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Twitter was, well, all a twitter about the odd looking Trump/Pence logo released this week after The Donald selected Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana as his running mate. Two Republicans chose another route to commemorate the not so blessed event with a new phrase, “TrumpUpPence”. Please share.
Joe Walsh was scheduled to perform in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 17th until he found out that he was deceived when it turns out that the “event” was actually a launch for the GOP’s Republican National Convention. The artist says, “I cannot in good conscience endorse the Republican party in any way.”
According to Rolling Stone, “I am very concerned about the rampant vitriol, fear-mongering and bullying coming from the current Republican campaigns,” he continued. “It is both isolationist and spiteful. I cannot in good conscience endorse the Republican party in any way. I will look at doing a veteran related benefit concert later this year.”
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The inspiration for Hobby Lobby, and 71 other “religious” corporations, to sue for a religious exemption of the contraception mandate is not about abortion, but about controlling women and inflicting consequences for not adhering to their Puritanical belief that women in their employ, can not, and will not, have sexual relations without paying a heavy price. In fact, the idea of forcing women, on pain of harsh consequences, to adhere to strict religious and moral behavior defined by sententious and severe piety is why fundamentalist Christianity is every bit as harsh as Islamic Sharia Law’s control over women.
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Tea Party Adopts ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ Flag also known as the Gadsden Flag.
Last weekend, as the House prepared to vote on the health care overhaul legislation, a group of Republican lawmakers unfurled a large “Don’t Tread on Me” flag from a balcony of the Capitol building, rallying their supporters below. The flag has become a staple at Tea Party rallies. Melissa Block speaks to Joseph Ellis, professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, about the history of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag and its use by the Tea Party movement.
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