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The Downward Spiraling Anthony Weiner Campaign Needs Less Will Ferrell

anthony_weiner_sexting2How do you know you’ve lost all control of your campaign? You almost end up in a fist fight with a senior citizen opponent at a function FOR AND ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS!

Anthony Weiner has now entered the SNL rung of his mayoral campaign.

Sure, sure George McDonald, 69, and a GOP challenger, has been harping on Weiner’s scandalous sexting debacle as of late, but you know, how can he not? Once you’ve made the decision to show your peen to an entire internet’s worth of inhabitants and then run for public office, it’s pretty much fair game. Continue reading →

What the House GOP Is Going to Do on Their Summer Vacation

As everyone knows, the first thing everyone does after taking a summer vacation and returning to school or work is talk about it with everyone else, either voluntarily or not.

The House GOP is no different. Fortunately for us, prior to their August recess the House GOP leadership has provided all of its members with an exceptionally detailed guide on what to tell their constituents when asked pesky questions. Continue reading →

Alan Keyes Proposes Impeachment by Bucket Brigade

Every so often, something so stupid comes along that you can’t imagine how the author manages to tie their shoes or put on pants, and yet is seemingly well credentialed. Alan Keyes has provided us with such a cache, and I consider it my duty to build a rhetorical Yucca Mountain on top of it to ensure that this kind of weapons-grade stupid is never allowed to fall into the wrong hands. Continue reading →

This Year in Anti-Choice Tomfoolery: The West

We have come to the final chapter of this week’s series on anti-abortion legislation. It’s been relatively quiet on the western front, with only one bill requiring parental consent in Montana and a ruling on Idaho’s 20-week abortion ban.

You can find your state’s current reproductive laws on the Guttmacher Institute. You can also usually find current proposed bills on Open States, or on your state legislature’s website. Continue reading →

This Year in Anti-Choice Tomfoolery: The Midwest

The Midwest has been busily restricting our reproductive rights this year! Get ready for some hot, old-white-conservative-man-on-woman* legislation.

This is just some of the legislation proposed in 2013. For a full list of your state’s reproductive laws, check out the Guttmacher Institute. You can also usually find current proposed bills on Open States, or on your state legislature’s website if they allow you to search by subject. Continue reading →

This Year in Anti-Choice Tomfoolery: The Northeast

Welcome to the third installment in this series on anti-choice politics in 2013. The northeastern states haven’t had as much success in passing most of the proposed anti-abortion legislation this session, though not for lack of trying. Highlights include the loss of the entire Women’s Equality Act in New York, a stalled bill that would require crisis pregnancy centers to tell the truth about their services, and Gov. Chris Christie’s refusal to include additional funds for family planning in the New Jersey state budget.

Let’s see what’s happening in your state! Continue reading →

This Year in Anti-Choice Tomfoolery: The Southeast

Prepare for the onslaught.

Highlights of anti-abortion absurdity in the southeastern region include a desperate attempt by Marco Rubio to pander to his base, a bundle of anti-choice amendments attached to a Sharia law ban (I know, right?) that was hidden from the public until the vote, and a bill so racist, five legislators just walked the hell out of the chambers during the debate.

Keep in mind, this is just some of the legislation proposed in 2013. There’s been plenty of anti-choice bullshit introduced and passed in past years, especially since 2011. You can find your state’s current laws on the Guttmacher Institute. Continue reading →