Same-Sex Marriage: Maryland and Washington voted to uphold laws that legalized gay marriage, Maine voted by referendum to legalize gay marriage, and Minnesota rejected a constitutional amendment to define marriage as one man, one woman. California Criminal Law California failed to end the death penalty, but revised it’s overly harsh and prison-crowding three strikes rule …
Category Archive: Politics
Nov 06 2012
Election Liveblog
I give up on trying to get real work done, I’m just going to have to give in to the election addiction. Updates will be here! 12AM Some are too close to call, but it appears right now that all the pot and gay things are going the right way. 11:38 Colorado legalizes pot yeyah …
Oct 30 2012
SC District 2: Vote for me
So, a couple of my friends have been saying they’re going to write me in against Joe Wilson, you officially have my invitation and permission to do so. I promise to be awesome and, if I get enough votes that the media notices me, I will be even awesomer. If I get elected, I promise …
Oct 29 2012
No Confidence: Thoughts on Election 2012
I’ve seen several Obama endorsements over the past few days, all of them acknowledging that Obama is flawed, but then making mostly negative cases. They endorse Obama despite himself because of how much they despise the policies, campaign, and ignorance of the Romney campaign. JT has the most detailed explanation of why you should vote …
Oct 23 2012
Today in embarrassing moments for Mitt Romney
I admit I’ve had a few good laughs at poor Mitt Romney’s expense these last few weeks — killing Big Bird, binders of women, bayonets and battleships, but today came something that must sting coming from the Mormonest place on earth. JT pointed me the direction of the Salt Lake Tribune which just endorsed… Barack …
Oct 18 2012
DOMA ruled unconstitutional by CONSERVATIVE federal judge
A woman married to another woman owed almost $400,000 in estate taxes upon the death of her wife because DOMA prevents the federal recognition of her marriage, so she filed a case arguing that this was illegal discrimination. This case was just reviewed in federal court by Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs, a super conservative judge. …
Oct 16 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Green Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested
Jill Stein and her running mate have just been arrested outside the presidential debate for “blocking pedestrian traffic” AKA for showing up in protest of the two party monopoly over politics in this country. Video of the arrest: http://rt.com/usa/news/police-jill-stein-debate-589/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/16/green-party-candidate-arrested-outside-debate-site/
Oct 11 2012
You just got Biden’d
I should probably start with the fact that I am a huge Joe Biden fan. Joe is snarky and funny and his “gaffes” are usually just him being too honest rather than anything else. Plus he destroyed Robert Bork. Plus he’s really smart. But Joe Biden knocked it out of the park today. He was …
Oct 11 2012
VP Debate
Go follow me on Twitter if you’re looking for my debate reactions. @ashleyfmiller
Oct 09 2012
Is being Mormon a problem for Mitt Romney?
I am taking a class this semester on intersectionality and, unsurprisingly, despite the fact that the class is about Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, it has also become significantly about religion. You’re welcome. It has also focused on the election a great deal. One thing that has come up is the idea that Romney’s religion …
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Kate Donovan
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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