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NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality 'Unequivocally'

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 5:22 PM EDT (Gawker)

Seeded by Carloz

Today marks another step forward — and trouble for the National Organization of Marriage's plan to drive a wedge between LGBT voters and black voters. The NAACP has endorsed marriage equality, as first reported by Senior Vice President Maxim Thorne on Twitter. The NAACP Boar …

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Once again, Arizona is the nation's laughingstock

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 4:50 PM EDT (The Arizona Republic)

Seeded by Carloz

By Laurie Roberts, columnist, The Arizona Republic -- Cue Secretary of State Ken Bennett: "I'm not a birther. I believe the president was born in Hawaii or at least I hope he was. But my responsibility as secretary of state is to make sure that the ballots in Arizona are correc …

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Senate Republicans Reject Peace and Push for War With Iran

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 12:41 PM EDT (Politicususa)

Seeded by T-800

The concept of sovereignty is a state’s power to do everything necessary to govern itself, such as making laws, making war and peace, and forming treaties or engaging in commerce with foreign nations. It is extremely difficult to influence, or change, a sovereign nation&rsq …

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BREAKING: Eleven More Lawmakers Drop ALEC | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 11:32 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Seeded by T-800

In the last two months, sixteen companies and other institutional supporters of the American Legislative Exchange Council announced that they would part ways with the organization — likely costing the conservative group hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual fundin …

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Ethan Rome: More Hypocrisy From GOP's Crack Team of Health Care Con Artists

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 11:28 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by T1Truth

The Republican leaders in Congress have mostly defined themselves by what they're against, but now they've announced what they're for -- the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I can only imagine the political identity crisis this is causing within the GOP. Th …

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Under-Mom'd One Million Moms Throws Hissy Fit at GAP

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 10:37 AM EDT (Politicususa)

Seeded by T-800

Yesterday, One Million Moms, “a project” of the hate group known as the American Family Association, posted an alert on their Facebook page:

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Rush Limbaugh: The Fact That Not 'Everybody Knows That Obama Did Cocaine' Shows 'That Obama Wasn't Vetted'

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 10:30 AM EDT (Media Matters for America)

Seeded by Carloz

From the May 18 edition of Premiere Radio's Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Andy Gipson, Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Blasts Gays, Cites Bible Passage Calling For Their Death

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 10:24 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by T1Truth

Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson (R) weighed in on President Barack Obama's gay marriage decision last week, invoking a bible passage that calls for gay men to be "put to death." In a May 10 Facebook post, Gipson called homosexuality a "sin," citing Leviticus 20:13 and Roman …

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Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing for U.S.| Reuters

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 10:20 AM EDT (Reuters)

Seeded by jfxgillis

China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing on Saturday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.

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Is There Not One Republican With Courage?

Sat May 19, 2012 9:44 AM EDT

By T1Truth

Let's just get this out front and over with right now. I do not believe there is one Republican with the courage to tell the truth. If there is, I am here, ready, and willing to debate them on the topics in this article at any time. I do not mean to debate specific agenda items …

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