Jane Lynch: Being gay isn't one of my flaws

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 1:07 PM EDT (Raw Story)

Actress Jane Lynch told CNN’s Piers Morgan on Tuesday that she was “blown away” by President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of same sex marriage. Even though “nothing is going to happen” because of his support for marriage equality, she s …

gay-marriage, marriage, politics, rights, family, obama, equality, jane-lynch

A Wee History of the Census

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:44 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Steven Taylor reports today on a boneheaded effort by House Republicans to kill off the American Community Survey, an annual program supported not just by mushy-headed liberals, but by conservative think tanks and the business community. It's an invaluable source of information …

constitution, privacy, politics, republicans, invasion, census, liberal, information, conservative, idiots

Gay-Marriage Ban Prompts Push to Move DNC Out of North Carolina

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 8:37 AM EDT ()

North Carolina voters have spoken. Now it's other people's turn. And, around the country, many of them are so mad at Tuesday's results on Amendment One that they're calling for the Democratic National Convention to be yanked out of Charlotte. By 1:15 p.m., nearly 20,000 people …

discrimination, nc, gay-marriage, politics, rights, convention, charlotte, democratic, obama, civil-union

Franklin Graham: Obama shook fist at God by supporting gay marriage

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 12:58 PM EDT ()

Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, issued a statement Thursday about the president’s decision. It said, in part, “In changing his position from that of Senator/candidate Obama, President Obama has, in my view, shaken his …

money, marriage, politics, president, god, obama, billy-graham, amendment, franklin-graham, evangelists

House Votes To Cut Census Survey Done Since Thomas Jefferson

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 12:23 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The House voted Wednesday to eliminate the detailed surveys of America that have been conducted by the Census Bureau since the nation’s earliest days. House Republicans, increasingly suspicious of the census generally, advanced a measure to cut the American Community Sur …

politics, republicans, census, fear, funding, nation, information, needs, tool, idiots

North Carolina votes on same-sex marriage amendment with support strong for ban

Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 8:38 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

North Carolina voters approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, dealing a setback to a gay rights movement that has enjoyed significant momentum in recent years. With less than a third of the returns tallied, the measure had enough support to pass, according …

constitution, nc, gay-marriage, politics, rights, law, ban, civil-unions, consequences, domestic-partnership

RNC Hispanic outreach director: Romney is 'still deciding what his position on immigration is'

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 3:40 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

A Republican National Committee roundtable on Tuesday aimed at highlighting the GOP’s Hispanic get-out-the-vote effort ended up backfiring as the RNC’s director of Hispanic outreach struggled to explain to reporters Republicans’ message to Hispanics when it co …

immigration, politics, az, republicans, obama, message, hispanic, romney, presidency, latinos

How Wall Street Drives Up Gas Prices -- Ripping Us Off and Killing Jobs

Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 9:08 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

It's a common belief that oil prices are set on the world market by supply and demand. Less supply and/or more demand causes prices to rise. Oil is getting harder to find; OPEC is holding back supply; China and India are guzzling it up; Iran is threatening to blow it up. And re …

oil, market, wall-street, politics, bubble, demand, inflation, profit, opec, speculation

Stephen King Writes Awesome Op-Ed, Joins Legions of Wealthy Who Want to Be Taxed

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 10:03 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The disproportionate and unfair tax rate disparity between the rich and poor is going to be a major hot-button issue this election, particularly when Romney's meager 13% tax rate is even lower than Obama's (because he's richer). Over the past year, a number of super-rich progre …

editorial, taxes, politics, government, humor, romney, responsibility, stephen-king, wealthy, tax-rate

Why Are Conservatives Petrified of Sexual Freedom?

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 9:56 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

There’s a tendency among prominent anti-choicers to speak elliptically of their beliefs, knowing that straightforward statements of hostility to sex and women’s rights tend to run ordinary people off. But occasionally one of them gets a little slack and ends up sayi …

women, abortion, children, politics, rights, sex, policy, freedom, choice, right-wing

The Self-Made Myth: Debunking Conservatives' Favorite -- And Most Dangerous -- Fiction

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:33 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The self-made myth is one of the most cherished foundation stones of the conservative theology. Nurtured by Horatio Alger and generations of beloved boys' stories, It sits at the deep black heart of their entire worldview, where it provides the essential justification for a gre …

politics, gop, government, lies, society, success, rich, wealth, conservative, right-wing

The Fetish of National Security: How America's Worst Crimes Are Perpetrated and Excused

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:42 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Consider the less than six degrees of separation between the idea of national security and the lurid crimes of Abu Ghraib. Each of the reasons the Bush administration gave for going to war against Iraq—the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Saddam’s allege …

bush, iraq, abuse, politics, war, military, destruction, torture, crimes, profit

What If the Greedy Rich Paid Their Share? 8 Things to Know About Wealth and Poverty in the US

Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:03 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

We are a very rich nation but it doesn’t seem that way because our wealth is so concentrated in the hands of a few. This is America’s disaster. But wait. Doesn’t the wealth belong to the super-rich? Didn’t they earn it fair and square? Isn’t that …

taxes, america, politics, earnings, policy, wages, failure, wealth, productivity, concentration

Conservatives' Losing Bet on Birth Control: History Suggests They Might've Woken a Sleeping Giant

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:01 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Republican strategists and political prognosticators are quick to assure us that Romney’s gender gap—which at 19 points is now more like a gender chasm—will evaporate as general election campaigning gears up and the attention of voters returns to bread-and-but …

women, election, politics, rights, healthcare, gop, republicans, men, decisions, contraception

How Occupy Wall Street Plans to Take Down Bank of America--And How You Can Help

Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2012 9:05 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Bank of America: the very name is meant to conjure up comforting, red-white-and-blue fantasies of a bank of the people, by the people, and for the people. But as Matt Taibbi pointed out in his latest feature for Rolling Stone, while there's almost nothing the megabank does tha …

taxes, collapse, bank, money, politics, ceo, corruption, federal-reserve, bailout, refund

What's Even Grosser Than Pink Slime?

Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2012 8:36 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Let's start with pink slime. Democratic and Republican politicians agree on little these days, but they do find common ground on this point: Pink slime is good stuff. Government officials, from USDA chief Tom Vilsack and the USDA's chief food-safety functionary to Texas' ridicu …

market, food, money, politics, safety, beef, usda, gross, bpi, tea-party

Thomas Frank: How Americans Have Gotten Played -- Over and Over and Over Again

Seeded on Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:53 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

My aim here isn’t to take some kind of victory lap or to get in the granite faces of our eternal pundit corps one more time. Nor is it to blame Republicans for our problems. It is true that, from the scandal of CEO pay to the scandal of lobotomized regulators, each of the …

money, democrats, politics, intelligence, republicans, mistakes, society, failures, scandals, morality

Paul Ryan's Healthcare Plan: Die Quickly

Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:44 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

As a favor to struggling Americans, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., proposed a federal budget last week ravaging programs for the poor, elderly, disabled, young, veterans, jobless, students and other vulnerable people. Ryan did it, he said, because these programs, food stamps, hea …

insurance, cuts, democrats, politics, health-care, disease, republicans, poverty, assistance, obama

Why the Koch Brothers' Coup of the Cato Institute Is So Dangerous

Seeded on Tue Mar 6, 2012 9:43 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The Kochs have sued for the right to buy the shares in Cato held by the widow of co-founder William Niskanen. Their aim is basically to make Cato into another arm of their explicitly partisan messaging machine, along with Americans For Prosperity.

money, politics, blogger, corruption, takeover, think-tank, koch, republican, cato, partisan

Organic Farmers Lose More Ground to Monsanto

Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2012 9:15 AM EST (Utne)

Monsanto’s bullying tactics received a legal nod of approval on February 24th, when Judge Naomi Buchwald dismissed a suit brought against the company by the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA). The association was joined by 82 other plaintiffs.

environment, monsanto, lawsuits, agriculture, organic, farms, contamination, threats, bullying, seeds

The Best and Worst Economic Ideas of This Election Season

Seeded on Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:25 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The official debate over the economy shifted decisively last summer away from proposals for job creation to obsessing over the size of the federal government’s deficit (how much we are borrowing each year) and debt (how much we owe overall).

economy, jobs, taxes, ideas, crisis, politics, unemployment, deficit, government, benefits

Making Sustainability Legal: 9 Zombie Laws That Keep Cities From Going Green

Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:04 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

You’ve done your part, you good greenie, you. You’ve changed out the light bulbs, bought energy-saving appliances, learned to recycle, tuned up your bike, joined a co-op, and bought a transit pass and/or a fuel-efficient car.

energy, politics, green, republicans, transit, sustainability, conspiracy-theory, recycle, efficiency, density

7 Dangerous Lies About Plastic

Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:58 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Nearly everything we consume or even interact with these days is made of plastic. The industry that produces plastic, largely represented by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), has an annual budget of over $120 million to protect its interests.

life, chemistry, health, safety, garbage, lobbying, plastic, policy, profit, corporations

Santorum is for federal funding of birth control, except when he isn't

Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:31 PM EST (The Washington Post)

I was getting ready to write something nice about Rick Santorum.

women, politics, santorum, gop, planning, pregnancy, contraception, presidency, title-x, election-romney

Michigan's Hostile Takeover

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:16 AM EST (MotherJones.com)

When the city of Pontiac, Michigan, shut down its fire department last Christmas Eve, city councilman Kermit Williams learned about it in the morning paper. "Nobody reports to me anymore," Williams says.

governor, sale, politics, michigan, power, privatization, government, snyder, control, pontiac

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Jane Lynch: Being gay isn't one of my flaws
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THE OBAMA EFFECT: Major Political Figures Who Have Come Out For Marriage Equality This Week
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