Florida Teen Expelled, Charged With Felony Over Lesbian Relationship

thinkprogress.org 9 hours ago

A Florida family says their 18-year-old daughter was charged with a felony and expelled from high school as a result of a consential, same-sex relationship with another student...

 
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Daily Kos: This week in the War on Workers: California hospital workers to strike

dailykos.com 15 hours ago

Workers at the University of California hospital system are planning a two-day strike to protest inadequate staffing levels, increased use of temp workers, and changes to their pension plan, ...

 
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Elizabeth Warren Slams Wall Street Again

motherjones.com 17 May

The freshman Senator says she will try to block several bills that would deregulate Wall Street.

 
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Taxpayer Dollars Are Helping Monsanto Sell Seeds Abroad

motherjones.com 23 hours ago

A new analysis of leaked diplomatic cables reveals a State Department working tirelessly to promote Big Ag.

 
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Daily Kos: New York City fast food restaurants find a lot of ways to steal from their workers

dailykos.com 10 hours ago

A staggering 84 percent of New York City fast food workers reports having been a victim of wage theft, a new survey finds. Things are ...

 
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GOP Sources Altered Benghazi E-Mails To Suggest A Cover-Up, Reporter Confirms

thinkprogress.org 17 May

Since September, Republicans have claimed the Obama administration covered up the truth about the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya by altering the talking points Susan Rice used on...

 
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Daily Kos: Low-income parents forced to skip work in order to be able to work at all

dailykos.com 17 hours ago

What happens to low-income parents. If you have young children and you can't find someone to take care of them, you can't work...

 
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Waitaminute. Isn't the IRS Supposed to Watch Out for Tax Cheats?

crooksandliars.com 14 hours ago

As if it weren't already clear that the so-called 'IRS scandal' is nothing of the sort, now it's becoming clear that it's a just another bit of down-the-rabbit-hole-up-is-downism in which...

 
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His Dad Beat His Mom. He Tried To Stop Him. But He Was Only 5. So He's Speaking Out Now.

upworthy.com 16 May

Patrick Stewart's incredibly personal and powerful story about growing up with an abusive father.

 
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Obama Tweets Study Of 97% Scientific Consensus On Manmade Warming, WashPost Confused On What That...

thinkprogress.org 18 hours ago

The story seems simple enough. First, on Wednesday a study came out that found 97% consensus on human-caused global warming in the peer-reviewed scientific literature...

 
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Daily Kos: The one real reason behind the Benghazi obsession

dailykos.com 6 hours ago

The one real reason behind the Benghazi obsession

 
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Daily Kos: Astronaut Chris Hadfield covers Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in space (VIDEO)

dailykos.com 7 hours ago

Fulfilling a request from users at Reddit.com, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield records and releases his own version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" on his last day onboard the International ...

 
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Congressman Tears Into AG Holder Over Marijuana: ‘This Is The Time To Remedy Prohibition’

thinkprogress.org 15 May

During a Wednesday House oversight hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder that overwhelmingly focused on the invasive government search of Associated Press phone logs and the IRS, one House member...

 
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A White Guy Stood Up And Said Some Stuff He Really Shoulda Worn A Hood For

upworthy.com 17 May

Wow, I can't believe anyone would let those words come out of their mouth.

 
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Dubious Dealings of Tea Party Groups Could Have Drawn IRS Scrutiny

motherjones.com 17 May

IRS profiling was a fiasco. Yet, some tea party groups have left a trail of fiscal problems and possible tax-code abuse.

 
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Benghazi: What Did the CIA Know, and When Did It Know It?

motherjones.com 17 May

Forget the talking points. The CIA's cover-your-ass operation may be the real mystery.

 
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Maher: If You Think Benghazi is the Worst Scandal in American History, Call Your Doctor

videocafe.crooksandliars.com 17 hours ago

Bill Maher had some advice for Obama haters who have been going crazy over what Susan Rice said on the Sunday shows and who are claiming that the drummed up Benghazi B.S...

 
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Dickiest, most wonderful interview of Donald Rumsfeld EVER on NPR

americablog.com 17 May

NPR commits savage act of journalism. Takes no prisoners interviewing Bush Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

 
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BREAKING: Illinois Legislature Gives Final Approval to Medical Marijuana | Just Say Now

justsaynow.firedoglake.com 17 May

Illinois is set to become the latest state to adopt medical marijuana. The Illinois State Senate gave final approval to a medical marijuana bill sending it to the governor...

 
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Late Late Night FDL: Little Cheeser | Firedoglake

firedoglake.com 3 hours ago

Little Cheeser . This Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon was released on November 21, 1936 .

 
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It's Time for Bankers to Go to Jail!

occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com 8 hours ago

Watch Joe Stringer,in Los Angeles talk about how the foreclosure crisis has decimated his neighborhood in Watts.

 
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Pentagon Establishes Process For Transgender Veterans To Change Gender Records

thinkprogress.org 17 May

Despite the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the military still does not allow people who are transgender to serve...

 
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John Merritt, neat wood-carving guy (video)

americablog.com 10 hours ago

This video of John Merritt, woodcarver, starts out slow, and then gets awfully interesting. He's amazingly good.

 
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Michelle Obama Encourages African-American Students To Stop Aspiring To Be “A Baller Or A Rapper”

thinkprogress.org 17 May

Because this is apparently a week that involves a lot of me lowering my head slowly and deliberately to my desk a la Peggy Olson, First Lady Michelle Obama decided to trot out some very old talking...

 
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How States Are Leading The Way On Equal Pay For Women

thinkprogress.org 17 May

Legislation at the federal level designed to improve women’s economic opportunities appears stalled, including, most recently, the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act...

 
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Daily Kos: Open thread: Cato, outreach and shame

dailykos.com 11 hours ago

What's coming up on Sunday Kos ... Big-thinking Cato Institute: 400ppm haz got what plants crave, by Hunter The next biggest scandal ever, until the next one, by Hunter Republican outreach report...

 
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Study: Conservative Anti-Immigration Paper by Controversial Scholar Had Basic Errors

motherjones.com 16 May

Jason Richwine's Heritage Foundation study on the costs of immigration reform had far-reaching problems, a new study finds.

 
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Two GOP Judges Just Voted To Eliminate Union Rights, Here’s How The Senate Can Stop Them

thinkprogress.org 16 May

Two events this morning strike at the heart of whether workers have the right to organize...

 
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Why Christians Like Me Should Listen to Critiques of Evangelical Adoption

thenation.com 17 May

Melanie Springer Mock I’d like to believe my sons’ best life is in my home, and not with their first families...

 
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Wow, This is Pretty Epic

talkingpointsmemo.com 16 May

Generally, once partisan, tendentious sources leak information that turns out to be wrong, nothing’s ever done about it. That’s for many reasons, some good or somewhat understandable, mostly bad...

 
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Daily Kos: Republican obstruction cost this man his job and house

dailykos.com 8 hours ago

Senate Republicans continue on the road to intentionally shutting down the National Labor Relations Board this summer. The labor board, which protects workers' right to ...

 
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Daily Kos: Green diary rescue: Pedal power, electric cars, OFA on climate change

dailykos.com 13 hours ago

Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the ...

 
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