18 Reasons to Thank a Liberal: A Partial List of Liberal Achievements; 1935-2010

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Liberals get a bad rap from conservatives for over-spending and from their own party for not achieving enough. Yet, where would we be without liberals? The answer is too dire to ponder. If you’re proud to be a liberal or Democrat, please pass on this ode of appreciation.

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9 Reasons Why Business People Are Terrible At Governing

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There is a very commonly held idea in this country, that a successful business is superior to government. We elect business people to office on the idea that they will run the government in a more cost effective manner than someone without business experience.

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Beach Boy Bruce Johnston: Oh Wouldn’t It Be Nice If They Were Reagan (VIDEO)

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He's truly a bi-partisan crank. If I were you? I would stay off his lawn.

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Conservatives: Always On The Wrong Side Of History

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If you want to live in a modern nation of laws which evolves with the rest of the globe, for Heaven’s sake, DON’T look to conservatives for ideas on how to operate a functioning society

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Don’t Tread On Me…I’ll Do It Myself

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Whenever you follow logic down the conservative rabbit-hole, you're certain to run across a mad Tea-Party. And what goes better with tea, than delicious irony? Or maybe a snake that eats it's own tail?

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When Did Equality For All Get Redefined As Equality For Some? (VIDEO)

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I like to think I'm a pretty good wordsmith, but today I got my hat handed to me by a teenage boy.

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MSNBC Host Tamron Hall Throws Conservative Weasel Tim Carney Off The Air (VIDEO)

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Nothing makes me happier than seeing the media doing its job, specifically, calling politicians and other pundits on their bullshit.

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Anti-Gay Lunatic Speaks To Lincoln City Council (VIDEO)

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It was a non-stop freak show of a speech. And that was just the first 40 seconds of her five minutes before the Council.

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Stephen Colbert Slams Anti-Gay Christian Righties For Putting Words In Jesus’ Mouth (VIDEO)

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On Thursday night's edition of the Colbert Report on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert tackled same-sex marriage and slammed the anti-gay Christian right-wing activists who claim Jesus Christ as an ally in their cause.

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The 12 Best Reasons Why The U.S. Is Not Now, And Never Should Be, A Christian Nation

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The founding fathers wouldn't have dreamed of imposing religion on their fellow Americans; they knew that this nation’s greatness came from not being a Christian one.

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JP Morgan Loses Another $2 Billion Gambling With Other People’s Money. Romney Still Opposes Reform

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This is not a good week for Mitt Romney which means it's a great one for the country's future.

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Person Creates ‘Trayvon Martin’ Gun Range Targets That Sell Out In Two Days

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A person in Virginia created gun range targets featuring a dark hoodie like Trayvon's with Skittles and an iced tea.

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Romney and Staff Bullied Gays Long After High School

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There’s no question when it comes to Mitt Romney’s discriminatory stance on marriage equality.

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Infighting On The Right – Daddy Limbaugh Chastises FOX Anchor Shep Smith (VIDEO & AUDIO)

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Rush Limbaugh Chastises Shep Smith for not being wrong.

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Arizona Catholic School Forfeits Championship Baseball Game Because A Girl Plays On The Other Team

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Our Lady of Sorrows forfeited the game because they objected to a girl playing baseball on the same field as their team. Basically, the Catholic school thinks girls have no place in the public sphere.

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Rich Guy Romney Challenges Obama To Waterskiing Competition

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What frightens me about Romney is not THAT he is rich, but that he wants to be President of the rich, and only of the rich.

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Mitt the Bully (VIDEO)

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For the past day or so, the Washington Post has been reporting that in 1965 Mitt Romney and five others he went to school with chose to commit an act of bullying toward a young man who was gay.

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Tea Party Leader Calls President Obama An Evil Nazi, Republican Senate Candidate Doesn’t Condemn Her Words

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We all know that Tea Party supporters love the Nazis. In fact, they are so obsessed with the Nazis that they compare President Obama to them on a daily basis.

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Profiles In Faux Courage – Mitt Romney Pretends He Would Make The Brave Call While Cowering To The Right

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With the issue of gay marriage in the headlines again, we look back and see how Romney's mind as president might work when it comes to making tough decisions.

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Your Morning Addiction: 5/11/2012

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Yesterday was a big day for news. Read what you might have missed!

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Catholic Bishops Vs. Girl Scouts: The Mannish Inquisition

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The Girl Scouts of America are shaping up to be this election cycle's ACORN. A mostly benign organization that positively impacts a group that lacks a strong voice in our society. A 100 year old entity known mostly for selling cookies and singing songs. They are also low-hanging fruit.

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NC Lesbian Arrested Seeking Marriage License: Two Simple Reasons New NC Amendment is Illegal

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Though it is always inspiring to watch fellow citizens stand up for what they believe in, it is sad that in the year 2012 people still have to fight for equal rights in a country where they are guaranteed to have them under the Constitution.

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Bristol Palin Slams Obama Over Gay Marriage

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Bristol Palin weighs in on the importance of the nuclear family, from the comfort of her out-of-wedlock home.

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Bigot Bill Donohue Declares That He Wants The Law ‘To Discriminate Against Gays’ (VIDEO)

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The Catholic League's Bill Donohue openly stated in a conversation with CNN’s Piers Morgan that he wanted the law to discriminate against gays.

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The Criminally Insane Floodgates Are Open – This Time Romney Was Threatened (VIDEO)

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Death threats are becoming an almost daily occurrence. Why aren't public figures really standing up to them?

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Mitt Romney Wants To Amend Constitution – Digs Up Old, Anti-Interracial Marriage Laws To Prevent Same-Sex Marriages

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Ed Gillespie, top advisor to Mitt Romney’s campaign and who has been a prominent voice in the opposition to marriage equality over the years, went as far as to say that the Romney camp will be campaigning on a constitutional amendment that would forever prevent states from granting the same marriage rights to same-sex...

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Mitt Romney’s Budget Plan Would Increase Military Spending By An Additional $2.1 Trillion

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According to Mitt Romney's own website, he intends to increase military spending to the tune of $2.1 trillion or 4% of GDP over the next decade.

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Cross Burning White Supremacist Running As Republican In Idaho

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The problem with allowing your party to be taken over by its fringe elements is that the crazies come crawling out of the woodwork and then you own them.

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Liberal Sluts vs. Rush Babes

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Rush Limbaugh’s new Facebook page 'Rush Babes For America' has attracted more 'likes' in 24 hours than the National Organization for Women’s page in almost four years.

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New Obama Video Slams Romney As ‘Backwards On Equality’ (VIDEO)

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The Obama camp moved quickly, after the announcement by the President that he supports Gay Marriage, to shine a glaring light of shame on Mitt Romney, who is against equal benefits for all citizens.

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Romney’s Past Cruelties Extend Beyond Animal Abuse

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The American people need someone who can understand and empathize with the difficulties many of us face, Mitt Romney is clearly not capable of being that man.

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20 Ways In Which Being Liberal Has Made My Life Better

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20 ways in which being a liberal has made my life better. How has being conservative helped you?

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Senator Rand Paul Endorses Email Featuring A Rifle Aimed At President Obama’s Head (IMAGE)

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When will this kind of rhetoric become equal to a threat of terrorism? When will someone actually be imprisoned for calling for the assassination of a sitting President? And will the American electorate reward Republicans for it by electing them to office in November or will they punish Republicans and reject their advocacy for...

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Your Morning Addiction: 5/10/2012

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Yesterday was a big day for news. Read what you might have missed!

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Democrats Introduce Bill That Protects Pregnant Women In The Workplace, Will Republicans Oppose It?

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It seems that the only thing Republicans care about when it comes to women is that they carry their pregnancies to term. But how will Republicans react to the Protect Pregnant Workers Fairness Act?

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Chris Matthews: Why Do Gay Republicans Fight Against Their Own Rights?

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In response to the criticisms leveled by gay Republicans, MSNBC's Chris Matthews wondered why LGBT Republicans haven't stepped up to get their own candidates to support LGBT rights.

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So You Don’t Like Gay Marriage. Is It Really Worth Handing The Keys Back To The Republicans Over It?

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In what some have described as a political trap with North Carolina voters recently banning gay marriage, President Obama has put himself squarely in the middle of the fray.

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CNN’s Dana Loesch Has Ties To Tea Party Activist Who Threatened Life Of Sen. McCaskill

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If CNN has any intention of not becoming Fox News' leftover trash, then they would do the noble thing and send Dana Loesch packing

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Colin Powell Admits In His New Book That The Decision To Go To War In Iraq Was ‘Never Debated’

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According to Powell, key members of Bush's cabinet never once debated about whether going to war in Iraq was a good idea.

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Feds Confront Racism In Arizona

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The U.S. Department of Justice is taking action against some of the prime purveyors of racial discrimination in Arizona.

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The Death of the ‘Moderate’ Politician

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What do Jon Huntsman and Richard Lugar have in common? If you said both are Republicans, you’d be wrong, so far as whatever being a Republican means these days. The correct answer is unemployed and unemployable, at least by any meaningful or measurable statistic I can think of.

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Gay Republicans Offended That Obama Supports Gay Marriage. Seriously.

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If you need an example of Obama Derangement Syndrome distilled to its essence, gay Republicans mad at a Democratic president for supporting their right to marry is it.

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GOP Again Votes In Favor Of Super Rich, Against Broke College Graduates

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GOP lawmakers Tuesday blocked a bill designed to raise taxes on Social Security and Medicare payrolls for the super rich in order to keep student loan interest rates at 3.4% The interest rates are set to double as of July 1st.

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Most Of The Groups That Advocate Gun Rights Don’t Deserve To Own Guns

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You all know the thumbnail description: faux patriots emotionally regurgitating xenophobic conspiracies preached to them by their phony ideologue prophets, falsely led to believe that their views resemble that of our nation's forefathers.

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BREAKING NEWS: Obama In Favor Of Gay Marriage

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The President himself announced that he supports same-sex marriage.

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Tea Party Senate Candidate Says Compromise Means Democrats Agree With Republicans (VIDEOS)

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In Richard Mourdock's small mind, compromise is when Democrats agree with everything Republicans want.

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As The GOP Wages Wars, Who Remains On Their Side?

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Heaven help the world if the GOP is ever again able to initiate wars against other countries! It’s all we Americans can do to fend off their assaults on us.

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Time For A Marriage Tax?

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Marriage is no longer sacred. Maybe we should make it like registering your car—every year you pay to renew the tags. We could increase revenue? Or, perhaps we could make it like property tax—how much combined income do you make, and tax it.

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GOP Newsletter In Virginia Advocates For Armed Rebellion If The American People Re-Elect President Obama

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A Republican newsletter in Virginia is openly calling for violently overthrowing the duly elected government of the United States should Democrats still be in charge.

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Tea Party Activist Declares Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill “An Evil Monster We Have To Kill”

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During the rally, a Tea Party activist named Scott Boston declared McCaskill a target who needs to be killed, a remark that sent police into a frenzy and prompted the Missouri Democratic Senator to ramp up her security.

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BREAKING: North Carolina Votes Yes On Amendment One

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North Carolina voters agreed to a constitutional amendment that defines marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman

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Arkansas Congressman Tim Griffin Begrudges The Poor Their Lifeline

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Last week on Fox's Newsroom, Arkansas Congressman Tim Griffin tried to convince us that poor people don't deserve the peace of mind offered by a telephone when he lied about a crucial government program, known as Lifeline.

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15 Major Differences Between Occupy Wall Street And The Tea Party Protests

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I read an article recently, which compared the origins of the Occupy Wall Street movement to the origins of the Tea Party movement. As someone who has paid attention to both movements, I believe nothing could be further from the truth. Below are just 15 differences between the Occupy Wall Street protests, and...

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U.S. Leadership – From Super Power To The World’s Problem Child Via Republicanism

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Weary from a decade of war and strained financially, Americans themselves are rethinking whether the U.S. can still afford a global purpose.

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House Conservative Says Food And Health Programs For Children Are Wasteful Spending

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In their proposed budget, House Republicans intend to end school lunch assistance for nearly 300,000 children and end funding that helps 300,000 children get the medical care they need. And according to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, these cuts are good because it eliminates wasteful government spending.

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Mitt Romney Says He’ll Take Credit For Saving The Auto Industry (VIDEO)

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Mitt Romney continues to take credit for things that he had absolutely nothing to do with.

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New Hampshire GOP Preparing New Voter Suppression Bill Based On O’Keefe ‘Sting’ Video

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How much longer will the GOP idolize an immature "prankster" like O'Keefe?

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Birthers Are Like Bigots, And Bigots Are Like Birthers

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If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that it almost sounds like the Birthers are advocating for big government to get involved to straighten out Obama’s birth certificate situation, because they obviously don’t trust the state of Hawaii any further than the sound of the word aloha can carry.

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The Catholic League Bullies Delta Air Lines Into Pulling Advertising From The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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The Catholic League has declared war on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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