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TPV: More progressive news and views- Why Dropping LGBT Equality from Immigration Bill is Tragic, But Probably Also Meaningless May 22, 2013No one who believes in equality should be happy that the Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill has dropped immigration equality as a cornerstone policy. Thanks to Republican homophobia and threats to pull support should gay people be treated the same as straight people under our immigration laws, Democrats have agreed to drop that language in the […]Spandan C
- President Obama's Teflon Coating: Demographics May 22, 2013So, you know, last week was the worst week ever in the Obama presidency, and the Republicans really got him on the SCANDALS!!!!! See for yourself: 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president's approval rating was at 51% in CNN's last poll, which was conducted in early April. [. […]Spandan C
- If government is evil, then so are we May 21, 2013Cross-posted on The Obama Diary. If one lives in an oppressive system, like Iran or North Korea, then, yes, one can quite easily make the claim that government can be evil. Modern history is littered with examples of evil governments, from Stalin’s USSR to Pol Pot’s Cambodia. But what all these governments have in common is a lack of agency among its subject […]Liberal Librarian
- Why Dropping LGBT Equality from Immigration Bill is Tragic, But Probably Also Meaningless May 22, 2013
