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2015/09/10/Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks + (“The terrorist threat that led to the decl … “The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14, 2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2015, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.”pect to the terrorist threat.”)
2020/09/19/Everything at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court battle + (“There are significant political and logis … “There are significant political and logistical hurdles that McConnell must clear to confirm Trump's nominee with just 45 days left until the election. But there’s little Democrats can do to halt the process if Republicans, who hold a majority in the Senate, [https://news.yahoo.com/why-and-how-republicans-will-push-through-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-184752773.html remain united]. ”4752773.html remain united]. ”)
2008-06-03 Women and Science, again + (“There have been [http://sciencewomen.blog … “There have been [http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/06/girls-mathematics-and-sexual-equality.html numerous] [http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/05/macho-culture-of-science-and.html posts] about a recent report on the lack of women in science and technology careers, pointing to the sexism and macho culture as the main reason women leave these careers. Needless to say the comments on some of those posts have been frustrating.” posts have been frustrating.”)
2004/07/30/Sex changes are not effective + (“There is no conclusive evidence that sex … “There is no conclusive evidence that sex change operations improve the lives of transsexuals, with many people remaining severely distressed and even suicidal after the operation, according to a medical review conducted exclusively for Guardian Weekend tomorrow.” This article [[sex reassignment surgery/misrepresentation|misleadingly represents]] what is known about the effects of SRS, and the headline is an outright lie.e headline is an outright lie.)
2008-06-03 Pictures at church troubling + (“There is no question, though, that the co … “There is no question, though, that the color pictures of mangled fetuses will stop you from ordering cherry cobbler for dessert. ... [[Donald Q. Fozard Sr.|Fozard]] called abortion "the most evil [[atrocity]] in the nation" and said the display is intended to combat "white folks sending money to [[Planned Parenthood]] to pay for black abortions." .. Say what?”lack abortions." .. Say what?”)
2008-07-02 Women Say Economy Was Factor In Getting Abortions + (“There were 13,843 abortions performed in … “There were 13,843 abortions performed in [[US/MN|Minnesota]] in 2007. Of the women who listed a reason for their abortions, 40 percent cited economic concerns – the largest share since the state started collecting detailed abortion information a decade ago.”formation a decade ago.”)
2009-07-26 The formula + (“There's no doubt members of the public must become much more knowledgeable about science and its importance. But scientists must also become far more involved with - and knowledgeable about - the public.”)
2017/08/11/The science doesn't support the Google memo + (“These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.”)
2006-01-26 How A Declawed, Defanged Aslan will End Our Species and Our Souls + (“This is the problem: C. S. Lewis was an unabashed traditionalist. As he outlined in The Abolition of Man, he believed there was an underlying and objective moral law, which was foundational to all human behavior.”)
2004/11/Surgical Sex + (“Those I met after [[sex reassignment surgery|surgery]] w … “Those I met after [[sex reassignment surgery|surgery]] would tell me that the surgery and hormone treatments that had made them “women” had also made them happy and contented. None of these encounters were persuasive, however. The post-surgical subjects struck me as caricatures of women.”k me as caricatures of women.”)
2020/09/23/Surreal scenes from SCOTUS as Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for the last time + (“Thousands gathered outside the Supreme Court as Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] returned for her last visit on Wednesday, including more than 100 of her former clerks.”)
2009-08-11 Woman sues to get men to play her + (“Three years ago, league members voted to … “Three years ago, league members voted to rescind a rule that penalized them for refusing to compete against [Nancy Griffin, a woman who has beaten many top male players] or anyone else. [Some] men have invoked both their wives and [[God]] to avoid matches against her”, while others have signed a petition supporting her case. petition supporting her case.)
2008-05-16 Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation + (“Thursday night, the Senate cast a near-unanimous vote to reverse the Federal Communication Commission's December 2007 decision to let media companies own both a major TV or radio station and a major daily newspaper in the same city.”)
2019/06/24/Abortion and Ben Shapiro + (“To DESTROY [[Ben Shapiro]], you must first BECOME Ben Shapiro”)
2020/09/19/Trump and GOP rush on replacing RBG + (“To Republicans, the rush to [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] i … “To Republicans, the rush to [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] is a simple proposition: If they don’t replace her right now with a conservative jurist, they’ll lose their chance to replace her. [..] In other words, they think they’re going to lose [[US/president/election/2020|in November]].”sident/election/2020|in November]].”)
2009-03-07 Limbaugh defines bipartisanship + (“To [[US conservatism|us]], bipartisanship is [[US liberalism|them]] being forced to agree with us after we have politically cleaned their clocks and beaten them.”)
2017/08/11/From a logical point of view + (“To translate this into practical language … “To translate this into practical language, if [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Google Manifesto]] was correct, then you would expect to see that [[Google]] was full of mediocre female employees, who had been hired by a process biased in their favour despite being inadequate to the task. Whatever [[James Damore|the author of the manifesto]] thinks, Google does not believe this to be the case and as far as I can tell from industry blogs, it isn’t – female employees in tech are generally very good. This would, of course, be consistent with the hypothesis that the current selection process is biased against them.”is biased against them.”)
2008-03-07 Freedom Means Responsibility + (“Under the guise of protecting us from our … “Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior. Much paternalist scrutiny has recently centered on personal economics, including calls to regulate subprime mortgages.” McGovern's point about pay-day lending seems related to the point others have made about outsourcing: the terms (be that interest or wages) may seem completely abusive by our standards, but may seem a godsend (or at least far better than the alternatives) to those who choose them.ves) to those who choose them.)
2000-01-18 Global Warming Is 300-Year-Old News + (“Unfortunately for advocates of the [[Kyoto treaty]], atmospheric temperatures over the same two decades have not risen.”)
2007-03-06 What is science + (“Unfortunately, "[[science]]" … “Unfortunately, "[[science]]" is one of those hugely polymorphic terms that carries a tremendous amount of baggage, and any one definition is going to be inadequate. This is one of those subjects where a smart philosopher ... could go on at amazing length, and even then, everyone will argue with their summaries. I'll just charge in, though, and give a couple of shorter definitions off the top of my head.”tions off the top of my head.”)
2019/10/17/Inside TurboTax's 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free + (“Using lobbying, the revolving door and "dark pattern" customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government's attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.”)
2008-07-06 Student Holds Eucharist Hostage + (“Webster Cook is a student at the University of Central Florida. He is also a top notch jerk.”)
2008-04-28 A Blood Libel on Our Civilization + (“What on earth has happened to [[Ben Stein]]? … “What on earth has happened to [[Ben Stein]]? ... Though I've never met him, I know people who know him, and they all speak well of him. ... So what's going on here with this [[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed|stupid ''Expelled'' movie]]? ... It's pretty plain that the thing is [[creationist]] porn, propaganda for ignorance and obscurantism. How could a guy like this do a thing like that?”ke this do a thing like that?”)
2019/10/29/The Long Shadow of the 'Welfare Queen' + (“When [[Ronald Reagan]] a … “When [[Ronald Reagan]] and his advisors wanted to undermine the very institution of social programs, he turned to a news story out of Chicago – the tale of one [[Linda Taylor]], who'd bilked the government benefits system out of so much money she was dubbed the "[[welfare queen]]."”lfare queen]]."”)
2002-05-31 The Contribution Of Enviro Fanaticism + (“When the use of [[asbestos]] w … “When the use of [[asbestos]] was banned, [[Herbert Levine|Levine]]'s insulation had already been installed in the first 64 floors. The newer lightweight construction didn't permit traditional heavy concrete insulation for the remaining 54 floors, and so a nonasbestos substitute was jury-rigged to complete the buildings. On studying the arrangement, Levine said, "If a fire breaks out above the 64th floor, that building will fall down." He was right.”ill fall down." He was right.”)
2019/10/29/Attracting a higher homeless population with Durham's Affordable Housing Plan + (“With a proposed $10,455,838 (pg. 4 in the referendum) to be spent on homeless programs over the next 5 years, how do we protect Durham from attracting an even greater number of homeless people?”)
2009-11-30 Seven Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense + (“Within the community of scientists and ot … “Within the community of scientists and others concerned about anthropogenic climate change, those whom [[James Inhofe|Inhofe]] calls skeptics are more commonly termed contrarians, naysayers and denialists. ... What follows is only a partial list of the contrarians' bad arguments and some brief rebuttals of them.”some brief rebuttals of them.”)
2020/11/03/Should We End Capitalism + (“You have a society that generates a ''hug … “You have a society that generates a ''huge'' amount of wellbeing. That wellbeing is ''not'' well-distributed. I do not mean to say it should be ''evenly'' distributed... but it's not ''well''-distributed. It's not efficiently distributed with respect to producing the kind of incentive that you would want -- you know, a dyed-in-the-wool [[libertarian]] ought to want opportunity better distributed because it results in more people discovering more things that serve us collectively. [...] The revolution that we are watching begin has misunderstood the difference between the noise in the way [...] they've misunderstood the basic fact that their lives will get much, much worse if the engine that creates the wellbeing that is unfairly distributed is turned off.–ly distributed is turned off.–)
2017/08/05/about this Googler’s manifesto + (“You have probably heard about the manifes … “You have probably heard about the manifesto a Googler (not someone senior) published internally about, essentially, how women and men are intrinsically different and we should stop trying to make it possible for women to be engineers, it’s just not worth it.”eers, it’s just not worth it.”)
2008-06-22 Lara Logan, I Tip My Smack-o-Matic 3000 to You + (“You know, I was asked once, 'Do you feel … “You know, I was asked once, 'Do you feel responsible for the American public having a ... a negative view of the [[US occupation of Iraq|war in Iraq]]?' And I looked at the reporter and I said, 'Tell me the last time you saw the body of a dead American soldier. ... Who in America knows what that looks like? Because I know what that looks like, and I feel responsible for the fact that no one else does.'” fact that no one else does.'”)
2010/09/30/Wealth Inequality in America + (“[...] [[2011/02/03/Building a Better America|Mike Norton and I recently conducted a study]] i … “[...] [[2011/02/03/Building a Better America|Mike Norton and I recently conducted a study]] in which we asked Americans to first guess at the distribution of wealth in the United States, and then we asked them to perform the thought experiment and lay out what they think would be the ideal distribution of wealth if they were to enter society and be placed randomly in a class.”e placed randomly in a class.”)
2019/11/14/Multnomah County Seeing Spike In People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness + (“[Marc Jolin, the director of the Joint Of … “[Marc Jolin, the director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services], said the office already knows what the solution is. "The fact that we don’t have [[supportive housing|supporting housing]] is why we’re seeing a persistent increase in the chronically [[homelessness|homeless]] over time," he said.”lessness|homeless]] over time," he said.”)
2008-11-07 Insiders spill beans on Palin + (“[Sarah Palin]'s big spend on clothes emerged publicly last month, but [[John McCain|McCain]]'s aides also said that she spent "thousands more" than the reported $US150,000 on clothes during the campaign,”)
2019/10/28/James Patrick Shillinglaw, American Identity Movement, Jamestown NC + (“[[Asheville Anti-Racism]] e … “[[Asheville Anti-Racism]] exposed [https://avlantiracism.blackblogs.org/2019/10/27/identifyevropa-meet-james-patrick-shillinglaw-child-abuser-and-violent-white-nationalist/ James Patrick Shillinglaw], of [[US/NC/Jamestown|Jamestown]], [[US/NC|North Carolina]], as a member of white nationalist group [[Identity Evropa]], recently renamed the [[American Identity Movement]].”American Identity Movement]].”)
2008-02-12 Senate Passes Bill to Expand Government's Spying Powers + (“[[Chris Dodd|Senator Christopher J. Dodd]] o … “[[Chris Dodd|Senator Christopher J. Dodd]] of Connecticut, who spoke on the Senate floor for more than 20 hours in an unsuccessful effort to stall the wiretapping bill, said the vote would be remembered by future generations as a test of whether the country heeds "the rule of law or the rule of men."”e of law or the rule of men."”)
2008-11-05 O, woe is Texas + (“[[Cynthia Dunbar|Dunbar]] w … “[[Cynthia Dunbar|Dunbar]] was not worried about [[martial law]] when President [[George W. Bush]] actually took the steps she claims to worry about now, [[2008 US domestic troop deployment|assigning troops to domestic crowd control]] in the U.S.”2008 US domestic troop deployment|assigning troops to domestic crowd control]] in the U.S.”)
2009-09-04 Diebold Dumps Most of Its E-Voting Business + (“[[Diebold]] Inc. [http://www.news.diebold.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5006 announced] [[:category:2009/09/03|yesterday]] that it had sold its U.S. election systems business ... to [[Election Systems & Software]], Inc..”)
2017/08/08/Conservatives Outraged After Google Fires Engineer + (“[[Dysconservatism|Conservatives]], especially those who seemingly [[freeze peach|don't understand the First Amendment or concepts of free speech]], are outraged.”)
2018/07/17/Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States + (“[[Election Systems & Software|The nation's top voting machine maker]] h … “[[Election Systems & Software|The nation's top voting machine maker]] has admitted in a letter to a federal lawmaker that the company installed remote-access software on election-management systems it sold over a period of six years, raising questions about the security of those systems and the integrity of elections that were conducted with them.”ns that were conducted with them.”)
2020/07/16/Fox News pushed coronavirus misinformation + (“[[Fox News]] r … “[[Fox News]] repeated [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] [[misinformation]] 253 times in its weekday coverage from July 6 through 10, including claims that undermined scientific research about the pandemic, eroded trust in public health experts and policy recommendations, called for reopening schools and businesses without regard to public health precautions, and politicized the country’s response to the virus.”ntry’s response to the virus.”)
2017/08/09/Sorry, Google memo man: women were in tech long before you + (“[[James Damore]]'s controversial [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto]] says women are genetically unsuited to tech roles. Doesn't he know they were the original computer programmers?”)
2017/08/08/The free speech absolutists have a martyr in James Damore + (“[[James Damore]], … “[[James Damore]], the author of that [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|dumbass Google manifesto]], has been fired. Now he wants to sue Google, and all the usual suspects are [[freeze peach|howling about “Free Speech!”]] [but] It's absurd. This really isn’t a free speech issue.”ly isn’t a free speech issue.”)
2009-02-14 Knoxville Shooter's Manifesto Made Public + (“[[Jim David Adkisson|Adkisson]] was also clear that he considered his actions a [[hate crime]]. He made a special point in explaining that by emphasizing his hatred of "damn left-wing Liberals."”)
2008-02-28 Announced project proof of gay agenda says DC activist + (“[[Matt Barber]], … “[[Matt Barber]], policy director for cultural issues at Washington, DC-based [[Concerned Women for America]], says the project puts to rest the notion that there is no "[[gay agenda]]." He says the [[homosexual lobby]] is committed to infiltrating the executive branch with people who define their identity based on changeable, sexually deviant behavior.” As [https://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/29/1506 Box Turtle Bulletin points out], his singling out of the "gay agenda" for attention while neglecting any mention of the [[anti-gay agenda]] of groups such as [[Focus on the Family]] shows that they too have an agenda. that they too have an agenda.)
2019/11/15/Researcher defends tweets on trans rights at employment tribunal + (“[[Maya Forstater|Forstater]] t … “[[Maya Forstater|Forstater]] tweeted that "men cannot change into women". She has argued that her "[[gender critical]]" beliefs should be protected under the 2010 Equality Act, and she has funded her legal challenge through the CrowdJustice website.” ...“She was accused of using "offensive and exclusionary" language in tweets opposing government proposals to reform the [[UK/2004 Gender Recognition Act|Gender Recognition Act]] to allow people to self-identify as the opposite sex.“the opposite sex.“)
2014/05/01/What Really Happened to Michael C. Ruppert + (“[[Michael C. Ruppert]] w … “[[Michael C. Ruppert]] was a lot of things to a lot of people, but amidst it all – although many didn’t know it, Mike was a troubled man. He carried the weight of what he genuinely believed to be the coming "end of the industrialized civilization" and the inevitable "[[global collapse|collapse]]". He had told us many times that “There is no more time.””There is no more time.””)
2001-06-04 Pearl Harbor: The Facts Behind the Fiction + (“[[Oliver Lyttleton]], … “[[Oliver Lyttleton]], British Minister of Production, stated in 1944: "Japan was [[engineered provocation|provoked]] into [[Pearl Harbor attack|attacking America at Pearl Harbor]]. It is a travesty of history to say that America was forced into the war."”ica was forced into the war."”)
2011-04-26 Real-Life Superheroes Offer Sex Workers Protection + (“[[Real Life Superheroes|Real life superhero]] [ … “[[Real Life Superheroes|Real life superhero]] [[vigilante]]s in New York – the [[New York Initiative]] – have decided to step in and have sworn to do everything they can to protect sex workers from the Long Island Serial Killer. They are offering brute-force, no questions asked protection – because they believe police are inadequate...”adequate...”)
2008-01-21 Saudi Arabia to lift driving ban on women + (“[[Saudi Arabia]] i … “[[Saudi Arabia]] is to lift the ban on women drivers in an attempt to stem a rising suffragette-style movement in the kingdom. ... The move is designed to forestall protests for greater freedom by women, which have recently included campaigners driving cars through the kingdom in defiance of a threat of detention and loss of livelihoods.”tion and loss of livelihoods.”)
2011-05-03 Yes, you should join Anonymous + (“despite [[[internet/Anonymous|Anonymous]]'s … “despite [[[internet/Anonymous|Anonymous]]'s] somewhat ironic [[transparency]], there remain a few points of misunderstanding that we encounter when it comes time to recruit [...] I've composed the following FAQ by which to address those myths along with common questions and concerns that we often encounter.”t we often encounter.”)
2006-03-02 RFK Jr. drops another stinky one on the blogosphere + (“it's more of the same old assertions with … “it's more of the same old assertions without evidence. (See the links at the end of this article for multiple discussions about why this assertion is unsupported and almost certainly incorrect.) The article then gets to the meat of [[RFK Jr.]]'s conspiracy-mongering, proceeding to an accusation that the [[Centers for Disease Control|CDC]] quietly turned down an offer by [[SmithKline Beecham]] Pharmaceuticals in 1999 to begin production of thimerosal-free vaccines immediately...”-free vaccines immediately...”)
2019/11/03/Rabidly pro-Trump fake news site Epoch Times may be engaging in astroturfing + (“on [[2019/10/31|Thursday]], … “on [[2019/10/31|Thursday]], religious right activist [[Jim Garlow]] took to [[Facebook]] to confirm what a lot of people suspected – the most rabid [[Protestant fundamentalism|fundie]]s believe rolling back [[right to choose|abortion]] and [[marriage equality]] are so important that they must go all-in for [[Donald Trump|Trump]]. [..] Garlow took part in a gathering of Trumpvangelicals at the White House on [[2019/10/29|Tuesday]], and included a link to coverage of that gathering from an outfit known as "[[The BL]]". [...] a search turned up a [https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/10/11/pro-trump-outlet-linked-epoch-times/ Snopes investigation] from October that revealed some too-close-for-comfort ties between BL and [[Epoch Times]].”och Times]].”)
2009-02-19 The New Book Banning + (“under [[Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act|a law Congress passed last year]] a … “under [[Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act|a law Congress passed last year]] aimed at regulating hazards in children's products, the federal government has now advised that children's books published before 1985 should not be considered safe and may in many cases be unlawful to sell or distribute.”lawful to sell or distribute.”)
2011-01-19 How many ways has K&L Gates touched you today + (“{[[K&L Gates]]'s … “{[[K&L Gates]]'s} high-stakes cases are well documented, and so is its slick, and often aggressive, brand of lawyering. To win, the attorneys have used clever legal tactics to steamroll opponents, impugned the ethics of some government officials and singed relationships with allies.”singed relationships with allies.”)
2019/08/05/Durham pushes ahead to raise funds for affordable housing + (““A generation of opportunity” could be lost if voters don’t approve Durham’s $95 million affordable-housing bond this fall, [local businessman Steve Toler] said Monday.”)
2008-07-03 Nut launches death threats at Debian women + (”Women working on Debian have been getting death threats from a nut job who believes they're killing free software.”)
Slate.com/technology/2022/11/puberty-blockers-side-effects-controversy + ('''«'''It’s a common error for certain journalists to make—viewing an essential piece of transgender health care as a newfangled, untested invention that may pose grave harm.'''»''' '''«'''It’s true they have downsides and that they aren’t right for every young person with gender dysphoria—but this is true of every medication, no matter the patient population. The mainstream medical consensus is that blockers are a useful tool in treating gender dysphoria, and more data is coming in all the time to support their efficacy in the patients for whom they’re indicated.'''»'''or whom they’re indicated.'''»''')
Assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/wpath-experts-rebuke-nyt-on-puberty-blockers + ('''«'''On November 22 the medical organization responsible for setting standards for providers of gender affirming care, [[WPATH]], [https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/Public%20Policies/2022/USPATHWPATH%20Statement%20re%20Nov%2014%202022%20NYT%20Article%20Nov%2022%202022.pdf released a statement] in response to [[Assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/nyt-investigation-finds-concerns-about-puberty-blockers-for-trans-youth|the terrible ''New York Times'' piece]] on [[puberty blockers]]. Saying that the ''Times'' piece “furthers the atmosphere of misinformation and subjectivity,” WPATH did not mince words, condemning the use of sources unfamiliar with transgender medicine as well as some of the methods undertaken by the ''Times'' reporters.'''»'''the ''Times'' reporters.'''»''')
Alternet.org/rights/37153/ + ('''«'''[[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]] has written a [[Rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was the 2004 election stolen|brilliant new article]] about the biggest political story in the history of the United States: An American politician illegitimately took the office of president by outright theft and fraud. Although such high crimes and misdemeanors have been rumored in previous elections, none in the history of the republic have been so thoroughly documented. [[George W. Bush]] is not the legitimate president of the United States.'''»'''nt of the United States.'''»''')
2008-09-16 Brunswick school board to consider creationism teaching + ('''«'''The [[North Carolina/Brunswick County|Brunswick County]] school board is looking for a way for [[creationism]] to be taught in the classroom side by side with [[evolution]].'''»''')
URL/verbicidemagazine.com/2013/11/07/homophobia-quotes-orson-scott-card-controversy-bigot-enders-game + ('''«'''It is both funny and sad that such a gifted writer has nothing worthwhile to say on the subject of LGBTA rights. Instead, backed by his tired religious convictions, he makes the same, dry, awful arguments that we've come to expect from our [https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2012/06/19/top-ridiculous-anti-same-sex-gay-marriage-quotes/ basement-dwelling politicians]. The great-great-grandson of award-winning polygamist [[Brigham Young]] moralizing against social taboos? With that hilarious hypocrisy, he might as well be touring with [[Dave Chappelle]].'''»'''[Dave Chappelle]].'''»''')
2014/07/22/An unfortunate political stunt goes awry + ('''«'''Earlier this year, Sen. [[Ron Johnson]] (R-Wis.) thought he'd come up with a great idea: he'd file a lawsuit against [[Obamacare|the Affordable Care Act]] in the hopes of making coverage more expensive for Capitol Hill staff. Rep. [[Jim Sensenbrenner]], a [[US Republican Party|Republican]] from Johnson's home state of Wisconsin, conceded the senator's lawsuit was "frivolous" and an "unfortunate political stunt."'''»'''tunate political stunt."'''»''')
2022/09/23/20:58 + ('''«'''“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. “It’s both the number of challenges and the kinds of challenges. It used to be a parent had learned about a given book and had an issue with it. Now we see campaigns where organizations are compiling lists of books, without necessarily reading or even looking at them.”'''»'''r even looking at them.”'''»''')
2021/07/28/Why is the FDA attacking a safe effective drug + ('''«'''The [[US/FDA|Food and Drug Administration]] claims to follow the science. So why is it attacking [[ivermectin]], a medication it certified in 1996?'''»''' Short Answer: It isn't, and this opinion-piece is stuffed full of misleading claims.-piece is stuffed full of misleading claims.)
2014/04/08/America's Coup Machine + ('''«'''To place [[Ukraine/2014 coup|the coup in Ukraine]] in historical context, this is at least the 80th time the United States has organized a [[wikipedia:List of coups and coup attempts|coup or a failed coup]] in a foreign country since 1953.'''»'''eign country since 1953.'''»''')
URL/wired.com/2013/10/enders-game + ('''«'''These days, it's easier for me to think of them as two separate people -- the [[Orson Scott Card|Card]] I knew, whose books I loved; and the increasingly unbalanced and extremist pundit whose worldview scarcely counts me as a person. But that's reductionist, and a disservice to both. Card is a monster who helped me learn to write, an author of hateful screed whose novels taught lonely, angry kids compassion and gave them their first sense of home. None of those things makes the others go away. None of those things makes the others stop mattering.'''»'''e others stop mattering.'''»''')
2018/06/30/Portland Police Declare a Riot + ('''«'''For the first time in more than a year of street brawling, [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] police today deemed a march by [[Proud Boys]] and other [[right-wing]] [[political protest|protesters]] too violent to continue.'''»'''too violent to continue.'''»''')
Dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/2/2037975/-Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr-attacks-me-and-Daily-Kos-This-is-my-way-too-much-fun-response + ('''«'''You may have seen my stories about [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.|Robert Kennedy Jr.]]'s lawsuit against [[Daily Kos]]. The first one is [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/25/2031959/-RFK-Jr-cavorts-with-Nazis-and-suing-Daily-Kos-won-t-make-that-any-less-true here], and the follow-up is [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/30/2037654/-Robert-Kennedy-Jr-wants-to-dox-a-Daily-Kos-diarist-and-we-re-fighting-back-An-update here]. His organization now fires back [https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/rfk-libel-lawsuit-public-citizen-daily-kos-big-pharma/ here]. I had a good laugh reading that drivel, and now I'll share my reaction with you.'''»'''re my reaction with you.'''»''')
2010-04-18 Right-wing radio host calls tea parties the Sarah Palin movement + ('''«'''As right-wing radio host [[Matt Walsh]] learned recently, if you challenge mob mentality, you get the mob itself. In this case, if you trash [[Sarah Palin]] in front of her biggest fans, you might just get called an "infiltrator" and booed off stage.'''»'''or" and booed off stage.'''»''')
2004/12/31/A Big Push On Social Security + ('''«'''[[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s political allies are raising millions of dollars for an election-style campaign to promote [[US/Social Security/privatization|private Social Security accounts]], as Democrats and Republicans prepare for what they predict will be the most expensive and extensive public policy debate since the 1993 fight over the [[Clinton-Gore administration|Clinton administration]]'s failed health care plan.'''»'''failed health care plan.'''»''')
2014/05/02/A Farewell To Backyard Chickens and Beekeepers + ('''«'''[[US/MI|Michigan]] residents lost their "right to farm" this week thanks to a new ruling by the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development.'''»''')
Slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/trans-affirmative-care-for-kids-is-safe-and-healthy + ('''«'''Given all this [[think of the children|hand-wringing over ''the children'']], it feels necessary to say, unambiguously, that such fears are overblown and can lead parents astray, guiding them toward decisions that may permanently harm their kids and endanger their relationship with them for the rest of their lives. Contrary to the fears of [[Jesse Singal|Singal]] and his ilk, current research supports a flexible approach that does not push children toward any particular outcome, and best practices put the needs of seriously distressed children first.'''»'''stressed children first.'''»''')
Assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/a-parent-speaks-out-after-armed-fascists-force-school-drag-event-cancelation + ('''«'''The father of two children who attended Red Oak Community School spoke with us about the school and its values, and the impact of the terrorism that resulted in the cancelation of the [[2022/12/03/Holi-drag cancellation|Holi-Drag Storytime event]].'''»'''[2022/12/03/Holi-drag cancellation|Holi-Drag Storytime event]].'''»''')
2014/04/24/In 2014, it's like deja vu all over again + ('''«'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150323193546/https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/why-new-york-times-poll-bogus_787275.html Bill Kristol], the [http://www.gop.com/news/gop-blog/nyt-gets-it-right/ Republican National Committee], and [[Americonservatism|conservatives]] everywhere instead dug into the internals to declare the poll is... skewed. It's as if [[US/president/election/2012|2012]] has already escaped their memories.'''»''' escaped their memories.'''»''')
Newstarget.com/2023-06-23-rfk-jr-urges-diplomacy-russia-in-speech.html + ('''«'''Democratic presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]] (RFK Jr.) called for diplomacy and de-escalation with [[Ukraine/invasion by Russia|Russia]] instead of a "forever war" in a speech mirroring that of his uncle's, former President [[John F. Kennedy]] (JFK).'''»'''[John F. Kennedy]] (JFK).'''»''')
Gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/2ohxk2a + ('''«'''U.S. politicians are trying to keep [[trans kids]] from getting the medical care they need to transition — and states are banning them from playing on the sports teams that match their gender. So we’re looking at the science here, and asking: are the medical treatments for trans kids dangerous? And do trans folks have an advantage when it comes to sports? We talk to Florence Ashley, Dr. Jack Turban, and Joanna Harper to find out.'''»'''anna Harper to find out.'''»''')
2014/04/14/Affordable Care Act getting even more affordable + ('''«'''The report found that coverage is likely to cost less thanks to premiums being lower than expected through the exchange marketplaces. In other words, take pretty much everything you've heard from congressional [[US Republican Party|Republican]]s lately and believe the opposite. [..] And as part of the same review, of course, the [[Congressional Budget Office|CBO]] added that [[Obamacare|the Affordable Care Act]] will also continue to reduce the federal budget deficit, which is also the opposite of critics' claims.'''»'''site of critics' claims.'''»''')
2022/09/23/00:17 + ('''«'''Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the ban that took effect one week ago. The injunction was sought by abortion clinic operators who argued in a lawsuit that the state constitution protects access to the medical procedure.'''»'''o the medical procedure.'''»''')
Rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was the 2004 election stolen + ('''«'''Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted - enough to have put [[John Kerry]] in the White House.'''»''')
Pbs.org/newshour/show/rfk-jr-appears-before-congress-as-his-comments-spreading-misinformation-draw-scrutiny + ('''«'''All eyes are on the Republican primary this election cycle, but one Democratic underdog has been getting attention for his controversial comments spreading [[misinformation]] on a range of subjects. Lisa Desjardins reports on how [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]] captured the attention of some voters and Geoff Bennett discusses Kennedy's vaccine stances with Dr. Paul Offitt.'''»'''es with Dr. Paul Offitt.'''»''')
2014/03/31/Protest against Albuquerque police turns into mayhem + ('''«'''One police officer injured in [[protests]] sparked by what residents call an increasingly [[police brutality|violent police force]]'''»''')
Rollingstone.com/politics/story/11983301/diebolds letter to rolling stone and robert f kennedy jrs response/3 + ('''«'''The inaccurate and misleading statements in [[Diebold]]'s response begin with the very first sentence. Not only did I make every effort to verify the accuracy of my sources, I made sure that researchers from both ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and my own office contacted Diebold for comment. As readers of the article can confirm for themselves, several responses from the company are included in the piece.'''»'''e included in the piece.'''»''')
Rollingstone.com/politics/story/11717105/robert f kennedy jr will the next election be hacked + ('''«'''The debacle of the [[US/president/elec/2000|2000 presidential election]] made it all too apparent to most Americans that our electoral system is broken. And private-sector entrepreneurs were quick to offer a fix: Touch-screen voting machines, promised the industry and its lobbyists, would make voting as easy and reliable as withdrawing cash from an ATM.'''»''' ... '''«'''But as [[US/elec/2006|midterm elections]] approach this November, electronic voting machines are making things worse instead of better. Studies have demonstrated that hackers can easily rig the technology to fix an election — and across the country this year, faulty equipment and lax security have repeatedly undermined election primaries.'''»'''rmined election primaries.'''»''')
2008-06-10 Countdown: The Impeachment Of George W. Bush + ('''«'''Ohio Democratic Congressman [[Dennis Kucinich]] spent some 290 minutes on the House floor Monday, reading [[George W. Bush/impeachment/2008 resolution|Articles of Impeachment against President George Bush]]. Not that you would notice, as there was a virtual [[mainstream media|media]] blackout on the story, but [[Keith Olbermann]] ran with it right out of the gate...'''»'''right out of the gate...'''»''')
URL/avclub.com/enders-game-author-orson-scott-card-issues-plea-for-tol-1798239112 + ('''«'''just like the [[Stonewall]] rioters, [[Orson Scott Card|Card]] is here to say he’s finally had enough of being hounded simply for his way of life that involves decrying others' way of life.'''»''' If this had happened circa 2020, he'd doubtless be decrying [[cancel culture]] and demanding his right of [[freeze peach]] as well.eeze peach]] as well.)
2022/09/23/21:16 + ('''«'''[[John Gibbs]], who defeated in the primary an incumbent Republican who had voted to impeach Trump, also made comments in the early 2000s praising an organization trying to repeal the 19th Amendment which also [[anti-feminism|argued that women’s suffrage had made the United States into a “totalitarian state.”]]'''»'''[anti-feminism|argued that women’s suffrage had made the United States into a “totalitarian state.”]]'''»''')
Coindesk.com/policy/2023/07/19/us-presidential-candidate-rfk-jr-vows-to-exempt-crypto-from-capital-gains-tax-if-elected + ('''«'''The Democratic presidential hopeful also reiterated a May stance defending the right to self-custody [[bitcoin]], run blockchain nodes at home and promising industry-neutral energy regulation.'''»'''utral energy regulation.'''»''')
2014/04/11/So much for the nation's falling stature + ('''«'''A few weeks ago, as part of a larger condemnation of [[Barack Obama|Obama]] presidency, [[Mitt Romney]] insisted the last five years have been awful for the United States' stature around the world. "It is hard to name even a single country that has more respect and admiration for America today than when President Obama took office," the failed candidate [http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/declining-us-stature-only-romney said], adding, "Our [[US/global relations|esteem around the world]] has fallen.'''»'''[US/global relations|esteem around the world]] has fallen.'''»''')
Nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.html + ('''«'''What [[Scott Leibowitz|Leibowitz]] and his co-authors didn’t foresee, when they began, was that their work would be engulfed by two intersecting forces: a significant rise in the number of [[transgender youth|teenagers openly identifying as transgender]] and seeking [[transgender care|gender care]], and a [[right-wing]] backlash in the United States against allowing them to medically transition, including state-by-state efforts to ban it.'''»'''state efforts to ban it.'''»''')
Nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender + ('''«'''Puberty blockers can ease transgender youths’ anguish and buy time to weigh options. But concerns are growing about long-term physical effects and other consequences.'''»''' A bit of [[think of the children]] scaremongering from your friendly neighborhood newspaper.g from your friendly neighborhood newspaper.)
Thenation.com/article/politics/rfk-jr-vaccine-disinformation + ('''«'''I’ve come to believe I have a responsibility to write about [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.|Kennedy]] because of my own shameful role in sending his [[autism vaccination theory|toxic vaccine views]] into public discourse: I was the ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'' editor, in partnership with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', who 18 years ago published his mendacious, error-ridden piece on how thimerosal in childhood vaccines supposedly led to a rise in autism, and how public health officials covered it up. From the day “[[Rollingstone.com/politics/story/7395411/deadly immunity|Deadly Immunity]]” went up on [[Salon.com]], we were besieged by scientists and advocates showing how Kennedy had misunderstood, incorrectly cited, and perhaps even falsified data. Some of his sources turned out to be known crackpots.'''»'''n crackpots.'''»''')
Wweek.com/news/city/2022/10/13/mayor-will-announce-plan-to-ban-unsanctioned-camping-across-portland-build-500-person-homeless-campuses + ('''«'''Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans next week to announce a sweeping strategy to ban unsanctioned camping across the city and build three massive sanctioned camping areas, called "campuses," each with capacity for 500 people. [..] Each campus would be divided into four camps with a 125-person capacity.'''»''' '''«'''The city will seek to hire an outside contractor to run the three campuses.'''»'''to run the three campuses.'''»''')
2014/04/24/GOP can't even win the healthcare argument in the South + ('''«'''As new polling from the ''[[New York Times]]'' and the [[Kaiser Family Foundation]] suggests, even in the [[US/deep South|deep South]], voters aren't actually buying what [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] are selling on health care.'''»''' selling on health care.'''»''')
2010-05-05 Sex, Lies and Oil Spills + ('''«'''A common spin in the [[right wing]] coverage of [[2010-04-20 Deepwater Horizon oil spill|BP's oil spill]] is a gleeful suggestion that the gulf blowout is [[Barack Obama|Obama]]'s [[Response to Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]]. .. In truth, culpability for the disaster can more accurately be laid at the [[Bush-Cheney administration|Bush Administration]]'s doorstep.'''»'''[Bush-Cheney administration|Bush Administration]]'s doorstep.'''»''')
Dispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/12/03/royal-oak-school-drag-storytime-canceled-proud-boys-protest-columbus/69691753007 + ('''«'''The Red Oak Community School canceled its [[2022/12/03/Holi-drag cancellation|Holi-drag storytime]] Saturday morning following promises of protest from the [[Proud Boys]] and what school officials described as only a "casual, distant acknowledgement" of the event from [[police]]. / The [[US/OH/Columbus/police|Columbus Division of Police]] and city officials, however, said they'd been in communication with organizers since they'd learned about the event weeks ago.'''»''' These two accounts do not actually contradict each other, though the wording implies that they do. Later in the article, though, police statements directly contradict what the school said about who first contacted whom. school said about who first contacted whom.)
Rollingstone.com/politics/story/7395411/deadly immunity + ('''«'''[[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]] investigates the government cover-up of a mercury/autism scandal'''»''')
2024/01/30/14:49 + ('''«'''Despite North Carolina slowly injuring itself by trying to eliminate oil, coal, and natural gas as energy sources, the scientific basis for “net zero” (the complete elimination of fossil-fuel usage) is based more on "general agreement" than hard data.'''»'''reement" than hard data.'''»''')
2014/04/10/House passes GOP budget plan despite bipartisan opposition + ('''«'''Because federal spending levels for this fiscal year and the next are already set, there was no practical reason for House Budget Committee Chairman [[Paul Ryan]] (R-Wis.) to unveil a budget blueprint last week. Indeed, since it'll never be approved by the Democratic Senate, the mere introduction of the plan was an obviously political exercise – more a statement than an attempt at governing.'''»'''empt at governing.'''»''')
Assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/armed-fascist-group-terrorizes-church-shuts-down-youth-story-hour + ('''«'''Armed fascists successfully intimidated a church in Ohio into cancelling a [[drag queen event|Drag Queen Story Hour event]] yesterday. A group of masked fascists paraded in paramilitary style chanting “Life, Liberty, Victory” while others wore camouflage and military gear. Many openly carried long guns, and protest signs accused organizers and participants of this costume, dance, and story-reading event of child abuse. Terrorized participants were forced to make the call to cancel in light of lackluster [[police]] involvement in security and fears from performers that they would not be safe.'''»''' they would not be safe.'''»''')
2014/07/22/Appeals court swings a sledgehammer at the ACA + ('''«'''There's one last court case that we've been following that, in theory, could still destroy much of [[Obamacare|the federal health care system]]. At a distance, it's a genuinely ridiculous case, but as [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/dc-circuit-obamacare-subsidies Adam Serwer reports] this morning, its absurdity didn't stop Republican-appointed judges from making the wrong call this morning.'''»'''wrong call this morning.'''»''')
2022/02/04/SF basic income pilot + ('''«'''The group predicted that the money would help reduce stress and improve food security, and it did. But two-thirds of the people who were unhoused when the pilot began also now have permanent housing. (The number has grown since the program first ended, when only a third had moved into new housing.)'''»''' This was quite unexpected.;/span>'''»''' This was quite unexpected.)
Assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/nyt-investigation-finds-concerns-about-puberty-blockers-for-trans-youth + ('''«'''It's an overtly biased piece of work, and will no doubt spur a heck of a lot of articles from trans people, and allies, seeking to fact check and provide context and criticism on where the Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Christina Jewett, went so wrong. As our specific beat is media criticism, this piece will highlight the clearest journalistic errors, weaselly phrasing, and other poor choices made in the writing and editing of this piece.'''»'''d editing of this piece.'''»''')
2014/05/28/college study on slut-shaming and class + ('''«'''This class-based construction of the campus slut allowed both groups to [[slut-shaming|deflect the stigma of "sluttiness"]] onto other women and away from themselves, establish hierarchies among social groups, and police everyone's gender performance – including their own – along the way.'''»'''ong the way.'''»''')
2014/04/11/Dems run on, not from, the ACA + ('''«'''The conventional wisdom on the politics of health care is so widely accepted, it usually goes unchallenged. [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] – especially vulnerable, red-state Democrats – will be desperate to avoid the [[Obamacare|Affordable Care Act]] this election year, eager to talk about anything but the health care law.'''»'''th care law.'''»''')
2007-06-30 Science on Trial + ('''«'''Over the last three weeks, I listened to testimony in the first of nine test cases in the U.S. Vaccine Court ([[Cedillo v. Health and Human Services]]) considering the question of whether a mercury-based vaccine preservative called [[thimerosal]] (which used to be in many vaccines), or the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, or both together [[autism vaccination theory|caused autism]] in Michelle Cedillo, the plaintiffs' daughter.'''»'''he plaintiffs' daughter.'''»''')
URL/salon.com/2013/05/07/sci fi icon orson scott card hates fan fiction the homosexual agenda partner + ('''«'''in addition to being one of the most critically acclaimed writers of science fiction, [[Orson Scott Card|Card, or OSC]], as he's dubbed in sci-fi circles, is also one of the most openly bigoted. Card is the great-great-grandson of [[Mormon]] icon [[Brigham Young]], and his politics are deeply linked to his lifelong Mormonism. Card has been openly railing against what he calls "[[the homosexual agenda]]" for decades.'''»'''[the homosexual agenda]]" for decades.'''»''')
2014/06/18/Abu Khattala comes into sharper focus + ('''«'''The second [possibility] is that the suspected ringleader behind [[2012 Benghazi attack|the Benghazi attack]] is in on the [[2012 Benghazi attack/conspiracy|Benghazi conspiracy]]. Sure, the sheeple will resist, but don't you see it? The conspiracy is so broad, so all-encompassing, and so far-reaching in its scope, the White House has even gotten to [[Ahmed Abu Khattala]], convincing an alleged terrorist to stick to the talking points.'''»'''k to the talking points.'''»''')
2020/09/28/How A Conservative 6-3 Majority Would Reshape The Supreme Court + ('''«'''...Supreme Court experts [..] stress that we’re likely to see the legal [[conservatism/US|conservative movement]] seize this moment, and as such, we should brace for a wave of rulings that move the law fundamentally to the right – on everything from hot-button cultural issues like [[gun rights]] and [[abortion]] to more legalistic, but nevertheless important, topics like the power of the executive branch.'''»''' executive branch.'''»''')
2016/10/Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences + ('''«'''...this report shows that some of the most frequently heard claims about sexuality and gender are not supported by scientific evidence. The report has a special focus on the higher rates of mental health problems among LGBT populations, and it questions the scientific basis of trends in the treatment of children who do not identify with their biological sex.'''»''' This report ''also'' appears to be the entire contents of [http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/number-50-fall-2016 issue #50, Fall 2016], a "special issue" of ''[[The New Atlantis]]'', "A Journal of Technology and Society" which is published by the [[conservatism/US/org|US conservatist advocacy group]] [[Ethics and Public Policy Center]].Ethics and Public Policy Center]].)
Theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749 + ('''«'''Hormones? Surgery? The choices are fraught – and there are no easy answers.'''»''' ...except [[puberty blockers]] are generally a good idea. This article emphasizes the unknowns and the risks, and mistakenly implies they're not a good general solution.s they're not a good general solution.)
2009-04-02 Fake Faith and Epic Crimes + ('''«'''Spain's celebrated Judge [[Baltasar Garzon]], who indicted [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] and the leaders of the Argentinian military junta, has called for [[George W. Bush]], [[Tony Blair|Blair]] and former Spanish prime minister [[Jose Maria Aznar]] to be prosecuted for the [[US invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] – "one of the most sordid and unjustifiable episodes in recent human history: a devastating attack on the rule of law" that had left the UN "in tatters." He said, "There is enough of an argument in 650,000 deaths for this investigation to start without delay."'''»'''rt without delay."'''»''')
URL/verbicidemagazine.com/2013/08/15/enders-game-author-orson-scott-card-rant-obama-dictator-national-police + ('''«'''"[[Barack Obama|Obama]] is, by character and preference, a [[dictator]]," [[Orson Scott Card|Card]] wrote before [[Godwin's law|comparing]] the President of the United States to [[Adolf Hitler]]. "Obama will claim we need a national police force in order to fight terrorism and crime. The [[Boston bombing]] is a useful start, especially when combined with random shootings by crazy people."'''»''' '''«'''And then he added that Obama will reassert his power through puppet dictators.'''»''' through puppet dictators.'''»''')
2014/06/05/Scott Brown resigns from Florida firearm manufacturer + ('''«'''Yesterday afternoon, former Sen. [[Scott Brown]] (R-Mass.), on the campaign trail in his new state, was confronted by quite a few reporters asking about the same topic: his curious role as an adviser to a [[US/FL|Florida]] [[Global Digital Solutions Inc.|firearm manufacturer]] that doesn't actually manufacture firearms.'''»'''ly manufacture firearms.'''»''')
2008-08-06 MO voter arrested for trying to vote + ('''«'''My son and I were grabbed by the arms and escorted outside. The two policemen who escorted us were soon joined by four others with two other squad cars. Surrounded, we were peppered by questions. Basically they were of the type, "Why are you bothering these people?" .. The answer, as clear as we could make it was, "We aren't bothering them! We are simply trying to vote, and these people are breaking [[Missouri State Statutes]], preventing us from voting." .. The police responded, "Look, you are breaking their rules. If you don't get out of here, we are going to arrest you!" .. The question I had in response was, "Their rules? What rules? Those are employees of the Election Board, they are under the mandate of the Election Board, and then the SoS. Aren't you more concerned about the breaking of state laws?" As it turns out, apparently they were not.'''»'''pparently they were not.'''»''')
2014/05/30/House votes to restrict DEA marijuana raids + ('''«'''The roll call on the vote is [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll258.xml here]. Note that it passed largely with [[US Democratic Party|Democratic]] support – the vast majority of Dems voted for it; a clear majority of [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] voted against it – but the measure was backed by a bipartisan group of co-sponsors.'''»'''co-sponsors.'''»''')
2014/03/07/Yet another ACA horror story draws scrutiny + ('''«'''After all the recent troubles conservatives have had with "[[Obamacare]] victims" in attack ads that turned out to be wrong, the [[Koch brothers|Koch]]-financed [[Americans for Prosperity]] wouldn't push its luck with another dubious commercial, would it?'''»'''us commercial, would it?'''»''')
2011/02/22/Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing SRS + ('''Conclusions''': “Persons with transsexu … '''Conclusions''': “Persons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population. Our findings suggest that sex reassignment, although alleviating gender dysphoria, may not suffice as treatment for transsexualism, and should inspire improved psychiatric and somatic care after sex reassignment for this patient group.”nment for this patient group.”)
2017/04/06/Breitbart publishes multiple anti-Kushner stories in the wake of Steve Bannon's NSC ouster + (''As [[Media Matters]] … ''As [[Media Matters]] [https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/04/06/defend-bannon-breitbart-has-opened-fire-presidents-son-law/215938 notes], [[Breitbart News|Breitbart]] published four negative stories about [[Jared Kushner|Kushner]] on the same day that news broke that [[Steve Bannon|Bannon]] was out at the NSC.''[[Steve Bannon|Bannon]] was out at the NSC.'')
2017/04/05/Bannon threatened to quit if removed from National Security Council + (''Chief [[Trump-Pence administration|White House]] … ''Chief [[Trump-Pence administration|White House]] strategist [[Steve Bannon|Stephen Bannon]] was unhappy with the decision to remove him from his role on the [[US/gov/National Security Council|National Security Council]] and threatened to quit, according to a new report.''ened to quit, according to a new report.'')
2017/03/30/I worked for Jared Kushner. He’s the wrong businessman to reinvent government. + (''That same obsession with the tech world … ''That same obsession with the tech world permeates [[Jared Kushner|Kushner]]'s [[Trump-Pence administration|new project]]. Cost-cutting is important in situations where there is excess, but it is not what catalyzes evolution; if the point here is to make government more effective, not just more efficient, cuts alone won’t do it.'' more efficient, cuts alone won’t do it.'')
2017/04/05/Kushner Hires Hollywood PR Exec To Help Run White House Campaign To Privatize Government Functions + (''The [[Office of American Innovation]] … ''The [[Office of American Innovation]] is intended to be non-partisan and is working with several industry leaders such as [[Elon Musk]], [[Tim Cook]], and [[Bill Gates]] to make government more efficient and forward-looking. [[Donald Trump|Trump]] won the presidency in part because he promised to [[running government like a business|bring an entrepreneurial style to the White House]].''[[running government like a business|bring an entrepreneurial style to the White House]].'')
2017/03/06/Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration + (''[[Trump-Pence administration|Donald Trump]]'s chief White House strategist [[Steve Bannon]] said in 2013 that Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]] was right in his 1950s campaign claiming widespread Communist infiltration into the United States government.'')
2017/04/04/Are Butches Disappearing + ((video) "I've had enough of anti-trans les … (video) "I've had enough of anti-trans lesbians attacking me, or trying to "save" me, which is incredibly condescending and erases the years of research and soul-searching (I actually prefer soul-creation) I have done. So I wanted to put all my thoughts down into a (big) “bite sized” chunk here to direct them to when they start to vomit a word salad at me."n they start to vomit a word salad at me.")
2014/03/02/Ross Douthat looks at gay marriage + (...if you think that [[marriage]] … ...if you think that [[marriage]] is not a synergistic coupling of sexual variables for the express purpose of pooping out babies from a vagina Pez dispenser, [[Ross Douthat|Ross]] thinks that you are setting your sights way too low and [you] are probably callow and unthinking...you] are probably callow and unthinking...)
2011/07/20/1642/link + (1. Fed gov will have to cut back payments … 1. Fed gov will have to cut back payments for services. 2. ...which will cause "real people" to be hurt. 3. ...which will hurt the economy. 4. ...and raise interest rates significantly. 5. It will actually increase the deficit more than would raising the debt ceiling in a timely manner -- assuming the ceiling is eventually lifted.assuming the ceiling is eventually lifted.)

2011/07/17/1945/link + (19 common reasons that people stay with abusers)

2009-08-08 Reply to critics + (>“Several "yes buts" took issue with a comment I posted on [[:category:2009/07/20|July 20]] on this blog entitled "[[2009-07-20 Bait and switch - How the public option was sold|Bait and switch: How the 'public option' was sold]]."”)
2017/01/31/Tumultuous Tillamook street preacher in Portland Airport brawl + (A former [[US/OR/Tillamook County|Tillamook]] street preacher is back making headlines, this time entrenched in the recent social unrest at [[Portland International Airport]] (PDX).)
2010-06-07 Consumerist.com declares wolf whistles at women is not sexism + (A longtime reader of [[Consumerist]] … A longtime reader of [[Consumerist]] is dismayed by [[sexist]] comments on a [http://consumerist.com/2010/06/did-citibank-fire-this-woman-for-being-too-sexy.html post about sexism], sends a private message about the problem, receives no reply, posts a related comment on a [http://consumerist.com/2010/06/sexy-banker-chase-told-me-to-shut-up-about-citibank-lawsuit.html follow-up article] -- and is banned..html follow-up article] -- and is banned.)
2014/03/07/Millennial generation is cause for liberal optimism + (A new study by the [[Pew Research Center]] provides reason for political optimism: Members of the so-called millennial generation, born after 1980, are more liberal than the preceding generations on a range of issues.)
2014/02/19/Celebrities, European Leaders Push for Final Deal on Wall Street Tax + (A new viral video with Andrew Lincoln of "The Walking Dead" is one more setback for financial industry lobbyists fighting a [[financial transaction tax]].)
2018/07/01/Right-Wing Portland Rally Declared Riot Amid Clashes With Antifa Protesters + (A rally in Oregon sponsored by the [[right-wing]] group [[Patriot Prayer]] turned violent on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with [[anti-fascist]] protesters, who showed up in opposition to the event.)
2008-05-11 Three Names Shock Me + (A substantial list of economists sign a statement supporting McCain's economic policy, but it is revealed that they are nowhere near the majority in their profession.)
2011/07/20/1215/link + (A sustained default could undercut America … A sustained default could undercut American power in four ways. The first and perhaps most certain would be to force cuts in defense spending. Second, a default would make it harder for Washington to negotiate agreements or build alliances with other countries. Third, a debt default would erode American credibility. Finally, a default could help China, Russia and other major buyers of U.S. debt accomplish something they have been trying to do for years: find an alternative investment to U.S. Treasurys. alternative investment to U.S. Treasurys.)
2012/10/19/1424/Third instance of voter registration dumping found in Virginia + (A third instance of fraudulent voter regis … A third instance of fraudulent voter registration has been uncovered in the important swing state of [[Virginia]], where a [[US Republican Party|Republican]] consultant has been arrested and thousands of discarded voter registration forms were recovered from a dumpster earlier this week.covered from a dumpster earlier this week.)
2014/04/10/Rush Limbaugh Freaks Out About Stephen Colbert Getting Late Show + (According to [[Rush Limbaugh]], "[[Stephen Colbert|Colbert]]'s new job is nothing less than a grave political, constitutional, and [[moral]] crisis in American television.")
2012-08-07 11:23 pm/Mandan City Commission gives Wal-Mart $403,000 tax break + (After two hours of hot debate, the Mandan City Commission on Tuesday gave the [[Wal-Mart]] Stores Inc., its first property tax break in [[US/ND|the state]], to build a supercenter in the city.)
2012/04/13/12 Ways To Use Saul Alinsky's Rules For Radicals Against Liberals + (All [[liberalism|liberals]] are using rules set forth by [[Saul Alinsky]]; [[US conservatism|conservatives]] should use them too, because they work.)
2014/11/25/Bee deaths and neonics + (Although public opinion has coalesced around the belief that the bee death mystery is settled, the vast majority of scientists who study bees for a living disagree – vehemently.)
2014/02/17/Cheap Words + (Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?)
2011/07/19/1403/link + (An Indianapolis woman was shocked to discover she had been able to board a plane with a three-inch knife in her carry-on bag not once, but twice.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/27/0945 +
2008-11-03 How McCain Could Win + (An examination of recent voter purges and new voter "verification" practices enacted since 2004 paints a depressing scenario tomorrow for supporters of [[Barack Obama|Obama]] and [[American democracy]].)
2018/08/09/Protester Maimed by Portland Police + (Anthony, who asked to be identified only b … Anthony, who asked to be identified only by his first name, was injured last weekend when cops in riot gear unleashed flashbangs, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other less-lethal weapons as local [[US/OR/Portland/2018/08/04/protest|protesters demonstrated against far-right groups massed downtown]].[[US/OR/Portland/2018/08/04/protest|protesters demonstrated against far-right groups massed downtown]].)
2018/08/04/Portland’s Patriot Prayer Rally Could Be Most Violent Since Charlottesville + (Armed, proto-fascist gangs are set to rall … Armed, proto-fascist gangs are set to rally in [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]], this weekend, stirring fears that the city could witness the kind of [[political violence]] not seen since the deadly [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] “[[Unite the Right]]” event in [[US/VA/Charlottesville|Charlottesville, Virginia]], nearly a year ago./VA/Charlottesville|Charlottesville, Virginia]], nearly a year ago.)
2017/08/05/Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google + (Article reports the full text of the memo, … Article reports the full text of the memo, minus some graphics and links. “I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem.”ever truly solve the problem.”)
2014/03/01/Russian forces in Ukraine could be a stabilizing factor + (As [[Vladimir Putin|President Putin]] … As [[Vladimir Putin|President Putin]] weighs using military forces in a [[Ukraine]] plunging deeper into political turmoil, [[Alexander Mercouris]], international law expert, tells [[RT]] that the presence [of] [[Russia]]'s forces could be a restraining factor for all the parties involved.ining factor for all the parties involved.)
2014-02-28/Crowd Detectives Reveal Billion-Dollar Heist as Inside Job + (As smoke clears on the implosion of the [[MtGox|Empty Gox]] … As smoke clears on the implosion of the [[MtGox|Empty Gox]] [[bitcoin]] exchange, thousands of people in the community committed to revealing the truth behind the stonewalling exchange. What was claimed first to be a technical problem, then an outside theft, has been conclusively determined that the MtGox management knew too much, too long ago, to have this be an ordinary case of theft.to have this be an ordinary case of theft.)
2017/03/04/how Jeff Sessions used his prosecuting power to target Democrats + (As the justice department’s man in Alabama, [[Trump-Pence administration|Trump]]'s attorney general indicted political opponents in remarkably thin cases, court filings show.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/08/1517 +
2012/10/20/Disgusting voter-suppression tactics still spreading + (Besides [http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpo … Besides [http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/18/163158185/swing-state-billboards-warning-against-voter-fraud-stir-backlash billboards in Ohio and Wisconsin] threatening enormous fines and prison sentences for "[[voter fraud]]," Harris-Perry noted the appearance of a Spanish-language billboard [http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20121014/LOCAL08/310149946/1044/LOCAL08 spotted in Pennsylvania] telling voters, "Si Quieres Votar Muéstrala," or, "If you want to vote, show it," a reference to the state [[voter identification law]] that [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/02/judge-pennsylvania-voter-id-law-on-hold-until-after-election/ was largely struck down] in court earlier this month. down] in court earlier this month.)
2014-02-26/Why the Plan to Dig a Canal Across Nicaragua Could Be a Very Bad Idea + (By the end of this year, if a Chinese entr … By the end of this year, if a Chinese entrepreneur gets his way, digging will begin on a waterway that would stretch roughly 180 miles across [[Nicaragua]] to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Giant container ships capable of carrying consumer electronics by the millions (or T-shirts by the billions) could begin making the passage by 2019, according to the most optimistic projections.ording to the most optimistic projections.)
2011/07/19/1347/link + (Congress was told that if the "too big to … Congress was told that if the "too big to fail" banks did not receive bailouts that there would be chaos in the streets and this country would plunge into another Great Depression. Since that time, however, essentially no efforts have been made to decentralize the U.S. banking system. Instead, the "too big to fail" banks just keep getting larger and larger and larger.keep getting larger and larger and larger.)
2015/01/08/Charlie Hebdo and Tsarnaev's Trial - Cui bono + (Conspiracy theorist [[Paul Craig Roberts]] … Conspiracy theorist [[Paul Craig Roberts]] argues that the CH massacre was a [[false flag]]: "France is suffering from the Washington-imposed sanctions against Russia. Shipyards are impacted from being unable to deliver Russian orders due to France’s vassalage status to Washington, and other aspects of the French economy are being adversely impacted by sanctions that Washington forced its NATO puppet states to apply to Russia."ts NATO puppet states to apply to Russia.")
2014/11/21/House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories + (Debunking a series of persistent allegatio … Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation of the politically charged incident determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria.overtly shipping arms from Libya to Syria.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/28/1134 +
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/12/1036 +
2014/07/06/A Company Liberals Could Love + (Douthat argues that liberals should support [[Hobby Lobby]] because of their internal minimum wage policy, and goes on to argue something about [[liberal intolerance]] of religious diversity.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/07/1400 +
2013/04/07/Wearing a Badge and a Video Camera + (Even with only half of the 54 uniformed patrol officers wearing cameras at any given time, the department over all had an 88 percent decline in the number of complaints filed against officers, compared with the 12 months before the study, to 3 from 24.)
2014/03/08/Obamacare-Lite + (Ever since [[Barack Obama]] signed the [[Affordable Care Act]] on March 23, 2010, the Republicans in Congress have tried to repeal it. This week's vote was their 50th attempt.)
2015/04/13/I guess I'm an MRA now + (First let me point out that the little twe … First let me point out that the little tweet I chirped out was because the TERFs were flocking to me — I hadn’t barged into one of their conversations, or invited them to explain to me what makes for a real woman, but there they were, in my space. So she doesn’t get to complain about me violating boundaries.. So she doesn’t get to complain about me violating boundaries.)
2011/07/19/1546/link + (For the Obama administration to adopt the … For the Obama administration to adopt the broad reading of Section Four would be bold (and I hasten to say I don't expect them to do it); but it would hardly be unusual in the recent discourse of presidential power--especially the Republican party's theory of the presidency.publican party's theory of the presidency.)
2014/01/08/Kentucky Democratic Congressional Candidate Goes Undercover + (For the past couple months I worked for [[United Parcel Service]], [[US/KY/Louisville|Louisville]] [[US/KY|Kentucky]], as an "air handler" loading and unloading cargo aircraft...)
2014/03/09/Bush's Defense Secretary Destroys GOP Talking Points Against Obama's Handling Of Crimea + (Former Defense Secretary [[Robert Gates]] pushed back on Sunday against conservatives who've blamed President Obama's "weak" foreign policy for Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]]'s decision to invade [[Crimea]].)
2011/08/15/2209/link + (Forum thread discussing the traffic death of Raquel Nelson's 4-year-old child, and similar car-centric situations around the US.)
2011/07/20/1816/link + (Fox's John Stossel criticizes politicians … Fox's John Stossel criticizes politicians for being careless with "other people's money". To his credit, the $700 billion military budget is the second item he mentions ("growing entitlements" are, of course, first), but then he immediately proceeds to ridicule a series of absolutely trivial expenditures, the largest of which is 0.0002% of the $700B originally mentioned and most of which are probably quite worthwhile investments of public money (including the bicycle helmets, which probably save money overall).lmets, which probably save money overall).)
2011/08/01/1059/link + (Google may have inadvertently swept up som … Google may have inadvertently swept up some users and handles that were legitimate or simply too innocuous to cause any brand any kind of harm, but I think the intention is clear: to protect brands and businesses from everyday Google service users who might infringe upon their trademarks and brand identities.pon their trademarks and brand identities.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/13/0949 +
2011/07/19/1425/link + (House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told reporters that President Obama walked out "angrily" from a meeting on the debt ceiling; Democratic aides say that Cantor was rude and Obama merely ended the meeting for the day.)
2011/08/01/1111/link + (How does this affect me</em&g … How does this affect me? As a member of a plural system, I would technically not be allowed to sign up as "Noël Dawkins," even though I prefer to use my own name online, rather than presenting as the "front identity." I would probably not be banned, as my name looks like a name, rather than an actual pseudonym, but it would technically be against their strict community guidelines. I suppose that I could simply sign up under the front identity (disclosure: we have already done so), but there is a difference between social networking under that guise, and social networking as myself.ween social networking under that guise, and social networking as myself.)
2014/02/28/An Analysis of Statements by Roger Pielke Jr + (I replied that the indicated comments by D … I replied that the indicated comments by Dr. Pielke, and similar ones attributed by [[Jeff Sessions|Senator Sessions]] to Dr. [[Roy Spencer]] of the University of Alabama, were not representative of main- stream views on this topic in the climate-science community; and I promised to provide for the record a more complete response with relevant scientific references.ponse with relevant scientific references.)
2014/02/27/Astonishingly awful Supreme Court decision + (I'll just defer [to] what others have already said about the court's ruling in [[Kaley v. U.S.]] this week.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/12/1507 +
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/25/1809 +
2012-09-10/Mitt Romney's epic incompetence + (I've been following politics for many year … I've been following politics for many years; I've written a book on presidential campaigns and I've delved quite a bit into the minutiae of the [[US/president/election/2012|2012 campaign]]. And I'm increasingly convinced that [[Mitt Romney]] is the worst national politician I've ever seen. worst national politician I've ever seen.)
2011/07/20/1415/link + (If a survey asks men, for example, if they … If a survey asks men, for example, if they ever "had sexual intercourse with somone, even though they did not want to, because they were too intoxicated (on alcohol or drugs) to resist your sexual advances," some of them will say yes, as long as the questions don't use the 'R' word.g as the questions don't use the 'R' word.)
2011/07/19/0814/link + (In May, copyright holders sued Internet se … In May, copyright holders sued Internet service provider Elisa, one of Finland's largest, to get the provider to block access to torrent site The Pirate Bay due to charges of media piracy. Finnish public service media company YLE reports that Elisa refuses to comply with such claims, however, citing the technical difficulty of compliance.ng the technical difficulty of compliance.)
2014/03/11/Somali farmers benefit from al-Shabab reforms + (In [[Somalia]]'s breadbasket, many welcome [[al-Shabab]]'s move to expel foreign [[non-governmental organization|aid group]]s and build canals.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/27/1203 +
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/28/1140 +
2012-09-12/YouTube Blocks Access to Controversial Video in Egypt and Libya + (In an unusual move, YouTube announced toda … In an unusual move, YouTube announced today that it was blocking access to a video showing clips from "The [[Innocence of Muslims]]"– an [[anti-Islam]]ic film that depicts Prophet [[Mohammed]] as a philanderer who approves of child abuse – after the film sparked violent protests in [[Egypt]] and [[Libya]].bya]].)
2014/04/27/They are agreeing to being spiritually married to their father + (In certain [[Protestant fundamentalism|fundamentalist Christian]] … In certain [[Protestant fundamentalism|fundamentalist Christian]] sects, fathers are encouraged to "spiritually marry" their daughters in order to keep them "pure". In the context of this "[[purity culture]]", it is entirely acceptable for fathers to have sexual thoughts about their daughters as long as they don't actually have intercourse.g as they don't actually have intercourse.)
2014/02/03/The painful case of Pastor Scott Lively + (In fact, I argue, minorities are much better off in a system that protects [[hate speech|hateful or discriminatory speech]] than in a system that protects them from it.)
2018/08/16/Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults + (In on-line forums, parents have been reporting that their children are experiencing what is described here as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria,” appearing for the first time during puberty or even after its completion.)
2011/07/25/0658/link + (In the [[corporate ethics|eyes of the corporation]], [[US prison system|inmate]] labor is a brilliant strategy in the eternal quest to maximize [[profit]].)
2017/08/02/Allen Pucket + (In this article, we will highlight a member of the [[far-right]] that moved over to explicit [[white supremacy]]: self-described white nationalist, [[Allen Wesley Pucket]].)
2014/03/11/House Republicans Introduce 3 Bills That Improve Obamacare + (In what is a major victory for the president, House Republicans will vote on three bills next week that correct small issues and unintended consequences in the ACA.)
2011/07/23/1523/link + (Interestingly, this criminal is described … Interestingly, this criminal is described by one unnamed Norwegian official as a "madman". He may well be, but this is one way that the motivations for heinous crimes can be airbrushed out of the story before they have the chance to take hold in the popular imagination.e to take hold in the popular imagination.)
2014/02/27/One-third of California town's police force arrested + (Investigators say King City police ordered hundreds of vehicles to be impounded – most often those driven by Hispanic immigrants – and then either kept the cars for themselves or re-sold them for profit.)
2011/07/27/2209/link + (It was inevitable. With the creation of [[Google+]] … It was inevitable. With the creation of [[Google+]], a new social network already boasting over 20 million users, the scammers were sure to follow. Here's a note a probable fraudster sent to reader Geoff through his Google+ profile, informing him that someone died in Africa and he needs to be contacted about a "business transaction" of "magnitude."t a "business transaction" of "magnitude.")
2014-02-21/From the fringe to the Hill + (It's alarmingly common to hear congression … It's alarmingly common to hear congressional [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] repeat some deeply odd [[conspiracy theories]]. [http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-befuddled-beck-wing-todays-gop?lite But more often] than not, the theories didn't start on Capitol Hill; they just ended up there.on Capitol Hill; they just ended up there.)
Issuepedia:Links/2011/07/13/1353 + (It's not comfortable to side against the s … It's not comfortable to side against the state of [[North Carolina]] in the lawsuit filed by [[Planned Parenthood]] of Central North Carolina. Rooting against the state means hoping that we, as taxpayers who pay for the state's legal defense, lose money on litigation.s legal defense, lose money on litigation.)
2010-06-09/Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News + (Journalists struggling to document the imp … Journalists struggling to document the impact of the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|oil rig explosion]] have repeatedly found themselves turned away from public areas affected by the spill, and not only by [[BP]] and its contractors, but by local law enforcement, the Coast Guard and government officials. the Coast Guard and government officials.)
2009-12-14 visiting the Amazon warehouse + (Julia Sweeney recounts her trip to the [[Amazon.com]] warehouse in Whitesville, [[Indiana]] to deliver shipping stock of her CD and DVD ''[[Letting Go of God]]''.)
Issuepedia:Links/2011/07/13/1429 + (Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor for planting a vegetable garden in the front yard.)
2011/07/28/2153/link + (Just a few days before [[Google+]] … Just a few days before [[Google+]]'s doors officially open on [[:category:2011/07/31|July 31]], [[Google]]'s latest communications from [https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/Fddn6rV8mBX Vic (via Robert)] and [https://plus.google.com/113116318008017777871/posts/VJoZMS8zVqU Bradley] on the raft of [[Google+/suspensions|account suspensions]] and “common names” policy seem unlikely to put the “[http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/google-plus-user-names/ identity crisis]” to rest. It's certainly a positive sign that they're engaging, and process changes like giving people with names Google doesn't like a week to change their account name before suspending them are certainly improvements. That said, the impression they're giving is that they're going to try to hold the line with the current policy even knowing that it targets transgender people, human rights activists, people at risk for stalking and harrassment domestic violence survivors, HIV/AIDS victims and caregivers, people with names that sound weird to Americans (or for that matter people in Hong Kong who would rather go by their English names)..."English names)...")
Issuepedia:Structured Debate/semantic/2008 sacred wafer scandal/Myers wafer request not justifiable/1 + (Just because the [[Eucharist wafer]]'s significance is purely [[arational]] does not mean that others may treat it as insignificant.)
2018/08/04/Mass Community Mobilization Against Far-Right + (Live blog from [[antifascism|antifascist]] mobilization in [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]].)
2014/02/25/Durham private school's move draws objections + (Members opted for the postponement after [[Patrick L. Byker|Patrick Byker]], attorney for a next-door neighbor of the site, pointed out the school's advocates hadn't addressed how the project might affect the [[property values|value of nearby property]].)
2020/07/27/Just an ordinary TERF talking about biology + (Myers dissects some bizarre arguments from [https://twitter.com/lissyboops @lissyboops], who is apparently of the [[TERF]] persuasion.)
2015/05/14/The Story of How Bernie Sanders Became Famous Will Make You Love Him Even More + (Now, as his campaign for president ramps u … Now, as his campaign for president ramps up, he's already making a splash. He's in Iowa talking about the [[economic disparity|yawning gap between the rich and the poor]]. He's on Sunday morning talk shows talking about free college and health care. He is waging a rhetorical war against "the billionaire class," whom he believes Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] will side with at the expense of the middle class.e with at the expense of the middle class.)
2014/03/07/Missing Persons Report + (Our obsession with the unemployment rate obscures more telling indicators about the economy.)
2014-02-25/Groom kidnappings + (Poor and unable to find grooms for their daughters, many still seize men at gunpoint in what is known as pakadwa shaadi.)
2014/03/02/Obama pushes Israel to stop assassinations of Iran nuclear scientists + (President [[Barack Obama]] … President [[Barack Obama]] is pressuring [[Israel]] to stop carrying out assassinations of top nuclear scientists in [[Iran]] as the Islamic Republic continues its negotiations with world powers over its uranium enrichment program, according to a new book.richment program, according to a new book.)
2018/08/07/Protesters clash with guards at Portland City Hall + (Protesters demanding reforms in police use of crowd control clashed with security officers at Portland City Hall after Mayor Ted Wheeler shut down a Wednesday morning City Council meeting.)
2014/12/14/Inside The Koch-Backed History Lessons North Carolina Wants To Teach High School Students + (Public high school students in [[US/NC|North Carolina]] … Public high school students in [[US/NC|North Carolina]] will be [http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/12/03/4374397_state-education-department-used.html?rh=1 taught from a lesson plans and worksheets] prepared by [[Bill of Rights Institute|an organization]] closely tied to the billionaire [[Koch brothers]], if the state's Department of Public Instruction gets its way."tment of Public Instruction gets its way.")
2011/07/21/1125/link + (Raquel Nelson, an Atlanta-area mother, was recently [[Raquel Nelson homicide conviction|convicted]] of vehicular homicide because her 4-year-old son was struck by a car and killed while she was crossing a busy street at an intersection with no crosswalk.)
2014/03/15/Council of Islamic Ideology declares women's existence anti-Islamic + (SATIRE: "The [[Council of Islamic Ideology]] (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah.")
2011/07/19/0838/link + (Shares in News Corporation have fallen 4.3% in New York amid mounting pressure as the phone-hacking scandal develops.)
2011/07/31/0915/link + (Skud summarizes the circumstances of her suspension from Google+, including her prior employment at Google and arguments in favor of pseudonymity.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/13/0931 +
2014/03/05/Who is really responsible for the Ukrainian crisis + (Someone, namely US and Canadian oil and gas barons, stands to make a helluva lot of money off this deal.)
2011/07/27/2214/link + (Something happened to Dylan's Google accou … Something happened to Dylan's Google account, and it's been disabled. He doesn't know what happened to the account, and no one at Google with the power to help him is interested in acknowledging the problem or letting him back in to the cloud-based services where all of his correspondence and much of the digital trail from the last few years of his life is stored. the last few years of his life is stored.)
2014/12/16/McCrory, Sanford get payouts from broker + (Soon after taking office, North Carolina Gov. [[Pat McCrory]] and U.S. Rep. [[Mark Sanford]] of South Carolina accepted six-figure stock payouts from an online mortgage broker accused by regulators of deceiving its customers.)
2014/03/02/Tug of War Over Ukraine Intensifies + (Sunday was a day of messages and mopping u … Sunday was a day of messages and mopping up, with Ukrainian and Western leaders trying to dissuade President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia from overplaying his hand and ordering an invasion of eastern Ukraine, even as Russian forces and their sympathizers in Crimea worked to disarm or neutralize any Ukrainian resistance there.neutralize any Ukrainian resistance there.)
2014/02/26/David Byrne Covered 'Just a Friend' So Biz Markie Can Get Paid + (Talking Heads frontman performs for [[Content Creators Coalition]], a new royalties advocacy group)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/22/1749 +
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/29/1858 +
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/07/1452 +
2014/03/28/Wild Horses and Burros Myths and Facts + (The BLM addresses 15 myths regarding their "Wild Horses and Burros" program.)
2014/03/01/Ukraine's Donetsk calls for referendum + (The City Council in the eastern city of Donetsk has refused to recognize [[Ukraine]]'s self-imposed government and called for a referendum on the region's status. The council has made Russian alongside Ukrainian the official language in the region.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/27/1100 +
2013-01-01 2:09/Senate clear fiscal cliff measure + (The Senate has passed legislation to block the impact of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal cliff.)
2014/02/26/David Byrne, Marc Ribot, Chris Ruen Lead Rally For Radio to Pay Performance Royalties + (The [[Content Creators Coalition]] sponsored an event in New York City calling on terrestrial radio to pay artists performance rights royalties.)
2016/06/13/Six questions we should ask after Orlando + (The [[just asking questions|questions]]: * 1) Are there more home-grown terrorists than we realize? * 2) Are lone wolves avoidable? * 3) Why guns? * 4) Who can buy a gun? * 5) Why a gay nightclub? * 6) Should we bar all Muslims?)
2004-02-20 Soldier for the Truth: Exposing Bush's talking-points war + (The [[neocon]] … The [[neocon]]s had three [[US reasons for invading Iraq|reasons]] for [[US invasion of Iraq|the US to invade Iraq]]: (1) sanctions were working, not leaving US companies in a favored position for doing business in Iraq; (2) the US needed a location for military bases; (3) the US needed to ensure that oil would continue to be traded in [[US dollar|dollars]].[[US dollar|dollars]].)
2011/07/19/1439/link + (The argument goes like this: Because Congr … The argument goes like this: Because Congress already appropriated the funds in question, it is the executive branch's duty to enact those appropriations. The debt ceiling, then, is legislative "double-counting," because the executive branch is obligated to spend the money Congress appropriates, without having to go back and ask again for permission.g to go back and ask again for permission.)
2014/03/04/Global Warming Slows Antarctica's Coldest Currents + (The deep, salty currents that carry oxygen and nutrients to the ocean depths have been disappearing over the past few decades.)
2011/07/21/2112/link + (The first top-to-bottom audit of the Feder … The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.conomic crisis since the Great Depression.)
2011/07/17/1956/link + (The insanity of the GOP, which many people are finally just noticing, has been building gradually for a long time.)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/11/1603 +
2014/03/05/Russia puts Ukraine far-right leader on international wanted list over calls for terrorism + (The leader of the Ukrainian radical group Pravy Sektor (Right Sector), Dmitry Yarosh, has been put on an international wanted list and charged with inciting terrorism, after asking Doku Umarov to attack Russia.)
2014/02/18/Sex Is Not an Economy and You Are Not Merchandise + (The longer I live and the more I read and … The longer I live and the more I read and the deeper I fall in love and the less I give a fuck and the more patience I lose and the more perspective I gain, the more certain I become that the people who most aggressively try to define love for others have never actually experienced it themselves. never actually experienced it themselves.)
2011/07/24/1728/link + (The media initially attributed the event - … The media initially attributed the event -- with some evidence -- to [[Muslim]] extremists, then rapidly backed off from that conclusion when the "blond Nordic-looking" suspect was identified. This is one of several parallels with the [[1995-04-19 Oklahoma City bombing|1995 Oklahoma City bombing]], and there are reasons to believe that there was a Muslim-extremist connection in that event as well.xtremist connection in that event as well.)
2019/09/12/Against neurodiversity + (The movement has good intentions, but it favours the high-functioning and overlooks those who struggle with severe autism.)
2014/03/08/Republicans Must Make A Choice About Obamacare + (The number of uninsured Americans has drop … The number of uninsured Americans has dropped by three to four million since [[Obamacare]] coverage took effect Jan. 1, according to a new Gallup survey. How much of the drop can be precisely attributed to the health care law is a matter of debate, though [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-uninsured-sign-ups there are signs] that enrollment among the uninsured is picking up.ollment among the uninsured is picking up.)
2011/07/17/2206/link + (The obvious objections to the execution of … The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. ... But I want to add another and less obvious reason why we should not have executed Saddam Hussein. His mind would have been a unique resource for historical, political and psychological research: a resource that is now forever unavailable to scholars.at is now forever unavailable to scholars.)
2013/02/08/Amazon unpacked + (The online giant is creating thousands of UK jobs, so why are some employees less than happy?)
2014/01/03/How I learned to stop worrying and love Amazon + (The online retailer has reshaped bookselling since it entered the trade in 1995. But [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]'s aggressive and "anti-competitive" tactics, especially for selling ebooks, are raising hackles in an industry under stress.)
2018/08/30/Beaten for Autism + (The person filmed by KGW News on June 4 [[US/OR/Detroit/2018-06-04 police beating|being struck on the head 16 times by a Marion County sheriff deputy while pinned down by three additional officers]] … The person filmed by KGW News on June 4 [[US/OR/Detroit/2018-06-04 police beating|being struck on the head 16 times by a Marion County sheriff deputy while pinned down by three additional officers]] says the incident may be partly understood as the response of uninformed individuals to [[autism|people they don’t understand]].[[autism|people they don’t understand]].)
2014/03/05/Kiev snipers hired by Maidan leaders + (The snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were allegedly hired by Maidan leaders, according to a leaked phone conversation between the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Estonian foreign affairs minister, which has emerged online.)
2013-09-10/Technology and the Distribution of Wealth + (There is a question so important to the mo … There is a question so important to the modern economy that it often hides in plain view. I'm talking about the role that technology plays in the distribution of wealth. This connection between our distribution of societal resources and our rapidly evolving technology centers on two fundamental phenomena: (1) The way [[jobsolescence|technology displaces labor]] (2) The way technology concentrates profits2) The way technology concentrates profits)
2009-07-04 Asking for it + (There's nothing like [[science]] … There's nothing like [[science]] for giving that [[objective]], white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for ''Telegraph'' readers when they came across the headline "[http://current.com/items/90259840_women-who-dress-provocatively-more-likely-to-be-raped-claim-scientists.htm Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists]". Ah, scientists.raped, claim scientists]". Ah, scientists.)
2012-09-13/New questions about makers of anti-Muslim film as shadowy details emerge + (This appears to be the same AP article as [[2012/09/12/California man confirms role in anti-Islam film]].)
2011/07/25/1658/link + (This high-and-low-cortisol reactivity prov … This high-and-low-cortisol reactivity provides different developmental advantages and disadvantages, the authors write. Heightened [[cortisol]] levels characteristic of the doves were related to lower attention problems but also put them at risk for developing anxiety and [[depression]] over time. By contrast, the lower cortisol levels for hawks in aggressive families were associated with lower anxiety problems; however, at the same time, these children were more prone to risky behavior, including attention and hyperactivity problems.ding attention and hyperactivity problems.)
2016/03/Gender Ideology Harms Children + (This is one of several credible-seeming pseudo-scientifi studies often cited by anti-LGBT activists, but its conclusions fly in the face of an overwhelming body of evidence.)
2011-04-16 To all Ladies: Free Protection and Safety System + (This is the [[New York Initiative]]'s Craig's List ad offering assistance to [[New York City]] [[sex work]]ers in defending themselves from the [[Long Island Serial Killer]].)
Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/26/0914 +
2011/07/20/1315/link + (This week the Center for Media and Democracy released 800 model bills, legislation that is straight out of the corporate playbook and drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council.)
2010/12/09/Voters Say Election Full of Misleading and False Information + (Those who watched [[Fox News]] almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that a number of false statements relevant to the election were, in fact, true.)

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