Tag Archives: profiling

Is the government really coming for the guns of climate change deniers?

Sometimes, on my way home from work, if I can’t find anything else on the radio, I listen to the ranting of WAAM’s Terry “Thayrone X” Hughes. This evening, I happened to tune in during a segment on Obama’s plans to confiscate the guns of America’s self-described “patriots” by exploiting new federal rules intended to […]

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Unconstitutional, scientifically unsound, fiscally irresponsible, suspicion-based drug testing of welfare recipients comes to Michigan

In what seems like a pretty clear attempt to appease the far right and drive more of Michigan’s poor from the public assistance rolls, Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation on the day after Christmas giving the State the power to collect and test the urine of welfare recipients suspected of using drugs. [“Merry Christmas, welfare […]

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Dan Fanelli on how, if he’s in Congress, brown people won’t be able to leave the ground

If you can believe it, these are real ads by one of the guys running in the Republican primary for a chance to take on Congressman Alan Grayson come November. Yup, that’s right… apparently white guys don’t fly planes into buildings… And apparently this kind of disgusting ad is what resonates with the voters of […]

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