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Full Disclosure: The George Will Scott Walker Connections
By Elaine Magliaro Political pundit, Washington Post conservative columnist, Fox News contributor, and climate change denier George Will has often been heard expounding on matters of great national import and opining about political figures on the Sunday morning nooz programs. At the end of … Continue reading
“Shoot with Cruz” Campaign Fundraiser Reserves the Right to Conduct Background Checks on Potential Winners
By Elaine Magliaro Brendan James has an interesting article about presidential candidate Ted Cruz and one of his campaign fundraisers over at Talking Points Memo. As part of a recently launched “Shoot with Cruz” fundraiser, the Republican senator from Texas … Continue reading
Wisconsin Judges Considering “John Doe” Criminal Investigation into Scott Walker May Be Implicated in Same Kind of Offense
By Elaine Magliaro In April, I wrote a post about the Wisconsin Supreme Court being slated to take up a “John Doe” criminal investigation of alleged coordination between Friends of Scott Walker and “independent” groups during the tumultuous 2011-2012 recall elections. Mary … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for June 5, 2015: A Cherry-Picked Edition of the Bible
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Fundamentalism, Hypocrisy, Politics, Religion, United States
Tagged Picture of the Day, The Bible
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Injustice in America: Regarding Texas’s Restrictive and Racist Voter ID Law and the Innocent Citizens It Disenfranchises (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro Patrick Svitek of The Texas Tribune reported yesterday that presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would use her speech today in Houston “to call for expanded early voting across the country and criticize states … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Political Science, Politics, Racism, RNC, SCOTUS, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Campaign Legal Center, GOP, Justice Ginsburg, Paul Weyrich, Republican Party, Republicans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Texas, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter ID Laws, Voter Suppression, Voting, Voting Rights
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Picture of the Day for June 4, 2015: On the Subject of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the Koch Brothers…and ALEC
Posted by Elaine Magliaro FYI: Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari posted an article titled Scott Walker: The First ALEC President? over at the Center for Media and Democracy’s PRWatch yesterday. I have an excerpt from the article below the fold.
Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, Democracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Politics, States, United States
Tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Charles Koch, David Koch, Governor Scott Walker, Koch Brothers, Picture of the Day, Privatization, Scott Walker, Wisconsin
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Picture of the Day for May 31, 2015: Republican Jesus
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Christianity, Conservatives, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Government, Political Science, Politics, Religion, Socialism, United States
Tagged Jesus
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West Virginia Man Sues the DOE over the Teaching of Evolution, Claims Officials Violated Constitution by “Propagating” a Religious Faith in Public Schools
By Elaine Magliaro Kenneth Smith, the parent of a Jefferson County student, has “filed a federal lawsuit against local, state and federal education officials claiming the teaching of evolution, which he says is a religion, violates his child’s Constitutional rights.” According … Continue reading
On the Subject of Jeb Bush’s Team of Foreign Policy Advisers and Neocon Warmonger Paul Wolfowitz (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore: Jeb Bush has performed a valuable service with his recent missteps and flubs, he’s reminded the world of the baggage he willingly carries. I’m not tarring him with the same brush as George … Continue reading
Posted in American History, CIA, Conservatives, Countries, FBI, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Humor, Iraq, Neoconservatives, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Short Video, United States, War, War on "Terror"
Tagged Department of Defense, Iraq War, Jeb Bush, Mark Fiore, Neocons, Paul Wolfowitz, Political Cartoon, Republicans
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Despite Public Outrage, Arkansas State Representative Faces No Consequences for “Rehoming” Two Adopted Daughters to a Household Where One of the Young Girls Was Raped
By Elaine Magliaro Back in March, I wrote two posts about Arkansas State Representative Justin Harris who gave up his six-year old adopted daughter to a man who subsequently raped her. (You can read those posts here and here.) An … Continue reading
Posted in Arkansas, Christianity, Crime, Education, Government, Hypocrisy, Politics, Religion, States, United States
Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas DHS, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Eric Cameron Francis, Growing God's Kingdom School, Justin Harris, Marsha Harris, Rep. Justin Harris, Republicans
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