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President Obama Declares Section Three of The Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional; Meanwhile, in California, Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Petition U.S. Court of Appeals to Lift Stay on Same Sex Marriages

• February 23, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, Obama Administration, Race, Sexuality
Tags: AFER, AmericaBlog, American Foundation for Equal Rights, California, California Supreme Court, David Boies, Defense of Marriage Act, Department of Justice, DOMA, Gay Marriage, Gays, Lesbians, Liberals, Marriage Equality, Ninth Circuit Court, Obama Administration, Prop. 8, Theodore B. Olson, Theodore Olson, United States

Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in Wisconsin

• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Democrats, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, Wisconsin, Women
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Rush Dumped from Consortium Seeking to Buy NFL St. Louis Rams

• October 15, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Race, Sports, Womanism, Women
Tags: "High-Tech Lynching", 70%, African Americans, Apologists, Blacks, Clarence Thomas, Dittoheads, Donovan McNabb, Liberals, Racism, Right Wing, Rush Limbaugh, Sportscasters, The Crips and The Bloods, The National Football League, The Philadelphia Eagles, The Reverend Al Sharpton, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Right Wing, The Supreme Court, Unca Clarence

The Killing of Brother George Tiller, M.D. (with an Update)

• May 31, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Abortion, American Politics, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, Religion
Tags: Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism, Civil Rights, Dave Niewert, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Rudolph, Fear, Fundamentalism, George Tiller, Hate Crime, James Adkisson, Kansas, Kathleen Sibelius, Late-Term Abortions, Liberals, Lynching, Michael Savage, Nashville TN, On The Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century, Orcinus, Progressives, Rush Limbaugh, Sara Robinson, Sean Hannity, Sherilyn Ifill, Terrorism, Unitarian Universalist

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Puerto Rico Protests: Live Updates on March Against Governor July 22, 2019
Tens of thousands of people have joined what is expected to be one of the largest protests the island has ever seen against Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló.
Defying Protests, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico Says He Will Stay On July 22, 2019
Saying “I have made mistakes, and I have apologized,” the governor said he would not seek re-election and would give up the leadership of his party, but would not resign.
California Today: Putting Joe Biden’s L.A. Visit in Context July 22, 2019
Monday: Checking on the presidential race, digging into a slowing in Chinese investment; and an unusual Los Feliz house is on the market
Louisiana Police Officer on Facebook Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Needs a Round’ July 22, 2019
Officials in the city where the officer works condemned his comment but said they were not sure it constituted a threat.
California, Wary of More Wildfires, Is Paying for Them Already July 22, 2019
Anxiety is running high over wildfires this summer, and over the precautionary power cuts that a big utility says will be necessary to prevent them.
Marine Corps Orders Duncan Hunter to Stop Using Emblem on Political Mailers July 19, 2019
The mailer, which attacked his opponent and other representatives as radicals and anti-Semites, had used the Marines’ Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem.
‘The Hate Is Real’: Black Georgia Lawmaker Says She Was Berated at Supermarket July 22, 2019
Erica Thomas said a white man angry at how many items she had in an express lane checkout told her “go back where you came from.”
For Seattle’s Last Mobile Home Owners, the Clock Is Ticking July 22, 2019
An affordable slice of the urban housing market is vanishing as mobile home parks succumb to development, costing residents both their homes and their communities.

The Guardian, UK

'Where were the police?' Hong Kong outcry after masked thugs launch attack July 22, 2019
Police accused of doing nothing to stop suspected triads storming train station and beating people Pro-democracy activists and lawmakers in Hong Kong have accused the police of standing by as men dressed in white attacked commuters and protesters, leaving 45 people hospitalised, including one who is critically injured.Video footage showed dozens of men, most […]
UK to seek European maritime mission to counter Iran's 'piracy' July 22, 2019
Foreign secretary calls for protection for ships in Strait of Hormuz after seizure of vesselBritain will seek to put together a European-led maritime protection mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran seized a British-flagged vessel in what London said was an act of “state piracy”.“Under international law Iran had no right to […]
Jo Swinson elected new Lib Dem leader July 22, 2019
Swinson takes over from Vince Cable with party newly resurgent in the pollsYouthful veteran long seen as natural heir to Vince CableFollow the day’s political developments - liveJo Swinson has been overwhelmingly elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, using her acceptance speech to appeal to disaffected Conservative and Labour MPs to join a part […]
Video of uncontacted Amazon tribe highlights threat from illegal loggers July 22, 2019
Clip shows a bare-chested man with a spear, who is believed to belong to the Awá people, the world’s most threatened tribeRemarkable close-up footage that appears to show an uncontacted tribesman in the Amazon rainforest has been released by an indigenous media group that wants to raise awareness of the threat posed by illegal loggers, miners and drug traffi […]
French submarine found 50 years after disappearance July 22, 2019
La Minerve, which vanished in 1968 with 52 sailors on board, discovered off ToulonThe French navy has located one of its submarines that disappeared more than 50 years ago with 52 crew on board.La Minerve was discovered on the seabed in the Mediterranean off the port of Toulon. Continue reading...
Google pays $11m to jobseekers who alleged age discrimination July 22, 2019
Tech firm settles class-action lawsuit but denies it is unfair to older applicantsGoogle has settled a lawsuit alleging age discrimination in its hiring practices, paying $11m to more than 200 jobseekers who were over 40 when they applied to join the company.Although it has settled the case, Google denies the allegations that it was unfairly dismissive of ol […]
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has returned to jail, says husband July 22, 2019
UK-Iranian aid worker has been moved from psychiatric ward, Richard Ratcliffe saysThe British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been transferred back to an Iranian prison from a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband said.She had been moved to the psychiatric ward of Imam Khomeini hospital in the capital, Tehran, the campaign group seeking to […]
Huawei helped North Korea build wireless network – US reports July 22, 2019
Chinese firm was blacklisted by Donald Trump over national security concernsHuawei Technologies, the Chinese company put on a US blacklist because of national security concerns, secretly helped North Korea build and maintain its commercial wireless network, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing sources and internal documents.The Chinese telecommunic […]

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Iran says it arrested CIA spies and sentenced some to death July 22, 2019
Iran says it has arrested 17 spies who worked for the CIA - a claim the US categorically denies.
Massive protests held in Puerto Rico after governor refuses to step down July 22, 2019
Thousands of protesters are expected in a strike across the island over the governor's group chat scandal.
Hong Kong protests: Police criticised over mob violence July 22, 2019
Police deny claims that they stood by as masked men attacked pro-democracy protesters on Sunday.
Israel razes Palestinian homes 'built too near barrier' July 22, 2019
Excavators tear down 'illegal' structures said to house 17 people after a long legal battle.
South Africa's anti-graft chief Busisiwe Mkwebane 'lied under oath' July 22, 2019
Busisiwe Mkwebane is accused of being involved in a dirty-tricks campaign against President Ramaphosa.
Poland LGBT march: Police arrest 25 after attacks on activists July 22, 2019
Police clashed with anti-LGBT protesters after violence marred a Polish city's first equality march.
French Minerve submarine is found after disappearing in 1968 July 22, 2019
Fifty-two sailors were on board when the Minerve vanished over 50 years ago in the Mediterranean.
US denounces Venezuela aircraft's 'unsafe approach' July 22, 2019
The US military says a Venezuelan warplane "aggressively shadowed" one of its surveillance aircraft.