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They disfranchised voters in Florida in 2000, and now they’re doing it in Indiana. I am so fed up with the fucking republican party.
Are you fucks so hard up for control that you will lie, cheat and steal your way to the top? You have no qualms about stepping on other people to get [...]

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06 May

Things That Don’t Exist In Reid’s World

QuestionGirl 10:39 am (Glenn Greenwald)

by Glenn Greenwald
at Salon
Harry Reid was on The Daily Show last night (to promote his book, ironically entitled The Good Fight) and said that Joe Lieberman “supports us on virtually everything except the war.” This is exactly what Reid has said repeatedly about Lieberman (”Joe Lieberman is my friend, and he is a good Democrat, [...]

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06 May

Torture = Proof We Need

QuestionGirl 10:30 am (Same shit / Different day)

The U.S. military, along with Bush officials, keep stating they have “proof” of Iranian involvement in training and supplying weapons to Iraqi Shiite militants. Now let’s throw in Lebanese Hezbollah, too. Thus far, no proof has been given and al-Maliki says he’ll look for it. So yesterday the U.S. comes up with some proof. [...]

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06 May

News News News…..We Are Screwed Edition

QuestionGirl 10:05 am (News News News)

UBS TO CUT 5,500 JOBS
FANNIE MAE LOSES $2.2 MILLION IN FIRST QUARTER
STUDENT LOAN FIRM TO CUT 500 JOBS
MERCK TO SPEED UP 1,200 JOB CUTS
MORGAN STANLEY TO CUT 5% OF STAFF THIS YEAR
JOB CUTS SOARED IN APRIL, BUT NOT FOR CEO’S
WHY THE U.S. EMPLOYMENT PICTURE IS MUCH GRIMMER THAN IT LOOKS
DOUBTS RAISED ON MORTGAGE AGENCIES
FORECLOSURE FILINGS [...]

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06 May

Poll Favors Obama

Buck 9:54 am (Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Polls)

Obama enjoys a strong final day of polling before the elections

UTICA, New York-On the strength of good polling numbers on the final day before the primary elections in Indiana and North Carolina, Barack Obama of Illinois holds a convincing lead in North Carolina, but the race is simply too close to call in Indiana, the [...]

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06 May

Bernanke Sounds Alarm

Buck 8:57 am (Economy)

Bernanke seems a bit worried. Maybe we should all be a little bit worried.
Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew as he urged Congress to take additional [...]

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06 May

Democrats Getting Ready to Sell Out on FISA

QuestionGirl 8:46 am (FISA)

They got the name WAY wrong on this one. Protect America Act. How about Protect the Criminals in the Bush Administration and their Telecom Friends Act. That’s more like it. And remind me, we voted more Democrats into office……. because?????
As revelations of the Bush administration’s illegal surveillance programs continue [...]

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06 May

Some Reasons Why I’m a Liberal

Batocchio 12:09 am ((Unspecified))

(From the great Propaganda Remix Project - ’cause liberals do better satire!)
My high school history teacher once passed on a line he’d been told as a young man: “Anyone under 30 who isn’t a liberal has no heart, and anyone over 30 who isn’t a conservative has no brain.” I don’t truly buy it [...]

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