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AG Eric Holder To GOP Rep. Darrell Issa: Your Conduct Is ‘Unacceptable’ And ‘Shameful’

by David Badash ● 3:23 PM May 15, 2013

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder moments ago, while testifying before Congress, took a moment to scold Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, calling his conduct “unacceptable” and “shameful.”

Civil Rights

GOP Killed Bill That Would Have Stopped DOJ From Taking AP Phone Records

by David Badash ● 11:43 AM May 14, 2013

Congressional Republicans helped kill the very bill that would have prevented the Department of Justice from being able to take the phone records of the Associated Press.

Economics

Elizabeth Warren Eviscerates Regulators: Why Do Feds Prosecute People But Not Banks?

by David Badash ● 9:06 AM February 15, 2013

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren yesterday eviscerated federal bank regulators, demanding answers to questions like, “When was the last time you took a Wall Street bank to trial?”

News

Who Are The 17 Democrats Who Voted To Hold Eric Holder In Contempt?

by David Badash ● 12:22 AM June 29, 2012

The Republican-led House voted almost entirely along party lines to hold Eric Holder, the nation’s first African-American Attorney General, in contempt of Congress.

Discrimination

GOP War On Women Extends To Its Own Dormant “RNC Women” Website

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 16, 2012

The Republican National Committee, home of the Republican Party and the GOP, hosts several websites, including “RNC Women,” which has been dormant and has not been updated in months.

Bigotry Watch

Obama Talks About Rush Limbaugh’s Attacks As Advertiser Loss Skyrockets

by David Badash ● 2:14 PM March 6, 2012

Obama weighed in just minutes ago on the scandal Rush Limbaugh caused when he started his misogynistic attacks on Sandra Fluke six days ago. 28 companies have quit.

Bigotry Watch

How Rush Limbaugh’s “Apology” Destroys Any Credibility He Had Left On The Right

by David Badash ● 7:16 PM March 3, 2012

Limbaugh’s “apology” to Sandra Fluke contains the seeds of his demise, and takes away any shred of credibility the Right gave him. Revealed: Limbaugh is “absurdity.”

Bigotry Watch

Limbaugh: Law Student GOP Wouldn’t Let Testify Must Post Sex Tapes Online

by David Badash ● 2:16 PM March 1, 2012

Rush Limbaugh today demanded Sandra Fluke, the law student the GOP refused to allow to testify in a contraception hearing, post videos of her having sex online.

Civil Rights

‘Pro-Life’ Governor Determined To End Abortion Enables Gun-Running Killers

by David Badash ● 1:04 PM March 1, 2012

As 3 Ohio teens were shot to death, Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law a bill that removes Virginia’s one-gun-per-month limit on handgun sales. Pro-life is forever?

Bigotry Watch

Limbaugh Calls Law Student GOP Wouldn’t Let Testify “Prostitute” And “Slut”

by David Badash ● 5:05 PM February 29, 2012

Limbaugh called Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, whom Darrell Issa refused to allow to testify at the men-only contraception hearing a “prostitute” and a “slut.”

Civil Rights

Pelosi To Hold House Hearing On Contraception, GOP Plans To Interfere

by David Badash ● 6:05 PM February 21, 2012

Nancy Pelosi is holding a contraception hearing but the GOP is refusing to grant her request to have it filmed, possibly the first time this has ever occurred.

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