Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Pennsylvania Radio Station Runs Misleading Voter ID Ad
Pennsylvania Radio Station Runs Misleading Voter ID Ad: pNearly a month after a Pennsylvania court suspended the law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls this November, reports of misinformation on the voter ID law are still rolling in. The latest misleading claim comes from CBS Pittburgh radio station KDKA, which is running an ad claiming that voters will need photo [...]/p
Anti-Gay Preacher Blames Hurricane Sandy On Homosexuality And Marriage Equality
Anti-Gay Preacher Blames Hurricane Sandy On Homosexuality And Marriage Equality: pA Christian religious leader has already claimed that Hurricane Sandy is further proof that “God is systematically destroying America” as political judgment for the “homosexual agenda.” John McTernan previously made similar allusions about Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Isaac (2012), which he reiterated in his urgent call to prayer posted Sunday evening (via Gay Star News): Just [...]/p
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Republican Congressman Blasts Working Moms
Republican Congressman Blasts Working Moms: pRoscoe Bartlett, a Republican who has represented Maryland in Congress for nearly 20 years, blasted working mothers at a campaign stop last week. The Washington Post has the quote: This isn’t the politically correct thing to say, but when we drove the mother out of the home into the workplace and replaced her with the [...]/p
Former Israeli Intel Chief On Iran: Romney ‘Destroying Any Chance Of A Resolution Without War’
Former Israeli Intel Chief On Iran: Romney ‘Destroying Any Chance Of A Resolution Without War’: pEfraim Halevy, former chief of Israel’s spy agency the Mossad, said in two separate interviews on Sunday and Monday that President Obama’s approach toward Iran has been “courageous” and “brave.” Halevy told Al-Monitor that: “Obama does think there is still room for negotiations. It’s a very courageous thing to say in this atmosphere.” Halevy contrasted [...]/p
Condi Rice Pours Cold Water On ‘Benghazi-Gate’
Condi Rice Pours Cold Water On ‘Benghazi-Gate’: pFormer Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice broke with the majority of her party last night on Fox News, as she tried to hit the brakes on the right wing’s politicization of the recent attack in Libya. Host Greta Van Susteren asked Rice directly and repeatedly about a set of emails uncovered by Reuters. In what [...]/p
Saturday, October 27, 2012
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Former Israeli Intel Chief On Iran: Romney ‘Destroying Any Chance Of A Resolution Without War’
Former Israeli Intel Chief On Iran: Romney ‘Destroying Any Chance Of A Resolution Without War’: pEfraim Halevy, former chief of Israel’s spy agency the Mossad, said in two separate interviews on Sunday and Monday that President Obama’s approach toward Iran has been “courageous” and “brave.” Halevy told Al-Monitor that: “Obama does think there is still room for negotiations. It’s a very courageous thing to say in this atmosphere.” Halevy contrasted [...]/p
Sunday, October 21, 2012
CEO Asks Employees To Help Company ‘And Yourself’ By Donating $2,500 To Romney
CEO Asks Employees To Help Company ‘And Yourself’ By Donating $2,500 To Romney: pA growing number of CEOs are pressuring their employees to vote for Mitt Romney, whose tax cut plan could offer millionaires an $87,000 tax break. Now, MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes, has uncovered at least one executive who called on his employees to donate up to $2,500 to the GOP presidential candidate’s campaign. The show [...]/p
Saturday, October 20, 2012
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Koch Industries Warns 45,000 Employees Of ‘Consequences’ If They Don’t Vote For Republicans
Koch Industries Warns 45,000 Employees Of ‘Consequences’ If They Don’t Vote For Republicans: pThe Koch brothers’ $60 million pledge to defeat President Obama — along with their political network’s $400 million spending — make them two of the most influential conservatives this election. Not content with their unprecedented influence in politics, the Kochs have also taken to influencing the votes of their employees. According to In These Times, [...]/p
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Fox Host Challenges ‘Hardly Non-Partisan Studies’ Romney Cites To Defend Tax Plan
Fox Host Challenges ‘Hardly Non-Partisan Studies’ Romney Cites To Defend Tax Plan: pFor more than a month, Mitt Romney has cited six debunked studies to support his mathematically impossible plan to cut tax rates by 20 percent, while balancing the budget without raising taxes on the middle class. On Sunday, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace pressed senior Romney adviser Ed Gillespie on the credibility of these [...]/p
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Arkansas State Rep: ‘If Slavery Were So God-Awful, Why Didn’t Jesus Or Paul Condemn It?’
Arkansas State Rep: ‘If Slavery Were So God-Awful, Why Didn’t Jesus Or Paul Condemn It?’: pAfter Arkansas Republicans disavowed a book by state representative Jon Hubbard (R-AR) claiming slavery was “a blessing in disguise” for African Americans, Hubbard’s colleague, state Rep. Loy Mauch (R-AR) has been outed by the Arkansas Times for his pro-slavery, pro-Confederacy letters to the editor over the past decade. Mauch’s run for reelection this year is [...]/p
Friday, October 12, 2012
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Republican Candidate In Arkansas Says Parents Should Seek Death Penalty Against ‘Rebellious Children’
Republican Candidate In Arkansas Says Parents Should Seek Death Penalty Against ‘Rebellious Children’: pA candidate for the Arkansas legislature, Charlie Fuqua, says children who don’t demonstrate “respect for parents” should be put to death, the Arkansas Times reports. Fuqua is a former member of the Arkansas legislature and has received support from the Arkansas Republican Party and two sitting members of Congress. Here’s the key passage from Fuqua’s [...]/p
Monday, October 8, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Some Good News: Highlights From The September Jobs Report
Some Good News: Highlights From The September Jobs Report: pThe Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that payrolls expanded by 114,000 last month, dropping the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent. 873,000 Americans reported having found jobs in September (in the so-called household survey), the most since 1983. This adds to the total number of jobs created over President Obama’s term; revisions released last week [...]/p
Romney Has ‘No Idea’ About Outsourcing Tax Breaks, But His Economic Plan Makes Them Worse
Romney Has ‘No Idea’ About Outsourcing Tax Breaks, But His Economic Plan Makes Them Worse: pOur guest blogger is David Abromowitz, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Of all the many claims that Mitt Romney pitched to the American public with such confidence that most viewers declared him the “winner” during Wednesday night’s debate, few were as brashly misleading as his response to the President’s [...]/p
Thursday, October 4, 2012
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GOP-Hired Firm Under Investigation For Voter Fraud In North Carolina
GOP-Hired Firm Under Investigation For Voter Fraud In North Carolina: pThe North Carolina board of elections is determining whether a GOP-allied firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, submitted fraudulent voter registration forms in the state, following reports the group submitted 106 “questionable” forms in Florida. In the midst of Republican efforts to uncover extremely rare in-person voter fraud, the likeliest source comes from their own firm. North [...]/p
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