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Liberal super PAC attacks former labor secretary for being Chinese
TweetTo add to the canon of not-only-Republicans-make-stupid-racist-comments, Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao found herself at the receiving end of a vicious attack by Progress Kentucky, a liberal super PAC in Kentucky. Her sin? Being married to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. Oh, and being Asian. Here’s one tweet posted (and defended vigorously) by Progress Kentucky: [...]
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Quote of the Day: Ashley Judd is just like Todd Akin
TweetIn the latest conservative attempt to discredit Ashley Judd before she’s even said she’s running for the Senate, the Daily Caller points to her history of “bizarre” feminist comments: By getting in the race with this sort of baggage, Judd runs the risk of being portrayed as a Todd Akin-esque candidate – meaning voters simply decide [...]
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Quote of the Day: The baby is “the largest organ in the body”
TweetAlabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin is pushing a new TRAP bill that could shut down all five of the state’s abortion clinics. According to her, the strict regulations are necessary because abortion is a major surgery. In fact, she claims: “When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in [...]
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It’ll take more than Bobby Jindal to fix this
TweetDespite Republicans’ long standing campaign of boning up relationships in the Asian community–it turns out, Asians as a voting bloc lean to the left. This is significant for many reasons and brings up a lot of questions, like why? Well, the reasons are probably varied and nuanced, but what we can say is this–it is [...]
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Breaking: The House likely to pass Senate version of VAWA