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22 Million Children Could Be Left Without Food Stamps Due to Budget Cuts

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:23 PM EDT (Youth Today)

Some 22 million children who depend on the federal nutrition assistance program that replaced food stamps could lose their benefits under a 2013 budget resolution recently approved by the House Agricultural Committee. The budget, approved in April, would cut more than $33 billi …

politics, food-stamps, budget-cuts, school-children, starving-children, free-school-lunch

GOP Lawmaker: Coat Hanger Abortions Support 'Moral Values'

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 4:52 PM EDT (Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement)

A GOP lawmaker in Mississippi says that coat hanger abortions support “moral values,” and brags that his state was able to defeat Roe v. Wade, acknowledging their efforts are probably unconstitutional, but, “hey, you have to have moral values,” Mississip …

politics, gop, republican, abortion, religious-right, war-on-women, anti-choice

Gay top Romney donor pulls support and backs Obama over same sex marriage

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 AM EDT (Raw Story)

A gay supporter of former Massachusetts governor and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney (R) has pulled his support and asked for his contribution back, the maximum allowed by law, over the candidate’s stance on same sex marriage, according to CNN. Bill Whit …

politics, barack-obama, election-2012, lgbt-discrimination, former-romney

That's A New One -- Now, Discredited Anti-Choice Researchers Claim Abortion Causes Child Abuse

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 4:03 PM EDT (rhrealitycheck.org)

First, we learned that being a single mother causes child abuse. But wait, that's not right. Turns out, abortion is a risk factor instead. An Illinois letter writer explains how this works. Via the Peoria Journal Star:

politics, anti-choice, child-psychology, david-reardon

Pat Robertson: Vote Romney because 'you don't have Jesus running'

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 3:11 PM EDT (Raw Story)

Televangelist Pat Robertson may think Mormonism is a cult, but he has given his most vocal endorsement of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yet because “you don’t have Jesus running.” Robertson began Monday’s edition of CBN&rsquo …

politics, barack-obama, mitt-romney, although-robertson

Conservative Writer Declares White Supremacy 'One Of The Best Arrangements In History'

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 3:07 PM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

Former National Review writer John Derbyshire has been a disgrace to his profession and his country for over a decade. He wrote for the conservative publication for 12 years until he was fired for publishing a piece in Taki’s Magazine. The article served as a guide f …

politics, racism, race, right-wing, white-nationalist

Romney Campaign Massively Downgrades The Number Of Jobs It Claims He Created From 100,000 'Thousands'

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:43 PM EDT (Think Progress)

n its effort to sell Mitt Romney as someone who understands the economy and knows how to create jobs, one of his campaign’s early talking points was that he helped create 100,000 jobs during his tenure at Bain Capital. The campaign repeated the claim throughout the primar …

politics, obama, mitt-romney, bain, jobs-record

'Family Guy' Does the Tea Party

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:22 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Peter joins the Tea Party to get rid of the annoying government, only to find the "grassroots" organization run by his billionaire father-in-law Cater Pewterschmidt for his own evil ends. (SPOILER ALERT: After dispensing with their local government and the ensuing chaos the res …

politics, tea-party, humour, family-guy

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Makes the GOP's Reactionary Agenda Very Clear

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 PM EDT (Little Green Footballs)

Reince Priebus says the official position of the Republican Party is that gays and lesbians should not be allowed to marry, they do not see it as a civil rights issue, and what’s more, they want a constitutional amendment to enshrine their bigotry as the law of the l …

politics, republican-party, right-wing, obama-campaign, lgbt-discrimination, charles-johnson-politics

Catholic high school bans lesbian couple from prom

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 11:45 AM EDT (Raw Story)

A teenage same sex couple was denied entrance to their Kentucky high school’s prom Saturday night because of the school’s Catholic principles. According to Lex18 TV in Lexington, Kentucky, 18-year-old Hope Decker and her girlfriend Tiffany Wright explained the …

education, catholic, lgbt, prom

Trayvon Martin Gun Range Targets Sell Out in Two Days

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 5:19 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

A person selling gun range targets modeled after slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin says that their "main motivation was to make money off the controversy." WKMG's Mike DeForest reported on Friday that the unidentified seller told him that the targets "sold out in 2 d …

politics, guns, target, george-zimmerman, trayvon-martins

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Pittsburgh Tea Party Chair Compares Obama To Nazi

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 11:14 AM EDT (Think Progress)

At a Tea Party rally two weeks ago, Pittsburgh Tea Party Chair Patricia “Patti” Weaver told supporters that President Barack Obama, like the Nazis in World War II, is an “an evil in this country that you are standing up to,” according to a recent story in …

politics, tea-party, right-wing, pbama, butler-eagle

Romney Was 'Like Lord Of The Flies' And His Gay-Bashing Was 'Assault'

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 11:06 AM EDT (Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement)

Mitt Romney‘s behavior as a high school student was described as “evil” and “like Lord of the Flies,” according to one classmate who says Romney’s gay-bashing attack on a young gay student has made the handful of prep school students inv …

politics, mitt-romney, lgbt, abc-news, bully, john-lauber-nbsp-and, phillip-maxwell

Obama Winning Investors by 49%-38% Against Romney in Poll

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 6:03 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

Global investors increasingly prefer President Barack Obama to Republican challenger Mitt Romney and most say they believe the incumbent will remain in the White House for another four years. Asked who would be the better leader for the global economy, 49 p …

politics, white-house, barack-obama, mitt-romney, anti-regulation-even, re-election-investors

Old Testament No Longer Part of the Bible, According to the American Taliban

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 5:05 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Steven Palazzo (R-MS) wanted a provision banning same-sex marriages ceremonies on all military facilities. Todd Akin (R-MO) wanted a "conscience clause" so that military chaplains could refuse to wed gay and lesbian couples. And on and on it went. For hours. Loretta Sanchez an …

politics, new-testament, house-armed-services-committee, armed-services, steven-palazzo, chad-pergram, stoned-sanchez

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Mitt Romney's Budget Plan Would Increase Military Spending By An Additional $2.1 Trillion

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 4:57 AM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

\Last month, an RNC spokesperson admitted that Mitt Romney’s economic plan would be just a ramped up version of the George W. Bush model. Apparently, that economic plan also includes military spending on an unprecedented level. According to Mitt Romney’s …

politics, budget, romney, military-spending

Hannity Panel Counters Romney Bullying Story By Peering Into Obama's Bullying

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 4:50 AM EDT (mediaite.com)

n light of The Washington Post‘s story about Mitt Romney‘s high school bullying, Sean Hannity‘s panel on Thursday took a look at President Barack Obama‘s past — namely, pointing out that Obama admitted to being a bully in school …

politics, obama, romney, bullying, american-dream, bully, lbgt

One In Six American Voters Still Think Barack Obama Is Muslim

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 4:56 PM EDT (mediaite.com)

According to a poll released Thursday by the Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service, one in six Americans continue to believe that PresidentBarack Obama is Muslim. Specifically, 16% percent of voters continue to incorrectly d …

politics, obama, christian, muslim, romney, religious-right, religious-affiliation

Conservative Activists Liken IRS Rules on Churches to Nazi Germany

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 4:48 PM EDT (rightwingwatch.org/)

Religious Right activists continuously claim that a wide majority of Americans share their ultraconservative views but are too politically apathetic or confused to act on their beliefs, frequently blaming the IRS for supposedly “silencing” pastors by maintaining a r …

religion, religious-right, adolf-hitler, liberty-counsel, action-ministries

Romney incorrectly insists marijuana is a 'gateway drug'

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 3:42 PM EDT (Raw Story)

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday lashed out at a reporter in Colorado who asked him tough questions about same sex marriage, immigration and marijuana. “Aren’t there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about?&rdq …

politics, marijuana, romney, gate-way-drug

Senator Rand Paul Endorses Email Featuring A Rifle Aimed At President Obama's Head (IMAGE)

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 3:16 PM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

It has happened once again. The right-wing is advocating violence against President Obama and this time a Republican Senator is openly endorsing it. This week, an email was sent out by the Virginia based National Association for Gun Rights that includes a message wit …

politics, obama, gop, republican, ron-paul, right-wing, election-2012

Mitt Romney's BIG Lie on Job Creation in One Chart

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 7:45 AM EDT (veracitystew.com)

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney loves to say that his experience as a corporate raider, and former governor of Massachusetts, are proof of his ability to create jobs and stimulate the economy. This claim, like 99.9% of what comes out of Mitt’s mouth, is pure f …

politics, economy, gop, republican, romney, job-creation

California set to pass a bill to ban 'conversion therapies'

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 6:38 AM EDT (pinknews.co.uk)

In a bill that is the first of its kind, California looks set to partially ban so-called ‘conversion’ or ‘reparative’ therapy that claims to ‘wean people off’ their homosexuality. The bill, which outlaws such therapies for minors, and r …

politics, california, lgbt, conversion-therapy

North Carolina Weighs Ban on Electricity, Soap

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 6:33 AM EDT (borowitzreport.com)

Flush with victory from yesterday’s statewide vote, supporters of North Carolina’s Amendment One today moved forward with a bold proposal to ban electricity and soap. Cal Pinckton, a leading proponent of Amendment One who has helped craft the new law, says the prin …

politics, satire, north-carolina, amendment-one

Family Research Council Warns that 'Radical' Girl Scouts are out to 'Get Our Kids'

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 6:26 AM EDT (rightwingwatch.org/)

The Family Research Council recently called for boycotts and prayer requests against the Girl Scouts, typically by pushing a false and misleading claim that Girl Scouts are distributing brochures from Planned Parenthood and suggesting tha …

politics, right-wing, boy-scouts, american-family-association, girl-scouts, human-rights-campaign

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22 Million Children Could Be Left Without Food Stamps Due to Budget Cuts
Source: Youth Today
Some 22 million children who depend on the federal nutrition assistance program that replaced food stamps could lose their benefits under a 2013 budget resolution recently approved by the House Agricultural Committee. The budget, approved in April, would cut more than $33 billi …
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GOP Lawmaker: Coat Hanger Abortions Support 'Moral Values'
Source: Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement
A GOP lawmaker in Mississippi says that coat hanger abortions support “moral values,” and brags that his state was able to defeat Roe v. Wade, acknowledging their efforts are probably unconstitutional, but, “hey, you have to have moral values,” Mississip …
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Gay top Romney donor pulls support and backs Obama over same sex marriage
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A gay supporter of former Massachusetts governor and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney (R) has pulled his support and asked for his contribution back, the maximum allowed by law, over the candidate’s stance on same sex marriage, according to CNN. Bill Whit …
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That's A New One -- Now, Discredited Anti-Choice Researchers Claim Abortion Causes Child Abuse
Source: rhrealitycheck.org
First, we learned that being a single mother causes child abuse. But wait, that's not right. Turns out, abortion is a risk factor instead. An Illinois letter writer explains how this works. Via the Peoria Journal Star:
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Pat Robertson: Vote Romney because 'you don't have Jesus running'
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Televangelist Pat Robertson may think Mormonism is a cult, but he has given his most vocal endorsement of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yet because “you don’t have Jesus running.” Robertson began Monday’s edition of CBN&rsquo …
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