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House Republicans mock immigration detention as ‘holiday’
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday complained that immigrants were basically getting a posh “holiday” after the Obama administration issued new, more humane detention guidelines. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Holiday on ICE,” chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) charged that “[t]he administration’s new detention manual reads more…
Romney says story about Michigan layoffs is ‘humorous’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday told a story about his father closing a factory in Michigan that he said tickled his funny bone. Speaking to thousands of Wisconsin voters during a tele-town hall, the former Massachusetts governor recalled what he described as a “humorous” anecdote that left some…
Maddow: People hate Obamacare, but love its provisions
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Wednesday night that although polls have found that most Americans have an unfavorable view of Obama’s health care reform, they overwhelming approve of the actual provisions of the law. “So, you ask people if they want the health care law and they say, ‘no, it’s…
Rep. Bobby Rush: A hoodie doesn’t make you a hoodlum
After being cut off on House floor for defiantly wearing a hooded sweatshirt, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) appeared on CNN to discuss how the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin hit close to home. “Trayvon Martin lies dead, partially because he was a black man wearing a hoodie in a…
Ohio lawmaker decries ‘hypocrisy’ of ‘vicious’ attacks on women’s health
In a video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) blasted Republicans across the country for pushing legislation aimed at reducing a woman’s access to an abortion. “Are you sick of hearing about lawmakers trying to protect women’s reproductive and sexual health?” she said. “Do you…
In House speech, Rep. Gwen Moore recounts being raped
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) on Wednesday recalled her own experiences of being sexually abused during a speech in favor the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. “Violence against women is as American as apple pie,” she said on the House floor. “I know, not only as a legislator, but…
Lou Dobbs accuses Obama of encouraging Treyvon Martin controversy
A solicitation published this week to micro-blogging service Twitter by the Obama campaign, promoting Obama 2012 sweatshirts and other apparel, was seemingly too much for two Obama critics to endure without comment. Appearing on Fox Business last night, former CNN pundit Lou Dobbs accused President Barack Obama of creating and…
Tucker Carlson calls black lawmakers ‘professional race-baiters’
Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson says that “professional race-baiters” like some African-American lawmakers and President Barack Obama are making a mistake by injecting race into the death of Trayvon Martin. Fox News host Martha MacCallum played clips of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) speaking out…
GOP cuts off Rep. Bobby Rush for wearing hoodie on House floor
Republican leadership in the House of Representatives shut down a prominent member of the Congressional Black Caucus after he donned a hooded sweatshirt in honor of a Florida teen who was recently gunned down by a neighborhood watch leader. During his morning remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) observed…
LGBT activist: NOM is both racially divisive and completely ineffective
On Tuesday night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the Human Rights Campaign’s legal director Brian Moulton was on hand to discuss yesterday’s revelations about the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and its willingness to embrace racially divisive tactics to achieve its goal of denying marriage equality to same-sex couples. NOM is…
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