Republicans do. Not Democrats. Making an argument for his...
View ArticleWhite women to vote against reproductive rights to spite Obama
Yeah, that'll show him!John McCain is in favor of forced pregnancy, but these women would rather vote for him than Obama.John McCain's healthcare plan is "let the market handle it" (like it has been...
View ArticleNever accept a woman president? Or never accept that a woman now could be...
There seems to be a lot of victim mind out there in the blogosphere these days directed at Barack Obama. For example, Reclusive Leftist's post, "Fuck off, Obama":Actually, what women everywhere now...
View ArticleNo, Virginia, the filibuster is not in the Constitution
...unless, of course, you mean the Constitution of ancient Rome.Many seem to have made the false assumption that we're stuck with the filibuster and the supermajority requirement in the Senate to stop...
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