Recent Votes

• Arizona's Republican Secretary of State says he may keep President Obama off the November ballot because he's not convinced Obama is an American

  Source: Talking Points Memo

  The man in charge of running Arizona’s elections has gone to the birthers. Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he’s not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States and so he is threatening to keep the president off the ballot in November. Bennett& …

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• Surprise Senate Candidate Deb Fischer: Destroy The Constitution Or I'll Destroy The Economy

  Source: Think Progress

  Yesterday, Nebraska GOP primary votersnominated dark horse candidate and state Sen. Deb Fischer as their candidate for an open U.S. Senate race this November. In choosing Fischer, the Nebraska GOP aligns itself with a candidate who recently called for a very high stakes ga …

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• Trayvon Martin Autopsy: Knuckle Injury Was Tiny, but Gunshot Was at 'Intermediate Range'

  Source: Little Green Footballs

  More details are emerging on the autopsy results for Trayvon Martin, and earlier reports that his knuckles were skinned (as if from a fight) seem to have been inaccurate. The autopsy reported only a tiny abrasion about a quarter-inch long on his left ring finger. And poss …

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• To Fight Inequality, Link Worker Pay to Corporate Taxes ~~~ Reduced Executive Pay

  Source: Common Dreams

  The tax code sets some basic priorities for the economy and society, so a better way to think about taxes is to ask, “How can we improve the tax code to get the kind of economy we want?” If there’s one thing we should want less of in our economy, it’s ine …

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• The Real Fraud: Second 'Non-Citizen' In James O'Keefe Voter Fraud Video Naturalized In 2011

  Source: Think Progress

  In conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe’s latest video, he features two “non-citizens” who have supposedly committed voter fraud in North Carolina. As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, one of the men, Zbigniew Gorzkowski, has actually been an American ci …

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