civil rights
Arizona To Ban Racists and Sexists From Having Abortions
Because a state lawmaker read “a magazine article on such practices in China and India,” Arizona is set to ban abortions made on the basis of the race or sex of the fetus. Not that there’s evidence women in Arizona abort a fetus based on its perceived race or sex; there isn’t. But this is [...]
On This Day, We Also Remember Another Civil Rights Icon: Rick Sanchez’s Son
Good for the both of them. Then Rick Sanchez rolled back onto the pile of Cheeto bags and Franzia boxes on which he had been sleeping. [Twitter]
Celebrating Rosa Parks and Other ‘Urban’ Women Steve King Hates
Fifty-five years ago today, a “very, very urban” woman named Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to Whitey, and soon thereafter the FBI did everything it could to destroy the civil rights movement forever. Thankfully they failed, but maybe Rand Paul will be able to repeal the Civil Rights Act? (Keep your fingers [...]
Teabaggers Not Allowed To Wear Ratty Teabagger T-Shirts In Obama’s USA
“Back in May, Diane Wickberg, a grandmother from Flagstaff, Ariz., slipped into the same outfit she wears every Tuesday — a white T-shirt bearing photos of the American flag and the U.S. Constitution, along with the words: ‘Flagstaff Tea Party — Reclaiming Our Constitution.’” You mean she put on her patriot uniform, lamestream media. Sure, [...]
Joan Heffington Will Be Kansas’ Write-In Rosa Parks
JOAN LIVES! Our favorite Kansas gubernatorial candidate, Joan Heffington, has e-mailed supporters a message saying she’s decided to continue her campaign as a write-in candidate, even though she will probably be in prison on election day. Prison?! Yes, Joan is in trouble with the Kansas government for practicing law without a license. How have her [...]
Rand Paul Wants You To Not Enslave Him, and He Sort of Hates Major Republican Views
Oh, you’ve read a quote from Rand Paul saying the unemployed should stop complaining and get a job already? The Louisville Courier-Journal sees that and raises you a “here’s a whole bunch of quotes of Rand Paul saying crazy things about random government regulations and stuff Republicans hold dearly.” Certainly there are a lot of [...]
Beloved Symbol of Hope, David Paterson, Officially Quits Campaign
Haha, we almost put “Officially Quits Race” in the headline, but how can a civil rights leader and symbol of hope/change such as David Paterson quit his own race? Anyway, so much for the dream, the dream of America’s first blind black governor. Just 11 months ago, America gathered around its communal browser and held [...]
Virginia Foxx Passed Civil Rights All By Herself, Essentially, In The ’60s
Unfortunate Rep. Virginia Foxx, who throws words like “tarbaby” around in casual discourse, for some reason said this about the Democrats today: “Just as we were the people who passed the civil rights bills back in the ’60s without very much help from our colleagues across the aisle. They love to engage in revisionist history.”
National Review Writer Wants To Eliminate Women’s Suffrage, Civil Rights Act
Frothy British Tory and leisurely National Review writer John “Salad Days” Derbyshire, most famous for being a pervert and excoriating students at Virginia Tech for not properly defending themselves against that gunman, has a new book coming out, just like every other asshole. Within this anger-pamphlet is a section called, “The Case Against Female Suffrage.” [...]
Harry ‘Orval Faubus’ Reid Doesn’t Let Black Person Into Senate
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy A black person named Roland Burris — who carries the weight of an entire oppressed race on his shoulders — went to the Capitol today to be sworn into the Senate, just as Rod Blagojevich asked him to. He had his papers all [...]
Mississippi Wingnut Congressman Retiring To Spend More Time With His Family, Get Divorce From Wife
Charles “Chip” Pickering is the only Mississippi Republican left in the House. He is the ultra-conservative son of famous racist/civil rights champion and retired federal judge Charles Pickering. Chip announced in August that he was quitting Congress so he could, of course, spend more time with his family, and get a lucrative lobbying job. The [...]
Someday, Eleanor Holmes Norton Might Be Slightly Less Useless
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