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Its about equal access to the ballot. well, the reaction today has been pretty fierce. the american prospect says "scalias argument has precedent. in the white supremacist arguments made by the supreme court in the 19th century when it was dismantling reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldnt possibly v...

Came out from think progress. so its the folks over at presidential inaugural committee who, you know, maybe should have used google to do a more thorough search of pastor giglios past. >> so theyve got eight or days or so that they can fire up their high speed. the human rights campaign, president john griffin sent this to us saying this was the right decision. participants of the inaugural festivities should unite, not divide. since the voice would be in keeping with the tone that the presiden...

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It slows down those who think they might be discouraged, because i have a record even though im qualified. theyre targeting people. what youve done and others have done, this is an argument for voting early. this is an argument so you dont have to put up with that mess. secondly, i think people ought to, if approached by these folks, ought to basically tell people, get out of my face, this is my vote, my vote counts just like anybody else, and ill go in here and ill vote the way i want to and no...

Telling poll volunteers to be purposely deceptive? think progress obtained audio from one of the training sessions. here is the person leading the session. >> well have you sign in. >> animosity? they say this has been going on for years, republicans and democrats do it. its a legal and necessary of free and fair elections, but the romney campaign doesnt want voters to know theyre there. gee, i wonder why. joining me now is scott who broke the story for think progress and joe madison, nationally...

This is part of his closing argument for the presidency. he delivered the speech at a company called kinsler construction services. mr. romney argued that president obamas stimulus had failed to help private companies. >> a new stimulus three years after the recession officially ended, that may spare government, but it wont stimulate the private sector than it did four years ago. >> thats what mitt romney said today at kinsler construction services in ames, iowa. you know that blissful moment wa...

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Senator inhofe, so, i am looking at pictures and they are dramatic. melting street lamps but they are only melting on one side, toward the street, right? >>guest: that is right. you have to wonder who set the fire below there before they took the picture. it is interesting, isnt it? it was, i guess, the think progress, they made the big issue and they said that senator inhofe god may be trying to get your attention. check out this picture. but we found out it was because they lit a fire under it...

When in fact they sought and received and were dependent on millions of dollars in government money. a "huffington post" investigation reveals that sollman received a $915,000 contract for work on the trotwood-madison city school district and a $1.6 million contract for work in the miami east school district. today, the romney campaign held 18 so-called "we did build this" events in a dozen battleground states. at least one event starred a person who collected government money for 18 years. >> y...

Is to prevent in-person voter fraught. thats the idea, that is the reason they exist. so when the state says theres no evidence at all ever of in-person voter fraud, doesnt that mean the law keeping the 93-year-old great, great grandmother is maybe about something else? maybe not about preventing fraud? maybe? think progress interviewed a republican wisconsin state legislature yesterday who is a big advocate for his states new restrictive voter id law. that law is now before the courts. they ask...