March 2012
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“The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does. They...”
– Rick Santorum, accusing the left of being bullies despite the fact that he agrees with those who want to execute gays and women who have abortions.
February 2012
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“There are people who were gay and lived the gay lifestyle and aren’t anymore. I...”
– Rick Santorum, comparing homosexuality to being black.
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Indefinite Military Detention: President Obama... →
WASHINGTON — The White House released rules Tuesday evening waiving the most controversial piece of the new military detention law, and exempting U.S. citizens, as well as other broad categories of suspected terrorists.
Indefinite military detention of Americans and others was granted in the defense authorization bill President Barack Obama signed just before Christmas, sparking a storm of...
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Someone actually studied it, and it turns out that... →
shortformblog:
And Ezra Klein brings the kicker:
Bloomberg has more details on the findings here, including interviews with the authors. They also note that the study isn’t alone. It “builds on previous research that has shown wealthy people are worse at recognizing how others feel and are more likely to be disengaged during social interactions than others.”
Of course, left unanswered is a...
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“If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within...”
– Rick Santorum, comparing homosexuality to bestiality, and saying that we don’t have the right to have consensual sex. He’s also saying we don’t have the right to privacy.
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“I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state is...”
– Rick Santorum - on his disagreement with John F. Kennedy’s speech that read, “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.”
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Mitt Romney Super PAC Republishes 2007 Romney Ad,... →
“Super PACs are prohibited from making coordinated communications,” Ryan said. “Super PACs are also prohibited from making payments to candidates,” he added. “There’s an FEC regulation that treats the dissemination, distribution or republication of campaign materials as a contribution from the super PAC to the candidate regardless of whether or not it’s...
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“I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. I extend to you and...”
– President Obama • Apologizing to Afghan president Hamid Karzai about the Koran-burning incident earlier this week, which has sparked widespread demonstration in the country and led to the deaths of at least eight people — the most recent of which happened when a man, wearing an Afghan Army uniform,...
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Congressional members and Stephen Colbert, Jon... →
reuters:
Three members of Congress have received threatening mail containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless and law enforcement officials on Wednesday warned that more may be coming.
Another U.S. law enforcement official said letters sent to television personalities Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert threatened biological attacks on U.S. senators.
Other letters to a number of news...
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“When it comes down to it, they wouldn’t have elected a [bleep]. Because, what’s...”
– Samuel L. Jackson - on why Obama’s philosophical presence had been universally appealing while repeatedly using the N-word.
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“The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that...”
– Will Rogers (via rev-denn)
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43% Say Random Choices From Phone Book Better Than... →
brooklynmutt:
With positive ratings for Congress at an all-time low, it may come as no surprise that a plurality of voters nationwide believes a group of people randomly selected from a telephone book would do a better job than the current legislators.
h/t @ThinkProgress
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“The President opposed the Citizens United decision. … He continues to support a...”
– Obama campaign manager Jim Messina • From a blog post on BarackObama.com, titled “We Will Not Play by Two Sets of Rules.” In it, Messina attempts to explain why the Obama campaign, despite stated opposition to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling (and ostensibly Super PACs themselves), will be...
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Facebook, Google censor content in India after...
shanksinatra:
again, this could be a glimpse into the future if things like acta are put into play…this is a machine that is hard to stop..started as US legislature..moved to global…if these all fail, we could see it on a state to state basis maybe? they are trying everything they can to stop the flow and freedom of information… social networking brought forth a process of change…a social...
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"Money is not speech"
lessig:
I’m a critic of Citizens United. I’m a supporter of an amendment to reverse it (among other things). I’m even (sort of) a supporter of an amendment to declare “corporations are not persons.” But I am not a supporter of any amendment that purports to declare “Money is not speech.”
My former dean, Geof Stone, explains why in this piece in the Huffington Post. Stone’s work as a First...
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A new Super-PAC called Campaign For Primary... →
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10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know...
This image of Reagan as a conservative superhero is myth, created to unite the various factions of the right behind a common leader. In reality, Reagan was no conservative ideologue or flawless commander-in-chief. Reagan regularly strayed from conservative dogma — he raised taxes eleven times as president while tripling the deficit — and he often ended up on the wrong side of history, like when...
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“Three sources with direct knowledge of the Komen decision-making process told me...”
– Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In - The Atlantic
(Emphasis above is mine.)
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Komen Says Efficiency, Not Politics, Drove Planned... →
“One of the things many women don’t understand is that the founder of Komen, Nancy Brinker, has had a long-standing and supportive relationship with the Bush family with the Bush presidencies, with the Republican party and on many occasions has supported policies that most supporters of Komen probably wouldn’t approve of,” said Judy Norsigian of the Our Bodies, Ourselves,...
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“It was the worst meeting I’ve ever had in my life, honestly.”
– U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, on her meeting with Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. According to Boxer, DeMarco said “his interest is making sure Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac] do well financially,” not making homeownership more affordable. (via officialssay)
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“Planned Parenthood of Illinois does not receive any money from the Komen...”
– Komen’s halt of grants to Planned Parenthood won’t affect breast cancer screenings in Illinois - chicagotribune.com (via ourmaninchicago) 