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| Judge Overturns California's Ban on Same-sex Marriage |
(CNN - August 4, 2010) A federal judge in California on Wednesday overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the voter-approved rule violated the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.
The decision, issued by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco, is an initial step in what will likely be a lengthy legal fight over California's Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
At stake in the trial was whether California's ban on same-sex marriage violated the constitutional rights to equal protection and due process of two gay couples that want to marry.
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| Geithner: Tax cuts for rich a '$700 billion mistake' |
(CNNMoney.com - August 4, 2010) Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made a case Wednesday for letting tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans lapse as a step toward getting the nation's fiscal house in order.
"Borrowing to finance tax cuts for the top 2% would be a $700 billion fiscal mistake," Geithner said before the Center for American Progress in Washington. "It's not the prescription the economy needs right now, and the country can't afford it."
Geithner lamented the borrowing of the last decade and talked about the need to restore a "pro-growth tax and fiscal policy, where the middle class once again has the chance to grow and prosper and where we stop passing off bills to the next generation."
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From Incredible to Inevitable: How the Politics of Criminal
Justice Reform May Be Shifting for the Poor |
(ACLU - August 4, 2010) Yesterday, President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law. Though this new law retains an unjustifiable federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses, it is a remarkable criminal justice reform measure. Ten years ago, advocates working to repeal the notorious 100-to-1 sentencing disparity were thought of as naïve. Yet 2010 saw a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming a mandatory minimum actually get through Congress and receive the president's signature for the first time since the Nixon administration. Yesterday's passage of the Fair Sentencing Act is one of several recent developments signaling that the political landscape of criminal justice reform truly has shifted — perhaps not seismically, but significantly. The opportunity to cut and reform our bloated, inefficient system is now. more...
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President Obama on the Republican Economic Agenda:
"The same policies that led us into this recession" |
(DNC - July 27, 2010) Last week the Republican leader in the House offered his own jobs plan—a plan Talking Points Memo described as "Do Nothing":
House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined the top three measures he'd pursue if he becomes Speaker of the House next Congress to create new jobs. But, those who thought he'd outline specific programs and how they would create jobs were disappointed with a familiar litany of wish-list items: repeal health care reform, eschew climate legislation, and renew the Bush tax cuts.
In other words, repeal a program that largely hasn't yet taken effect; prevent new legislation that is also not in effect; and keep a current tax structure in place.
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| August primaries in 13 states prove dog-eat-dog days |
(USA Today- August 4, 2010) Democratic Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick on Tuesday became the sixth member of Congress ousted this year, as voters in Michigan, Missouri and Kansas kicked off a busy month of primary elections.
Kilpatrick, a seven-term House veteran and former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, lost the Democratic primary in a Detroit-area district to state Sen. Hansen Clarke.
Clarke made a campaign issue of Kilpatrick's son, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned two years ago amid charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Now in jail for a probation violation, he is facing trial on fraud charges.
"Voters in Detroit just have Kilpatrick fatigue," said Michigan pollster Steve Mitchell.
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Obama To AFL-CIO:
I Know You're Frustrated But Hang With Me |
(Huffingtonpost - August 4, 2010) Hoping to mend strained relations with the labor community, President Obama spoke to the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Wednesday, urging attendees to recognize that his agenda is far more in line with their interests than the Republican alternative.
"I know you are talking to a lot of your locals, I'm sure they are feeling like, 'Boy, change is not happening fast enough'," Obama said, speaking at a gathering at the Washington Convention Center. "They are frustrated. They have every right to be frustrated." more...
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Democrats Step Up Moves to Limit Senate Filibusters |
(Time - Aug 1, 2010)
When Democrats awoke the day after the 2008 election to overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate, plus control of the White House, many imagined they would be able to accomplish nearly anything they wanted. It seemed possible that Congress would finish health care reform within a year, including a strong "public option" plan. A climate bill would sail through, along with immigration reform, the pro-union Employee Free Choice Act and an end to the ban on non-closeted gays in the military.
But the reality has been very different. Health care passed, but just barely, months behind schedule and with no public option. Every other measure listed above is a nonstarter or in limbo. The Obama White House struggles to pass even minor measures designed to create jobs in the sick economy. more... |
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"Three convicted murderers escaped from a prison in Arizona. The governor told the people, 'Don't worry, all three murderers are American citizens.'" –Jay Leno
“Whiny Tony Hayward -- you know the cry-baby BP CEO guy -- he says life’s not fair and that sometimes you step off a curb and you get hit by a bus. You know, if life was fair, that bus would have been driven by an unemployed Louisiana shrimp boat operator.” -Jay Leno
"Scientists are saying that a giant asteroid could strike the earth in 2182, and that it could decimate the planet and destroy most forms of life. A spokesman for BP said, 'Been there, done that.'" –Craig Ferguson
"President Bush's memoir is set to come out just in time for the midterm elections and it has some Republicans upset because it may remind voters of — President Bush." –Jimmy Kimmel
"One conservative columnist called the timing of the book release 'selfish and stupid,' which, coincidentally, is also the title of the book." –Jimmy Kimmel
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"We needed to have the press be our friend ... We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reported." —Nevada GOP Senate nominee and Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, during an interview with Fox News "I guarantee it's one of their long-term goals, to have one sort of borderless mass continent.'' —Kentucky GOP Senate nominee and Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, on the future of North America and secret U.S. plans for a European Union-style merger with Mexico and Canada
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