Holder Delivers Sobering Indictment of Our Justice System
Attorney General Eric Holder delivered remarks to the American Bar Association today and he called for an end to mandatory minimum sentencing. He also delivered an harsh critique of the current state...
View ArticleDangerous Voters
Artist – Rob Rogers Good news — polar bears are actually thriving! They aren’t threatened at all by climate change. So says Fox News. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
View ArticleAmerican Born Terrorist, Or Political Martyr?
Adam Gadahn, a California-born convert to taking up arms against America, who now goes by the Islamic fundamentalist handle of Azzam al-Amriki, has released a statement, evidently, calling for the...
View ArticleBloomberg: Stop and Frisk Isn’t Racial Profiling Except When it is
Although a judge has ruled that the Stop and Frisk program New York City Mayor Bloomberg has taken personal ownership of is unconstitutional specifically because it’s racially discriminatory, he wrote...
View ArticleDOJ Files Lawsuit Against Texas Over Voter ID, Seeks Preclearance
Good news — the Department of Justice has filed a law against the state of Texas to block the state’s voter ID law and reinstate the requirement to seek preclearance prior to passing similar laws. The...
View ArticleSmoke’em if You Got’em
This will rob a great many people of one of their favorite anti-Obama talking points. via TPM WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will not sue to stop the states of Colorado and Washington...
View ArticleBank Of America To Pay $39 Million For Gender Discrimination
Oh, Bank Of America, if there is a Hell for corporations, I’m sure you’re on your way. Bank of America will pay $39 million to settle claims it discriminated against women in its investment advice...
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Your Father’s Republican Party
Kind of lengthy, but here’s some excerpts from the Republican party’s 1956 presidential platform under Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon: Some basic tenets of your Father’s Republican party: Our...
View ArticleDOJ Hit Hard by Shutdown, GOP Rejoice
If you’re a big fan of voter suppression and discrimination (aka a Republican), you’ll probably see this as good news. For the Justice Department, many of its staff will be exempt from shutdown-imposed...
View ArticleJudicial Obstruction
Just a day removed from the filibuster of Patricia Millet, Charles Pierce got it exactly right on yesterdays ruling on birth control and judicial appointments. There’s a reason why the Republicans...
View ArticleSen. Ted Cruz: Cognitive Dissonance Be Thy Name
Senator Ted Cruz doesn’t appreciate the federal government trampling on states’ rights, unless of course those rights include things that Ted Cruz does not like. In a recent 10,000 word essay published...
View ArticleConservative Media Feeling Victimized Again
Media Matters quotes conservative media reacting to their very bad week culminating with the indictments of conservative stalwarts such as Dinesh D’Souza and Gov. Bob McDonnell, as well as ongoing...
View ArticleThe Only Anti-American Person in the Room is Pat Toomey
During his speech at CPAC — the GOP’s version of vacation bible school — Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) said one of the most distinctly anti-Americans I can think of while accusing Debo Adegbile of being...
View ArticleHow To Serve The Poor
Artist – Pat Bagley It’s hard to imagine anyone who falls into certain minority categories whose trial was presided over by Arkansas state Judge Mike Maggio received a fair trial. via ThinkProgress If...
View ArticleAttorney General Eric Holder Calls for Reduced Sentences
In a bit of under-reported news, Attorney General Eric Holder has called for reduced sentencing guidelines for federal judges for drug offenses while preserving harsh punishment for violent offenders....
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines to Hear Multiple Cases Including Birther Larry Klayman’s
Proponents of the Jim Crow for Gays bill Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed last month (the bill her office helped draft) pointed toward a case in New Mexico where the state supreme court ruled that a...
View ArticleSPLC: Stormfront Linked to Nearly 100 Murders Since 2009
Frazier Glenn Miller’s connection to the now-infamous Vanguard News Network (VNN) has been well documented over the past several days after he killed three people at Jewish community centers in Kansas...
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The Supreme Court Reminds Us Racism is Over
Just kidding. Racism won’t be over until the secret Muslim in the White House stops oppressing the white man, amirite? The Supreme Court ruled today that states have a right to end their affirmative...
View ArticleDarrell Issa’s Witch Hunt Continues, Expands
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa hasn’t been able to incriminate anyone at the Internal Revenue Service so now he’s targeting the Department of Justice for a very dubious reason. Oversight...
View ArticleGOP Senate Candidates: We’ll Block Nominees Who Aren’t Sufficiently Crazy
Out of the four Republicans running for the contested Senate seat in Iowa, three of them would block any judicial nominee that isn’t a Jesus Freak. The Iowa-based Religious Right group The Family...
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