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Rep. Nancy Pelosi recognizes Harvey Milk day
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) on Tuesday called on Americans to “ensure that our laws reflect our national promise of equality and justice for all” in the spirit of Harvey Milk. “On Harvey Milk Day, the state of California officially honors the life and legacy of a leader dedicated to…
South Carolina union head smashes effigy of Gov. Nikki Haley with baseball bat
Donna Dewitt, the outgoing president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, used a baseball bat to beat a pinata effigy of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley at a retreat on Saturday. “Well I will say, she looks like a tough old girl here,” Dewitt says in a video uploaded to YouTube on…
Dan Savage invites NOM president Brian Brown to kitchen table debate
Weeks ago, in the wake of an incident in which comments he made prompted the walkout of several students during a high school talk (and caused Fox News host Steve Doocy to label him a “bully”), writer and activist Dan Savage was challenged to a one-on-one debate by the National…
Biden rips Romney’s social policy: ‘We will not go back to the 1950s!’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s social polices would take the U.S. back to the 1950s. Speaking to supporters in Keene, New Hampshire, Biden noted that his speech would focus on the economy but he also wanted to make a point about…
Transatlantic US Airways passenger detained in Maine for suspicious behavior
A transatlantic US Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte has been diverted to an airport in Maine after reports of a passenger acting suspiciously. Two F-15 fighters were scrambled to escort the plane into the airport at Bangor, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad). The transportation security…
Sen. Cardin: We must stop ‘Citizens United’
Appearing on Current TV’s Full Court Press on Tuesday morning, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) warned that unless Americans can undo the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, the most narrow special interests will end up running the country. “The super PACs, to me, are stealth funds that com…
Former HLN president puts dog’s poop in neighbor’s mailbox
Former Headline News (HLN) president Bob Furnad created his own headlines for all the wrong reasons Tuesday morning, when a video surfaced of him putting dog feces into his neighbor’s mailbox in Covington, Georgia. According to ABC’s Good Morning America, Benjamin Dameron and Ralph Miller were “shocked” to find what…
Newt Gingrich’s private ventures going bankrupt
There were many during former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA)’s ill-starred run for the presidential nomination who speculated that the candidate was never serious about running, but was rather using the platform to sell books and make money. If that was actually the case, then that plan was…
Oil prices drop in the face of stronger U.S. dollar
Oil recoiled Tuesday, hit by profit-taking and the stronger dollar on the eve of an informal meeting in Brussels where the eurozone’s crippling sovereign debt crisis will top of the agenda. Financial markets were also under pressure after Fitch slashed Japan’s credit rating by two notches on Tuesday, citing its…
Presidential foundation threatens legal action over Reagan blood vial auction
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is threatening legal action to prevent a vial of the late US president’s blood being sold in an online auction, calling it a “craven act.” The foundation’s executive director John Heubusch voiced outrage over the sale of the blood — dating from the 1981 assassination…
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