May 2012
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What some of us want—those who aren’t blinded by a lot of bullshit persiflage...
– Stephen King scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. Stephen King FTW! (via cheatsheet)
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When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have...
– Malcolm X (via warriorsrise)
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Nothing else ever in your life will affect you like music did in your early...
– Morrissey (via pete-dohertys-cat)
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In my first term, we ended the war in Iraq; in my second term, I will win the...
– Transcript of Obama’s Remarks at the White House Correspondents Dinner - Washington Wire - WSJ (via epicinvain)
I just wanna thank the members of Congress who took a break from their...
– President Barack Obama
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Shade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOL
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Richmond Cops Mistakenly Hand Over Anti-Protest... →
anticapitalist:
After filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the Richmond Police Department for police training documents, Mo Karn received much more than expected in return: homeland security and crowd control guides that show how the police target protests.
The police filed for an emergency court order yesterday to prohibit Karn from publicizing any of the documents, which should...
I know it’s 2012, but it sure feels like 1984 in this House today.
– Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) on Thursday, after the House of Representatives passed CISPA, which critics argue undermines basic privacy rights.
Learn everything you need to know about CISPA.
(via think-progress)
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I need feminism because...
wecouldbeperfectonelastnight:
whoneedsfeminism:
…three gynecologists, two of whom are women, told me that my debilitating cramps, which leave me vomiting in pain and unable to function for the better part of one to three days each month, are “normal” and that I should “lose weight” because that’s obviously the cause.
…because my partner’s coworker put up an obnoxiously misogynist comment on...
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Help support a pro-choice student under attack... →
the-womanifesto:
An art student at my school, Western Kentucky University, is getting tons of national heat right now for her own backlash against a pro-life group. The group covered an entire set of bleachers with 4,000 crosses and from the art classroom windows you could see that it spelled out the word “LIFE.” They also targeted students walking by and asked them questions about abortion and...
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Save Our Bees!! →
hypersonicyouth:
Sign the emergency petition to save bees! “Pesticides are killing bees and threatening our food supply. In 24 hours, shareholders at the biggest chemical producer, Bayer, could vote to stop their toxic production. Massive public pressure has forced this debate at their Annual General Meeting, now let’s make sure they vote to stop the pesticides and save the bees.”