Showing posts with label Republican. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican. Show all posts
Sunday, April 19, 2020

While the Elderly, Minorities, and the Imprisoned Die, A Push to "Re-Open" the Country by "Pro-Life" Christian Republicans

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Reported US coronavirus deaths: 7 weeks ago: 0 deaths 6 weeks ago: 17 deaths 5 weeks ago: 49 deaths 4 weeks ago: 249 deaths 3 weeks ...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Wisconsin as Worst Place to Be Black in US and Recent Voting Débacle: These Are Related, in a State Whose Citizens Are a Quarter Catholic

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Take a cue from Wisconsin voters who stuck it out during a torrential rain & hail storm to make sure the Republican judge lost his se...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

Today's Guardian on Growing Backlash to Appeals to Cease Religious Gatherings, Fueled by Top GOP Leaders

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Since it appears some people just do not intend to get what's going on with some communities of faith — churches, notably — in the ...
Saturday, April 4, 2020

Quote for Day: Right-Wing Evangelical Churches Want to Resist Closing Services — But Risk Killing Off Their Congregations

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David Neiwert, " Evangelical churches run smack into coronavirus' lethal reality, but some continue to resist " David N...
Monday, September 2, 2019

Two Mass Shootings in Texas in One Month: Who Owns Guns in the U.S? (Answer: White Republican Evangelical Men Above All)

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Latest mass shooter in Texas from Odessa American 1/ Texas has just had two mass shootings in one month. In both, aggrieved white ma...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Thoughts and Prayers: The American Way of Evading Meaningful Action Through Resort to Meaningless "Religious" Nonsense

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The first truckload of thoughts and prayers prepares to leave for Las Vegas. This should resolve our mass shooting problem. pic.twitter.co...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Claims of Persecution and Catholic Support for Trump: Need to Move Beyond Defensive Parochial Response to Engage Real Issues — Like White Catholic Racism

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In a recent essay for Fortune , Matthew Schmalz, who teaches religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, suggests that Donal...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Great That . . . a Hot Immigrant Model Can Come to This Country with Nothing But the Clothes on Her Back (and Occasionally Without Them) and Land a Sugar Daddy Bazillionaire"

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Lovin' me some Catholic birdcage as yesterday's . . . well, there's not a polite term to name it, is there? . . . thing  ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Race Matters: As White Supremacists Robocall Wisconsin, Discussion of "Hidden" GOP Racism Continues to Come Out into the Open with Trump Candidacy

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As anyone with eyes open has seen for years now in the American political context, the Republican party has long used racial resent...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Quote for Day: When Presidential Candidates Attend Rally at Which Calls to Exterminate Gays Are Made, Why Is This Not Major News?

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Katherine Stewart in New York Times  this past Monday:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Another Quote for Day: "But if the Tetleys Had Lived in Oklahoma, That Sentence [of a British Husband for Raping His Sleeping Wife Over 300 Times] May Have Been Considerably More Difficult to Obtain"

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Another quote to share with you as the day goes on, from Samantha Allen at The Daily Beast  site:
Friday, May 22, 2015

The Curious Saga of Josh Duggar, Anti-Gay "Family Values" Champion, Or, Aristotle Was Onto Something When He Said That Hubris Courts a Big Fall

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Big news in my own state of Arkansas as this week ends, which has implications that reach far beyond the borders of the state, since ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Quote for Day: Refusal of Republican States to Expand Medicaid One of Most Sordid Acts in Recent American History

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Kevin Drum on the decision of Republican states to turn back billions of dollars that would have provided healthcare coverage to the...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

His Eminence Chooses a New Spokeswoman, and National Catholic Reporter Chooses to Censor My Comments about This

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For those who may not yet have seen this news: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced yesterday that His Eminence Timothy ...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Hope in the Air as Christmas Arrives: Gun Control and Gay rights

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Two signs of hope on Christmas eve:
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Saving Monsignor Ryan: Frank Cocozzelli Announces Documentary

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You wouldn't know this now, but there was a time when Catholics were known in American culture and politics for defending the rig...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Politics, Pictures: 1,000 Words

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I shouldn't say it.  But I will.   Because I have to get it out my head.  And sometimes uttering thoughts exorcises them.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Republican-Appointed Judge in Nebraska Dismisses Lawsuits v. Affordable Care Act

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Judge Warren Urbom Nebraska is a solidly red state.   Only four counties voted Democratic in Nebraska in the 2008 presidential ele...

David Frum's "Conversion": Neocon Morality Tales and History's Judgment

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Mark Oppenheimer's fascinating roadmap of the twists and turns neocon Wunderkind David Frum has taken in his talking-head career i...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Archbishop Lori Spins Religious Freedom Initiative as Non-Partisan: Reality-Based Catholics not Buying Spin

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Archbishop William Lori, head of the GOP organizing committee  Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom of the U.S. Conference of Cathol...