May 2013
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Undue Targeting: Civil Rights Groups Slam... →
thepoliticalfreakshow:
Civil rights leaders slammed an amendment added to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill that would subject immigrants from Muslim countries for extra scrutiny. The measure, introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and added to the bill with the support of at least two Democrats, would require additional review for undocumented immigrants applying for legal...
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“How do Fortune 500 companies pay zero in taxes while college loans go up to 6...”
– Elizabeth Warren. (via zacheser)
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“Some people say that we can’t afford to help our kids through school by keeping...”
– Elizabeth Warren: Students should get the same loan rate as big banks (via robot-heart-politics)
“I am not a graceful person. I am not a Sunday morning or a Friday sunset. I am a...”
– Anna Peters (via pakizah)
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“I’ve told the kids in the ghettos that violence won’t solve their problems, but...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via loveinfamine)
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The People's Record: Pakistani court declares US... →
thepeoplesrecord:
May 13, 2013
A Pakistani court has declared that US drone strikes in the country’s tribal belt are illegal and has directed the government to move a resolution against the attacks in the United Nations.
In what activists said was an historic decision, the Peshawar High Court issued the…
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“Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.”
– Mary Rakow. (via theblacksophisticate)
17yr:
woah calm down im just trying to date your dad
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4,127 people have been killed by guns since...
think-progress:
And that number is growing rapidly. Just yesterday afternoon, the number was 4,099.
general psa:
jcatgrl:
freedom of speech means that the government is not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up. it doesn’t mean that i am not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up.
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Dick Cheney: Benghazi is "one of the worst...
think-progress:
C’mon Cheney. Think really hard.
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“Some fall in love.
I shatter.”
– Stephin Merritt (via epikhi)
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bigthoughtsfromlittlered:
I gotta 4.0 my first year of college!
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Pseudo GLORIOUS-BASTARD: People of color do not... →
knickied:
I’m putting it out there. I don’t care who wants to debate me on it.
People of color do not hold enough power to structurally enforce the power dynamic that is racism.
There is a difference between prejudice and racist.
Just because some black girls look at you funny for dating a black man…
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After Boston, Rubio Entertains The Idea Of Not... →
justinspoliticalcorner:
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Wednesday suggested that, given the attack on Boston carried out by two immigrants, he would consider barring young foreign Muslims from getting student visas to come the United States.
Prompted by host Neil Cavuto to address how the attack by the Tsarnaev brothers — neither of whom came to the country on student visas — had influenced...
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“As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you...”
– Aman Ali (via princessbindi)
DAMN
(via contemplatingmadamebovary)
kyssthis16:
If you honestly think that Bendyface Cummyshorts is more attractive than actual humans Tom Hiddleston or Jonny Lee Miller, then I can personally vouch for my optometrist and give you his number.
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“Our service members need real, institutional changes that allow victims to...”
– Melissa Harris-Perry, in her “Open Letter” to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. (via msnbc)
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“Wearing a hijab isn’t inherently liberating – but neither is baring one’s...”
– Sara Yasin, Is the Hijab Worth Fighting Over?
(via rcabbasi) 