Articles Posted in the politics + government Category
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The Tea Party’s Not Racist? Really?
TweetListen to a Tea Party leader in Arkansas tell this “black” joke to the audience and hear their subsequent laughter. http://www.mootmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Teapartyracist.mp3 “A black kid asks his mom, ‘Mama, what’s a democracy?’ “‘Well, son, that be…
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Gay Rights & The Politics of Fear
TweetWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-…
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Know Your Rights
TweetAn oft heard phrase is “I know my rights.” The question is do American citizens really know their rights? Do they know that those rights can disappear in an instant at the whim of the…
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The Battle For America’s Soul
TweetIn apocalyptic times, people look first for a saviour. On paper, it looks like the United States is limping into its 57th presidential election in bad shape. Taxes are high, debt is the dirty word…
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The Grand Ole Lies
TweetThe Republican presidential contenders this year each ran on anti-gay platforms, believing this would help give them the votes they desire. Out of all the hopefuls, Mitt Romney clinched the Republican nomination. He has donated…
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What The Fuck?
TweetMuch the way I do not understand poor, uneducated, blue-collar or service industry workers in the South voting for rich, privileged, Ivy League, Republicans to represent their best interests, I find Gay Republicans to be…
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OCCUPY WALL STREET ACTIVIST GEORGE MARTINEZ TO RUN FOR NYC’S 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Tweet Occupiers Announce Initiative to “Bum Rush” Local Political Seats George Martinez, a Brooklyn native, hip-hop artist and seasoned Occupy Wall Street activist has announced his candidacy for New York’s 7th Congressional District. In a…
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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Appeals Court
TweetA federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples. According to the AP: The appeals court agreed with a lower court judge who ruled…
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InfoGraphic on Obama’s Effect on the Economy
TweetI think it speaks for itself, but you cannot tell that to any Republican. It seems it’s the Republicans who fuck up the economy most of the time, (i.e Reagan, Bush, etc.), not the Democrats…
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Moot Magazine’s April Issue is Coming Soon!
TweetMoot Magazine’s April Issue is Coming Soon! Features: Race In America Trayvon Martin Case Interracial Dating Minority Racists and of course our political content and much more! Look for our April issue soon!
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Rick Santorum’s id Calls Barak Obama A Nigger
TweetWatch Rick Santorum’s Freudian slip in this video.
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The Problem With Conservatives
TweetOn Bill Maher’s Real Time last night, this video exhibited the issue with many Conservatives, especially Southern Conservatives and their delusional and self-destructive thought patterns towards our “half-breed” President, our healthcare system, and much more.…
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Are You Stupid?
TweetLet us start this article with a controversial statement at the forefront. If you are in the poor or working class, and vote Republican, you are less intelligent, and thus vote against your own interests…
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President Obama, What Have You Done for Me Lately?
TweetAccording to the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential approval tracking poll, as of Monday February 20th 2012 26% of voters strongly approve of the Presidents performance, while 39% strongly disapprove. That seems like quite a large…
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Conspiring to Find a Policy
TweetIn the rational days of the 1950s red blooded Americans trusted their government and believed that their democratically elected representatives were doing what was right for the U. S. of A. The threats of the…
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The President Who Doesn’t Pray: Imagining America’s First Atheist Leader
Tweet The lights are hot and bright on the stage as the contenders for the Republican nominee line up behind their podiums for another debate, perhaps the final one before a candidate is chosen to…
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Global Business Slow to Embrace Sustainable Development–UN Pushes Corporate Responsibility Pact
TweetSocially responsible corporate practices are still not part of business culture. Out of some 80,000 multinational corporations around the world, only a small percentage embraced corporate sustainability, UN says. In spite of several UN-backed initiatives…
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WOMEN’S RIGHTS INTACT IN VIRGINIA AS PERSONHOOD BILL IS DEFEATED
TweetVirginia’s “Personhood Bill”, which would have essentially made abortions in the state either impossible, illegal, or humiliating by the use of trans-vaginal ultrasound, was defeated in a 24-12 vote. The Senate agreed to table…
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Oklahoma Senate Passes Legislation Banning All Abortions
TweetWHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH OKLAHOMA? By a vote of 34-8, the Oklahoma Senate, which is predominately Republican, easily passed the “Personhood Act”. This bill would define life as beginning at conception which would…
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NEW JERSEY SENATE APPROVES MARRIAGE EQUALITY
TweetWith a vote of 24 – 16, the New Jersey Senate voted today to advance a bill which would legalize same-sex marriage. Governor Chris Christie (R), insists that there will be a veto and that…
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Listen to our Launch Show!
TweetIf you missed our launch party, listen to our discussion with writers Scott Patrick Humphrey, Lane Buckman and Editor-in-Chief, Donovan Lord discuss articles in our premiere issue from religion, politics, to Atheism and more! Click…
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Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional
TweetThe judges of the 9th Circuit court in California agreed that the ballot initiative, Proposition 8, violates the 14th Amendment and that they could find no “legitimate reason” for the law to be in force.…
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Conservatives Scientifically Proven as Stupid & Racist
TweetSo how many times have you said, at a dinner party or during a political discussion, how stupid Republicans and racists are ? Well now you have scientific proof. Researchers from Ontario, Canada’s Brock University have…
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The Department of Homeland Civil Liberties Violations
TweetThe Department of Homeland Security has been directly involved with the militarization of our local police forces across the country since its inception. DHS along with the Army, under NORTHCOM, have been actively taking an…
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Fascism and Republicanism: An Ideological Comparison
Tweet In our Capitalist-Corporatist America, politicians claim to be educated and skilled in many areas of law and public relations. I would agree with them that they know law intimately, as they have many ways…
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We’re mad as hell, and we’re not gonna take it anymore
Tweet“All day, all week, occupy Wall Street”, “The people united can never be defeated”, “The whole world is watching”; these were just some of the rallying cries heard throughout downtown Manhattan as I attended the…
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The Declaration of Independence: Hijacked or Just Misunderstood
TweetBelieving with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government…
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My Big Fat Legal Wedding
by Ivy Louise Crawford-Jonker on Jun 05, 2012 | No Comments
TweetMy wife of three years and I are going to get married in New York next week. We have intermittently discussed going somewhere to get legally married, but have always decided that there is no…
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