The Weekly Ying and Yang « Revolutionary Radar

Time for the weekly roundup, also called The Weekly Ying and Yang. This week we're focusing on Newt's South Carolina win, Mitt's taxes, Elizabeth Warren's surging campaign, and those nasty anti-abortion Super Bowl ads.

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Our Eroding Civil Liberties « Revolutionary Radar

Ever wonder why the civil liberties dialogue has faded from the horizon? Find out why on Revolutionary Radar.

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Another crackpot for Christ « Revolutionary Radar

There are crazy right-wing Christians. Then there's Cindy Jacobs, who has to be the crackpot of the century. See for yourself.

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The 2012 election winner: The super PAC « Revolutionary Radar

We can thank the Supreme Court of the United States for allowing Corporations to buy our election process. Here's how Citizens United helped Mitt Romney win in Iowa.

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Bryan Fischer nine condoms short of a full pack « Revolutionary Radar

Bryan Fischer, the gay-bashing, factually-challenged public face of the American Family Association pulled out all the stops in 2011. No wonder the SPLC made them a 'hate' group in 2010.

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Barack Obama sinks further into the civil rights abyss « Revolutionary Radar

Barack Obama's record on civil liberties continues to sink by refusing to veto the Defense Authorization Act. Now he has authorized indefinite detention of Americans without due process within our own borders. How far will we allow him to go?

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Hateful Janice Crouse Bashes Gays in Defense of Marriage (VIDEO)

Hateful Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America cites gay-bashing statistics in defense of "traditional" marriage. Here she gets some statistics thrown in her face about heterosexual relationships.

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Mitt Romney a progressive? You must be joking. « Revolutionary Radar

Did you know that Mitt Romney is a progressive? His views have blown whichever way the political wind blows for at least a decade. When he ran in Massachusetts, a decidedly liberal state, he was a bit to the left.

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Why Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin Matter in 2012

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Elizabeth Warren Has Both Befuddled And Terrified The GOP

Elizabeth Warren has both befuddled and terrified the GOP. Now they're using Wall Street dollars to accuse her of being cozy with Wall Street. Karl Rove and his operatives get more desperate as she continues to add to her lead over Scott Brown in the Massachusetts senate race.

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The Weekly Ying and Yang

Welcome to the weekly roundup of good and bad (more bad than good). There are some really hot topics that deserve coverage even though they may not require full posts. Here we go:

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More utter bull@!$%# from our elected officials on the confirmation of Richard Cordray | Revolutionary Radar

In case you haven’t heard, the Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to confirm former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  The vote was 53-45 along party lines, falling 7 votes short.

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Why Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin matter | Revolutionary Radar

I’ve been talking about how important both Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin are to this country to anyone who will listen for a while now.

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Barney Frank Caused Millions To Contract HIV/AIDS, Says Brian Fischer | The New Civil Rights Movement

Once again, Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association shows why the Southern Poverty Law Center has certified AFA as a hate group. These people spend more time spreading lies and their own personal brand of bigotry than any other group on the planet.

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Senate Keeps Controversial Detainee Policy in Defense Bill | Common Dreams

The Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort to strip divisive provisions from a defense bill that deal with the capture and handling of suspected terrorists, setting up a showdown with the White House.

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Teen Girl Defiant Against GOP Governor Brownback: Here Are 5 More Stories of Badass Kids Standing Up to Right-Wingers | | AlterNet

A high school girl insults Governor Brownback and stands up to those who would punish her. Here are other examples of America's youngest citizens speaking truth to power.

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Hey, that's okay! I wasn't using my civil rights anyway. | Revolutionary Radar

I don’t want to sound like I’m grousing, but I want to thank all those who gave our elected officials the green light to take away our civil rights after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I know they probably did this as a knee-jerk reaction out of fear.

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How White Supremacists Are Trying to Make an American Town a Model for Right-Wing Extremism | | AlterNet

At first glance the Pioneer Little Europe website seems like it could be the work of the Montana Office of Tourism. Photographs depict the rugged beauty of the Flathead Valley region near Glacier National Park in northwest Montana.

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This is what corruption looks like | Revolutionary Radar

The Citizens United decision should have been a giant wake-up call for the people of the United States, yet the Supreme Court enjoys a 46% approval rating in spite of it. 

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Freezing Free Speech: Winter Tents Are 'Contraband' For Occupy Boston | ThinkProgress

With a court order preventing the city of Boston from tearing down the encampment, the occupiers are planning to maintain their protest indefinitely at Dewey Square, in the heart of Boston’s financial district, in the shadow of the Federal Reserve and Smith Barney.

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Gabrielle Giffords' Office Urges Super Committee To Cut Lawmakers' Pay

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) may not be back in Congress yet, but her staff is leading a bipartisan effort to pressure the super committee to slash lawmakers' salaries as part of deficit reduction.

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Rudy Giuliani Says He Would've Booted Occupy Wall Street On 'Day One'

Rudy Giuliani said if he were still mayor of New York City, he would've booted the protesters out of Zuccotti Park on "day one" of the occupation,describing the demonstrators as "bums" and "leftover hippies." Them's fightin' words, Rudy!

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Sen. Bernie Sanders: Deficit caused by wars, tax breaks and Wall Street | The Raw Story

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday urged the congressional debt committee not to propose any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

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Water catching on fire makes a comeback

A pair of environmental monitoring wells drilled deep into an aquifer in Pavillion, Wyoming, contain high levels of cancer-causing compounds and at least one chemical commonly used in hydraulic fracturing, according to new water test results released yesterday by the En …

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Right Wing Media: 'Predatory Homosexual Behavior' Caused Penn State Scandal | The New Civil Rights Movement

You had to know this @!$%# was coming down. It can't simply be that a pedophile was allowed to run amok with everyone turning their collective heads the other way. Nope.

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