Well, Romney probably voted for himself during the 2012 elections. But the Huffington Post says: Over the Christmas break of 2010, Mitt Romney and his family took an internal poll on whether he should run for president once more. Twelve family members cast ballots. Ten said no. One of the 10 was Mitt Romney himself. […]
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Sarah Palin Is Not Going to Start a Third Party
Blah blah blah it’s Monday and Sarah Palin said something hypocritical. She also hinted at the idea of creating a third party: But, look: She’s not going to do that. She’s not going to leave the Republican Party. You know how I know that? It’s because Sarah Palin never does anything. She’s never done anything. […]
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Can I Just Talk for a Minute About How Much I Dislike the Supreme Court?
I really think the Supreme Court is an idea that needs reforming. I’m not talking about politics, here. Sure, I loathe how conservative (and in two cases, how utterly insane) some of the Justices are, but that’s not my point. My point is that the Supreme Court is basically treated like royalty. Talk all you […]
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Idaho Republicans Are Trying to Take Back Their Right to Discriminate Against Gays
The Spokesman-Review says: Idaho Republican Party leaders are calling on the state Legislature to invalidate local city ordinances that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation – like the one Coeur d’Alene passed after an emotional community debate just two weeks ago. Six Idaho cities have passed such non-discrimination ordinances in the past year […]
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The Daily Show on Poor, Bullied Christians
This is glorious: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Semi-related: Am I crazy, or is John Oliver a really good Daily Show host?
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Edward Snowden Did a Live Q&A This Morning
You should read the whole thing at The Guardian, but this is my favorite response: …it’s important to bear in mind I’m being called a traitor by men like former Vice President Dick Cheney. This is a man who gave us the warrantless wiretapping scheme as a kind of atrocity warm-up on the way to […]
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President Obama’s Pride Month Speech
It’s not one of President Obama’s grand, sweeping speeches, but it’s still nice to see a president addressing these issues in the White House:
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Marco Rubio Says “I’m Done” If the Immigration Bill Protects Same-Sex Married Couples
I think it’s fair to say that Senator Marco Rubio is not going to be remembered as a legendary civil rights figure: “If this bill has something in it that gives gay couples immigration rights and so forth, it kills the bill. I’m done,” Rubio said Thursday during an interview on the Andrea Tantaros Show. […]
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For Once, I Agree with Mike Huckabee
The Examiner says: In a surprising move, Christian conservative and Republican leader Mike Huckabee is encouraging churches to give up their tax exempt status. Huckabee issued the following call for churches to unilaterally give up their tax-exempt status via Twitter on June 11: “It’s time for churches to reject tax exempt status completely; freedom is […]
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USA On NSA: Who Cares? Let’s Go Shopping!
Gawker noticed that sales of George Orwell’s 1984 have skyrocketed on Amazon this week. Which is surprising, because a new Washington Post story says that most Americans don’t care about PRISM and the NSA’s spying: A large majority of Americans say the federal government should focus on investigating possible terrorist threats even if personal privacy […]
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President Obama: “You Can’t Have 100% Security, and Also Then Have 100% Privacy and 0 Inconvenience.”
In a press conference this morning, President Obama addressed the NSA surveillance programs, saying “we’re gonna have to make some choices as a society” to examine how we deal with privacy issues and terrorism. Here’s the whole exchange:
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Joss Whedon Says He Doesn’t Plan on Making Avengers 2 Without Robert Downey Jr.
I’ve written about the upcoming salary dispute between Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel’s movie-making division. It looks like Marvel wants to treat the talent in their films the same way they do the talent in their comics: Interchangeable, in service of the intellectual property. But that’s going to be a harder sell with movies than […]