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Open Thread and Diary Rescue
Tonight's Rescue is brought to you by Got a Grip, ItsJessMe, jlms qkw, Shayera, watercarrier4diogenes, and YatPundit, with ybruti editing. [read more]
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Stars on Ice Is Anti-Family
Disgusting: [read more]
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Obama told immigration advocates today that he's only the president, so there's only so much he can do
How silly of them not to demand a meeting with someone who has actual power."We met with the President. He stayed with us for an hour. He started the meeting by saying that he's always been on our side on the subject of comprehensive immigratio ... [read more]
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Ray Suarez: A Heavy Problem
Welcome to the inaugural blog post from Destination Casa Blanca, the Latino Voice in Politics, carried since 2008 on Hispanic Independent Television Network, HITN. Each week I'll post some thoughts from the latest show, and of course we want you ... [read more]
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Earmark Rule Changes: Lobbyists Scrambling To Keep Money Flowing
WASHINGTON -- Jolted by a sudden tightening of the rules, lobbyists and military contractors who have long relied on lucrative earmarks from Congress were scrambling Thursday to find new ways to keep the federal money flowing. [read more]
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Mississippi high school cancels prom after girl invites another girl
The girl is now being harassed by her entire school for "ruining their senior year." Please join us in emailing the school board - you can find their contact info on the gay blog. Dan Savage's readers have already sent 1,000 emails. Let's send ... [read more]
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Thursday Night TV and Open Thread
Who's going home tonight on American Idol? I sure hope it's not Crystal Bowersox or Lilli Scott. Tonight's results will leave the top 12 contestants, the real start of the season. [read more]
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Reconciliation bill done?
Over Twitter last night, Jeffery Young reported that House Democrats will meet tomorrow morning to review the health reform reconciliation "fix." [read more]
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Republicans Attack Holder Over Detainee Amicus Briefs
Don't Republicans have anything better to do? Now they are attacking Attorney General Eric Holder because he didn't disclose during his Senate confirmation hearings that he signed onto three Amicus briefs for Jose Padilla, the accused enemy comba ... [read more]
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Thiessen’s Inconsistency Undermines Claim That Detainee Lawyers Can’t Be Compared To John Adams
Despite the backlash from prominent conservative lawyers against Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe’s “al Qaeda 7″ ad that questions the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who worked on behalf of detainees, some on the right have risen to Cheney ... [read more]
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Senate Forecast Update, March 11th
Senate Forecast updateMarch 11th update: Democratic loss of 7.33 seats [read more]
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Skater Johnny Weir not invited to participate in Stars on Ice because he is ‘not family friendly.’
Glaad reports that sponsors have “refused to allow” American figure skater Johnny Weir to join the Stars on Ice Tour because they deemed him “not family friendly.” While Weir — a three-time national champion — has never “officially announced his ... [read more]
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Best of the Blogs
Kramer at Harvard: Student coalition pushing back - What, Harvard students don't support genocide?  But what will they do about it? [read more]
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Democrats Prepare “Slaughter Solution” to Ram Unpopular Health Care Takeover Through Congress Without a Vote
If we snooze, we lose.  So, be warned of the latest.  A deparate scheme by which Democratic leaders plan to bend the rules to ram President Obama’s massive health care legislation through Congress now has a name: the Slaughter Solution. [read more]
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MS Awareness Week!
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Forced Into Brothels
Hailing from a society that snubs its most important social issues I feel victimized by ignorance. These are the exploitations in the name of shelved morals that have no patience for addressing taboos. I feel taboos are like hangovers, the crea ... [read more]
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Video: Sen. Paul Ryan. Healthcare reform needs a sound fix.
Everyone wants to fix the insurance problem. But a solution that is filled with fraudulent accounting does not inspire confidence. Paul Ryan presents CBO numbers and their ramifications. Why not work with the GOP for a real solution - not one tha ... [read more]
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Lies and the Lying Republicans Who Tell Them
Thanks to mcjoan at DailyKos, I've found a chart from the Sunlight Foundation that shows how reconciliation has been used for the past twenty years. Suffice it to say, the Rethugs are lying through their teeth with their "outrage" that Senate Dem ... [read more]
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Tea Bags Required, Hoods Optional
Bob Cesca in HuffPost elaborates on a point that I've advanced before--simply, that the basis of the tea parties is racism: [read more]
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Boo to Jay
I had written a short post about Jay Leno's ridiculous show with Sarah Palin doing stand-up, but it was written so well in another blog, Strong: Progressive, that I just had to quote that: Sarah Palin debuts in her new career as a (deliberate) s ... [read more]
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Returning to Aafia
ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE DAWN BLOG [read more]
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Save Our Democracy
PetitionTo save our Democracy, I pledge to: [read more]
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Our work here is done
Reader(s?), our work here is done. Barack Obama is president and comedy has become less necessary. Sunday, February 1st is our last day on the internet- in this incarnation. On Monday, the starving orphan 23/6 will be adopted by the Huffington Po ... [read more]
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The country may be post-racial, but Joe Biden is still Joe Biden
If you chose 9 as the number of days into the Obama administration that we would be seeing a headline like the one below, congratulations, you're the winner! [read more]
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