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Rand Paul retreats to states’ rights on LGBT hiring discrimination

He knows he’s on the wrong side of the issue, but he doesn’t want to reverse himself completely.
10/16/15 9:00am by Jon Green 2

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Sanders rejects donation from HIV drug price-gouger Martin Shkreli, who was trying to buy some face time

This move was all kinds of clueless.
10/16/15 8:00am by Jon Green 3

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Hillary Clinton’s new favorite line might be borrowed from O’Malley

You’re a progressive who likes to get things done? No kidding, me too!
10/15/15 4:17pm by Jon Green 18

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Bike lane, via Wikimedia Commons

DC church claims that a proposed bike lane violates their religious freedom

One of the pettiest appeals to religious freedom ever.

10/15/15 2:21pm by Jon Green 30

Kim Davis, screenshot via YouTube

Kim Davis gives up, will not challenge altered marriage licenses

Kim Davis’s lawyers will not contest altered marriage licenses, ending her fifteen minutes of fame.

10/15/15 1:19pm by Jon Green 36

Ben Carson, screenshot via YouTube

Ben Carson suspends campaign for two weeks to hawk his book

There has never been a wall of separation between Carson the candidate and Carson the author.

10/15/15 12:47pm by Jon Green 12

Anti-conversion therapy protest, via Daniel Tobias / Flickr

Government report: End ex-gay conversion “therapy” for LGBT youth

The report concludes that “none of the existing research” supports the practice.

10/15/15 11:52am by Jon Green 8

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As Obama announces delayed withdrawal from Afghanistan, major expose on drone program published

“Drones are a tool, not a policy. The policy is assassination.”

10/15/15 10:49am by Jon Green 13

Hillary Clinton talks to Ron Johnson Benghazi

Another GOP Congressman admits the Benghazi Committee was set up to attack Hillary

The Benghazi Committee is unraveling right before Hillary Clinton is set to testify.

10/15/15 9:00am by Jon Green 6

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Rand Paul: Employers should be able to fire you for being gay

A majority of Americans already think it’s illegal to fire someone for being gay.

10/15/15 8:00am by Jon Green 65

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What do Kim Davis Republicans think about this recent faith healing conviction?

Do Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee agree that dead children are bad, but government is worse?

10/14/15 4:36pm by Jon Green 20

Ted Cruz, via Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons

Ted Cruz: Black Lives Matter “embracing and celebrating the murder of police”

If there’s one thing we’ve learned this year, it’s that you don’t lose any points for racism in the GOP primary.

10/14/15 3:08pm by Jon Green 39

Hillary Clinton at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, screenshot via YouTube

Of course Sanders’s answer about Hillary’s emails was great politics

The media’s focus on Clinton’s emails is a prime example of the politics Sanders has been campaigning against.

10/14/15 1:03pm by Jon Green 13

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