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Picture of the Day for May 15, 2015: On the Subject of Fox News
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Conservatives, Media, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Fox News, Picture of the Day
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Picture of the Day for May 14, 2015: On the Subject of Science and Religion
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Government Propaganda, Politics, Religion, Science, United States
Tagged Picture of the Day
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FFS Library Update: Lawrence Lessig’s “Republic, Lost”
Although I have not personally had the chance to read “Republic, Lost” yet, I have written in the past about my admiration of Lawrence Lessig’s work on money in politics. His observations, logic and legal reasoning concerning the corrosive and … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Democracy, Economics
Tagged Lawrence Lessig, Republic Lost
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John Oliver Slams America’s “Disgraceful” Maternity Leave Policy on Mother’s Day (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Last night, John Oliver did a killer segment on the lack of paid family leave after the birth of a child in the United States. We hear a lot of politicians spouting off about family values these … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Humor, Hypocrisy, Politics, Short Video, United States
Tagged John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Motherhood, Paid Family Leave, Paid Maternity Leave
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Center for Media and Democracy’s Report Shows Federal Government Has Spent Over $3 Billion Fueling Charter Schools but No One Knows Where the Money Went
By Elaine Magliaro The Center for Media and Democracy’s (CMD) PR Watch reported last week on the $3.3 billion that the federal government has spent fueling the charter school industry in this country over the past two decades. According to a new … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for May 10, 2015: On the Subject of Corporations Having Religious Beliefs
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Picture of the Day
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Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin’s Budget Woes
By Elaine Magliaro Earlier this year, I wrote a couple of posts about Governor Scott Walker and the state of the state of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Has Largest Decline of Middle Class of Any State According to New Study and Governor Scott Walker Planning … Continue reading
Comedian Amy Schumer Responds to Birth Control Debate with Hilarious Prescription Ad Parody
By Elaine Magliaro Comedian Amy Schumer has a killer parody of a contraceptive prescription ad. In it, Schumer “satirizes just how hard it is for a woman to get her hands on birth control, following the commercial’s instructions to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Drug Policy, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Physicians, Politics, Propaganda, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Society, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Amy Schumer, Birth Control, Contraception, Contraceptives, Hobby Lobby, SCOTUS
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Regarding Money in Politics: Why the Koch Brothers and Americans for Prosperity Are Not So Popular with Some Republicans These Days
By Elaine Magliaro Who’d a thunk it? The Koch brothers, two of the world’s wealthiest men who have spent millions of dollars to help fund “both political campaigns and a network of right-wing propaganda” in this country aren’t so popular … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Government, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Americans for Prosperity, Charles Koch, Citizens United, Dark Money, David Koch, Florida, Koch Brothers, Money in Politics, Montana, Oligarchs, Republicans, Tennessee
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