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President Obama has opened up a huge 14-point lead in Wisconsin, according to a new Marquette Laws School Poll.
Mitt Romney’s selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan solidified the Badger ...
by rem123
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 12:24 PM PDT
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In a surreptitious announcement today a policy of ensuring donations to not go to groups that create political backlash for the company.
A Chick-fil-A executive confirmed that the company will ...
by Horace Boothroyd III
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM PDT
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In Maryland, there will be a referendum on the ballot in November to support the Civil Marriage Protection Act that allows same sex couple to recieve a marriage license. The law specifically states ...
by FourthOfJulyAsburyPark
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 11:26 AM PDT
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Chick-fil-A Ceases Anti-gay Donations, Clarifies Stance on Gay Customers & Employees
September 18, 2012 – Chicago, Illinois – The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA), Illinois’ leading lesbian, gay, ...
by lncolnpk
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 09:35 AM PDT
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"No matter how cynical you get, you can't keep up." (Lily Tomlin)
I have a friend who talks about "the default world." He means the one in which we adjust to absurdity, tolerating behavior that we ...
by arlenegoldbard
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 08:45 AM PDT
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Voter disenfranchisement is nothing new in this country, although voter ID laws seem to be a popular new angle, pursued with disturbing enthusiasm by Republicans. Yesterday, I saw the right to vote ...
by tytalus
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 07:52 AM PDT
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Oakland City Council, 9/18/12
Kossacks allie123 & jpmassar, along with other Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition members, about to be crushed by an anti-police-violence ...
by jpmassar
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM PDT
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THE POLITICAL football that is Pennsylvania's voter-ID law was punted by the state Supreme Court on Tuesday back to a lower court for more review.
The Supreme Court told Commonwealth Court Judge ...
by wishingwell
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 04:13 AM PDT
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Mitt Romney doesn't understand what it means to honor a contract. People with the kind of money he has often don't need to. They have lawyers for that, and the people they employ exploit do not.
In ...
by snowcity
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on Wed Sep 19, 2012 at 02:06 AM PDT
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A friend of mine on my Facebook list forwarded this article. While I am a devoted Obama supporter and promoter of progressive causes, I am not as familiar with the cases and issues that the U.S. ...
by pipsorcle
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 06:27 PM PDT
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...Would he have been able to immigrate to the United States?
...Would he have been able to become a member of American Auto Mobile Manufacturers Assembly? Or, more likely, have to work in a ...
by michlawa2
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 01:57 PM PDT
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A new AP/NCC poll released yesterday shows that Americans support marriage equality 53% for to 42% against.
They also found that 6 in 10 Americans support recognition of same-sex couples, either ...
by zakandsantos
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 12:07 PM PDT
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The Hon. Ron Castille, chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Argh. This is not quite enough .Overall, we are confronted with an ambitious effort ...
by Adam B
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM PDT
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I have to say, I love this kid.
At the age of 12, Jackson Ripley of Colorado is more tuned into current events than most children his age. Hell, he's more knowledgeable about the world around him ...
by Chrislove
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 11:10 AM PDT
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Scott Keyes @smkeyes
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns voter ID law
Scott Keyes @smkeyes
Clarification: the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a trial judge's ruling that upheld voter ...
by jpmassar
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 10:46 AM PDT
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I haven't seen any commentators mention this - if another diarist has, I apologize for repetition.
by tecolata
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 10:26 AM PDT
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Let's start this out like a textbook.
The United States is a constitutional republic with a single executive, and the original purpose of its governing structure was, in idealistic conceptions, ...
by Zach Wilson
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 11:17 AM PDT
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From Beaumont, TX, comes this tale of biblethumper bigotry in action.
A principal in the Beaumont Independent School District shut down the District's cosmetology program because -- GASP!!! -- a ...
by Old Redneck
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on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 02:57 AM PDT
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I only have one question for the African-American Christian "leaders" who are encouraging their parishioners to stay home November 6...
Is THIS what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rep. ...
by Ace Nelson
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on Mon Sep 17, 2012 at 10:14 PM PDT
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Given the grotesque levels of poverty & inequality , and fact that none of the Wall Street elite were imprisoned for fraud, criminality, which caused the global recession, ...
by Christopher Tucker
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on Mon Sep 17, 2012 at 10:04 PM PDT
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