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Women Win Big in House Primaries Last Night
Last night's primaries in Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia garnered more attention for who lost rather than who won. In Ohio, Dennis Kucinich, the former Congressman and perennial Presidential candidate lost the nomination for governor this fall. Although his old ...read more
In North Carolina, Rape Isn't Rape and Republicans Like it That Way
Sometimes it helps to take a break from Trump Trump Trump all the time and remind ourselves just how rancid conservative ideology truly is: North Carolina is the one state where the law explicitly says you cannot revoke consent once it's given. A bill that would remove this ...read more
The Shape Of Things To Come: Republicans Seize Illegitimate Control Of North Carolina
If you haven't already heard about the horrifying power grab by the North Carolina Republican Party, don't worry, this is just the beginning. Republicans have been emboldened by Donald Trump's illegitimate win and are quickly shedding any pretense of upholding democracy on any ...read more
Democrats Rise Above Partisan Politics and Raise Thousands Of Dollars To Rebuild Firebombed GOP Office
On Saturday evening vandals threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Hillsborough, North Carolina GOP, destroying the office. On a building adjacent to the Republican office the words "Nazi Republicans leave town or else” and a swastika were spray-painted on a wall. On ...read more
Even Fox News' Chris Wallace Fact-Checked Bathroom Bills, Calls Bullsh*t
Slow-ish clap for Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, who made a point of ostentatiously highlighting Politifact's check on whether there really is a problem involving trans-friendly restroom policies and sex crimes, and for concluding that he agrees this is a "solution in search ...read more
Sorry, Sarah Palin, We Should Probably Ban Republicans From Using Public Bathrooms
There's something especially ridiculous about the following contradiction. Many religious conservatives strongly believe in the existence of God, Heaven, Hell, the Devil and the literal interpretation of the Bible, even though zero evidence exists proving any of it really ...read more
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Mission Impossible? Romney Now Needs to take Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa and Colorado to Win
Obama is holding on to his commanding lead in Ohio – he’s up by 4 points. Richard Adams at the Guardian points out, for Romney to win, he has to take Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa and Colorado. Romney's increasingly narrow path to the Presidency To get the ...read more
Federal Government Drops Charges Against John Edwards
From YahooNews: The Justice Department announced Wednesday it will give up its criminal case against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. In May, a deadlocked North Carolina federal jury found Edwards not guilty of one charge of accepting illegal campaign ...read more
John Edwards Gets Off
Former Senator John Edwards' affair and child out of wedlock derailed a political rise that put him on the Democrats' 2004 White House ticket, but the one-time trial lawyer held his head high on Thursday after a North Carolina jury delivered his most personal victory yet. ...read more
A Prediction on the President and Same-Sex Marriage
By Bob Cesca: I don't often make predictions in politics. It's an exercise usually reserved for pundits who have an insecure obsession with being omniscient.-- the first head on the block to accurately guess something that's almost unpredictable. But on the issue of same-sex ...read more
Newt Gingrich Expected to Stand Down, Endorse Romney
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is expected to suspend his campaign next week and endorse Mitt Romney, his spokesman has said. Mr Gingrich now says he expects Mr Romney, who won five primaries on Tuesday, to be the Republican nominee. The campaigns are said to ...read more
Heath Shuler's Political Instincts As Good As NFL Career
Which is to say: Not good at all. Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler said Monday that his party's leadership on Capitol Hill has failed to pursue a bipartisan compromise to a costly economic stimulus package, arguing that a lack of Republican support is eroding the program's ...read more