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AG Nominee Jeff Sessions: An Old-fashioned Southern Racist

AG Nominee Jeff Sessions: An Old-fashioned Southern Racist

Posted by | Jan 10, 2017 | , , |

Heather ‘Digby’ Parton joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to talk about the nomination for US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his hostile background towards voting rights; mainly those of African Americans. Transcription of the above video: Sam: This past week, there were six people arrested, including the president of the NAACP. It was Tuesday of this week. They did a sit-in in Senator Jeff Sessions’ office. Senator Jeff Sessions has been nominated to be the Attorney General of the United States. You know, just even saying that, Digby, is sort of disturbing to me frankly. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions...

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Right Wing Hate is the Republican Brand – The Ring of Fire

Right Wing Hate is the Republican Brand – The Ring of Fire

Posted by | Dec 29, 2015 | , |

I saw a story this week by a talented young writer with Salon.com. I like that site as a source because they are always able to catch the edges of bigger picture trends in the U.S. — less fluff, more news. Elias Isquith told the story about longtime lunatic Phyllis Schlafly appearing on a radio talk show with a level of lunatic talk that even exceeded the norm for the demented old Phyllis. Phyllis told an audience that was no doubt just as crazy as herself that she was extremely worried that the United States was allowing polygamists Muslims...

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Hillary Clinton is on the wrong side of everything: Stop telling me I have to vote for her because of the Supreme Court

Hillary Clinton is on the wrong side of everything: Stop telling me I have to vote for her because of the Supreme Court

Posted by | Nov 12, 2015 | |

By H.A. Goodman First and foremost, the latest unscientific poll out of Western Illinois University has Bernie Sanders winning the presidency. Therefore, if polls are gospel, we’ll have a Democrat in the White House who plans on fixing the structural issues plaguing Wall Street and the U.S. economy. With Sanders, we’ll have an honest attempt at breaking up“Too Big to Fail” banks, reinstating Glass-Steagall, and tackling wealth inequality. Perhaps one reason WIU predicts Sanders winning the presidency is that Vermont’s senator has more than 1 million online donors who’ve funded his campaign. No need for prison lobbyists, like his challenger Hillary...

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