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It's gotten a touch tangled over the weekend, so here with a cogent and concise summation of the whole Congress vs. Contraception flap is Steve Benen, to my mind one of the absolute best bloggers out there. He recently moved to The Rachel Maddow Show blog from Washington Monthly, and he's my go-to guy for quick, accurate analysis ( Read more... )

On the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Karen Handel's resignation, Nancy Brinker, and protecting Planned Parenthood.

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Now it gets very interesting. Who takes over, what's their agenda, and will Ari Fleischer still be involved?

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Susan G. Komen Foundation decides to not drop funding for Planned Parenthood, maybe. I dunno; the wording is that they'll continue to fund "existing grants", so they may not renew the grant next year or somethin'. Much better analysis here.

ETA: Yeah, that's kinda what I thought.

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If you haven't already heard, the Susan G. Komen For The Cure foundation has cut ties to Planned ParenthoodTheir stated excuse is that they don't want to be associated with an organization under Congressional investigation. Of course, the reason Planned Parenthood is under Congressional investigation is that Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) wants to stop ( Read more... )

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WUT I DON'T EVEN.

A steampunk epic about... well... just watch.

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