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Egyptian military using Tea Party propaganda to justify coup 27 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
The indispensable Charlie Pierce points us to a NYT piece on how the military junta is talking about the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi to the people of Egypt. Turns out they’re talking a whole lot like a...
Stories to Watch: 8/26/13 27 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
Republican anti-abortion laws are having a drastic effect on women's right to choose around the country. Related: Buzzfeed posts an article that's basically an ad for the radical anti-abortion group ...
Griper Blade: Marking 50 Years of Conservative Near Non-Progress on Race 26 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm
This weekend "tens of thousands" of people gathered in the nation's capital to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement's 1963 March on Washington. The occasion of Martin Luther K...
Stories to Watch: 8/23/13 24 Aug 2013 | 05:56 am
The owner of the store that sold the assault weapon used in the Sandy Hook massacre pleads guilty to "misdemeanor charges of transferring a firearm before completing a background check and failing to ...
School posts invitation for disaster 23 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
ThinkProgress: A school in Arkansas wants any potential shooters to know: Its teachers are armed, and ready for a showdown. Since the Arkansas Christian Academy is a private school, it is not subject...
Stories to Watch: 8/22/13 23 Aug 2013 | 06:12 am
Rightwingers are taking the random murder of Australian Chris Lane and trying to present it as "Trayvon Martin in reverse." They then tut-tut over the fact that liberals aren't worked up over the raci...
Former Sec. of State Colin Powell blasts NC’s voting restrictions 22 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
News and Observer: With Gov. Pat McCrory in the audience, former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at North Carolina’s new voting law Thursday, saying it hurts the Republican Party, punishes mi...
CO Republican blames poverty on ‘the black race’s’ love of fried chicken 22 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
FOX31 Denver: Democratic lawmakers couldn’t believe their ears as they listened to Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, deliver a long soliloquy explaining that more blacks and Hispanics live in poverty...
Stories to Watch: 8/21/13 22 Aug 2013 | 06:11 am
Anti-immigration Republicans seem to have seriously over-estimated the base's passion for the cause. Nutjob groups Tea Party Patriots and NumbersUSA held a rally in Richmond, Virginia which attracted...
Senseless killing may result in Australian tourist boycott 21 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
CNN: They were younger than him, just teenagers who were driving around, apparently bored and looking for somebody to kill, according to police in Duncan, Oklahoma. The indiscriminate shooting of Chr...
