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Occupy Wall Street marches on reserve banks led by opponents of federal stimulus

By | 10.06.11 | 12:37 pm

While much of the discussion around the role of the Fed in improving the economy has centered on the actions of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Occupy Wall Street movement will try a different tack today by marching on the country’s regional Federal Reserve banks — pivotal but often More…

Former manager of defunded Planned Parenthood clinic now giving speeches on her ‘pro-life conversion’

By | 08.29.11 | 1:47 pm

Two years after Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, abruptly quit her job and began protesting abortion rights (and profiting heavily from it), another former Planned Parenthood worker has recently begun accepting speaking gigs to denounce abortion, according to LifeNews.com.

Romney adds new members to his Iowa leadership team

By | 08.24.11 | 10:29 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has added four new members to his Iowa leadership team that represent all three sections of the state.

“We will work together to turn around the economy, put Americans back to work and reverse the failed policies of the last three years,” Romney said in More…

Austin anti-abortion group targets African Americans in NYC, causes controversy

By | 02.24.11 | 12:16 pm

Image by Matt MahurinAn Austin-based anti-abortion group’s foray into the Northeast media market is causing quite the controversy. According to Texas Secretary of State records, Heroic Media founder Brian Follett is the registered agent for Life Always, the group that paid for a three-story high billboard that’s part of Follett’s campaign targeting More…

Dallas Police Ticket Drivers for Not Speaking English

By | 10.26.09 | 2:57 pm

Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, reports the Dallas Morning News.

It seems Dallas police were confused when, after pulling drivers over for other suspected violations, the police checked their in-car computers and a pull-down menu listed More…

Five Years After Hurricane Rita Disaster, Bus Company Gets ‘Tea Party’ Contract

By | 09.09.09 | 8:40 am

Great scoop by Lindsay Beyerstein: The BusBank, a sponsor of the truly wild “Tea Party Express” and an outfit that will transport some protesters to the 9/12 “Tea Party” march on Washington, was ensnared in a horrible disaster during the evacuation of New Orleans. The CEO’s defense: “We’re More…

Tea Party Roundup

By | 07.06.09 | 11:42 am

The biggest story out of this weekend’s Tea Party protests, unfortunately for its organizers, seems to be the Duval County, Florida Republican Party’s endorsement of an event that featured an unusual number of “Obama = Hitler” signs. Jax Politics has photos which have been stripped from Facebook.

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