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Michigan GOP Would Rather End Food Assistance For 200K People Than Raise Taxes On The 1% (VIDEO)

The late John Howard Davies in the 1948 movie, "Oliver Twist"  begs, "Please, Sir, I want some more." Image screen captured from YouTube video clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZrgxHvNNUc

Michigan’s GOP clearly has it in for the poor, but this surprising video shows hunger also happens in middle class families.

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Republican Newsletter From Arkansas Advocates Shooting People Who Step Out Of Line

Republican Newsletter From Arkansas Advocates Shooting People Who Step Out Of Line

A quote from the April Edition of the Benton County, Ark. Republican Newsletter blatantly and boldly advocates violence against elected officials.

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What Percentage Of Americans Believe The GOP Is Out Of Touch? An Overwhelming 70%

What Percentage Of Americans Believe The GOP Is Out Of Touch? An Overwhelming 70%

American’s views are the opposite of those held by Republicans, which explains why a February poll found Republican popularity at a new low.

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Prudish GOP Wants To Ban Talk Of ‘Second Base’ In Ohio Classrooms

Prudish GOP Wants To Ban Talk Of ‘Second Base’ In Ohio Classrooms

Proper sex education can be a matter of life and death for at-risk teens. Ignoring the plethora of evidence showing that should be a punishable crime.

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BREAKING: Meghan McCain And U.S. Senators Warner & Kaine Join UNITE AGAINST RAPE

BREAKING: Meghan McCain And U.S. Senators Warner & Kaine Join UNITE AGAINST RAPE

Sandra Fluke will speak at an upcoming reception for Unite Against Rape that will be streamed online.

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Arkansas GOP Votes To Ax Sex Ed In State With Highest Teen Pregnancy Rate

Arkansas GOP Votes To Ax Sex Ed In State With Highest Teen Pregnancy Rate

The GOP-controlled Legislature in Arkansas, a state notorious for having the highest rate of teen pregnancies in the country, recently passed a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and kills comprehensive sex education

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Hateful Montana Lawmaker’s Business Protested Over Vote To Keep Homosexuality Criminalized (IMAGE)

Rep. Tom Berry; image @KPAX

Berry is learning the hard way; his vote to keep homosexuality criminalized has earned him protests of his personal business.

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Senate Heavily In Favor Of Debating Gun Legislation, Dashing Rand Paul’s Hopes For Filibuster

Senate Heavily In Favor Of Debating Gun Legislation, Dashing Rand Paul’s Hopes For Filibuster

The Senate voted to allow debate on gun legislation Thursday morning by 68-31, which destroyed any hope some Senate Republicans had of filibustering this key vote.

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Obama Bets Social Security Cuts That The GOP Won’t Accept His Tax Increases

Obama Bets Social Security Cuts That The GOP Won’t Accept His Tax Increases

Obama’s offering an olive branch, trying to find middle ground, and GOP leaders are still balking because of the tax increases.

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The GOP War On Voting Continues

The GOP War On Voting Continues

Republicans are continuing their efforts to restrict voting by Democratic-leaning groups through state legislative proposals that would establish significant hurdles to voting.

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Republicans Side With Iran And North Korea, Oppose UN Treaty To Keep Weapons From Terrorists

U.N. Summit on international arms treaty; image @HollandSentinel

To think that half the U.S. Senate would stand with Iran and North Korea because they believe a ridiculous right-wing conspiracy theory is jaw dropping.

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North Carolina GOP Wants To Require Background Checks On Welfare Applicants Instead Of Gun Buyers

Original graphic courtesy of  WealthySingleMommy.com

Once again, the priorities of Republicans are astoundingly ridiculous, completely out of touch with reality, and goes against the will of the American people.

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Kansas Senate Prepares To Kill Reproductive Rights, Republicans Mock Rape Victims

Image from Flying GMA's blog. http://flyinggma.com/

It’s not ‘big government’ that is trying to legislate what Americans do in their private and personal lives. The Republican brand of ‘small government’ is doing these things.

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Sequester Slashes Unemployment Benefits, But Not Corporate Welfare

Image from myjourney-unemployed.blogspot.com.

After 40 years of wrecking our economy, all conservatives need to do is finish shredding our frayed social safety net, so we can begin serving their corporate masters.

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A Prominent Republican Urges Republicans To Leave The Bigoted Thinking

A Prominent Republican Urges Republicans To Leave The Bigoted Thinking

The writer assumed GOP strategist David Brooks’ ‘New York Times’ article would attack marriage equality, and was eager to pounce … but he was wrong.

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Michigan GOP Official Reveals Himself For The Bigot He Is With Facebook Post

Dave Agema; image @Imagine2050

Anybody who supports equality and gay rights will likely find it insulting, and will turn away from a politician who supports it.

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Sandy Hook Shooter May Have Used NRA’s Own Literature To Hone Skills For Sandy Hook Massacre

NRA guidebook @NRA

If makers of violent video games are held responsible for their role in mass shootings, the NRA should be more careful about who can purchase their instructional manual.

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Why Are Republicans Flipping Out Over Duck Sex? (VIDEO)

From www.adamriff.com.

It’s interesting that the GOP is so upset about the effects of Sequestration since they’re the ones that made sure it would happen. I wish they’d go ‘duck’ themselves.

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NY Times Columnist Thomas Friedman Wants LOTS More Time To Decide If Iraq War Was Worth It

New York Time columnist, Thomas Friedman; image @ThinkProgress

Like many who pushed the Iraq War down America’s throat, Thomas Friedman refuses to accept responsibility for his role. Instead, he wants us to wait 20 years before we condemn him. How very convenient.

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Smile, You’re On Candid Camera; Republicans Unveil New Plan For Winning Future Races

Smile, You’re On Candid Camera; Republicans Unveil New Plan For Winning Future Races

One way to win hearts and minds is to persuade voters that you care. Another way is to catch your opponents doing something nasty.

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