June 2012
190 posts
“Today, The Washington Post launches The 12, aimed at keeping track of campaign...”
– Introducing The 12: Student journalists chronicling the 2012 election on Tumblr - The Washington Post
Rick Santorum launched a new website and we need... →
holagordita:
iamateenagefeminist:
Rick Santorum has launched a new “campaign” to help get Obama out of office. This is the official website. It features a poll asking people what they think about Obama. I think it would be hilarious if we got it to read “very favorable”.
Come on tumblr! Bomb this poll!!
we’re only at 10% we should make it 99% :V
also vote for the shittier logo
Mitt Romney Struggles To Identify A Donut →
buzzfeed:
Decent clip. Amazing headline.
After GOP Blocks Pay Equity, Sen. Barbara Mikulski... →
I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going. Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all.
»Or until the next republican president.
Sorry, that was negative, but it is 2012 and we are still fighting...
Jobless rate spirals in Greece as austerity takes... →
The agency said Thursday that unemployment jumped by 37.8 per cent in March compared with the same month in 2011. Compared with February 2012, there were 21,625 more people unemployed this March, a 2.1 per cent increase. »Austerity does not work.
Voter Fraud Extremely Rare In Florida: 'More... →
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 178 cases of alleged voter fraud have been referred to the department since 2000. […]
Fraud, [Ion Sancho, the 24-year veteran election supervisor in Leon County] said, simply isn’t much of an issue. “You are more likely to walk out of your office and get hit by a bolt of lightning,” he said.
»That isn’t the point. It has...
UPDATE: Florida Governor Rick Scott Officially... →
In a letter sent tonight, Florida Governor Rick Scott said the state will continue to purge registered voters from the rolls despite the Department of Justice’s warning that the effort is illegal. The Miami Herald reports, “the letter all but dares the Justice Department to sue Florida for allegedly violating the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.” You can read...
BREAKING: Senate GOP Blocks Pay Equity Bill |... →
Republicans framed the measure as a useless bureaucratic roadblock that would have hindered free enterprise and helped trial lawyers. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) called the bill a “war on free enterprise.”
I just don’t have any words for how stupid this is.
Wisconsin Voters Report Receiving Robocalls... →
From Eau Claire to Beloit, voters across Wisconsin are relaying stories via Twitter, Facebook and online message boards about anonymous “robocalls” from allies of Scott Walker, telling them–incorrectly–that if they signed petitions to recall Governor Walker, their vote in today’s crucial election has been recorded.
»Classy, GOP. If you can’t win, cheat. This is probably a foreshadow of...
