Excellent: Amid cheers and camera flashes from a crush of onlookers, Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law Thursday his bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland — legislation that raises his national profile and, advocates say, gives momentum to those pushing similar measures in three states. “The way forward is always found through greater respect for …
Civil Rights
The War On Women
The phrase War On Women is starting to crop up on some of the internets. I recommend using the phrase as much as possible. I’ve made it a tag. We’ll know we’re winning when Politifact rates it as “false”.
The shape we’re in
A good summary from Steve M.: For those who are still in denial about the extremism of modern-day Republicans, the past week — hell, the past 24 hours — should have been a cold slap in the face, a big jolt of reality. Rush Limbaugh, praised for years by Republicans, declared an honorary member of the …
Oink: Limbaugh Demands that Sandra Fluke Post Sex Tapes Online
Limbaugh is so disgusting that he’s not worthy of my contempt. As such, I write this post only to demonstrate how deliberately manipulative (and wantonly dickish) he is, having managed to convince right-wing assclowns like Patricia Heaton (who knew she was such an asshole?) that Fluke wanted birth control to have more sex, when in …
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Blunt Amendment Blocked
Some rare good news in the Senate: Sen. Olympia Snowe, the Maine Republican who this week said she would not run for reelection, joined nearly all Democrats in a 51-48 vote to dispense of the amendment, which would have allowed employers to decline to cover certain health benefits that conflict with their religious beliefs. Sen. …
Strict constitutionalist
From the email of Montana’s U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Cebull, a federal judge (h/t reader J): “Normally I don’t send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches …
WE HAVE LIFTOFF
Me, yesterday, on the wingnut response to Sandra Fluke’s testimony: C’mon, wingnuts, quit nancying around and just call them sluts. Limbaugh, today: LIMBAUGH: What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. What does that make …