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More Trouble For GOP: Majority Of Americans View Republicans Unfavorably, New Poll Finds

by David Badash ● 5:40 PM June 18, 2013
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The Republican Party and the Tea Party are in trouble. A new poll taken June 1-4 and just released by Gallup finds the majority of Americans view the GOP unfavorably.

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Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz To Add Unconstitutional Poison Pill Voter ID To Immigration Reform

by David Badash ● 4:34 PM June 17, 2013
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Ted Cruz of Texas today promised to add an unconstitutional amendment to the immigration reform bill in response to today’s Supreme Court voter ID decision.

Civil Rights

Christian Representative Asks The Tea Party To Consider The Needs Of Non-Believers In The Military. Tea Party Says No!

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 11:14 AM June 17, 2013
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New Jersey Rep. Rob Andrews make an argument on the House Floor last Friday for the equality of atheists in our armed services. He rose in support an amendment that would have allowed secular humanists in the Chaplain Corps. Not surprisingly, the Tea Party said NO!

Marriage

Maddow: GOP’s ‘Awkward’ Positions On ‘The Gay’ Will ‘Come Crashing Down’ Maybe Monday

by David Badash ● 1:38 PM June 15, 2013
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Rachel Maddow explores the “awkward” stance almost every Republican politician has taken on LGBT civil rights, which, she says, “come crashing down” possibly Monday.

Immigration

Anti-Immigrant GOP Congressman Erupts On Twitter: ‘Illegal Aliens Have Just Invaded My Office’

by David Badash ● 1:02 PM June 13, 2013
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Anti-immigrant, anti-gay, anti-women GOP Tea Party Congressman Steve King just let out a rant on Twitter, screaming, “llegal aliens have just invaded my DC office.”

Marriage

Today: Hundreds Of Tea Party Evangelicals To Lobby Congress Demanding Replacement DOMA Law

by David Badash ● 11:38 AM June 13, 2013
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Hundreds of Tea Party evangelicals will be knocking on the doors of their U.S. Senators and Congressmen today, demanding a replacement law for DOMA, which even they assume will be struck down by the Supreme Court.

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Again: Male GOP Congressman Says ‘Incidence Of Rape Resulting In Pregnancy Are Very Low’

by David Badash ● 4:38 PM June 12, 2013
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At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion today, Tea Party Republican Congressman Trent Franks insisted that “the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.”

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Anti-Gay Minister, GOP Lt. Gov. Nominee Self-Publishes Book, Misspells Title On The Cover

by David Badash ● 8:38 AM June 12, 2013
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Virulently anti-gay bishop E.W. Jackson self-published a book titled “Ten Commandments To An Extraordinary Life.” Aside from the questionably appropriateness of a Bishop writing his own Ten Commandments, what he didn’t do was write the title correctly on the book’s cover.

Bigotry Watch

GOP Lt. Gov. Candidate: ‘We Love The Homosexual’ But ‘Homosexuality Is A Sexual Behavior’

by David Badash ● 5:20 PM May 31, 2013
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Virginia GOP Lt. Gov. nominee E.W. Jackson says Christians “love the homosexual” but “homosexuality is a sexual behavior and it is a behavior that the Bible says is wrong and unacceptable.”

Bigotry Watch

Fox Contributor Goes After Women, Gay Parents: ‘Feminist And Emo Lefties Have Their Panties In A Wad’

by David Badash ● 8:48 AM May 31, 2013
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Erick Erickson is doubling-down on his anti-women, faux science freakout, and has now expanded his attack to claim gay parents aren’t as good as straight parents.

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Palin Politicizes Memorial Day

by David Badash ● 5:36 PM May 27, 2013
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Sarah Palin “honored” Memorial Day by politicizing one of our country’s most-sacred national observances, posting an ugly attack on President Barack Obama and crying “scandal!”

Civil Rights

Denying Women Abortion Rights Just Like Ending Holocaust And Slavery Says GOP Congressman

by David Badash ● 5:09 PM May 23, 2013
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Tea Party Republican Trent Franks announced that he believes denying women their constitutionally-protected right to choose to have an abortion is just like ending the Holocaust and slavery.

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Bachmann: Obama Might Use IRS To Deny Healthcare To Tea Party Members (Video)

by David Badash ● 11:59 AM May 16, 2013
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Rep. Michele Bachmann today held a press conference on Capitol Hill, and suggested that President Barack Obama might use the IRS as a means to deny access to healthcare “based upon a person’s political beliefs.”

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Hypocrisy: Low-Tax Groups Should Be Applauding IRS For Doing Exactly What It Was Supposed To Be

by David Badash ● 2:09 PM May 14, 2013
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Low-tax groups like the Tea Party, the GOP, and the RNC should be jumping for joy that the IRS was doing exactly what it was supposed to be doing: ensuring that organizations applying for tax-exempt status actually deserve that status under the law.

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