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Bicycling While Black Can Land You in Trouble with Police in Tampa, Florida
By Elaine Magliaro Alexandra Zayas and Kameel Stanley reported recently that a Tampa Bay Times investigation had found that the Tampa police were “targeting poor, black neighborhoods with obscure subsections of a Florida statute that outlaws things most people have tried on … Continue reading
Posted in Equal Rights, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Biking While Black, Broken Windows, Florida, police, Stop and Frisk, Tampa Police
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Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Club for Growth, Dark Money, and an Orchestrated Supreme Court Coup
By Elaine Magliaro Mary Bottari of PR Watch wrote a report today about two court cases that have not garnered much media attention–even though the stakes “could not be higher.” She said the converging cases “will decide the future of … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for April 23, 2015: On the Subject of Outsourcing American Jobs
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Economics, Labor Movement, Oligarchy, United States
Tagged Outsourcing Jobs, Picture of the Day
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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Invitiation to Federally Self-fornicate Edition
submitted by Gene Howington I’m not going to offer much commentary on this document other than to note that representing yourself in litigation is usually a very bad idea, that sugar works better than napalm when dealing with a Federal … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Courts
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Wisconsin Has Largest Decline of Middle Class of Any State According to New Study.
By Elaine Magliaro Scottie Lee Meyers of Wisconsin Public Radio wrote an article earlier this month about a new state-by-state analysis conducted by The Pew Charitable Trusts which shows that Wisconsin has “experienced the biggest decline in middle-class households in … Continue reading
Campaign 2016: Let the Running Begin…with a Handy Dandy “Candidate Kit” (Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
By Elaine Magliaro That time has arrived when prospective presidential candidates are “on the road” once again in densely populated states like Iowa and New Hampshire speaking to and eating with the regular folks—you know, the common working people these … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Campaign Finance, Humor, Media, Political Science, Politics, Short Video, United States
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Campaign 2016, Marco Rubio, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon, POTUS, Rand Paul, Republicans, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz
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Picture of the Day for April 17, 2015: Mitch McConnell and the Minimum Wage
Posted by Elaine Magliaro At a secret meeting of elite donors convened by the Koch brothers, McConnell laid out his plan for shrinking the federal government and whined about having to vote on minimum wage bills. (The Nation-August 26, 2014)
Posted in Conservatives, Government, Political Science, Politics, United States
Tagged ALEC, Congress, Minimum Wage, Mitch McConnell, Picture of the Day, Republicans, US Senate
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Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore Looks at Religious Freedom and Gay Commerce (VIDEO)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore: What do you do when you sign a law that is perfectly fine and simply safeguards Religious Liberty for All in the great tradition of apple pie and God? Why, you urge your state … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Democracy, Documentrary Films, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Political Science, Politics, Religion, Rock and Roll, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Indiana, Mark Fiore, Mike Pence, Political Cartoon, Republicans
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