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Is Ann Romney Cracking? Tells Critics to "Stop It. This is Hard."

Posted on: Sep 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Stephen Colbert Hammers Mitt on Latino Outreach and Self-Deportation

Posted on: Sep 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Koch Cash: As American Income Decreased, Billionaires' Brothers' Wealth Skyrocketed

Posted on: Sep 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

SNL Thursday Special Spoofs Fox & Friends Ridiculous Attempts to Spin Romney Tapes

Posted on: Sep 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Candidate's Wife Compares Criticism of Akin to Rape; "Women for Akin" Site Pulled After Fiasco

Posted on: Sep 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jon Stewart, Bill O'Reilly to Duke it Out on Pay Per View

Posted on: Sep 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Women's Group Plans "WTF Awards" to "Honor" Akin, Brewer, Limbaugh for Worst Misogyny

Posted on: Sep 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Shocking Videos of Police Brutality at Yesterday's OWS Demonstrations

Posted on: Sep 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jimmy Carter's Grandson Helped Dig Up the Dirt on Romney Fundraiser and Other Fun Facts

Posted on: Sep 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

FULL Secret Video Released: Mitt Romney on "Freeloaders," Mideast, and Why He's Scared of the Women on 'the View"

Posted on: Sep 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Candidate expresses belief that there's not much he can do about peace in the Middle East, so as POTUS he'll hope to pass it on to the next guy.

Five Reads for the Sept. 11 Anniversary

Posted on: Sep 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Fake GOP Spin Team Reacts to DNC Stealing Republican Thunder on God, Military

Posted on: Sep 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Dem Officials Dodge Questions About Drones, "Kill List"

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Hilarious: Larry David and the Daily Show's Fake Obama Video Introduction

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

"You may not be better off than you were four years ago, but imagine how f**ked you could have been!"

Three Convention Moments That Made News (And One That Attracted Palin's Attention) Before Any Candidates Took the Stage

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

After His Nasty Sexist Tweet, Feminists Call for CNN to Fire Tea Party's Erickson

Posted on: Sep 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Do Hackers Have Mitt Romney's Tax Returns?

Posted on: Sep 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Potheads for Prez? Promo Video Courts Stoner Vote for POTUS Despite Dismal Drug Crackdown

Posted on: Sep 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Secret Service to Call Ryan "Bowhunter": Nine Better Nicknames They Could Have Used

Posted on: Sep 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney Campaign Didn't Vet Clint Eastwood, Shocked By His Wacky Speech

Posted on: Sep 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Obsessive Fox News Watcher Picked Up for Threatening to Murder Liberal Girlfriend

Posted on: Sep 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

5 Crazy Things the GOP Is Still Saying About Women, Rape and Abortion--Even While the Convention Tried to Ignore It

Posted on: Aug 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

As the convention pivoted away from social issues, conservative figures couldn't stop saying weird stuff about rape.

Disgustingly Racist Incidents Reported on Tampa Convention Floor--And This Was Only Night One

Posted on: Aug 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney Speaks at Event With Miners Who Were "Encouraged" to Attend--Without Pay!

Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Arctic Sea "A Giant Slushee" Thanks to Rapid Melt; Activists Confront Oilers

Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Gymnast Gabby Douglas Details Racism at Childhood Gym

Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

5 Countries Where You Don't Have to Work Yourself to Death to Make Ends Meet

Posted on: Aug 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

America is no worker's paradise.

Making Sense of Assange, The Rape Allegations, And What Comes Next

Posted on: Aug 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New Viral Video Helps You Figure Out If Your Rape Is Legitimate (Hint: It's Not)

Posted on: Aug 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Akin Keeps Talking, Makes It Clear That On Rape Issues He's Is Just A Horrible Human Being

Posted on: Aug 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

As Rape Victims Step Forward and Akin Stays in Race, More Republicans Make Insane Remarks on Rape and Pregnancy

Posted on: Aug 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Some Good News: New High Figures for Latino College Enrollment

Posted on: Aug 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Huckabee Makes Legitimate-Rape Scandal Worse: "Sometimes Good People Are Conceived in Rape!"

Posted on: Aug 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Akin Makes Mea Culpa Video, While Piers Morgan Yells at Empty Chair, Calls Akin "Gutless Twerp"

Posted on: Aug 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The 8 Worst Things Republicans Have Said About Rape, Sex and Women's Bodies

Posted on: Aug 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

It's not just GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin. It's practically a party tradition.

Clinics Closing, Women Buying Drugs Over Border Thanks to "War on Women" Laws

Posted on: Aug 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Tom Morello's Epic Retort to Paul Ryan, Apparent "Rage" Fan

Posted on: Aug 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Says Ryan has "rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment."

Romney Tax Release Disaster: Obama Campaign Makes Offer, Romney Ducks?

Posted on: Aug 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Pussy Riot Band Members Found Guilty As Protests Take Place Worldwide

Posted on: Aug 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

America's 12 Most Obese States (And What the Numbers Don't Tell Us)

Posted on: Aug 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Our nation suffers from a terrible relationship with food and our bodies. Where is it worst? And do the numbers tell the whole story?

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