Confessions from a political junkie equally ambivalent to both candidates. At the moment I was typing this yesterday, Bernie Sanders was meeting with President Obama, effectively plotting out an exit strategy which deservedly ends on HIS terms while simultaneously NOT damaging party unity or disenfranchising his energetic base, nearly all of …
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Says he is in no rush to release before the November election, which would make him the first presidential candidate in forty years not to do so. Donald Trump, the standard bearer for the GOP now that he has all but clinched the party’s nomination, got awfully testy Friday morning …
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As GOP hosts NY State Republican Gala in Midtown, thousands expected to protest outside with the explicit intention of shutting it down New York City and GOP leaders are bracing themselves for some of the largest anti-Trump protests this campaign season, as thousands of people are scheduled to protest the …
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Newly elected Supreme Court justice once said “homosexuals and drug addicts who do essentially kill themselves and others through their own behavior deservedly receive none of my sympathy” Wisconsin voters have officially elected Rebecca Bradley – the bigoted anti-LGBT conservative who has made repeatedly discriminatory remarks towards gay, lesbian, transgender, and …
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I got registered & voted against Alvarez today because @AssataDaughters are fighting for their future. #ByeAnita pic.twitter.com/GsTx5APszY — Rachael Perrotta (@plussone) March 15, 2016 On Monday grassroots activists in Chicago bandaged the ailing city in paper banners to remind voters in Tuesday’s primary election to dump their top prosecutor, Anita …
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The officially-released facts in the killing of Greg Gunn last Thursday morning in Montgomery, Alabama are few and sometimes contradictory. One certainty is that no answer has been given as to what led at least one police officer to shoot this unarmed 59-year-old black resident of the Mobile Heights neighborhood five …
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An ongoing review of Hillary Clinton’s private email server by intelligence officials has found content which exceeds the ‘Top Secret’ level of classification. According a letter dated last Thursday from the agencies inspector general, some of the information has been determined to be “top secret/SAP” a designation typically given to …
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As part of an ongoing strategy to quell political dissent, the Saudi Arabian government has been arresting anybody critical of the Islamic monarchy, and they have now set their sights on a leading figure in the advancement of women’s rights. Via NY Times: The activist, Samar Badawi, until recently had led …
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Despite Maine Democrats this week making every effort to investigate Governor Paul LePage for “allegations of misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance and other misconduct” with hopes to reprimand or even impeach LePage for his conduct in office, the governor came under fire again yesterday for racially motivated comments during a town hall …
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