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Hate Crimes: Closing the Barn Door when Horses are Gone (With Poll)

I was glad to see the news yesterday that Amid jump in some bias crimes, Holder seeks tougher laws.After all, after eight years of ignoring hate crimes against minorities (mostly homosexuals and...

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[LIVEBLOG] Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Day 2, Child 6

Schumer up first.DO NOT recommend this diary.PLEASE RECOMMEND the MOTHERSHIP diary located here.If you would like to donate your daily diary to this liveblog, please post a reply to the Tip Jar in the...

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[LIVEBLOG] Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Day 3, Child 1 [Closed]

The day started with Big John [Cornyn (Fool-TX) ], what a start!DO NOT recommend this diary. PLEASE RECOMMEND the MOTHERSHIP diary located here. If you would like to donate your daily diary to this...

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About Time: Matthew Shepard Legislation Approved in Senate

From AP via Yahoo News:People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure that significantly expands the reach of hate...

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Sanford gives us more comedy in OpEd piece

We hadn't even stopped laughing at Mark Sanford's preaching on fiscal conservatism from last Friday and here he is on the (online) pages of SC newspapers:South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still...

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OMG! Lindsay Graham is supporting Sotomayor! (update)

I realize that this is not big news, but it sure shows the fragility of thew GOPosaur "conservatives."Foom AP:Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor,...

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*&*$*% Breaking! *%^&$ John Bolton is Still Crazy! Update - Clinton Suceeds +...

Just when we thought that birthers couldn't give us any more humor, cue in John Bolton - master of spinning fake intelligence reports to get Colin Powell to look like a fool in front of the whole...

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Mark Sanford - A sharp contrast and little hilarity on a sad day (with Poll)

I live in Boston, so all TV and radio stations are all Teddy all the time. The procession is going on and it is sad to see.  It is hard not to be sad, I moved here over 30 years ago and he has always...

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Glen Beck is not Alone: Hispanic Group Going After Dobbs (with poll)

Brief diary as I did not see this covered yet.Well we all know what a POS Lou Dobs is and have had our share of coverage.Now we have Politico telling us:One of the country’s leading Hispanic...

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Steve Schmidt, you better start preparing your apology to Sarah Palin!

Today we have this gem from the Washington Post's Stephen Stromberg:Steve Schmidt, John McCain's chief campaign strategist in 2008, said today that a Sarah Palin presidential nomination in 2012 would...

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Breaking! John Boehner Releases GOP Health Bill Alternative

From the WSJ:Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in strategy as the full House is set to...

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Another "Mission Accomplished" for GWB: Teen Pregnancies on the Rise

As if any rational person needed to understand this, papers are abuzz about the new increase in teen pregnancy rates.The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the first...

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Charlie Brown walks away, Lucy left holding football and whines

Breaking: Charlie Brown walks away, Lucy left holding football and whines that he "pulled the rug from under her." Lucy is appalled that, after they had agreed that this time she would not pull the...

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It really is April Fool's Day when tradMed uses T Word to describe Dr. George...

This is a short diary, but in view of all the pooties and such I think it is just fine.I was shocked when I saw the T word - gasp! Terrorism! - on a headline by AP in Yahoo News"Atty: Kan. abortion...

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The Militias Have Started - Tea Party Violence to Follow

Browsing (on all places!) on Yahoo this morning, what do I find but a featured called:Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia LINK to AP via YahooThat's right! Not just the Tea Party crazies,...

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2010 and the Spectre of Goering Visits us Again

I just had to look at the calendar! Not it is not 1946! My calendar says 2010!So why are the words from Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg Trials in my ears this morning? Just in case you can't...

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Another Reason that I am Proud of my Religion - with Poll and Action Items

I joined a Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church in my town 3 years ago and today I got another reason to feel proud of my new religion. This is a great Church that I joined for the spiritual fulfillment...

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Why the fear campaign may actually work (shiver) - with poll

It is no surprise to any of us that the GOP Fear Campaign 2010 (TM) is going into full throttle mode.  We don't need to wait for Mitch McConnell to unveil the GOPosaur platform in September.  Here it...

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Where do we stand as a community on the tax cuts?

OK, not much of a diary as we have had enough about this (probably more than about Hillary v. Obama back in 2008), but I have not yet seen a poll on where we stand as a community.

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The First Big Test as a Community under DK4

OK, now it's time to see if we are going to put our money where our mouth is. Kossacks say they are about defending our constitutional liberties so here is a test to see if we will all join in once and...

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Trayvon Martin - the elephant in the room that is barely touched on ...

First of all, my condolences to the family and friends of Trayvon Martin for the horrible loss they have endured.There have been many beautiful and touching diaries about this young man that lost his...

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Please Sign Petition on WhiteHouse.gov to Save Freedom-Seekers - with Poll

As the freedom-seekers are so desperately trying to free themselves from our horrible Government, from taxes, and above all from government imposed healthcare, I have created a petition on...

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Updated: not RKBA - How much longer must we bear? (with poll)

Update: I clearly failed at generating a productive conversation on how to slow the carnage or even how many deaths are acceptable to defend the 2A rights perceived by gun enthusiasts.  I changed the...

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We'll never be able to reason with Second Amendment absolutists until we...

Among all the arguments (here and on other boards) since Newtown one thing has become clear.  We are not talking the same language.To most of us it is a justice, political, economic or practical issue:...

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Mass. officer loses gun in courthouse bathroom

Yet another legal gun that disappears.WAREHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Plymouth police officer’s gun has gone missing after he inadvertently left it in a courthouse bathroom. Yup, we must remember that all...

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Humbled and very thankful - with poll

To the anonymous benefactor that gave a gift subscription last night – thank you from the bottom of my heart!I am humbled by the generosity we always see here and I wasn’t expecting this at all. There...

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Gunman killed 2 Santa Cruz cops - UPDATED

UPDATE - Thanks to everyone for the comments, the recs and the tips. A great suggestion made by BentLiberal in the comments:If you'd like to donate to the surving families of the detectives who were...

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We clearly don't have a gun problem, it is a dog problem - with poll

Just a brief diary to show another example of how we clearly must do something about dogs in our Country as these are more dangerous than anyone thought.A few days ago we had perterfallow's Guns don't...

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Who could have foreseen? Study shows more gun laws = fewer deaths.

My oh my! who could have foreseen this?From the Boston Globe:States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures...

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UPDATE: Sandy Hook Ride on Washington - March 10 (Day 2) - In Awe of the...

UPDATE: After covering 107 miles today (in addition to the rallies), the Team will be spending the night at Exton, PA. Tomorrow they will ride on to Baltimore.Getting started on day 1 of the Ride Our...

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Go to a Public University in North Carolina? You life is now worth a bit less...

You read that right.  If you attend a public university in N.C. your life is worth a little less as the N.C. House has just passed laws that forbid public universities from banning guns on their...

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Personalized Handgun Safety Act of 2013, or using technology to stop the carnage

While I don't have my hopes up that Boehner and the teabagging Republicans will allow this bill to ever see the floor of the House, just the fact that it is filed will put a little more heat on the...

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Civil Rights and Gun Rights

So here we are in 2013 and the civil rights struggle is showing a lot of progress, but the job is nowhere near done.To wit we have these horrendous atrocities in the recent past:Gay man murdered in...

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Wow, even tradMed is starting to notice the ludicrous "private" sales!

Earlier this week we had a diary on the rec list for a couple of days about how tradMed covers - or rather doesn't cover, or barely covers - shooting sprees in the US while these are covered by...

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My comments last week were abhorrent and inexcusable. Please forgive me.

I was put in a timeout for about a week and I deserved it. My comments were completely out of line and they do not belong at a place like DailyKOS. Rather than rehash what happened and get into the...

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Here is where Jeb Bush was going today when he talked about Hispanics and...

Updated with more readable chart. Thanks for all the comments. Second update.  As shmuelman pointed out, the Republicans are also doomed by the age demographics/trends (not just the...

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Abortion and Demographics

The changing demographics will very soon completely marginalize the Republicans into a regional party, even fringier than they are now. They have lost young voters, are tied or losing with the middle...

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Murkowski becomes third GOP senator to support marriage equality

I can't believe that no one has diaried this here (or if they did I missed it).  I came across it on Yahoo News:Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Wednesday that she now supports allowing...

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The real reason the NRA opposes background checks - with poll

OK so even the weakened background check bill to plug some of the loopholes in our current background checks regulations got killed in the Senate. The House now doesn't even need to think about...

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UPDATED 3X: What is the real purpose of the NRA? - with poll

UPDATE 3: 8:17 PM EDT - That looks more like it, we are approaching a 3 to 1 margin for real freedom! But I must admit that I am disappointed; I expected overwhelming support and also too was sure that...

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FINAL UPDATE: Wow, just wow! MO declares virtually every federal gun law...

THIRD AND FINAL UPDATE: As requested by a commenter from the great state of MO, I have changed the title to show that bill was vetoed. We can breathe easier for now, at least until the rabid GOP tries...

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DREAM DEFENDERS, Day 18: Can anyone get justice if there is no justice for...

NEW GROUP: ACTION DIARY: If you do nothing, how can justice prevail? Please help the Dream Defenders repeal Florida's odious Stand Your Ground law. Today is day 18 of their sit-in at Governor Scott's...

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We must stop these crazed half naked psychopaths from feeding their children...

of other people!Update 2: Texas law on breastfeeding (h/t tom 47)Texas Law on Breastfeeding Sec. 165.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDING The legislature finds that breastfeeding a baby is an important and basic...

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UPDATE: I'm sombody, I'm sombody! Tonight I posted my 10,000th comment

UPDATE: Seriously rec list! If anyone was unsure that this site was going down the tubes now we have definitive proof! Thanks for all the recs and comment, but come on - humor is fine but there are...

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UPDATE: Dream Defenders Lifted (Long Ago) by Bayard Rustin - will YouTube...

UPDATE - will Agnew's YouTube video go viral? It is entirely up to us. As of this update the video has over 27,000 views (almost 10,000 additional views in the last 12 hours). I understand if you don't...

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Putin in a Negligee? More repression in Russia, geez what a surprise!

This is a short diary, but I had not seen this before (forgive me if it is a double posting).This past week a painting of Putin in woman's underwear. I've seen it called drag or a negligee, but...

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Dream Defender Ahmad Abuznaid Jets to Geneva: Jump for Justice in America

Ahmad Abuznaid, lawyer and founding member of the Dream Defenders, will present a report later in October to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He wrote the report with the NAACP, other DDs,...

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Hispanics and Racism - My Personal Story (Trayvon's Murder Revisited): Dream...

One of the most ludicrous claims of the murderer's PR team (family, friends, and defenders - paid and unpaid): Zimmerman could not have been motivated by racism because of his Hispanic ancestry. They...

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Action! Let's Pass the MBOPRA. #BlackLivesMatter #STDDs, Week 57

Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager (r) shooting and killing Walter Scott (l). Police have gone nuts in this country. Let's counter that with the Michael Brown Over-Policed Rights Act, which we...

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Crowd-sourcing our second federal law at DK: Round 2. #BlackLivesMatter,...

We start by crowd-sourcing our Law Enforcement Documentation Act of 2016, and ultimately a President will sign it into law. This week's report on the so-called "investigation" of Tamir Rice's death...

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