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DC Archdiocese: Desire to Discriminate Greater Than Duty to the Poor

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, LGBT Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay-Marriage-Dc, Archdiocese, District of Columbia, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Michael J. Wilson

We don't know if the Archdiocese really wants to stop running programs that help sick, homeless and orphaned children if the DC passes marriage equality legislation, but we have to take them at their word.

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Jason Linkins

DNC Urges D.C. Residents To Ask For The Vote Of Their Non-Voting Congresswoman

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Campaigning, District of Columbia, Health Care Reform, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democratic National Committee, Dnc, Organizing for America, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Far be it for me to criticize the campaign arm of the White House/DNC, Organizing For America, seeing as they have successfully gotten one more presid...

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Obama and the Gun Lobby: A Policy of Appeasement?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Mexican Drug Cartels, National Rifle Association, District of Columbia, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Democratic Party, Town Hall Meetings, Nra, National Parks, Barack Obama, Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Is it a stretch to envision President Obama as the Neville Chamberlain of the gun issue? Consider the record so far.

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DC, Congress, and the 'M' Word; Part Deux

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, District of Columbia, Full Faith and Credit Clause, Marriage Equality, Gay Marriage, DC Gay Marriage, Politics News
Lane Hudson

Today, DC Council is expected to give final reading and pass legislation containing a provision that will allow the District to recognize valid marriages from other jurisdictions between couples of the same gender.

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Green News Report - April 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Pentagon, Iowa, Earth Day 2009, Congress, Chrysler, Sustainable Food, District of Columbia, Contaminated Water, Camp Lejeune, Green News Report, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, U.S. Postal Service, Water, Electric Cars, Fish, Green News, Autism, Climate Legislation, Toxic Waste, Wind-Energy, Chicago Tribune, Grist, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Welcome aboard to our latest new affiliate station - KRXA 540am in beautiful Monterey, CA! IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama in Iowa for Earth Day whil...

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Taking the Critics at Their Word

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: DC Voting Rights, District of Columbia, Politics News
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

The U.S. House and Senate are both primed to pass the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009. If enacted, the bill would give the Distri...

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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126 Faulty Absentee Ballots Sent Out In DC

The Washington Post | Nikita Stewart and Hamil R. Harris | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voting Problems, Absentee Ballot, Absentee Ballots, District of Columbia, Washington DC, Ballot, Politics News

As many as 126 District voters were mailed incorrect absentee ballots in the latest slip-up for the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, already under ...

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Dick Heller: In His Own Words

Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Dick Heller, Second Amendment, Gun Violence, District of Columbia v. Heller, Crime, District of Columbia, Supreme Court Handguns Dc, Gun Control, Heller Decision, District of Columbia v Heller, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

It was national news on June 26 when the Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's strict gun laws and declared that the Second Amendment gu...

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U.S. House Acts Like City Council To Pass Dangerous Gun Lobby Bill

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Senate, National Rifle Association, Congress, District of Columbia v. Heller, District of Columbia, Gun Control, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Travis Childers, Henry Waxman, Nra, Illegal Guns, Guns, Heller Decision, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Yesterday, the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession.

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After Heller, The Gun Lobby's "Slippery Slope" Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 2nd Amendment, District of Columbia, Michael Bloomberg, Indiana, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Democratic Party, Democrats, Nra, Barack Obama, Heller Decision, Guns, Gun Violence, Second Amendment, John Paul Stevens, National Rifle Association, Republican, Hillary Clinton, Washington Post, Election 2008, Constitution, Republicans, Politics News
Paul Helmke

When the dust settles, most Americans -- and I believe even most in the gun violence prevention movement -- will come to see that there are some positives in this decision.

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DC Ban on Semiauto Handguns Stands

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Revolver, Supreme Court Second Amendent, Supreme Court Justices, 2nd Amendment, Semiauto, District of Columbia, Pistol, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Washington DC, Nra, Dc, Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Violence Policy Center, Handgun Ban, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Supreme Court Gun, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ruling, the Court brushed away our nation's history of mass shootings, assassinations, and unparalleled gun violence and accepted an abstract academic argument with dangerous real-world results.

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Police To Seal Off DC Neighborhoods

dcist.com | Sommer Mathis | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Police State, D.C. Police, Neighborhood Safety Zones, District of Columbia, D.C., Seal Off, Home News

Can you say Police State? The Examiner has the scoop on a controversial new program announced today that would create so-called "Neighborhood Safety Z...

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Michigan Has U.S.'s Highest Umemployment Rate

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Alaska, Labor Department, Michigan Highest Unemployment, Unemployment, District of Columbia, Michigan, Alaska Unemployment, Unemployment Rates, Business News

Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate in January, followed by Alaska, with most states recording little change in the measure, the Lab...

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