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Republicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues
February 8, 2011Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.
Read moreWith rise of Egypt, Glenn Beck’s popularity falls
February 4, 2011In response to the Egyptian uprising, Glenn Beck is getting crazier and more extreme than ever with predictions of a worldwide conflagration and implosion.
Read morePlanned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of video plot
February 2, 2011Planned Parenthood has asked the FBI to investigate an apparent video scam operation linked to a far-right anti-abortion group, targeting several of its clinics in six states.
Read moreGroups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian
February 2, 2011Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.
Read moreRight-wing “blizzard narrative” is anti-worker snow job
February 2, 2011As a massive winter storm pounds much of the country, the tea party/Republicans are pushing a disastrous narrative: strangle vital public services, like snowplowing, then blame public workers and their unions.
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