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Author: Scott Lemieux

The War Against Women

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On February 17, 2012
As soon as Virginia's Mandatory Rape Law was passed by the House of Delegates, a great column by a particular Virginia resident was inevitable, and sure enough: This week, the Virginia state Legislature passed a bill that would require women to have an ultrasound before...

Thank You Justice Kennedy!

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On February 16, 2012
Say this for anti-choicers, they're extremely creative when it comes to finding new ways to humiliate women: Unfortunately, the “fetal personhood” bill wasn’t the only nutty and frightening piece of legislation that Virginia’s House of Delegates passed. Another bill was advanced requiring a woman undergoing...

Keep Chuckin’ Those Facts!

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On February 15, 2012
We have yet more comedy gold from the most useless website in the known universe.   You will remember that Politifact's "lie of the year" was given to Democratic arguments about Republican efforts to end Medicare that were, at a minimum, perfectly defensible.   So how does...

McCarthy Komedy Klassics

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On February 14, 2012
Stop it, you're killing me: The federal courts are being reshaped by the Obama presidency, thanks to the disinclination of senate Republicans to block appointees. If by "disinclination" you mean "more willing to block appointees than any Congress in history," then yes. Compounding the comedy,...
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