Six amazing signs from the “Stand with Texas Women” rally
Thousands of Texans turned out on Monday to support reproductive rights -- and get cheeky with some poster board SLIDE SHOW
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:53 PM UTCslideshow, Texas, Wendy Davis
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Wendy Davis isn't Daenerys
...Or Leslie Knope, or Tami Taylor. The filibustering Texas state senator deserves to be discussed on her own terms
slideshow, Texas, Wendy Davis
Edward Snowden releases statement from Moscow
The NSA whistle-blower says he left Hong Kong once it "became clear my freedom and safety were under threat"
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:26 PM UTC 20Edward Snowden, Russia
Dark money group lies to IRS about being dark money group
A Better America Now is the latest right-wing nonprofit to fail to report millions spent on campaign ads
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:27 PM UTCProPublca, election
Report: Computer user believed to be Adam Lanza discovered
He had a "fetish" for a certain type of bullet and obsessively corrected Wikipedia articles about killers
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 14Adam Lanza, Newtown, Sandy Hook
House GOPer introduces constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Rep. Tim Huelskamp's amendment will fail, but it did pick up 28 co-sponsors
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:41 PM UTCHouse Republicans, DoMA
Hey, GOP: Mexican immigrants aren’t necessarily Democrats
New research suggests they're all over the political spectrum -- and that right-wingers are more likely to vote
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:30 PM UTCPacific Standard
Best of the worst: Right-wing tweets on the Texas abortion battle
Conservatives' most discordant responses to Wendy Davis
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:30 PM UTC 76best of the worst
Fox News adopts George Zimmerman
Outside his legal team, few have done more to help Trayvon Martin's shooter than Sean Hannity. Here's why
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:11 PM UTC 352Trayvon Martin
Alison Lundergan Grimes will challenge Mitch McConnell
"Kentucky is tired of a senior senator that has lost touch with Kentucky issues, voters and their values," she said
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:51 PM UTCAlison Lundergan Grimes
Koch brothers helped derail climate change with lawmaker pledge
Through Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs pushed a pledge to vote against any legislation not offset by tax cut
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 30Koch Brothers, David Koch
Ohio governor signs budget laced with antiabortion provisions
The two-year budget also includes amendments to defund Planned Parenthood and cut funding to rape crisis centers
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:14 PM UTC 21Rape, rape crisis centers
James Clapper is still lying to America
A smoking gun shows Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is a big liar -- and it's not the first time
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:02 PM UTC 89James Clapper, NSA
Dem rep. calls for new probe of Jill Kelley, Gen. Allen emails
Rep. Jackie Speier says the Pentagon inspector general did not thoroughly investigate the thousands of exchanges
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:52 PM UTCJill Kelley, Jackie Speier
Putin: Russia won’t turn over Snowden
But the leaker should stop harming "our American partners"
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:37 PM UTCPutin, Vladimir Putin
Bush defends his surveillance program: “Civil liberties were guaranteed”
"I put that program in place to protect the country," he said of the NSA's surveillance program VIDEO
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 1:08 PM UTC 12Video, George W. Bush
Anthony Weiner makes jokes about his name at NYC pride
“You guys know that’s my name right?” Weiner said as people chanted "Weiner." “We’re not just saying that.”
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:59 PM UTCAnthony Weiner, New York City
CBO says GOP abortion bill would raise the deficit
Federal deficits would increase by an estimated $75 million between 2014 and 2018, according to the CBO
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:55 PM UTC 12Trent Franks, Abortion
Wendy Davis gears up for round two of Texas abortion battle
Davis and her Democratic colleagues prepare for the second special session on Monday afternoon
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:53 PM UTC 16Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion
Report: NSA spied on European diplomats
Der Spiegel says that secret NSA documents show that the US bugged offices in Washington, New York and Brussels
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:39 PM UTCNSA, Spying, Europe
How do you like my money now, liberals?
Mayor Bloomberg now plans to spend big bucks to defeat lawmakers trying to rein in stop-and-frisk and the NYPD
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:36 PM UTC 52Opening Shot, Michael Bloomberg
3 biggest myths about immigration reform
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why naturalizing more immigrants will stimulate economic growth VIDEO
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:08 PM UTCVideo, RobertReich.org
We must hate our children
We crush them with debt to go to college -- and today, rates are actually set to double. Are we out of our minds?
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 555Student loan interest rates
I know what Snowden’s feeling right now
When I blew the whistle on the State Department, I knew my life would never be the same. The fear was overwhelming
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:36 AM UTCTomDispatch.com, NSA
Jennifer Lopez apologizes for Turkmenistan show
The singer performed "Happy Birthday" for the country's dictator, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 9:01 PM UTC 22Turkmenistan, Jennifer Lopez
Wendy Davis: Battle isn’t over on Texas abortion bill
"We will fight as we begin the session again on Monday," she said
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 7:16 PM UTC 10Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion
Prop 8 backers lose another challenge
Justice Anthony Kennedy declined the request to halt same-sex marriages in California
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 16Proposition 8, Anthony Kennedy
Sunday shows: What you missed
Punditry experts this week ended racism, fomented homophobia and grew mustaches
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:43 PM UTC 53Sunday shows, Bob Schieffer
Pelosi: GOP needs immigration reform to win the presidency again
"It’s certainly right for the Republicans if they ever want to win a presidential race," she said
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 11Nancy Pelosi, California
NYT columnist Michael Powell slams NYT columnist Thomas Friedman
Friedman wrote a column on why there are "so many popular street revolts in democracies"
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:03 PM UTC 89Michael Powell, Thomas Friedman
David Boies: Goal is marriage equality “in every single state”
The attorney who challenged Proposition 8 says that gay marriage advocates will target all 50 states
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:46 PM UTCProposition 8
NOM lawyer: Prop 8, DOMA decisions were “judicial tyranny”
“We are manufacturing the right to redefine marriage,” said John Eastman VIDEO
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:34 PM UTC 31Video
Neo-Nazi group to receive million-dollar coin collection
The National Alliance is set to inherit the assets of former member Robert Harry McCorkell, who died in 2004
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 10Southern Poverty Law Center
DOMA isn’t dead yet
This week's rulings were a welcome first step, but marriage laws have still been left in the hands of the states
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 13The Weeklings, Supreme Court
RNC Chair: GOP has been “lousy” at outreach to Latinos
"But that’s going to change," promised Reince Priebus
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:32 PM UTC 16Reince Priebus
Thanks for nothing, college!
The studies extolling college's virtues are outdated and misguided. Here's what's really happening to Millennials
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:30 PM UTC 308College, College tuition
Prop 8 backers ask SCOTUS to halt California marriages
Same-sex couples have been getting married since Friday, when the Ninth Circuit lifted its stay on gay marriage
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:20 PM UTCProposition 8, Supreme Court
New York legislation will never be progressive
Given Albany's dysfunction, it's no wonder state officials blew it on campaign finance reform and legalized pot
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:00 PM UTCAlterNet, Cuomo
Why is the Department of Justice not paying its assistant attorneys?
In order to manage its post-sequester budget, the government is keeping 96 unpaid trained employees on staff
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:30 PM UTCProPublica
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Female farmworkers sexually abused
From exploited American field hands to helpless Mexican journalists, a look at the finest docs YouTube has to offer VIDEO
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:00 PM UTCVideo
SCOTUS: No right to remain silent unless you speak up
Its little-covered ruling in Salinas v. Texas could have major implications for future criminal prosecutions
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 15International Business Times
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