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Colorado Teacher Files Lawsuit Against School District Claiming It Is Promoting Christianity to Students
By Elaine Magliaro Robert Basevitz, a high school teacher in Colorado, claims that administrators employed by the Fremont RE-2 School District are running one of their public schools as a religious school. Paul Maxon, Basevitz’s attorney, has filed a lawsuit … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for May 23, 2015: Regarding Michelle Duggar, Transgender People, a Political Robocall, and Karma Being a Bitch
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Last summer, Michelle Duggar, the matriarch of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” publicly campaigned against an anti-discrimination bill in her home state of Arkansas. She was the voice behind a robocall “opposing a civil rights proposal … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for May 22, 2015: A Humorous Look at the “Gay Agenda”
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Humor, United States
Tagged Gay Agenda, Picture of the Day
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Picture of the Day for May 21, 2015: On the Subject of Oppression
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Constitutional Law, Equal Rights, Justice, United States
Tagged Oppression, Picture of the Day
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Scott Walker’s “Scandal-Plagued” Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in “Full Meltdown”
By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, Mary Bottari of PRWatch posted an article about Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin titled Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s WEDC in Full Meltdown. (FYI: WEDC stands for Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.) Bottari said that during his 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Conservatives, Corruption, Economic Policy, Economics, Fascists/Corporatists, Justice, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Governor Scott Walker, Scott Walker, WEDC, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
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US Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Halt Probe into Scott Walker’s Gubernatorial Campaign Finances
By Elaine Magliaro Last month, I wrote a post about the “John Doe” criminal investigation into the alleged coordination between Friends of Scott Walker and “independent” groups during the tumultuous 2011-2012 recall elections. Excerpt from my post: Prosecutors have alleged … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Courts, Democracy, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Politics, SCOTUS, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Dark Money, Governor Scott Walker, Money in Politics, Scott Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Backroom New Jersey Verizon Deal Will Hurt Landline Customers: One Example of How Government Now Exists to Service Corporations at the Expense of the Citizenry
By Elaine Magliaro On Sunday, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston reported that the telephone is going to become “much more costly and intermittently available in the Garden State, thanks to a backroom deal between New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s administration and … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Fascists/Corporatists, New Jersey, Oligarchy, States, United States
Tagged AT&T, California, Kentucky, Utilities, Verizon
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