The World's Greatest Boyfriend Died At Age 18 — Then The Internet Made Him Immortal
upworthy.com 7 hours ago
Getting diagnosed with a fatal disease can really change a person. In Zach's case, it made him a superhero.
Florida Honor Student Arrested For Science Experiment Cleared of Charges, Going To Space Camp
thinkprogress.org 14 hours ago
A Florida honor student who was expelled and faced possible felony charges for a science experiment gone awry has not only been cleared of charges, she’s heading to space camp thanks to a former NASA...
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Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages
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The state's manslaughter laws weren't supposed to apply to women who lose pregnancies. Prosecutors don't seem to care.
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Official at Heart of IRS Tea Party Scandal Spiked Audits of Big Dark-Money Donors
motherjones.com 23 hours ago
In 2011, the IRS killed audits of five big-time donors. Inside the IRS mess you haven't heard about.
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Daily Kos: Biggest GOP foodstamp foe gets huge farm subsidies
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Welfare recipient Stephen Fincher. Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) has been making a big splash with his supposedly Jesus-...
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Boy Scouts Vote To Allow Gay Scouts, Continue Discrimination Against LGBT Leaders
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The roughly 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) National Council voted 61-38 percent Thursday to end the ban on gay youth participating in the program, but reaffirmed their...
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Boy Scouts: You Can Be Gay Until You Turn 18
motherjones.com 10 hours ago
Boy Scouts vote to stop discriminating against kids in the program on the basis of sexual orientation, but will continue barring gay adults.
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Boy Scouts lift ban on gays till they're 18, then they still hate us
americablog.com 11 hours ago
The Boy Scouts have lifted their ban on gay scouts, but retained a ban on gay scoutmasters and other leadership positions.
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Daily Kos: Boy Scouts to allow gay scouts, but not gay scout leaders
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Zach Wahls announces the founding of Scouts for Equality Faced with the terrible, horrible, wrenching decision of whether to quit encouraging bigotry and allow gay scouts and scout leaders,
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Breaking: New Hampshire Senate Approves Medical Marijuana | Just Say Now
justsaynow.firedoglake.com 14 hours ago
It looks like medical marijuana may finally be coming to New Hampshire after several years of false starts and hard fought legislative battles...
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Congressman’s Misuse Of Bible Verse Belies Bad Theology And Ideology On Food Stamps
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As the House Agriculture Committee convened earlier this week to discuss whether or not to cut as much as $4.1 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food...
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A mission on climate change
washingtonpost.com 10 hours ago
President Obama must address climate change.
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Daily Kos: Bernanke to Congress: Enough with the austerity, already
dailykos.com 23 May
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ...
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GOP Senator: Obama Speech ‘Will Be Viewed By Terrorists As A Victory’
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Obama’s major speech outlining the Administration’s counter-terrorism policy on Thursday marked a win for al-Qaeda, according to Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)...
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The 20 Craziest Tweets From The Man Who Could Be Virginia’s Next Lt Governor
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If you were to put the dregs of conservative Internet comment sections into a pot, boil them down to their essence, then run the resulting product through a sieve to get it to its rawest, most pure...
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The Congressional Budget Office Says We Need A Price On Carbon Emissions
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) thinks putting off efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions risks “catastrophic” losses for the United States’ economy and society. That’s according to a new...
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Letter to 'The Nation' From a Young Radical
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Bhaskar Sunkara Liberalism—including much of what’s published in this magazine—seems well-intentioned but inadequate. The solution lies in the re-emergence of American radicalism.
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Daily Kos: Nineteen House Democrats vote to take authority over Keystone XL decision away from the...
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Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska makes a point Wednesday about the bill he sponsored to yank presidential authority for approving the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. In statement after ...
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Daily Kos: Fox and furious friends wanted DOJ to prosecute the New York Times
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Throughout the tenure of George W. Bush, many of us to the left of center warned that unchecked presidential power was putting Americans' civil liberties in jeopardy...
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Daily Kos: More evidence that scandalmania is taking a toll on the party of Nixon
dailykos.com 17 hours ago
If Boehner has to give that gavel back, then he'll really ...
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Woolwich: All That Confusion Over Michael Adebolajo’s Soldier Cool — BagNews
bagnewsnotes.com 2 hours ago
What's so novel and unique about the footage is how this man looked and sounded so rational, even deferential and slightly apologetic after butchering the British soldier.
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‘We Steal Secrets’ Documentary Focuses on Personalities of Assange, Manning Over Significance of...
dissenter.firedoglake.com 14 hours ago
Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney held a special screening for his new documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks , in Washington, DC, on May 21...
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Daily Kos: States that rejected Medicaid also have most uninsured, poorest health
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Sadly, the states that have the greatest need to expand Medicaid also have the Republican leaders who are refusing to participate. That's according to an ...
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Uninsured Texans Seek Health Care In Mexico As Their Governor Resists Medicaid Expansion
thinkprogress.org 22 May
The debate over Medicaid expansion has devolved into a GOP platform for grandstanding about the health reform law and the Obama administration...
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Conspiracy Theory Watch: Hillary Sold Stingers to al-Qaeda!
motherjones.com 13 hours ago
Seriously. This is the latest fever dream from the right...
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Activists Pressure Companies To Boycott Facebook Over Its Content Promoting Violence Against Women
thinkprogress.org 22 May
A coalition of sexual violence prevention and women’s equality organizations are joining forces to pressure Facebook to take a stand against any messages that “trivialize or glorify” violence against...
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Daily Kos: Nashville charter schools 'lose' problem students to public schools—just in time for...
dailykos.com 13 hours ago
If all you care about are test scores, one of the big advantages charter schools have over traditional public schools is that they don't have to take every kid who shows up...
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Tesla Motors Pays Back Energy Department Loan 9 Years Early
thinkprogress.org 22 May
Electric automaker Tesla Motors just announced that it has paid back the nearly half a billion dollars the Department of Energy lent it in 2010...
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GOP Food Stamps Proposal Would Discriminate Against African-Americans
motherjones.com 19 hours ago
A Senate farm bill amendment aimed at preventing criminals from getting food stamp benefits would disproportionately hit African-Americans.
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Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps As Stealing ‘Other People’s...
thinkprogress.org 21 May
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Colbert's Graduation Speech Rips On Everything From Immigration To Safety. The Students Loved It.
upworthy.com 22 May
I can't imagine a better way to spend my college graduation.
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Daily Kos: 9-month-old Florida firm donates $140,000 to Scott and state GOP, gets $52 million state...
dailykos.com 22 May
Florida Gov. Rick Scott If this isn't crooked, it's only because we've defined crookedness down so much that it doesn't exist anymore : Two ...
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Former New York Army Corps Commander On Post-Sandy Reality: ‘Climate Change Is Real,’ ‘We’ve Got To...
thinkprogress.org 18 hours ago
At a May 16 televised forum on the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, a former top military infrastructure official called on Americans to “stop ignoring” climate change and “realize it’s the new...
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Nevada Assembly Approves Marriage Equality Amendment
thinkprogress.org 13 hours ago
Today the Nevada Assembly voted 27-14 to approve a constitutional amendment that would repeal the 2002 amendment banning same-sex marriage...
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No-Water-Gate: Scandalous NY Times Piece On Dust-Bowlification Never Mentions Climate Change
thinkprogress.org 22 May
On Sunday, I wrote about the real scandal of the century that the media is ignoring or misreporting — unchecked global warming (see “Worse Than Watergate“)...
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Rubio Misleads On Debt Ceiling In Floor Speech Blocking Budget Process
thinkprogress.org 12 hours ago
In a floor speech Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) falsely claimed that the debt ceiling is critical to saving future generations from inheriting a crippling national debt...
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1/3 of Kiwis in energy poverty - The Standard
thestandard.org.nz 8 mins ago
A recent survey of two thousand Kiwis show that a third cannot afford to heat their homes properly...
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No Right Turn: Britain collaborated in rendition
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No Right Turn: So much for "mum and dad investors"
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The shameless Nick Smith - The Standard
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Nick Smith has a long history of slippery dealings...
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