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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs rebuked allegations made by former President Jimmy Carter that racism is the undercurrent of the recent Anti-Obama backlash. A stammering and seemingly unconvinced Gibbs stood before the press at the White House and said, “The president does not believe that … that … [pause] that criticism comes based on […]

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The Associated Press is reporting that a Virginia judge has set an execution date for John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that had Washington D.C. residents terrified for weeks. Just last week, the attorney general’s office requested that Muhammad’s execution date be set for November 9, but Prince William County Circuit […]

To say that Michael Steele is nothing more than a lapdog for the Republican Party would be nothing less than an insult to conservative canines around the world. The Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Steele was brought into the organization to bring more minorities to the party of small government and fiscal conservatism, a […]

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Fresh off getting kicked to the curb on the sly, Van Jones, may be getting a new position. Obama’s former Green job’s advisor found himself under a barrage of political attacks after a video leaked of him stating the obvious and saying Republicans are “assholes” and Bush is a “crack head.” Following the leaks, he […]

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The battle over gay rights rages on in a huge way on the west coast, though admittedly, in something of an odd yet ingenious way. John Marquette, owner/proprietor of BadMouth.net and unlikely religious fighter, has introduced a highly controversial proposal to California’s state legislature. In a move that is designed to show the hypocrisy over […]

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he believes racism is the culprit of the unrest as it relates to the current U.S. President, Barack Obama. During a demonstration in Washington organized by extreme conservative talk show hosts, Carter labeled what’s taking place in American society today “abominable.” ”I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely […]

Belleville, Illinois a town with a sordid history of racial tension including cross-burning and racial discrimination by police and hiring businesses. During his commentary on an incident that took place on a Belleville school bus, Limbaugh made a few statements that leave room for question. The incident took place Tuesday when a group of black […]

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While Obama’s election had many feeling as though American as nation had overcome it’s long history of racial discrimination, is becoming clear that the president’s race is a problem for many. Congressman Joe Wilson, who now faces a “resolution of disapproval,” seems to have been the spark behind the political racial debate. Some members of […]

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President Obama took his high hopes of economic recovery to a General Motors plant in Ohio where jobloss is at it’s greatest. “In the midst of a deep recession and financial crisis, the collapse of the auto industry would have caused enormous damage to our economy,” Obama told an enthusiastic crowd of autoworkers. “So we […]

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A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed an intruder in his garage. Baltimore police spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi said campus security and an off duty officer responded to a 911 call about a suspicious person and sounds of screams around 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday. Police say the student, whose house had been […]

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The now infamous “you lie” outburst from South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson during an Obama speech on health care reform last week has sparked a frenzied debate on House decorum. The House Democrats met Monday evening and agreed to continue on with a resolution if disapproval, according to CNN reports. Kristie Greco, spokeswoman for House […]

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Fawziya Ammodi, a 12-year-old Yemeni child bride, was in the painful throws of labor for three days until she and her baby eventually passed away in a hospital, a children’s rights group confirmed on Monday. “Although the cause of her death was lack of medical care, the real case was the lack of education in […]