In America, Our Inalienable Right to Vote is in Jeopardy

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Maddow: Tea party groups trying to steal election via voter purges

The Simpsons lampoons GOP-backed voter ID laws

Sarah Silverman explains voter ID: ‘Lawmakers are trying to fu*k you’
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Recognizing Conscience in Abortion Provision
The exercise of conscience in health care is generally considered synonymous with refusal to participate in contested medical services, especially abortion. This depiction neglects the fact that the provision of abortion care is also conscience-based. The persistent failure to recognize abortion ( Read more... )

ONTD_Political: GET THE POPCORN! All 49 minutes of Romney remarks at fundraiser
Feministing: Reactions of Mitt Romney’s 47 percent write-off, in GIFS *snerk* Yeah. That.

Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Court Sets Aside Voter-ID Ruling For Review
Voting Wars: PA Voter ID Law May Be Tossed, But Rove's Donors Stay Secret

Alternet: It's Alive! Occupy ( Read more... )

It's a quiet evening, and I'm exhausted, so I'm actually going to toss out a few linketies for the first time in ages...

IngenuityFest 2012: Roomy lakefront warehouses let annual arts-and-technology fair expand its offerings -- and your mind

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will appeal a federal judge's ruling restoring early voting rights in ( Read more... )

OK, folks, time for election year linketies. Expect a lot of these sorts of reminders from me in the next two months. I don't know when I'll have time and energy for full-blown linketies again, but I'm at least going to try to do regular election reminders ( Read more... )

So I was on short-term disability for the unending migraine for three weeks. During that, I almost never opened a laptop, and only posted intermittently from my phone, which is easier to do over on FB. Here's the sum total of what I put up over that time, for those who want a catch-up:

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Tired and melancholy today, not really sure what direction I'll end up going with this post. So much to mention or discuss, so little time or focus at the moment. I suspect it's going to be a grab-bag ( Read more... )