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STOP Congress TINKERING WITH OUR SAFETY!
15 hours ago ago from Desert Conservative
Oppose the Patriot Act Provisions Reauthorization There are certain provisions of the Patriot Act handed to the American people in the wake of 9/11 that are set to expire at the end of 2009. The Senate is set to disentangle itself from the healthcare debate long enough to address the issues in response to the Obama administration’s desire to reauthorize the Patriot Act . Then the Senate bill would have to be reconciled with one of two ...
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18 hours ago ago from Martin Wicks
80 years ago, in the 1929 General Election, for the first time a Labour MP was elected in Swindon. Who was he and what was his connection to Council Housing? D oing some research on the history of Council Housing, I recently discovered a Swindon connection of which I was unaware. The first Council housing estate built in Swindon was Pinehurst, in 1919. It was the result of the Housing and Town Planning Act which was introduced by the ...
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12 hours ago ago from ACT Greens
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9 hours ago ago from True Blue Texan
In July of this year Zikerria Bellamy applied for a job at an Orlando McDonald's. She was asked in for an interview a few days later. When her transgender status was revealed, she was denied employment. To add insult to injury, the management left her a voicemail telling her she would never be interviewed, that they didn't hire "faggots" and that she lied on her application. To enshrine the McDonald's management's stupidity, Zikeeria kept ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Jamil Dakwar is a steering committee member of the Campaign for New Domestic Human Rights Agenda. Seven months ago, the United States issued a list of human rights commitments and pledges in support of U.S. candidacy for membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The decision to join the Human Rights Council was the right thing to do. It was as an important step in breaking with the Bush administration's unilateral and disastrous policies ...
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