Bipartisanship I can applaud: IVAWA clears a hurdle
Body: Today, the International Violence Against Women Act was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sponsors included Congress members from both sides of the aisle. madamab has details...
View ArticleSometimes I really hate these f*ckers
Body: The House today sunk the Childhood Marriage Act, legislation which would have made preventing child marriage a key component of our international development efforts. Via dakinikat.The measure...
View ArticleA really long roundup of links on Assange rape accusations
Body: I've done my best to avoid the worst sites, but this latest wave of misogyny and rape apologism has me ready to vomit. The only good thing (from a personal point of view) for the whole nauseating...
View ArticleNJ Judge Threatens to Close Down Big Banks over Fraudclosure
Body: via madamab over at her place.NJ state Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner has ordered 6 banks to demonstrate why the state shouldn't shut down their operations in NJ in Jan:Six lenders who...
View ArticleRight Wing Rage and Right Wing Populism
Body: Lambert suggested I turn this comment on votermom's excellent distinction between anger and hate, into a regular post.-------------- Anyway, apologies in advance for a long comment and diversion...
View ArticleWhatever happened to Obama's "move" to rescind the "conscience clause" rule?
Body: Avedon tags an Idaho pharmacist's refusal to provide a non-abortifacient medication:“Methergine is not an abortifacient and it serves multiple purposes in postpartum care,” the practitioner wrote...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "What Democrats appear to be talking about here is a pure...
Body: Froomkin has an interesting up on the consensus among "progressive" pollsters (including Lake) that Obama's driving away voters with his "everything's on the table" approach to Social...
View ArticleBaby steps
Body: Somerby discusses a review of Michael Kazin’s new history of the left, “American Dreamers” by Yale professor Beverly Gage. Gage can't imagine what "the left" could possibly do to recapture their...
View ArticleVL Talks to OccupyBoston
Body: VastLeft has posted the first installment of videos he shot from OccupyBoston on his site. Not surprisingly, Part I is a great vid. Excellent citizen journalism!(My apologies if someone has...
View ArticleRise in Household Debt over the Last 30 Years -- not what anyone thought it was
Body: except, perhaps, here. Via Skydancing, some new research by Josh Mason and Arjun Jayadev shows that it's not increases in household borrowing that has driven higher household debt, but...
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