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U.S. Immigration Enforcement Finally Preaches What it Practices

by Cara November 18, 2007

[cross-posted from Femniste] Julie Myers, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, apparently thinks that blackface is “original.” Myers, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ran into trouble earlier this month after she and two other agency managers gave the “most original” costume award to a white employee who came to the agency’s Halloween party [...]

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If at first you don’t succeed, find another way to rig the election

by Cara November 3, 2007

In 2000, the Republicans used Florida to fuck over voters. In 2004, they used Ohio. They’ve got quite the strategy going here. They seem to have figured out that when you steal an election, the public starts to get suspicious. But when you steal the election in different ways, using different officials each time as [...]

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When Forced-Birth Proponents Attack!

by Cara October 18, 2007

You have probably already heard about the appointment of Susan Orr, a pro-abstinence anti-birth control nut to oversee federal family planning programs. I’m sure that we all remember the appointment of “Dr.” Eric Keroack, an anti-choice, anti-contraception nut who runs a crisis pregnancy center, to oversee Title X funding at the Department of Health and [...]

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Rally for Children’s Health

by Cara October 3, 2007

For those of you pissed off about Bush’s veto of the children’s health insurance bill, get involved. Moveon.org is hosting a series of rallies all over the country, most of them taking place tomorrow evening. With (currently) over 240 events taking place, find one near you. Congress is going to try to override the veto. [...]

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Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Bill

by Cara October 3, 2007

Don’t get me wrong, I know that there is something seriously wrong with Bush. But what, exactly, is wrong with him? Today, he issued his fourth veto, this time against a bill that would provide health care to children who don’t have any. Well, gee, at least he hates all poor people equally. “Because the [...]

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Congrats to the Matthew Shepard Act!

by Cara September 28, 2007

I almost forgot! The news came out last night: nine years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, the Senate has passed the Matthew Shepard Act 60-39. The legislation extends protection against hate crimes to the LGBTQ community– and gender and disability! Three cheers for a Democratic Senate! Bush, of course, has threatened a veto. Which would be [...]

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Congress repealed the Global Gag Rule!

by Cara September 7, 2007

Last night, the Senate voted to overturn the Global Gag rule– not just partially, but entirely! Of course, even if negotiations with the House go well, Bush has vowed to veto the bill. But what an amazingly symbolic victory. Fuck you, Mr. President– the tide is turning, and it’s against bigoted, misogynist ideologues like yourself. [...]

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The War on Birth Control Continues . . .

by Cara July 27, 2007

Here’s a reason to be really pissed off– and really worried, if you’re a college student: contraceptive prices on campus are skyrocketing. For years, drug companies sold birth-control pills and other contraceptives to university health services at a big discount. This has served as an entree to young consumers for the drug companies, and a [...]

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The Nomination That Won’t Die

by Cara July 10, 2007

The NY Times has an editorial about Bush’s Surgeon General Nominee Dr. James Hoslinger. The editorial questions Hoslinger’s qualifications based on his history of homophobic bigotry. What’s troubling is the view he once expressed — and may still hold — on homosexuality, through his activities as a lay leader in the United Methodist Church. On [...]

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