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Is Anti-Obama Text Spam Legal?
(The Root) — It’s one thing when political campaigns are lying to you through social media, TV ads and directly from their candidates’ mouths — but how do you feel about it when it’s directly to your phone? The preceding text screen grab was sent to me from the Twitter account @Lyrikkmashairi with the message:…
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Hurricane Sandy Is Political — Deal With It
(The Root) — So MSNBC’s Chris Jansing highlighted this tweet as the “Tweet of the Day”: Even just days before the election, #Sandy is a reminder that political ideology is secondary to the fact that we are all Americans. —Abby Huntsman And only minutes before the MSNBC declaration, I had tweeted this, about Republican New…
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Remember When Romney Said to Get Rid of FEMA?
(The Root) — With all of the insanity that’s hit the news media over Hurricane Sandy, obviously there had to be something that would screw with the political news cycle. Lo and behold: Mitt Romney probably forgot that he even weighed in on this particular subject, or at least forgot what side of the issue…
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Poll: Racial Prejudice Has Risen Since 2008
(The Root) — America is just as prejudiced as it was four years ago — maybe a even a little bit more, says an Associated Press poll released recently. WASHINGTON (AP) — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds,…
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Actually, Mitt Romney, the Poor Aren't OK
(The Root) — Everyone is yelling about polls and debate bounces and idiots making ridiculous claims, but with less than two weeks until the next election, what seems to continue getting lost in all the proverbial sauce is the poor. We all know that bringing up the poor seems to be a no-no in big…
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Colin Powell Misses the GOP Memo
(The Root) — Well, I’m fairly sure Colin Powell is going to make some Republicans set things on fire. CBS News:Colin Powell: “I voted for [Barack Obama] in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012 and I’ll be voting for he and for Vice President Joe Biden next month.” Powell explained his…
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TWIB Radio: Feminism Checking and Lady Parts Justice
( The Root) — Have you ever been “black-checked”? In case you haven’t heard: Black checking is when someone questions your blackness because he or she feels you aren’t being black enough. Perhaps you don’t like collard greens or you’re considering voting for a Republican. Someone who finds this to be insufficiently black will question you…
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Sounding Like Obama Equals Win for Romney?
(The Root) — The third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle did one thing and one thing only: It made Mitt Romney seem not horrible to people who really want Mitt Romney not to be horrible.When Romney delivered his foreign policy speech on Oct. 8, I wrote: It seems like Romney just wants…
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TWIB Radio: On the Black Church
(The Root) — Whether or not you’re religious, it’s pretty inarguable that for many black Americans, the black church has played a major role in their lives. Whether attending services themselves or having family members who had major roles within the church, black Americans have an intimate connection with the church. In a recent article…
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Employers Trying to Scare Workers Into Voting for Romney
(The Root) — Wouldn’t it be awesome if your boss threatened your job based on a presidential election? What if your boss told you to be prepared that if a certain candidate didn’t win, your life could be irrevocably damaged? Welcome to America 2012. According to MSNBC’s Up With Chris Hayes, Arthur Allen of ASG…
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