WTF: TeaBagger Congresswoman Renee Ellmers want's to Honor NC biggest Bigot and Complete Asshole Jessie Helms

Can you actually believe this shit, Honoring Senator Jesse Helms This week, I was proud to submit H.R. 6607 - a bill to name the Century Post Office in Raleigh as the 'Jesse Helms Federal Building and United States Courthouse'. Senator Helms was an important advocate and representative of North Carolina throughout his 20 years of service in the United States Senate. This bill will ensure that the work he accomplished for the people of North Carolina...

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New Law Criminalizing Online Student Speech Takes Effect Dec. 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENOVEMBER 28, 2012 ACLU-NC Says the First-in-the-Nation Law is Misguided and Chills Free Speech Group Calls on Students Charged Under the Law to Contact ACLU-NC Office RALEIGH – A new state law, the 2012 School Violence Prevention Act, that will be the first in the nation to impose criminal sanctions on public school students who use computers with the “intent to intimidate or torment” school employees will go into effect Dec. 1. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina opposes this law because it is too broad,...

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HRC's New Municipal Equality Index Details the State of LGBT Equality in U.S. Cities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 27, 2012HRC's New Municipal Equality Index Details the State of LGBT Equality in U.S. CitiesFirst of its kind nationwide evaluation of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy finds cities need to do more to protect LGBT employees and citizensWASHINGTON — Many U.S. cities lack sufficient protections for LGBT people, even in some the “bluest” states with progressive reputations. That's according to a new report by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual...

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It had to be a Senator Family member to get a investigation in to who TSA threat people who fly..

From Facebook, Filming Cops, TEXAS -- TSA pulled down a 17-yr-old girl's dress to expose her breasts. Since she is a relative of a U.S. Congressman, a federal investigation has begun into t he incident.Representative Ralph Hall of Texas said his gran-niece, 17, was 'badly mistreated' when she had her dress pulled down during security screening at an airport.TSA agent pulls down dress to expose the breasts of 17-year-old niece of Congressman...

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News Flash, Illinois Supreme Court Rules on Recording Police

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job. By passing on the issue, the justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that found that the state's anti-eavesdropping law violates free-speech rights when used against people who audiotape police officers. Court Rules You Can Keep Using Your SmartPhone to Record Police Abuses. -Common DreamsThe Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of an Illinois law that prohibited people from recording...

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Equality Federation Announces Fran Hutchins Hire

Dear Friends, Equality Federation is extremely pleased to announce the hiring of Fran Hutchins as the Director of Member and State Services effective December 1st. Fran brings to the Federation more than ten years of experience with progressive non-profit organizations in the fields of LGBT rights, poverty, homelessness, and other social issues, as well as extensive academic research and writing experience. Fran has worked on several state-level ballot measure campaigns in California and Maine. Most recently, she served as Regional Field Director...

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Evidence of Racist Jury Profiling by Wilmington 10

UPDATED ADDRESS CONFIRMED, NC NAACP News Conference Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM  State Capitol - Morgan Street Side Raleigh, NC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 November 2012 For ore information:                Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137                                                ...

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Tar Heel Worker Campaign

Progress NC is reporting that a behind closed door deal concerning a plan to cut a deal on reforming NC Unemployment Insurance System is underway in the NCGA. The deal is being worked out between legislators and Chamber of Commerce with out any input form Worker Advocates (which mean the employee will get the short end of the stick). Length of time and amount of unemployment in on the chopping block. If you feel that this discussion belongs in the OPEN Forum Please sign the Petition at Tarheelworkers.org, (see below for links) Petition | I am...

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Just because they have a badge doesn’t mean they know Everything.

Via Photography isn’t a Crime, Just another Ignorant asshole with a badge who thinks he knows everything, and when that don’t work, just claim the 9/11 law.. Video Description On Thursday, November 14th when filming near the Valero refinery in Manchester TSB organizers were stopped and approached by two officers of the notoriously violent and corrupt Houston Police Department. E.T. Ramirez, badge number 8407 and D. Jimenez, badge number 8105, claimed that it was against the law to film near Valero, but when questioned about which law that...

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The Anti-Protest Bill: How Congress Just Took Our Rights Away

HR 347 limits our ability to protest by making "disruptive" behavior a felony. Help us stop it now! Sign the Petition! ...

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I think McCain needs to see a Doctor..

Angry White Man needs another job! He clearly is failing in the one he was elected to do....

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Email Share, ThinkProgress

By ThinkProgress War Room Today’s Top Three The Progress Report is on hiatus for the rest of November. In the meantime, check out three important posts from ThinkProgress you don’t want to miss today: 1. GOP Rep Admits CIA Approved U.N. Ambassador’s Talking Points On Libya 2. Republican Poll Worker Complains About High Turnout Among ‘People Of Color’ 3. Hostess Blames Union For Bankruptcy After Tripling CEO’s Pay Follow ThinkProgress on Facebook and Twitter...

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NC NAACP Post-Election News Conference To Issue Call For Collaboration and Challenge to Govern for the Good of the Whole

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 November 2012 For More Information:           Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, (919) 394-8137                                                Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, (919) 682-4700 For Media Assistance:          ...

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Majority Leader Paul Stam This week Douchebag..

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Supreme Court Pushes Back DOMA & Prop 8 Cases By Ten Days

An update from AFER: AFER just received word from the U.S. Supreme Court that it will discuss whether to hear AFER’s federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8 at its private Conference on Friday, November 30. The Court will also consider on that date whether it will hear one or more challenges to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Both the Prop. 8 case and the DOMA cases had previously been distributed for discussion at the Justices’ November 20 Conference.The updated timeline suggests that we will likely find out...

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It all makes sense now!!!!

Gay marriage and marijuana being legalized on the same day. Leviticus 20:13 - "if a man lays with another man he should be stoned." We've just be interpreting it wrong all of these years! from Facebook...

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How smart do you have to be to work at Wal-mart

going by the following photos, you don’t have to be smart or able to read as long you can stock items fast.. also by the way, new types of fruits have arrived at Walmart.. (all photos copyrighted to the owner of this blog. come on guys you know you stock these items in the wrong bins.....

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Another Group’s Movement Against Obama,

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Brian Brown still Claim Americans are still in Favor of one man and one woman marriage.

National Organization for Marriage is having a very bad week. The anti-marriage equality organization poured funds and resources into all four states with same-sex marriage ballot measures - and lost every one fucking one of them. "Our opponents and some in the media will attempt to portray the election results as a changing point in how Americans view gay marriage, but that is not the case. Americans remain strongly in favor of marriage as the...

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Ann Coulter on the Election,

"If Mitt Romney cannot win in this economy, then the tipping point has been reached. We have more takers than makers and it’s over. There is no hope.  Mitt Romney was the president we needed right now, and I think it is so sad that we are going to be deprived of his brain power, of his skills in turning companies around, turning the Olympics around, his kindness for being able to push conservative ideas on a country that no longer is interested...

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Karl Rove Claims Obama Was Suppressed the Votes..

Yea Right, the only folks that were trying to suppressed the Votes were the Bigoted Tea Partiers and the GOP.. Hey Karl get over it.. I’m sure this isn’t the first time you wasted so much money and didn’t get want you wanted.. Mitt Romney lost the election because President Barack Obama engaged in voter suppression, according to Republican political strategist Karl Rove. "He succeeded by suppressing the vote," Rove said in an interview on Fox News with anchor Megyn Kelly on Thursday afternoon, "by saying to people, 'You may not like who I am...

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