The Freakout
bankuei:The freakout isn’t about a Black president, it’s that white vote, for a party bill sold on nothing but white supremacy, was outvoted. “The end of white America” etc. is basically the...
View Articlefixing a hole.: theangrymuslimah: Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning...
fixing a hole.: theangrymuslimah: Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning ReelectionNot...: theangrymuslimah:Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning ReelectionNot even a full day had passed before newly...
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thinkmexican: 400 White Students at Ole Miss Shout Racist...
thinkmexican:400 White Students at Ole Miss Shout Racist Slurs, Burn Obama Sign - But Don’t Call It a ‘Riot’About 400 Ole Miss students gathered soon after news reports named Barack Obama the winner of...
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greaterthanlapsed: Just once, I would like to see someone who...
greaterthanlapsed:Just once, I would like to see someone who says stuff like this actually TRY it.I can’t wait to see how that works out for them.(Spoiler alert: They’re in for a rude awakening.)I just...
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mordes: pantslessprogressive: A guaranteed path to...
mordes:pantslessprogressive:A guaranteed path to failure: 88% of Romney Voters Were White | SlateThis is a recipe to making Republicans irrelevant in a generation or two
View ArticleFervent Hope and Bitter Disappointment
kohenari:Like these two commenters on my most recent blog post, I think fervent hope and bitter disappointment are both entirely appropriate ways to feel in the run-up to and in the aftermath of an...
View Article"Knapp said that the 1980 parallel shows how the market reacted to the notion...
“Knapp said that the 1980 parallel shows how the market reacted to the notion that Reagan was going to win, and when he did the market rallied by 10 percent. “The Market acted like it was 1980, but it...
View Article"State polls showed Romney winning big among independents. Historically, any...
“State polls showed Romney winning big among independents. Historically, any candidate polling that well among independents wins. But as it turned out, many of those independents were former...
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afriquecouture: fuckyeahginatorres: When I became an actress...
afriquecouture:fuckyeahginatorres:When I became an actress I quickly realize that the world liked their latinos to look Italian. Not like me. So I wasn’t going up for Latina parts. I was going up for...
View Article"Boehner, though, has said he’s willing to accept “new revenue” — perhaps by..."
“Boehner, though, has said he’s willing to accept “new revenue” — perhaps by closing loopholes and other deductions — as part of overall tax reform in exchange for serious entitlement cuts. “Raising...
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kohenari: Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President...
kohenari:Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama’s Re-Election:Yellow shading indicates states that have a relatively lower amount of post-election hate tweets (compared to their overall...
View ArticleIf one of your senators is a Democrat, EMAIL him or her and demand a change...
shiracoffee:The Last Filibuster?from Taegan Goddard’s Wonk Wire by PacificusEzra Klein makes an impassioned case that now is the time to eliminate the filibuster and return to a functioning legislative...
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elledark: The GOP - “Too Old, Too White, and Too Male”‘This is...
elledark:The GOP - “Too Old, Too White, and Too Male”‘This is a breakdown of how people voted. It suggests President Obama’s second term in the White House was largely secured by record numbers of...
View Articlesquashed: “Boehner, though, has said he’s willing to accept “new revenue” —...
squashed:“Boehner, though, has said he’s willing to accept “new revenue” — perhaps by closing loopholes and other deductions — as part of overall tax reform in exchange for serious entitlement cuts....
View ArticleObama/Biden's environmental agenda is weak. Click to bang your head against...
Obama/Biden's environmental agenda is weak. Click to bang your head against your desk.
View ArticleHow America Became a Country That Lets Little Kids Go Homeless
How America Became a Country That Lets Little Kids Go Homeless: An interesting fact about family homelessness: before the early-1980s, it did not exist in America, at least not as an endemic,...
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Fox News contributor Karl Rove claims President Obama won reelection by...
Fox News contributor Karl Rove claims President Obama won reelection by 'suppressing the vote.': alexandraerin:theuppitynegras:reallyfoxnews:Oh the irony and blatant lies.Okay, my initial reaction is:...
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Let's Educate Ourselves About Welfare and Poverty So We Look Less Stupid
roxanegay:This week I am fascinated by the preoccupation some people have with believing, truly believing, they are personally subsidizing various public welfare programs. When you hear of their...
View Article"People in the Third World are viewed as having too many children because...
“People in the Third World are viewed as having too many children because they are ignorant and irrational; they exercise no control over their sexuality, and “breed out of control.” However, in many...
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