Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Things that you cannot get put in jail for in Alas...
The Immoral Minority: Things that you cannot get put in jail for in Alas...: I know that many of you read about that huge explosion near Riverbanks that happened earlier this month, because I received the link abou...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Chris Christie Joins Growing Number Of GOP Governors Accepting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
Chris Christie Joins Growing Number Of GOP Governors Accepting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion: pNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has accepted Obamacare’s optional expansion of the Medicaid program, which will extend insurance coverage to an additional 300,000 low-income people in the state. As Republican opposition to the health care reform law finally begins to wane, Christie is the eighth GOP leader to agree to expand the Medicaid program [...]/p
Arkansas Governor Vetoes ‘Fetal Pain’ Bill
Arkansas Governor Vetoes ‘Fetal Pain’ Bill: pAs promised, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed an anti-abortion “fetal pain” bill. The measure will likely be pushed through without his consent, however, since the Republican-controlled legislature is able to override vetoes through a simple majority vote. If overridden, the law will be among the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation. It [...]/p
Black Lawmaker Receives Death Threat Over Gun Bill: ‘There Will Be Blood! I’m Coming For You, N—–’
Black Lawmaker Receives Death Threat Over Gun Bill: ‘There Will Be Blood! I’m Coming For You, N—–’: pLate last week, police arrested a man for allegedly sending threatening messages to Colorado state Rep. Rhonda Fields (D), a supporter of gun safety laws featured in a recent ThinkProgress video. Fields sponsored bills banning high-capacity magazines in Colorado and requiring universal background checks for gun sales and transfers. According to police, a man named [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: Study finds that most mass shootings target women ...
The Immoral Minority: Study finds that most mass shootings target women ...: Courtesy of Alternet : A new analysis of 56 mass shootings across America since 2009 finds women and family members are the most frequen...
The Immoral Minority: Stephen Colbert breaks character for a good cause,...
The Immoral Minority: Stephen Colbert breaks character for a good cause,...: Courtesy of Mediaite : Discussing the “character Stephen Colbert” from The Colbert Report, he said, “He talks about politics all the t...
The Immoral Minority: Having Facebook friends from the Bible Belt can be...
The Immoral Minority: Having Facebook friends from the Bible Belt can be...: This is not from my Facebook account, fortunately I don't have anybody quite this nutty, but it apparently has shown up on numerous ot...
The Immoral Minority: Let's take a moment to look around and see how Rep...
The Immoral Minority: Let's take a moment to look around and see how Rep...: These examples come to us courtesy of Salon . First up criminalizing gun control: In Missouri, state Rep. Mike Leara believes even p...
The Immoral Minority: Westboro "God Hates Fags" church decides to protes...
The Immoral Minority: Westboro "God Hates Fags" church decides to protes...: Courtesy of Americablog : Rev. Fred “God Hates F-gs” Phelps was protesting Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California thi...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska lawmakers pass bill exempting Alaskans from...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska lawmakers pass bill exempting Alaskans from...: Courtesy of ADN : In a chamber dotted with female legislators wearing new camo scarves, the state House on Monday passed a gun measure...
Supreme Court Turns Away ‘Citizens United On Steroids’ Case
Supreme Court Turns Away ‘Citizens United On Steroids’ Case: pIn 2011, a Reagan-appointed federal judge handed down a “Citizens United on steroids” decision, declaring that corporations had the right to give unlimited amounts of money directly to political candidates — rather than simply to outside groups such as super PACs. The decision was eventually reversed by a unanimous panel of the United States Court [...]/p
Federal Election Commission Republicans Block Enforcement Against GOP Donor
Federal Election Commission Republicans Block Enforcement Against GOP Donor: pThe Federal Election Commission deadlocked along party lines on whether to hold accountable a Republican contractor who blatantly circumvented campaign finance limits. While the three Democratic commissioners agreed that William A. “Aaron” Bennett had willfully violated federal election law by offering to reimburse friends if they donated to Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the three FEC [...]/p
Judges Refuse To Reappoint Top GOP Voter Suppressor To Election Board
Judges Refuse To Reappoint Top GOP Voter Suppressor To Election Board: pHans von Spakovsky may be America’s top expert on voter disenfranchisement. How to foster voter disenfranchisement, that is. As an official in the Bush Justice Department, Spakovsky pushed through gerrymandered maps benefiting Republicans, and was a driving force behind the effort to approve voter ID laws — a common voter suppression law targeting student, minority [...]/p
Justiceline: February 26, 2013
Justiceline: February 26, 2013: pWelcome to Justiceline, ThinkProgress Justice’s morning round-up of the latest legal news and developments. Remember to follow us on Twitter at @TPJustice A full year after his nomination, federal appeals court nominee Robert Bacharach was confirmed unanimously by a Senate that had previously filibustered his nomination. In spite of support from both of his home-state [...]/p
Congressional Republican Wants To Impeach Harry Reid
Congressional Republican Wants To Impeach Harry Reid: pA Republican congressman wants to impeach Harry Reid, and he might’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling laws preventing Congress from impeaching senators. Speaking last week to the Mifflin County Tea Party, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) seethed with anger about budget negotiations between the House and the Senate. His preferred [...]/p
Congressional Republican Wants To Impeach Harry Reid
Congressional Republican Wants To Impeach Harry Reid: pA Republican congressman wants to impeach Harry Reid, and he might’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling laws preventing Congress from impeaching senators. Speaking last week to the Mifflin County Tea Party, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) seethed with anger about budget negotiations between the House and the Senate. His preferred [...]/p
What Happens If The Voting Rights Act Loses In The Supreme Court
What Happens If The Voting Rights Act Loses In The Supreme Court: pWe do not have to guess what the states currently subject to a key provision of the Voting Rights Act will do if the Supreme Court grants their wish to have that provision declared unconstitutional — top Republicans in those states have already told us. In a brief filed last August, Republican attorneys general from [...]/p
Students Occupy University President’s Office To Protest Naming Stadium After Private Prison Company
Students Occupy University President’s Office To Protest Naming Stadium After Private Prison Company: pLast week, the administration of Florida Atlantic University raised eyebrows when officials announced that they had sold the naming rights to the school’s new football stadium to the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison company. And students aren’t taking the deal lying down. On Monday afternoon, dozens of activists staged a sit-in inside university [...]/p
February 26 News: AEP Will Close More Coal-Fired Power Plants
February 26 News: AEP Will Close More Coal-Fired Power Plants: pBy 2015, American Electric Power will stop burning coal at three power plants, thanks to a settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, several states and a handful of environmental and civil groups. [The Hill] The Sierra Club said Monday that 2,011 megawatts of coal-generated electricity will come offline at facilities in Indiana, Kentucky and [...]/p
Trial Starts for BP’s Deepwater Horizon Clean Water Act Violations
Trial Starts for BP’s Deepwater Horizon Clean Water Act Violations: pBy Shiva Polefka, Michael Conathan, and Kiley Kroh In November 2012, BP settled the Justice Department’s criminal case against it in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, agreeing to pay $4.5 billion in fines and admit it was guilty of 11 counts of manslaughter. But that 10-figure deal was just the tip [...]/p
The Navy Goes Green: Mother Jones And The Climate Desk Highlight A Major Energy Transformation In Our Military
The Navy Goes Green: Mother Jones And The Climate Desk Highlight A Major Energy Transformation In Our Military: pBy Chris Mooney and Julia Whitty The latest cover story of Mother Jones magazine — and, relatedly, the latest Climate Desk Live briefing, occurring this Wednesday in D.C. — are focused on one of the “good news” energy stories that we don’t hear often enough: How the U.S. military in general, and particularly the Navy, [...]/p
McKibben Must-Read: The Case For Fossil-Fuel Divestment
McKibben Must-Read: The Case For Fossil-Fuel Divestment: pHow Long Will Colleges Keep Investing in Companies Whose Stock Price Is Based on the Destruction of a Livable Climate? CO2 emissions by fossil fuels [1 ppm CO2 ~ 2.12 GtC, where ppm is parts per million of CO2 in air and GtC is gigatons of carbon (via Hansen). Significantly exceeding 450 ppm risks several severe [...]/p
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Immoral Minority: By the way speaking of awards, the Oscars weren't ...
The Immoral Minority: By the way speaking of awards, the Oscars weren't ...: Here is a picture of the Toad holding his trophy for coming in fifth place in the Iron Dog, that was found on Chuck Heath Jr's Faceboo...
Five States Taking Important Steps To Expand Access To Comprehensive Sex Ed
Five States Taking Important Steps To Expand Access To Comprehensive Sex Ed: p2012 was a banner year for new state-level abortion restrictions, yet not a single state enacted a law to improve access to family planning services or comprehensive sex education. Although the nation’s rate of unintended teen pregnancies is dropping, the U.S. still has the highest teen birth rate of any nation in the developed world [...]/p
Republicans Call For Government Study To Justify Their Efforts To Defund Planned Parenthood
Republicans Call For Government Study To Justify Their Efforts To Defund Planned Parenthood: pRepublicans have made Planned Parenthood into a top target in their ongoing War on Women, repeatedly attempting to strip funding from the national women’s health organization because some of its affiliates provide abortion services. Despite the fact that the Hyde Amendment already prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortion — which means that Planned Parenthood’s federal [...]/p
Sequestration Cuts To Education Programs Threaten To Widen Education Gap Between Rich And Poor
Sequestration Cuts To Education Programs Threaten To Widen Education Gap Between Rich And Poor: pThe achievement gap between school districts in high-income neighborhoods and those in low-income ones is already more canyon than crack, and if $1.7 trillion in automatic sequestration cuts are allowed to go into effect on March 1, that gap could grow even wider. Dozens of education programs would face reduced funding, but three crucial programs [...]/p
Tea Party Governor Calls For GOP To Compromise On Taxes To Avert Sequester Cuts
Tea Party Governor Calls For GOP To Compromise On Taxes To Avert Sequester Cuts: pAutomatic sequester cuts originally meant to motivate Congress to pass a budget deal look like they may become reality on March 1. Congressional Republicans are refusing to consider new tax revenue as part of a deal; some GOP lawmakers even insist that the across-the-board sequester cuts should be allowed to kick in. Republican governors, however, [...]/p
VIEWPOINT: The Debt Everyone Is Freaking Out About Does Not Exist
VIEWPOINT: The Debt Everyone Is Freaking Out About Does Not Exist: pBetween the new-and-improved Simpson-Bowles plan, Joe Scarborough’s feud with Paul Krugman, the relentless drumbeat of the entire Republican Party, and the media blitzkrieg launched by the billionaire-driven “Fix the Debt” campaign, one might think no serious and responsible American can ignore the unassailable truth: America faces a debt crisis, which we must act on immediately [...]/p
Econ 101: February 25, 2013
Econ 101: February 25, 2013: pWelcome to ThinkProgress Economy’s morning link roundup. This is what we’re reading. Have you seen any interesting news? Let us know in the comments section. You can also follow ThinkProgress Economy on Twitter. The White House yesterday released a report detailing the consequences of budget cuts scheduled for March. [CNN] According to a poll, the [...]/p
How Looming Budget Cuts Will Hurt The GOP Leadership’s Home States
How Looming Budget Cuts Will Hurt The GOP Leadership’s Home States: pAllowing sequestration to occur on March 1 will have a devastating impact on states, the White House warned Sunday, when it released state-specific reports detailing the effects of the automatic budget cuts. States will lose funding for education, job training, health care, and a plethora of other services, jeopardizing assistance for low-income and middle class [...]/p
Poll Shows Americans Don’t Support Any Specific Spending Cuts
Poll Shows Americans Don’t Support Any Specific Spending Cuts: pAccording to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, while Americans may support spending cuts and deficit reduction in the abstract, it’s awfully hard to find any specific cut that can garner majority support. Budget cuts scheduled under the so-called “sequester” are set to go into effect next week, but if the poll is [...]/p
5 Reasons Why The U.S. Needs A Financial Transactions Tax
5 Reasons Why The U.S. Needs A Financial Transactions Tax: pA duo of Democratic lawmakers have spent the years since the financial crisis calling for a financial transactions tax, a small fee on individual trades that would slow down markets and make them safer for investors and the country as a whole. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced legislation that would [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: It is hard for me to imagine too many things more ...
The Immoral Minority: It is hard for me to imagine too many things more ...: Gee and look he also used my line that teaching Creationism to children is tantamount to child abuse. I will resist the urge to mentio...
The Immoral Minority: Four year old finds father's gun with predictable,...
The Immoral Minority: Four year old finds father's gun with predictable,...: Courtesy of Raw Story : A 4-year-old boy in Houston died early Sunday morning after finding his father’s handgun and shooting himse...
The Immoral Minority: Michelle Obama steals the show at last night's Aca...
The Immoral Minority: Michelle Obama steals the show at last night's Aca...: I am sorry about showing you a video that comes from Glenn Beck's lunatic Right Wing website The Blaze , but sadly that was the best vid...
Glenn Beck Wants To Make Cable Subscribers Pay For His Conspiracy Theory Channel
Glenn Beck Wants To Make Cable Subscribers Pay For His Conspiracy Theory Channel: pSince Glenn Beck left Fox News in 2011 and founded his own web channel, TheBlaze, the former right-wing sensation has been less prevalent in the mainstream political conversation. Still, Beck has cultivated a substantial audience for his subscription-only programming, and is now using that following to pressure cable networks into carrying his channel. Beck started [...]/p
House Republicans Strip Protections From LGBT Victims In New Violence Against Women Act
House Republicans Strip Protections From LGBT Victims In New Violence Against Women Act: pThe Violence Against Women Act expired at the end of 2012 after House Republicans refused to accept the Senate bill’s protections for LGBT, Native American, and undocumented victims. Though the Senate passed another bipartisan VAWA reauthorization over a week ago, House Republicans may derail passage once again. On Friday, House GOP leaders released their own [...]/p
Montana Bill Would Give Corporations The Right To Vote
Montana Bill Would Give Corporations The Right To Vote: pA bill introduced by Montana state Rep. Steve Lavin would give corporations the right to vote in municipal elections: Provision for vote by corporate property owner. (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a firm, partnership, company, or corporation owns real property within the municipality, the president, vice president, secretary, or other designee of the entity [...]/p
South African Student Who Accidentally Shot Himself Allegedly Used School Guard’s Gun
South African Student Who Accidentally Shot Himself Allegedly Used School Guard’s Gun: pA 13-year-old student in Durban, South Africa accidentally shot himself in the leg at school this week – reportedly using a school security guard’s gun. Guards are not armed at the school, but this guard had allegedly brought his personal gun from home. IOL reports: A security guard was on duty at an oThongathi (Tongaat) [...]/p
13 GOP Pennsylvania Senators Introduce New Plan To Rig The Electoral College For Republicans
13 GOP Pennsylvania Senators Introduce New Plan To Rig The Electoral College For Republicans: pEarlier this year, Republican National Committee Chair urged Republican lawmakers in states “that have been consistently blue that are fully controlled red” — i.e. blue states with Republican legislatures and governors — to enact a plan rigging the Electoral College so that it would be almost impossible for a Democrat to win the White House. [...]/p
The Morning Pride: February 25, 2013
The Morning Pride: February 25, 2013: pWelcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality. – In Rhode Island, business leaders, rabbis, and the city [...]/p
British Anti-Gay Cardinal Resigns Amid Allegations Of Inappropriate Relationships With Priests
British Anti-Gay Cardinal Resigns Amid Allegations Of Inappropriate Relationships With Priests: pOver the weekend, allegations came to light that the United Kingdom’s most senior Catholic official, Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Scotland, had engaged in inappropriate behavior with priests over the past few decades. The full details of the allegations are not yet known, but one priest alleges that O’Brien had an extended relationship with him that [...]/p
Kansas Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Same-Sex Adoption
Kansas Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Same-Sex Adoption: pOn Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court issued a ruling protecting the rights of same-sex couples to both be recognized as the legal parents of the children they are raising together. The case involved two women, Marci Frazier and Kelly Goudschaal, who had been raising children together, but then faced a custody dispute after they separated. [...]/p
Sunday, February 24, 2013
5 Reasons Why Looser Gun Laws Won’t Guarantee Women’s Safety
5 Reasons Why Looser Gun Laws Won’t Guarantee Women’s Safety: pIn the wake of the tragedy at Newtown and the growing bipartisan support for sensible gun safety regulations, the gun manufacturing lobby has advanced a particularly noxious lie: that an unchecked, free-for-all gun market could guarantee women’s safety. In reality, gun violence has a particularly devastating impact for women, who suffer from domestic violence at [...]/p
Oklahoma May Deny Women Affordable Birth Control Because It ‘Poisons Their Bodies’
Oklahoma May Deny Women Affordable Birth Control Because It ‘Poisons Their Bodies’: pOklahoma already prevents women from using their insurance plans to help cover abortion services, but Republicans aren’t stopping there. One state lawmaker wants to continue stripping insurance coverage for reproductive health services, advancing a measure that would allow employers to refuse to cover birth control for any reason — based solely on the fact that [...]/p
What One ‘Conservative’ Approach To Health Care Reform Looks Like — And Why It’s A Bad Idea
What One ‘Conservative’ Approach To Health Care Reform Looks Like — And Why It’s A Bad Idea: pAvik Roy — who advised Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on health care policy — and Doug Holtz-Eakin published an op-ed for Reuters earlier this week in which they outlined their vision for a “free market” approach to health care reform. It’s a serious proposal, albeit one that makes the same fallacious argument as Whole [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: Today's example of a man with an arsenal of weapon...
The Immoral Minority: Today's example of a man with an arsenal of weapon...: Courtesy of Raw Story : A convicted felon and alleged neo-Nazi amassed 40,000 rounds of ammunition and planned to kill black and Jewish ...
The Immoral Minority: Pro-wrestlers break character in order to lecture ...
The Immoral Minority: Pro-wrestlers break character in order to lecture ...: So the other day I wrote a post about some pro-wrestlers that were doing this anti-immigrations, racist, teabagger shtick and how upset t...
Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Republican reformation is a fantasy.
The Immoral Minority: Republican reformation is a fantasy.: Courtesy of the Daily Beast : As I’ve written many times, the conventional view of what’s wrong with the GOP gets at only a portion of t...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska Senator wants to have the state pay $100 fo...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska Senator wants to have the state pay $100 fo...: "Wait, there's a bounty on who's head?" Courtesy of ADN (Link was originally incorrect, but fixed now.): An Alaska state senator is p...
The Immoral Minority: Since you all seemed to enjoy that clip this morni...
The Immoral Minority: Since you all seemed to enjoy that clip this morni...: Part One: Part Two: Doesn't it seem that Jimmy Fallon and Michelle are like best girlfriends or something? I mean here they are dis...
The Immoral Minority: Sobering checklist of the day.
The Immoral Minority: Sobering checklist of the day.: Trying not to panic here.
The Immoral Minority: Who needs China?
The Immoral Minority: Who needs China?: It's less funny because it's true.
The Immoral Minority: Gun nut posts "hit list" on Facebook of all the li...
The Immoral Minority: Gun nut posts "hit list" on Facebook of all the li...: Courtesy of Raw Story : Police in Clarkstown, New York have confiscated a cache of high-powered weapons and body armor from a man who...
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Mother of Aurora shooting victim upset with John M...
The Immoral Minority: Mother of Aurora shooting victim upset with John M...: As reported yesterday , John McCain made some rather insensitive remarks to a woman who attended one of his town halls, essentially tellin...
The Immoral Minority: Unrecognized tax burden that gun owners put on our...
The Immoral Minority: Unrecognized tax burden that gun owners put on our...: Sounds reasonable. Lets start charging gun owners for the legal bills that result from them exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. Oh an...
The Immoral Minority: Investigating "The Good News Club." A fundamentali...
The Immoral Minority: Investigating "The Good News Club." A fundamentali...: Here is a portion of the post I wrote about the book which inspired this investigation: In 2009, the Good News Club came to the publ...
The Immoral Minority: Entering into sequester negotiations, new Bloomber...
The Immoral Minority: Entering into sequester negotiations, new Bloomber...: Courtesy of Bloomberg : President Barack Obama enters the latest budget showdown with Congress with his highest job- approval rating in ...
The Immoral Minority: Ted Nugent goes after Democrats for destroying his...
The Immoral Minority: Ted Nugent goes after Democrats for destroying his...: "No this hand gesture has NO relation as to why I own so many guns." In Nugen'ts latest crayon drawing that he submitted to Wing Nut Dai...
The Immoral Minority: Police officer fired for reporting that police ass...
The Immoral Minority: Police officer fired for reporting that police ass...: Courtesy of Raw Story : A Richmond police officer who reported fellow cops for allegedly threatening President Barack Obama and First...
Econ 101: February 22, 2013
Econ 101: February 22, 2013: pWelcome to ThinkProgress Economy’s morning link roundup. This is what we’re reading. Have you seen any interesting news? Let us know in the comments section. You can also follow ThinkProgress Economy on Twitter. President Obama renewed talks with Republican leaders over looming budget cuts. [Reuters] Economists predict the Eurozone economy will shrink again in 2013. [...]/p
GOP Rep. Open To Closing Loopholes To Avoid Defense Cuts
GOP Rep. Open To Closing Loopholes To Avoid Defense Cuts: pVirginia Rep. Scott Rigell (R) would consider raising new revenue through the closure of tax loopholes in order to avoid part of the automatic budget cuts that will take effect March 1, he said Thursday. Rigell was among the Republicans who hinted at support for ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy during debate [...]/p
Police Pull Over Couple For Buckeye Bumper Stickers They Mistook For Marijuana Leaves
Police Pull Over Couple For Buckeye Bumper Stickers They Mistook For Marijuana Leaves: pA middle-aged couple driving through Tennessee on their way home from a funeral were pulled over by a police officer who mistook their Ohio Buckeye bumper stickers for marijuana leaves. The Columbus Dispatch reports: Two officers approached, one on each side of the car. “They were very serious,” [the driver, Bonnie Jonas-Boggioni] said. “They had the [...]/p
Report: Ending Same Day Wisconsin Voter Registration Would Cost $14.5 Million
Report: Ending Same Day Wisconsin Voter Registration Would Cost $14.5 Million: pWhen Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) announced he would no longer support his own plan to do away with same day voter registration in Wisconsin, he struck a blow to voter suppression and may have saved millions of taxpayer dollars in the process. A new report from the Government Accountability Board suggests that ending the state’s same [...]/p
Congressman Considers Gabby Giffords A ‘Prop’ For Gun Regulations
Congressman Considers Gabby Giffords A ‘Prop’ For Gun Regulations: pCongressman Joe Heck (R-NV) on Tuesday agreed that he considers former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), who was a victim of an assassination attempt two years ago, a “prop” in the debate over gun regulations. Jon Ralston of Ralston Reports, uncovered the audio of Heck, speaking with conservative radio talk show host Alan Stock, agreed that [...]/p
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Three Problems Contributing To Americans’ Sky High Medical Bills — And Three Ways To Fix Them
Three Problems Contributing To Americans’ Sky High Medical Bills — And Three Ways To Fix Them: pThis week’s issue of Time Magazine takes a deep dive into Americans’ medical bills and the roots of the U.S. health care industry’s rampant inflation — costs that force one in four American seniors into bankruptcy and over one in three Americans to forgo care. The investigative piece highlights the exorbitant costs of the most [...]/p
How Your Household Products May Be Contributing To A Global Health Threat
How Your Household Products May Be Contributing To A Global Health Threat: pMore than 800 man-made chemicals found in everyday products — in your household cleaners, makeup, electronics, canned food, and clothing — are becoming “a global threat that needs to be resolved,” according to a new report from the World Health Organization and United Nations Environment Program. Research links these hormone-disrupting chemicals to a host of [...]/p
New Discoveries May Help Treat Blood Disease That Plagues African-Americans
New Discoveries May Help Treat Blood Disease That Plagues African-Americans: pScientists may be close to finding a cure for sickle cell anemia, a blood disease that disproportionately affects African-Americans. One in 500 African descendants born in the United States suffer from sickle cell; one in 12 carry the gene for it. The disease can cause symptoms as minor as fatigue, or as major as organ [...]/p
Medicare’s Projected Spending Has Dropped $500 Billion Without Lawmakers Cutting A Dime
Medicare’s Projected Spending Has Dropped $500 Billion Without Lawmakers Cutting A Dime: pMedicare will spend $511 billion less between now and 2020 than was predicted two and a half years ago, according to the latest number crunching by the Center On Budget and Policy Priorities. More importantly, this drop occurred completely separate from any changes in government policy — rather, it resulted from an overall slowdown in [...]/p
CFPB Announces New Push To Alleviate Mounting Student Loan Debt
CFPB Announces New Push To Alleviate Mounting Student Loan Debt: pThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday unveiled a new initiative to help the nation’s 37 million former college students who are struggling to pay off a combined $1 trillion in student loans. In a press release, CFPB Director Richard Cordray said he is instructing his agency to begin drafting possible proposals aimed at lowering [...]/p
Big Banks Still Exploiting The Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
Big Banks Still Exploiting The Foreclosure Fraud Settlement: pThe banks involved in last year’s foreclosure abuse settlement are spending more money to get bad loans off of their books than they are on directly reducing the amount homeowners owe on their mortgages, according to a new report from the settlement’s overseer released Thursday. Five large banks reached a $25 billion settlement with the [...]/p
Scott Walker Proposes Budget That Cuts Taxes While Reducing Funding For Public Schools
Scott Walker Proposes Budget That Cuts Taxes While Reducing Funding For Public Schools: pGovernor Scott Walker (R-WI) is proposing a budget that would fund a variety of right-wing priorities by slashing support for public services and local communities, according to an outline of the plan given in Walker’s “State of the State” address Wednesday night. Walker, who had already cut taxes significantly in his first term, proposed an [...]/p
Oscar-Nominated Palestinian Filmmaker Detained At Customs
Oscar-Nominated Palestinian Filmmaker Detained At Customs: pEmad Burnat — the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “5 Broken Cameras” — landed in Los Angeles yesterday ahead of Sunday’s awards ceremony to a less than pleasant welcome. Rather than the easy transit he had experienced during his previous five visits to the U.S., customs officials detained him, his wife, and six-year old son [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: Is Joe Miller really delusional enough to once aga...
The Immoral Minority: Is Joe Miller really delusional enough to once aga...: Courtesy of Politico : Joe Miller, the tea party favorite who was backed by Sarah Palin when he roiled GOP politics in the 2010 midter...
The Immoral Minority: Chris Matthews: Republicans are using "Cold War CI...
The Immoral Minority: Chris Matthews: Republicans are using "Cold War CI...: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Courtesy of Raw Story : “If they didn’t like a governme...
The Immoral Minority: Just a simple picture of our First Lady to end the...
The Immoral Minority: Just a simple picture of our First Lady to end the...: This is the First Lady's new official portrait. Is it disrespectful if I just say, "Damn!"
The Immoral Minority: Oklahoma where facts are not facts if you don't be...
The Immoral Minority: Oklahoma where facts are not facts if you don't be...: Courtesy of Addicting Info : Well, the Sooner state is at it again. The latest in their continuing series of “academic freedom” bills...
The Immoral Minority: Teabaggers upset that even pro wrestling is now mo...
The Immoral Minority: Teabaggers upset that even pro wrestling is now mo...: Courtesy of the You Tube site : World Wrestling Entertainment has jumped on the bandwagon of demonizing Tea Party Americans as racists b...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska Senate passes resolution "urging" the Feder...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska Senate passes resolution "urging" the Feder...: Sen. Fred Dyson Courtesy of ADN : The Alaska Senate has passed a resolution urging the federal government to protect the Second Ame...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska Senate passes resolution "urging" the Feder...
The Immoral Minority: Alaska Senate passes resolution "urging" the Feder...: Sen. Fred Dyson Courtesy of ADN : The Alaska Senate has passed a resolution urging the federal government to protect the Second Ame...
The Immoral Minority: Ashley Judd moves just that much closer to taking ...
The Immoral Minority: Ashley Judd moves just that much closer to taking ...: Courtesy of Politico : Actress Ashley Judd privately met with officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
How Summit Entertainment Will Handle Orson Scott Card’s Homophobia And ‘Ender’s Game’
How Summit Entertainment Will Handle Orson Scott Card’s Homophobia And ‘Ender’s Game’: pI wrote last week about how to respond to the hiring of notorious homophobe Orson Scott Card by DC Comics to write Superman. Today, Andy Lewis and Borys Kit at the Hollywood Reporter explore how Card’s noxious, anti-gay views pose a challenge to the movie adaptation of his most famous work, Ender’s Game: Now Summit [...]/p
Heartland’s James Taylor Falsely Claims New Study Rejects Climate Consensus
Heartland’s James Taylor Falsely Claims New Study Rejects Climate Consensus: pClimate scientists and publishing earth scientists overwhelmingly understand humans are causing global warming (via CSW) By Brian Angliss via Scholars and Rogues. [For another debunking, see Climate Nexus‘s “James Taylor misinterprets study by 180 degrees”] James Taylor, managing editor of The Heartland Institute’s Environment & Climate News, recently wrote a Forbes blog post about a [...]/p
March For A Solution To Climate Chaos: Sustainable, Renewable Passion
March For A Solution To Climate Chaos: Sustainable, Renewable Passion: pby Dominique Browning Via from Slow Love Life Depending on who is counting, about 35,000 to 50,000 people showed up in a freezing cold and windy Washington D.C. for the largest climate march in history on Sunday, February 17. It was one of the most inspiring events I have ever attended, and I’ve been trying [...]/p
Econ 101: February 20, 2013
Econ 101: February 20, 2013: pWelcome to ThinkProgress Economy’s morning link roundup. This is what we’re reading. Have you seen any interesting news? Let us know in the comments section. You can also follow ThinkProgress Economy on Twitter. Greek workers held a general strike today to protest against austerity. [Bloomberg] Bank of America’s CEO is receiving a 73 percent pay [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: Teabagger offers $10,000 for idea to help him "tak...
The Immoral Minority: Teabagger offers $10,000 for idea to help him "tak...: Richard A. Viguerie about to blow $10,000 on nothing. Courtesy of Conservative HQ : Today, I'm announcing “The Liberty Prize,” a con...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Man sends pictures of his arsenal to news outlet a...
The Immoral Minority: Man sends pictures of his arsenal to news outlet a...: The Saiga-12 Shotgun. Nobody's penis can be THAT small, can it? The man above is a frequent visitor to the Business Insider news site a...
The Immoral Minority: Man sends pictures of his arsenal to news outlet a...
The Immoral Minority: Man sends pictures of his arsenal to news outlet a...: The Saiga-12 Shotgun. Nobody's penis can be THAT small, can it? The man above is a frequent visitor to the Business Insider news site a...
The Immoral Minority: In case you missed it here is "Hubris: The Selling...
The Immoral Minority: In case you missed it here is "Hubris: The Selling...: If you did not get the chance to watch this last night I urge you to take the time to watch it here, It is too important to miss in my op...
The Immoral Minority: Colorado, home of the deadly Aurora theater shooti...
The Immoral Minority: Colorado, home of the deadly Aurora theater shooti...: Courtesy of MSN News : Lawmakers in Colorado, where a gunman burst into a theater last year for a deadly shooting, narrowly passed a h...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin a visiting scholar at Harvard? Is such...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin a visiting scholar at Harvard? Is such...: "Me a professor? Who in their right mind would try to learn anything from me?" The Daily Currant has put out another of its parodies, an...
Sen. Ron Johnson Joins The Violence Against Women Act Is Unconstitutional Club
Sen. Ron Johnson Joins The Violence Against Women Act Is Unconstitutional Club: pFour senators, Jim Risch (R-ID), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) previously suggested that any effort to prevent violence against women exceeds the federal government’s power under the Constitution. Earlier this week, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) joined their club of senators who think legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act is [...]/p
Virginia Pizza Shop Offers A Discount To Anyone Who Carries A Gun
Virginia Pizza Shop Offers A Discount To Anyone Who Carries A Gun: pAt one Virginia pizza shop, customers who bring in a gun or show a gun permit get 15 percent off their order. The pro-gun owner of All Around Pizzas and Deli claimed that 80 percent of his customers have walked in carrying a gun since he offered the discount last week, including one carrying an [...]/p
The Supreme Court Will Hear A Republican Party Lawsuit To Make Citizens United Even Worse
The Supreme Court Will Hear A Republican Party Lawsuit To Make Citizens United Even Worse: pThe Supreme Court’s election-buying decision in Citizens United v. FEC enabled wealthy corporations to spend unlimited money to change the course of American elections, and a subsequent lower court decision gave the green light to super PACs funded by unlimited donations from millionaires, billionaires and corporations. Today, the Supreme Court announced it would hear another [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: Top Chicago cop blames gun lobbyists and Sarah Pal...
The Immoral Minority: Top Chicago cop blames gun lobbyists and Sarah Pal...: Courtesy of Fox News (Yep you read that right, Fox News.): Facing a surging homicide rate and several headline-grabbing murders, Chic...
The Immoral Minority: Open thread for MSNBC's "Hubris: Selling of the Ir...
The Immoral Minority: Open thread for MSNBC's "Hubris: Selling of the Ir...: Here is just one except courtesy of Mother Jones : One chilling moment in the film comes in an interview with retired General Anthony...
The Immoral Minority: FINALLY! A pledge that I can take without reservat...
The Immoral Minority: FINALLY! A pledge that I can take without reservat...: I am one of those people who has simply never understood the point of taking a pledge of allegiance to a country. The idea that you would ...
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Immoral Minority: The great Betty Bowers has something to say about ...
The Immoral Minority: The great Betty Bowers has something to say about ...: I love the part where she says she can't be the Pope because she's a Christian. Nice.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Immoral Minority: How are you feeling this morning? Do you want to h...
The Immoral Minority: How are you feeling this morning? Do you want to h...: See if you can guess the song. Is there a smile on your face? Good, now it is up to you to keep it there.
The Immoral Minority: President Obama's Pre-K plan. Enough to make an ea...
The Immoral Minority: President Obama's Pre-K plan. Enough to make an ea...: Courtesy of The Washington Post : President Obama used his State of the Union address to launch a push for massively expanding pre-K a...
The Immoral Minority: David Chappelle IS Nostradamus.
The Immoral Minority: David Chappelle IS Nostradamus.: Okay you have to admit, that is one bizarre coincidence. (For those who don't know who David Chappelle is .)
The Immoral Minority: West Virginia Professsor hands out syllabus forbid...
The Immoral Minority: West Virginia Professsor hands out syllabus forbid...: Image courtesy of Fox News . Courtesy of Yahoo News : A syllabus for a political science course at West Liberty University instruct...
Friday, February 15, 2013
Lawmakers Introduce Sweeping Sex Ed Bill To Mandate LGBT Inclusive, Gender Balanced Health Classes
Lawmakers Introduce Sweeping Sex Ed Bill To Mandate LGBT Inclusive, Gender Balanced Health Classes: pJust this week, the CDC released new data pointing to the United States’ “ongoing, severe epidemic” of sexually transmitted infections, which incur the country an estimate $16 billion each year in medical costs. That public health crisis is partly fueled by the lack of comprehensive, medically accurate sexual health instruction in classrooms across the country [...]/p
GOP ‘Savior’ Marco Rubio Falls Back On The Same Old Anti-Woman Policies
GOP ‘Savior’ Marco Rubio Falls Back On The Same Old Anti-Woman Policies: pIn an interview on Thursday with conservative magazine Newsmax, Tea Party standard-bearer and so-called ‘savior’ of the Republican party Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) revealed that he will become a cosponsor of the “Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.” The bill is a concerted effort to prevent girls in dangerous family situations from going across state lines [...]/p
Wisconsin Republicans: Forcing Women To Undergo Transvaginal Ultrasounds Is Our ‘Priority’
Wisconsin Republicans: Forcing Women To Undergo Transvaginal Ultrasounds Is Our ‘Priority’: pAt the Wisconsin Right to Life Legislative Conference this week, the state’s top Republican lawmakers assured attendees that they will do everything in their power to enact a forced ultrasound bill, which would mandate an invasive transvaginal probe for some women seeking first-trimester abortions. “This bill is a priority,” Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald [...]/p
Fox News: Obama Proposed ‘Free’ Preschool To Toddlers So They Can Vote For Him ‘In The Future’
Fox News: Obama Proposed ‘Free’ Preschool To Toddlers So They Can Vote For Him ‘In The Future’: pIn his State of the Union address, President Obama made the case for universal early childhood education — an idea that isn’t sitting well with conservatives. On Friday, Fox Business host Stuart Varney and Fox News host Steve Doocy attacked preschool access as a government handout intended to extend “literally, the nanny state.” Varney echoed [...]/p
65 Republicans Supported Increasing The Minimum Wage When Bush Was President
65 Republicans Supported Increasing The Minimum Wage When Bush Was President: pPresident Obama’s call for a minimum wage increase in Tuesday’s State of the Union address — like nearly all of his proposals — was met with immediate opposition from Congressional Republicans. But six years ago, many of the same Republicans supported a similar proposal backed by Republican President George W. Bush. A ThinkProgress analysis finds [...]/p
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