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Research paper finds music piracy ‘benefits’ album sales
Illegally downloading pre-release leaks of major artists’ albums actually “benefits” first week sales, and if used properly these types of leaks could even work as an effective promotional tool for the largest record labels going forward, according to findings in the first draft of a working paper put out this…
Republicans block Rep. Norton from testifying on anti-abortion bill for her own district
Update (below): Republicans stack witness panel with anti-abortion doctors The House Subcommittee on the Constitution will stage a hearing on Thursday for a bill that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the District of Colombia. And much like the last major Republican hearing on female reproductive rights,…
Court ruling means shadowy campaign groups may have to disclose donors
On Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit ruled to uphold an order for shadowy campaign groups like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS to disclose their donors if they are producing federal campaign ads, or what’s known to the FEC as “electioneering communications,” said a…
‘Ex-gay’ group accuses Maryland school superintendent of ‘hate speech’
A group that claims LGBT people can change their sexual orientation has filed a complaint against the the superintendent of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland over alleged sexual orientation discrimination. Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) Executive Director Regina Griggs told Raw Story that School…
Dem. Reps and Common Cause file suit to rule filibuster unconstitutional
The nonprofit citizens’ advocacy group Common Cause, a coalition of Democratic congressmen and a group of students are jointly filing suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to declare that the Senate’s filibuster rule is unconstitutional and “violates the core American principal of majority rule,” according to a…
Wisconsin Dem official: The DNC will help us financially against Walker
The criticism from one anonymous Wisconsin Democratic official of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) not financially investing enough into the recall election against Governor Scott Walker (R) is not felt by another inside party figure Tuesday afternoon, in an exclusive interview with The Raw Story. In an exclusive interview with…
Sen. Bernie Sanders holds hearing to announce $3 billion AIDS drug prize
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a public hearing today to call for the end of legal monopolies on HIV/AIDS drugs and to introduce Senate bill 1138, which includes a $3 billion prize program for the discovery of new HIV/AIDS treatments, according to a press release from Sen. Sanders’s office. The…
Gay top Romney donor pulls support and backs Obama over same sex marriage
A gay supporter of former Massachusetts governor and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney (R) has pulled his support and asked for his contribution back, the maximum allowed by law, over the candidate’s stance on same sex marriage, according to CNN. Bill White, CEO of the New York City-based consulting firm…
Top Romney aide outed transgender woman in political smear
Eric Fehrnstrom, a top aide and political strategist to presumptive Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney (MA), made headlines earlier this year with a gaffe comparing Romney in the primary fight to an “Etch a Sketch” that you can flip over and shake and start over with as a…
Gun group responds to ‘silly’ story by pointing rifle at Rand Paul
The Virginia-based firearms advocacy group that published an image this week depicting a rifle pointed at President Barack Obama’s head, attached a letter by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), responded to Raw story’s reporting on Friday by turning the rifle around and pointing it at the Kentucky Republican instead. “A silly story,…
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