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Deconstructing the Washington Examiners Derp-Filled response to White House...

I've been having a good time responding and debunking the various non-factual, untruthful claims of various Twitter Trolls, most have indeed been quite entertaining and also informative [about them],...

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Stephanie Miller DEFENESTRATES Carly Fiorina on #HobbyLobby

Failed HP CEO and Failed GOP Senate Candidate Carly (Demon-Sheep) Fiorina whose been tasked by the party to be their Point Person [which when you're in the midst of the DMZ can be synonymous with...

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Boehner explains why he'll sue the President for Doing His Job!

As posted on CNNEvery member of Congress swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So did President Barack Obama. But too often over the past five years, the...

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Breaking: Dems Release their #HobbyLobby Fix Legislation

This is going to be short diary, for me, as I was working on another article when this came out. TPM has the skinny.http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...The legislation will be sponsored by Sens. Patty...

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So the GOPers want to Sue? Impeach? Let 'em. See what happens.

These "People", these so called "American Patriots" really can't stop themselves from betraying the country and it's principles. It's like having Asshole Tourettes. Every few seconds they can't help...

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Yet again, Boehner's response to Border Crisis is to falsely #BlameObama

This entire episode with the refugee children of Central America is a sad embarrassment and a stain on America's honor.  Who have we become that we have so little compassion left, so much bile and...

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Kristol: Palin Makes Republicans look "Extreme"

Yeah, uh, ya think?From ABC's This Week"Kristol seemed to agree [with Eric Holder's withering assessment of Palin] during an ABC News panel discussion on Sunday. “No responsible Republican official has...

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These people have No Heart!

You have Phil Gingrey who says Immigrants have Ebola. You have Louie Gohmert urging Texas to Declare War on the Undocumented, because that's Consitutional isn't it?  And then you get the obligatory "No...

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Three Documentary Films All Progressives Should See, Learn & Memorize

There are times when it helps to be forewarned and forearmed - with knowledge.  Facts. Figures. Truth. Reality.As progressives we pride ourselves on it.  We depend on it.As part of another diary I...

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Netroots Nation Makes a Difference in Detroit Water Crisis - Updated with Video

During the Netroot's Nation Conference in Detroit many progressive issues were addressed and discussed in the abstract, but it's not often when you have a situation where the conference itself, and a...

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Well, I really wasn't expecting that... Thank You so Much.

I'm home now from my first Netroots and I just want to say a deeply felt "Thank You" to everyone who scrambled at 30 seconds after the last minute to get little ole' me out there.  It was a headache,...

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Netroots Nation '14 from the Inside and Out

Having now been to my first Netroots, I have a variety of reactions and observations from having been there contrasted with how the event seems to be perceived by those outside, particularly in the...

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Could both #HobbyLobby and #Halbig become a Giant Boat Anchor for the GOP in...

As we've seen with Hobby Lobby and now with the recent DC Circuit Halbig decisions, it's not like Republicans are really able to contain their glee as people lose their access to Health Care due to the...

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GOPers just cant haz no "Compassion"

Just when I start to think that this whole "Heartlessness" thing for Conservatives might be a bit overblown.  That their opposition to Health Care reform, or their opposition to Comprehensive...

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Ted, calling Liberals "Unclean Vermin" instead of Native Americans Is. Not....

Here's a funny thing about what's gotten Ted Nugent in trouble this time.  He really didn't say what people think he said.  This is what it was... http://www.rawstory.com/...Nugent had been slated to...

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FL lawmaker tries to mandate "Liberals Hate America" film into School Curriculum

Because shouldn't all the little kiddies be told by a Convicted Criminal just how badly the Liberal Horde hate America, and Americans, and puppies, and hotdogs, and apple pie.. and baseball.. and the...

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71% of Women Voters say Lawmakers who Support #HobbyLobby have "wrong issues...

Wow, looks like that Gender Gap is about to grow into a roaring Chasm.http://thinkprogress.org/... The majority of female voters don’t want to vote for politicians who support Hobby Lobby’s move to...

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Changing the Congressional 2014 Map is Not a Lost Cause

We all know that we can trust most electoral projections about as far as we could throw Chris Matthew's bathtub as we approach the 2014 Midterms, because it all ultimately depends on who will or won't...

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Sometimes Peace and Love is all you need to handle a Mass Shooting - Updated...

There are times when you encounter the unexpected. I was just walking to the neighborhood store when I heard the sound of live drums.  Not a totally uncommon sound in the ethnically diverse...

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David Gregory - yes, Him - calls out Paul Ryan's Punk the Poor Programs

I suppose either David's decided to actually fight for his job by no longer dimly nodding his head and smiling as Republicans spout their nonsense in his face or else he's finally reached the Fukitol...

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Doocy Claims Workers Fighting for a Living Wage are "Insulting to Civil Rights"

Yes, in another one of their completely random and not at all planned in advance conversations Fox Host Steve Doocy found amazing total agreement with Fox Business Host [And Nominal "Black Guy"]...

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Boehner on Thursday urges Obama to do what House Voted to Sue him For Wednesday

Let's all follow along carefully class, because this is a stunner if you're actually bothering to pay attention.On Wednesday the House of Representatives Voted to Sue The President for using his...

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Steve King "begs" Obama not to make him use the "I-Word"

In recent weeks as they prepared, and eventually did vote to Sue the President for not implementing a law they don't want him to implement, Conservative Republicans have been crowing about how they...

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Rep. Brooks now says "Federal Law Discriminates Against Whites"

I'm sure you've all now heard of Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) - cuz of course, Alabama - who said that it has be Democrats - yes, Democrats - who've been staging a "War on Whitestm". A fact which seems to...

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20 Questions to Put the GOP on Record for Everything They Believe

My new good friend Ian Reifowitz, who I met at Netroots Nation, made a great point this weekend that the GOP, particularly during this August Recess where they will be conducting Town Hall meetings...

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Why Black Men Don't Open Carry

Not everything that happens in the world is Racial. It really isn't.  Some things happen just because - well they did and they do.  However there are times you really have to question things, you...

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ACLU Sues to make Ferguson Incident Report Public

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...Breaking: @ACLU files first lawsuit in Michael Brown case, under Missouri's Sunshine Law, seeking police records. http://t.co/...— Andrew Cohen (@CBSAndrew) August 14,...

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Steve King: Says he expects "No Profiling" in Ferguson

I've been very curious to see exactly what those on the Right Wing, those who are constantly saying that we are just steps from living in a "Police State" in the era of the Obama Dictatorial Power...

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Ferguson is not just about Michael Brown, it's about the America we were...

It's not just about this one event, this one shooting, or the question of whether this one young black man somehow "deserved" or "prompted" his own murder at the hands of police in Ferguson.As he was...

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Rand Paul & Ted Cruz Criticize Ferguson Police

This via The Young Turks.http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/...And Rand Paul, the libertarian senator, called attention to the obvious racism that’s rampant in our justice system. He wrote in Time:...

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Russell Brand HulkSmashes O'Reilly on Ferguson "Riots" and Michael Brown Killing

Many people claim that someone has Smashed, Trashed, Riptorn or other with used the E-Word on someone metaphorically to describe a right good verbal bollicking, when nothing quite of the sort has...

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Need a little Help here...

Well, this isn't something I want to write - but I have to swallow what's left of my pride, tuck my self-respect in the drawer, and get this out.I don't like to write about myself, there are much...

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Fox Host claims Robbery shows Michael Brown shooting was "Maybe Justified"

Yeah, of course, on Fox.  And this Ladies and Gentlemen is how you Get Away With Murder.  You get people talking about stuff like this long before charges are even...

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Which Way To America?

I'm just saying, this has been said before - by my friends here in the Real Living Colour.I look at the T.V. Your America's doing well I look out the window My America's catching hellI just want to...

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The Reefer Thugification of Cop Murder Victim Michael Brown

We all know this story, we've heard and seen it many times before.  Black Kid gets shot - and next we get the myriad of explanations for how and why that black kid got himself shot.  I wrote about this...

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Pat Robertson Calls for a "Revolution" - cuz - Computers

http://www.rawstory.com/...“It isn’t right,” Robertson agreed. “Ladies and gentlemen, we need a revolution to stop these so-called progressives from destroying this country anymore. But they’re getting...

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Obama Admin Offers Hobby Lobby Contraceptive Workaround

Well, it looks like the Obama Administration has gotten tired of waiting for Congress to Act - surprise surprise - to correct the hole that the Supreme Court blew through the Preventive Care Mandate...

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"But What about Black-on-Black Crime?" is not a valid answer to Ferguson or...

It's a dodge, it's a smokescreen, it's a red herring, it's bullshit.I'm frankly sick of it.  Every time we get into this, we get the "What about Chicago?" and "What about Black guys that Kill Black...

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And another thing about that "Blacks being more Criminal..." noise

Following up with what I wrote yesterday about the missing and incorrectly interpreted data we have on Murder in terms of Race and Gender, there is another point I want to discuss about other crimes to...

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How Often are Unarmed Black Men Shot Down By Police?

We stand today, two weeks after the shooting Death of Unarmed John Crawford, a week and a half after the Police Shooting Death of Unarmed Michael Brown, about a week after the shooting of Death of...

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The People who need to "Wait before Rushing to Judgment" are The Police

This week Joe Klein stepped in a big giant turd pie when he attempted to address race relations in what he claimed was a "thoughtful, provocative way."It's something Melissa Harris-Perry has already...

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America's Great Divide isn't Black vs White, It's Conservatives vs Reality

Many people regularly argue that America is divided deeply along racial lines.  But when you look at the protests and event taking place in Ferguson, you don't necessarily see that all the face lined...

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Ben Stein has to be one of the dumbest MFers on the Planet

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...And clearly, he's not alone.  But it has to be said that this particular deluded dumbshittery is truly exceptional as Ben Stein proclaims that Michael Brown wasn't...

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So the Right to Bear Arms & Presumption of Innocence - is for Whites Only?

Remember that time, back at Nutbag Camp, when this pack of dudes demanded that the Federal Officials executing a legal Federal Warrant were "overstepping" their authority, and then one guy who had been...

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So was Mike Brown a Strong-Arm Robber or Not?

I have mentioned now in a couple diaries, including the one on Ben Stein's comments that the Strong-Arm Robbery didn't take place.  I've gotten some push back in private messaging that I should correct...

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Bundy Supporter Refuses Solidarity with Ferguson. Guess why?

Got Militarized, Over-reaching, Rights-Crushing Cops? Check. Got Injustice? Check. Got support from the Bundy Brigade?What are you kidding? http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...Could it be that ordinary...

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Fox Claims Eric Holder Runs DOJ like the Black Panthers Would... and they're...

Did you know the Eric Holder was a member of the Black KKK?  Apparently Eric Holder doesn't know that either, but here it is revealed - Breaking - on Fox News that Attorney Eric Holder is a...

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Did Kajeime Powell have more concern for Public Safety than St. Louis PD?

There's been a lot of talk about Michael Brown, but very little of the shooting in St. Louis, just a few miles from Ferguson, of Kajieme Powell which occurred just a few days later.  A point that...

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Fifteen Years in the same Job at Papa John's and still making only $8.50 an...

This week we've seen an entire new battlefront open with the fight for a Living Wage.  In more than 150 cities arond the nation worker protested yesterday for a $15 Minimum Wage arguing that most of...

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