http://twitter.com/#!/amandacarpenter/status/441261682896429056 We have an answer to that question, and it’s exactly what many expected. President Obama’s controversial nominee to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, Debo Adegbile, was blocked by the Senate in a 47-52 vote earlier today. Seven Democrats voted against the nomination, which became eight after Harry Reid switched to a “no” […]
http://twitter.com/#!/bill_ruescher/status/511685690955149312 #BrendanTevlin was finally trending on Twitter last Friday as his story was picked up by Fox News (while still being ignored by the rest of the mainstream media). #BrendanTevlin 's accused killer sz he did it to avenge the deaths of Muslims in the Iraq/Afghan. Was Brendan victim of a terrorist attack? — martha maccallum (@marthamaccallum) […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Diddley_Squat/status/421695453655093248 Editor’s note: The title of this post originally read “‘Never seen anything like this’: Are Holder, DOJ openly defying Utah same-sex marriage ruling?”. The title and text have been amended for clarification. While the governor’s office said it would not recognize the marriages, the issue of recognition was not part of the SCOTUS decision. If there […]
http://twitter.com/#!/CivilRights/status/522460408033312768 Meet Vanita Gupta, the woman tapped by President Obama to take over the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. From NBC News: President Obama has appointed Vanita Gupta, the deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, to become the interim head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Vanita has spent her […]