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  • Akin's Beliefs Are More Common Than You Think

    (The Root) — So this happened: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who is currently running for the U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, was talking yesterday about abortion in cases of rape and said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that…

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  • Rape is rape is rape. End quote.

    So this happened. Whether you agree with a woman’s right to choose or not you have to see how troubling this commentary is. And by “troubling” I mean “completely and utterly effed up.” #SayAnything2012 isn’t just a funny way of expressing that conservatives are trying to win by saying whatever they think might work anymore.…

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  • Rape is rape is rape. End quote.

    So this happened. Whether you agree with a woman’s right to choose or not you have to see how troubling this commentary is. And by “troubling” I mean “completely and utterly effed up.” #SayAnything2012 isn’t just a funny way of expressing that conservatives are trying to win by saying whatever they think might work anymore.…

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  • Voter ID Laws. Fight. Educate. Repeat.

    “They’re trying to take our vote!” I could hear my mother’s fear over the phone. While trying to vote during a Democratic primary this year she was told she wasn’t on the voter rolls at her local polling station. She hadn’t gone to the wrong polling station. She wasn’t registered as a Republican or an…

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  • Voter ID Laws. Fight. Educate. Repeat.

    “They’re trying to take our vote!” I could hear my mother’s fear over the phone. While trying to vote during a Democratic primary this year she was told she wasn’t on the voter rolls at her local polling station. She hadn’t gone to the wrong polling station. She wasn’t registered as a Republican or an…

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  • Voter-ID Laws: Fight. Educate. Repeat

    (The Root) — “They’re trying to take our vote!” I could hear my mother’s fear over the phone. While trying to vote during a Democratic primary this year, she was told that she wasn’t on the voter rolls at her local polling station in New York City. She hadn’t gone to the wrong polling station.…

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  • The GOP, Race and Hypocrisy

    (The Root) — I know I brought the following on myself. Asking me “Why would you do such a thing?” will be a complete waste of typing and/or breath: I tuned in to Sean Hannity’s radio show. I’ve already stated that I’m aware of my error. I was having a delightfully peaceful afternoon, and then…

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  • The Faux Outrage Over Biden's 'Chains' Quote

    (The Root) — So apparently Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is the campaign of hate. That’s according to Mitt Romney, who came out swinging after he caught wind of some commentary that Vice President Joe Biden made while on the campaign trail. Man, that was hateful. That wasn’t a rhetorical flourish or anything. That was the…

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  • Elon first article

    Elon James White is a writer and satirist and host of the award-winning video and radio series This Week in Blackness. Listen Monday to Thursday at 1:30 p.m. EST at TWIB.FM and watch at TV.TWIB.ME/LIVE. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Tumblr.

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  • Romney's VP Pick Puts GOP in Perspective

    (The Root) — “Did you just say something about my Mama?” That was my initial response when I found out about the new Republican vice presidential candidate. Since the Saturday-morning announcement of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as Mitt Romney’s running mate, there have been myriad analyses of the rationale behind it, and there are still…

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