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Rand Paul endorses campaign depicting gun pointed at Obama’s head
An email campaign launched this week (pictured, below) featuring the endorsement of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) depicts a rifle pointing at President Barack Obama’s head, and a message about an imaginary “million rifle ban” the president is allegedly seeking to implement. “Death threats against this president are up 400 percent…
ACLU Minnesota sues voter ID advocacy group over failure to disclose nonprofit status
The Minnesota Voters Alliance, the group suing state and local officials over allegations of fraud in Minnesota elections, was accused Wednesday morning by the Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of not registering as a nonprofit organization. The ACLU Minnesota accused the Voters Alliance of raising over…
Attorney: Judge’s landmark Facebook ruling means ‘Big employer is watching’
A federal judge’s recent decision to exclude the Facebook “like” from free speech protections means that workers who also use the world’s largest social network should now just assume that “Big employer is watching,” and act accordingly, an author and labor law expert told Raw Story recently. If upheld, the U.S.…
Openly gay NC legislator: ‘We have to continue to fight’
On the whole, things look pretty bleak for North Carolina’s LGBT citizens today. Yesterday, voters passed Amendment One, an amendment to the state’s constitution banning marriage and civil unions for same sex couples. However, there is one bright spot. In Guilford County, openly gay state legislator Rep. Marcus Brandon (D-Greensboro)…
NC county commissioner calls to revoke ‘illegal’ same sex benefits
Only hours after North Carolina passed a controversial amendment banning same sex marriage, a county commissioner is already calling to revoke the “illegal” benefits provided to unmarried same sex couples. “Now that #4marriage #amendment1 has passed – we need to eliminate those illegal benefits,” Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James, who…
Activists: Insurance industry’s flight from Heartland a symptom of growing climate change acceptance
The recent flight of insurance companies from leading climate change denial group The Heartland Institute isn’t just due to the group’s offensive Chicago billboard comparing scientists to “Unibomber” Ted Kaczynski. Experts told Raw Story this week that the overt rejection of Heartland’s billboard is more of an exclamation point on…
Afghan refugee sues Georgia Republican officials for ‘terrorist’ slander
Sehar Hekmati (pictured, center), a Republican activist from Georgia who came to the United States from Afghanistan as a child, filed a lawsuit last week (PDF) against several county level Republican officials, accusing them of slandering her as a “terrorist” and a “felon” in a recorded conversation, emails circulated to other…
Pelosi condemns Obama’s continued raids on marijuana dispensaries
President Barack Obama’s emphasis on raiding medical marijuana dispensaries drew a rebuke from none other than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) this week, who warned in a prepared statement that she has “strong concerns” about her political ally’s policy. Since President Barack Obama took office, “more than 200″ state-approved…
Study: Pot more prevalent among teens than cigarette smoking
An annual study (PDF) of U.S. teens’ drug-using habits, published Wednesday by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, found that the number of teens who say they’ve recently used marjuana has exploded since 2008: so many, in fact, that they now outnumber teens who’ve recently smoked cigarettes. While the Partnership’s…
Atlas Society: Ryan budget ‘very much in line’ with Ayn Rand
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) may be publicly rejecting Ayn Rand’s philosophies, but the folks at The Atlas Society have never been bigger fans of the House Budget Budget Committee chairman and his policies. “His general approach to the budget — especially the budget — is very much in line with…
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