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February 6, 2012 8:16 pm | By Miranda Blue
NYT: The Courts as a Political Weapon for the Powerful
As Mitt Romney rightly pointed out in December, one of the most important issues riding on the upcoming presidential election will be the future of the federal courts. Yet, if 2012 is like other election years, the courts will be…
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February 1, 2012 10:37 pm | By Paul Gordon
Sen. Mike Lee Taken to Task (Again)
By the time the Senate went home for its month-long holiday in before Christmas, Republicans had made it clear they would continue to obstruct the nominations process so as to cripple both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National…
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February 1, 2012 3:58 pm | By Miranda Blue
Just How Many Americans is Mitt Romney “Not Concerned” With?
Mitt Romney told Soledad O’Brien this morning: “I’m not concerned with the very poor. We have a safety net there,” Romney told CNN. “If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just…
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January 31, 2012 3:20 pm | By Miranda Blue
Boykin Cuts and Runs from West Point Event after PFAW Exposes his Extremism
Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, a former Army officer who now spends his time spreading Islamophobic propaganda and anti-government conspiracy theories, canceled his plans to speak at West Point last night after a veterans’ group expressed concern about his views.…
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January 30, 2012 11:44 pm | By Miranda Blue
Reid Challenges Republicans on their Continued Obstruction of Nominees
In a speech on the Senate floor today, Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized Senate Republicans for neglecting their “constitutional obligation” to confirm presidential nominees. As People For’s Marge Baker wrote last week inUS News & World Report, unprecedented obstruction from…
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January 30, 2012 10:39 pm | By Justin
PFAW Panel Highlights: Constitutional Remedies to Overturn Citizens United
People For the American Way hosted a panel (entire video) on Capitol Hill as part of a month of action surrounding the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. The panel showcased the rapidly growing movement across the…
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January 28, 2012 7:00 pm | By Paul Gordon
President Condemns Obstruction of Judicial Nominations in His Weekly Address
In his weekly address this morning, President Obama followed up on his State of the Union theme of restoring the middle class in a time of unprecedented income inequality. A fair judicial system is a vital component of that effort,…
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January 27, 2012 10:15 pm | By Miranda Blue
There Is a Judicial Confirmation Crisis, and the GOP Is Causing It
In an op-ed in U.S. News & World Report today, People For’s Marge Baker commends the president for mentioning the judicial nominations crisis in his State of the Union address, but says he wasn’t telling the whole story: In Tuesday…
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January 27, 2012 9:04 pm | By Jen Herrick
FINAL PUSH: Online March for Trust Women Week!
There are now over 100,000 participants in the Online March for Trust Women Week. We’re making our final push today. Please join now! Today, as we celebrate the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, women’s reproductive…
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January 27, 2012 7:18 pm | By Justin
Citizens United Hurts America’s Real Job Creators: Small Businesses
An op-ed in CNN by the American Sustainable Business Council’s David Brodwin describes how the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United is pro-business – but only pro-mega-multinational-corporation-with-huge-cash-reserves-to-spend-on-political-ads-and-lobbying-business. Citizens United, which opened the floodgates for corporations to spend unregulated, unrestricted and…
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January 25, 2012 10:56 pm | By Brian
Baltimore Sun Calls Out Ocean City Officials for Bolstering Jerry Boykin’s Bigotry
Cross-posted on Right Wing Watch The Baltimore Sun is insisting that the mayor and city councilmen of Ocean City, Maryland end their silence about Jerry Boykin, the keynote speaker at tomorrow’s Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, whose radical anti-Muslim views have led to…
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January 25, 2012 10:13 pm | By Jen Herrick
UPDATE: Online March for Trust Women Week!
PFAW has made a very strong showing among the more than 80,000 people who have already joined the Online March for Trust Women Week. If you haven’t yet, please join now! Today, as we celebrate the anniversary of the Supreme…
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January 25, 2012 6:32 pm | By Jen Herrick
What a Difference 18 Years Makes
Sometimes it’s hard to see what it means to make change. Last week OutServe brought us a notable exception. Not long ago, this video could not have been made. It’s because so many people worked so hard over the past…
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January 25, 2012 5:04 pm | By Jen Herrick
Stop School Bullying this GSA Day!
Following the increased media attention paid to bullying-related suicides in 2010, Senator Al Franken took a strong stand on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and those who are perceived to be LGBT. His Student Non-Discrimination Act…
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January 25, 2012 3:31 pm | By Brian
Pressure Increases on Ocean City Officials to Drop Boykin
Cross-posted on Right Wing Watch With Jerry Boykin set to keynote the Mayor’s Prayer breakfast in Ocean City, Maryland on Thursday, pressure is increasing on city officials to drop the controversial speaker. Boykin routinely spouts extremist views, including calling for the U.S.…
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January 25, 2012 3:27 pm | By Miranda Blue
President Sheds Light on Judicial Nominations Crisis, Urges End to Senate Obstruction
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama addressed the unprecedented Senate obstruction of judicial and executive branch nominees and urged senators to end the nominations gridlock. Since Obama became president, the Senate GOP has conducted a…
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January 24, 2012 10:47 pm | By Justin
Video from PFAW Panel: Constitutional Remedies to Overturning Citizens United
People For the American Way’s Marge Baker moderated a panel discussion on Capitol Hill about the necessity of a constitutional amendment to address out-of-control corporate spending on elections made possible by Citizens United. A rapidly growing constellation of elected leaders,…
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January 24, 2012 4:52 pm | By Miranda Blue
CAIR and Auburn Theological Seminary Join Call for Ocean City to Disinvite Boykin
Cross-posted on Right Wing Watch. On Thursday, People For the American Way sent a letter to the mayor and city council of Ocean City, Maryland, urging them to rescind their invitation to retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin to headline this…
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January 23, 2012 6:05 pm | By Jen Herrick
Join the Online March for Trust Women Week!
Yesterday, I asked you to join the Online March for Trust Women Week. PFAW supporters are among the 66,000 and counting who’ve already marched. If you haven’t yet, please join now! Today, as we celebrate the anniversary of the Supreme…
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January 20, 2012 4:28 pm | By Peter Montgomery
Newt Still Following His Own Advice: Smear, Slander, Attack
Newt Gingrich fired up the audience at last night’s debate when he turned a question about an interview with his ex-wife into a raging diatribe against the news media. Attacking the media has been one of Newt’s key campaign strategies,…