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An Argument for Repealing or Clarifying the Second Amendment

My Monday column begins the week with some fireworks: Before I begin, I hasten to underline that the chances of this happening are pretty much zero: there’s simply no way the Second Amendment will be repealed or clarified. But it … Continue reading
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Weak Constitution

It’s Jon Stewart vs Fox News on the Constitution. I laughed. Hard. But Fox News really is an embarrassment to the nation. Continue reading
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Delete Your Old Emails or Else the Government Can Read Them

Ugh. Yes, really: IRS documents released Wednesday suggest that the tax collection agency believes it can read American citizens’ emails without a warrant. The files were released to the American Civil Liberties Union under a Freedom of Information Act request. … Continue reading
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David Mamet’s Latest Far-Right Screed

By now you might’ve seen David Mamet’s pro-gun screed in Newsweek in which he basically assembled every NRA bumper sticker into essay form. It’s just as wingnutty as everything else he’s written since he strangely transformed from a far-left liberal … Continue reading

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Confirmed: Second Amendment Framers Wanted to Protect Slavery

Tommy Christopher was incredulous about Thom Hartmann’s report for Truth Out indicating that the framers intended the Second Amendment as a means of protecting slave-holders from slave insurrections. But upon further research, Christopher determined that Hartmann was on the money: … Continue reading

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Was the Second Amendment About Preserving Slavery?

Thom Hartmann seems to think so and he lays out a pretty convincing case at Truth Out: If the anti-slavery folks in the North had figured out a way to disband – or even move out of the state – … Continue reading

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Super Stupid

Here’s Steve Doocy schooling the president about the Constitution. By way of defining expertise, Doocy used to do the wacky kicker story at the end of the local newscast on Washington’s NBC affiliate and President Obama is, you know, a … Continue reading

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Rick Scott’s Party is Over

The days of drug testing welfare recipients in the state of Florida, of which only 2 percent have tested positive, are at an end. A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered an injunction on a Florida law requiring welfare applicants … Continue reading

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Crazy Quote of the Day

“I would instruct the national security officials in a Gingrich administration to ignore the Supreme Court on issues of national security.” Newt Gingrich It’s hilarious how the far-right wraps its sweaty, flabby arms around the Constitution and the founding fathers… … Continue reading

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The Show Must Go On…

No circumcision bans in California, so says the governor. California’s governor has signed a bill that that will prevent local governments from banning male circumcision. Gov. Jerry Brown’s office announced Sunday that the Democrat signed AB768, a bill written in … Continue reading

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