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MoveOn joins the fight to protect domestic partner benefits at Michigan universities

Remember how I was telling you a little while ago that an amendment was added to an education spending bill by Republicans in the Michigan House that would penalize universities that offer benefits to the domestic partners of their employees? Well, the folks at MoveOn have taken notice, and they’ve begun organizing, in hopes of […]

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“Don’t Tread on Me… Tread on Her” – the tea party gets violent

Last night, in Lexington, Kentucky, a young woman by the name of Lauren Valle was assaulted outside a debate between Senate candidates Rand Paul and Jack Conway. She was approaching Paul as he made his way into the venue, in hopes of giving him an “employee of the month” award on behalf of the new […]

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Andrew Breitbart admits, “I heart Al-Qaeda”

The folks at MoveOn have done a nice job of editing a speech given by right wing propagandist Andrew Breitbart so that it appears as though he is deeply in love with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda… Breitbart, for those of you who don’t know, recently made the news for selectively editing a speech given by […]

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Closing tax loopholes for billionaires

I don’t have the time or desire to put together a long post tonight on how our American tax code is unnecessarily complicated, and favors the super-rich. To do it well would be a daunting task, and I’m not up for it at the moment. What I am up for, however, is passing along this […]

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Obama, finally, gets passionate on health care

Now that we’re in the final push for health care reform, we’re finally starting to see Obama show some spunk. It’s taken over a year to get there, but we’re finally getting a glimpse of the guy we elected. One can only hope that Sunday’s vote is successful, and that he continues in the same […]

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