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PHOTOS: Occupy Fort Lauderdale attracts hundreds of protesters

By | 10.11.11 | 9:04 am | More from The Florida Independent

At least 200 people — men and women, young and old, white, black, Latino, married couples and singles — met in downtown Fort Lauderdale on Saturday evening in the first Occupy Fort Lauderdale general assembly, to voice their ideas and hopes as well as frustration and anger with More…

Texas congressmen, recipients of AT&T cash, dial in support for T-Mobile merger

By | 10.10.11 | 2:10 pm

Image by Matt MahurinA Texas congressman is behind a letter sent to President Barack Obama last month disagreeing with the U.S. Department of Justice’s choice to block the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, a deal that would give the nation’s largest wireless carrier an even greater share of the market.

Occupy D.C. offers many grievances, still in search of unified theme

By | 10.06.11 | 6:00 pm

Image by Matt MahurinA potpourri of libertarians, anti-war protests, opponents of the Federal Reserve, combat veterans and labor groups descended onto Freedom Square today in the nation’s capital as part of the ongoing public demonstration occurring in the wake of the three-week long Occupy Wall Street event in New York City.

Minnesota media company offers Occupy Wall Street protest livestream

By | 10.05.11 | 4:48 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

The UpTake are in New York City providing a livestream of the Wall Street occupation. The media company is accepting donations to support its coverage here.

Minnesotans are planning a solidarity occupation in downtown Minneapolis Friday, Oct. 7.

 

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AUL accused of using misleading testimony in report that led to Planned Parenthood investigation

By | 10.03.11 | 4:17 pm

Anti-abortion-rights organization Americans United for Life has started shopping around a new narrative in its continued effort to defund Planned Parenthood. This narrative eschews “abortion” and embraces “taxpayer” and “bipartisan.”

(VIDEO) Maddow speculates ‘awkward’ encounter between Fischer and Romney at Values Voter Summit

By | 10.03.11 | 11:33 am

Blogs lit up late last week, when it became apparent that even though the American Family Association’s (AFA) Bryan Fischer is not listed as a scheduled speaker at this weekend’s Values Voter Summit, Fischer will be there to speak, directly after GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Heroic Media using Google to divert abortion-seekers, violating the search engine’s policy

By | 09.29.11 | 9:00 am

Image by: Matt MahurinAnti-abortion-rights media group Heroic Media recently launched a new online strategy that violates Google policy.

The Texas-based organization — best known for erecting controversial billboards with phrases such as, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb” – re-designed its website in late July, launching More…

‘Reclusive’ evangelical organizer David Lane bemoans the rise of secular judges, media

By | 09.26.11 | 6:00 pm

Image by Matt MahurinDavid Lane, the influential California-based activist the New York Times has called “a stealth weapon for the right,” typically avoids the mainstream media spotlight — as he has since the mid-1990s, when he began mobilizing evangelical pastors and their congregations to vote during “Pastor Policy Briefings” and the Texas Restoration More…

Larry Flynt offers up $1 million for proof of Rick Perry impropriety

By | 09.26.11 | 10:36 am

Rick Perry (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/eschipul)Pornography magnate Larry Flynt is offering $1 million to anyone with proof of an “illicit” sexual encounter with Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry.

Perry dines with embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch

By | 09.20.11 | 2:35 pm

Gov. Rick Perry had dinner with embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch Monday night in New York City, according to CBS and NBC news reports.