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    No Girls Allowed, 1878

    MAY 10, 2012 11:45AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: politics, discrimination, united states constitution, 19th amendment, voting rights, sufferage, women's history, eletions, county recorder, monroe county mary deborah rogers, bloomington, indiana, united states history

    • 1 Ratings
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    Noam Chomsky Needs to Broaden His View

    APRIL 6, 2012 4:37PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: united states constitution, metal detectors, dogs, verona v acton, aclu, solanco school district, pennsylvania, extracurricular activities, athletes, suspicionless drug testing, fourth amendment, expulsion, facebook, juneau, alaska, bong hits 4 jesus, jesus is not a homophobe, merick couch, wayneville, ohio, arkansas, tinker v des moines, owensboro, kentucky, the scoop, first amendment, hazelwood v kuhlmeier, supreme court, jerry rubin, yuppies, yippies, hippies, trilateral commission, education, elementary school, middle school, high school, college, indoctrination, alternet, noam chomsky

    • 4 Ratings
    • 486 Views
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    The wingnuts’ very bad day

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 1:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: women's rights, women's health, united states supreme court, united states constitution, u.s. supreme court, u.s. constitution, susan g. komen for the cure foundation, susan g. komen, sarah palin, same-sex marriage, roe vs. wade, proposition 8, prop 8, pro-choice, politics, planned parenthood, mormon cult, loving vs. virginia, lawrence vs. texas, komen, karen handel, justice, human rights, hatred, haters, gay rights, freedoms, fourteenth amendment, feminism, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, discrimination, civil rights, catholic church, california, bowers vs. hardwick, bigots, bigotry, anti-choice, abortion, 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals

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    If We Don't Kill NDAA/SOPA/EEA/Keystone XL Pipeline They Win

    JANUARY 15, 2012 10:47AM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: 9/11, aumf, authorization for use of military force, bill of rights, citizens united, citizens united v fec, constitution, corporate fascism, creeping fascism, eea, enemy expatriation act, fascism, freedom, freedom to fascism, national defense authorization act, ndaa, patriot act, pipa, pnac, project for a new american century, protect ip act, seditious conspiracy, sopa, stop online piracy act, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, usa patriot act

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    Freedom to Fascism Redux: A Timeline of Recent U.S. History

    JANUARY 13, 2012 10:55AM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: wayne bowen, usa patriot act, united states constitution, u.s. constitution, stop online piracy act, sopa, seditious conspiracy, protect ip act, project for a new american century, pnac, pipa, patriot act, ndaa, national defense authorization act, freedom to fascism, freedom, fascism, enemy expatriation act, eea, corporate fascism, constitution, citizens united v fec, citizens united, bill of rights, authorization for use of military force, aumf, 911, 9-11

    • 1 Ratings
    • 458 Views
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    Debating Indefinite Detention?: Some Recommended Resources

    JANUARY 4, 2012 2:45AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: glenn greenwald, political prisoners, aljazeera, united states senate, president obama, the daily show, jon stewart, national defense authorization act, occupy wall street, united states constitution, indefinite detention, fascism, censorship, national security, mother jones magazine, nick baumann, amy goodman democracy now, juan gonzalez, frank zappa, who are the brain police, it can't happen here, sinclair lewis, united states bill of rights, sixth amendment

    • 5 Ratings
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    • 13 Comments
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    Happy Birthday to the Bill of Rights!

    DECEMBER 15, 2011 7:35AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: united states constitution, bill of rights, history

    • 25 Ratings
    • 812 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    WHEN the 1% GET IT RIGHT: 70+ Corps. Demand Repeal of DOMA

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 6:52AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: bank of new york, mellon bank, nw balance shoes, bcbs health incurance, sun life financial services, constellation energy coporation, nationwide insurance, xerox, timewarner cable, nike, columbia broadcasting system (cbs), calvert industries, chubb insurance, eastern bank corporation, starbucks, state street bank and trust company, onyx pharmaceuticals, google, microsoft, president nixon, judge tauro, gill v. opm, corporations against the defense of marriage act, the defense of marriage act (doma), gay citizens, recruiting, hiring, undue regulatory burdens on business, special legal classes, equal protection under law, united states constitution, knowing when the 1% is acting for justice regardless of othr motives, the 1%

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    Libya just another of Obama’s broken promises

    MARCH 21, 2011 6:09PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, wisconsin, war, wag the dog, vietraq war, united states constitution, u.s. rep. dennis kucinich, u.s. constitution, ronald reagan, president obama, president barack obama, obama, national self-defense, moammar ghadafi, libya, labor unions, labor movement, labor, iraq, howard dean, george w. bush, george h. w. bush, dennis kucinich, democratic party, deaniacs, dean, constitution, broken campaign promises, bill clinton, barack obama

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1230 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Lynchings begin before Labor Day

    AUGUST 3, 2010 10:09PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, citizenship, american patriot's bible, proposition h8, mormonism, e pluribus unum, melting pot, prop h8, republican tea party, 14th amendment, religion, mitt romney, united states constitution, jingoism, jeff sessions

    • 3 Ratings
    • 555 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Assorted shit

    FEBRUARY 14, 2010 7:38PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: alan grayson, andrew sullivan, bullies, bully, bullying, california, california legislature, civil rights, dick cheney, dykes, equal rights, filibuster, gays in the military, george w. bush, harry mitchell, human rights, immigration, j.d. hayworth, jack abramoff, john mccain, john mccainosaurus, literacy tests, margaret cho, pirates, rachel maddow, racial issues, racism, racists, rep. alan grayson, sarah palin, sarah palin-quayle, senate rules, tom tancredo, treason, u.s. constitution, u.s. senate, united states constitution, united states senate, wanda sykes, war crimes, war criminal, white house correspondents' association dinner, entertainment, comedy, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 534 Views
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    Our highest elected officials rape the U.S. Constitution

    DECEMBER 12, 2009 3:49PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: president obama, president barack obama, politics, due process, constitutional law, bill of attainder, barack obama, association of community organizations for reform now, acorn, united states constitution

    • 10 Ratings
    • 2250 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Democracy: What the Founders Knew But We've Forgotten

    JULY 2, 2009 3:35PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: schwarzenegger, california, california assembly, california budget, california budget crisis, california legislature, california politics, constitution, constitutional law, democracy, founding fathers, governor arnold schwarzenegger, governor schwarzenegger, james madison, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, news

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    • 43 Ratings
    • 73403 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    The Trial of John Yoo

    APRIL 22, 2009 10:20AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: u.s. constitution, bill of rights, united states constitution, civil liberties, torture, presidential power, constitutional law, law, president george w. bush, john eastman, chapman, chapman university, chapman law school, chapman university school of law, katherine darmer, larry rosenthal, office of legal counsel, george bush, george w. bush, torture memos, terrorism, war on terror, jay bybee, judge jay bybee, waterboarding, interrogation techniques, cia, central intelligence agency, 18 u.s.c. 2340, united nations convention against torture, convention against torture, news, politics, yoo, john yoo

    • 4 Ratings
    • 908 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    America (9-11)

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 10:39AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, constitution, freedom, bill of rights, charles albert tindley, clarence darrow, emma lazarus, family, first amendment, first amendment constiitution, first amendment to the u.s. constitution, fourth of july, franklin d. roosevelt, franklin delano roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, frederick douglass, freedom of speech, george washington, gettysburg address, independence day, irving berlin, john f. kennedy, john kennedy, july 4, july 4th, kennedy, liberty, lincoln, lincoln’s gettysburg address, marine corps, marine corps motto, mark twain, martin luther king, martin luther king jr., my country ‘tis of thee, patriotism, phil ochs, quotes, rev. dr. charles albert tindley, robert f. kennedy, robert kennedy, roosevelt, samuel f. smith, samuel francis smith, semper fi, semper fidelis, united states constitution, united states of america, lillian hellman, roger taney, habeas corpus, president of the united states, potus, 9-11, september 11

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