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hippiewithablog:

In a tale of world-class reporting, Marco Rubio gave his response to the state of the union and the only thing I can find about it aside from a full transcript is that he had to take a drink of water.

Like shit, liberals. People get thirsty when they’re speaking. I am sure he delivered much more important shit in his speech to attack than the fact that he endures natural human functions.

#Reasons Tumblr Libs can’t be taken seriously

Man, I wish that it was only tumblr libs. But this is damn near headline news everywhere from Huffpo to Politico of all things. Huffpo got close to declaring that this revealed he was not fit to run for president if he gets so nervous during a speech.

Yeah, I just do not understand this crap at all. Rubio is an amazingly effective public speaker— I’ve listened to him speak in person, and I was blown away by his concision and delivery (Not his politics, though, by any means.) People blowing this minor flub out of proportion like it’s a dealbreaker for his possible presidential run are seriously lacking scope. Everyone has off days, but Rubio does not have those frequently and he is definitely going somewhere.

#this is the stupidest thing to come out of the state of the union coverage hands down #politics

Politico: Remarks of President Barack Obama – State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery →

politico:

As Prepared for Delivery –

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:

Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he said, “to report…

— 3 months ago with 205 notes

#to read later #politics #state of the union #state of the union spoilers?? lol

Israeli Elections: How Would You Vote? →

coffeejewess:

yafilasteen:

readyokaygo:

Find the party which most closely matches your own views on a range of political, economic and social issues.

I got Hadash, Meretz, and Balad.

Labour, Hadash, Meretz and Balad.

I landed directly on Ta’al.

got kind of midway between meretz and labor

— 3 months ago with 8 notes

#politics #tbh my actual party is the 'almost anyone left of bibi PLEASE' party #this was really interesting though #man i guess i have gotten a lot more liberal since the last time i took one of these tests #huh

"She [Hillary Clinton] has a history, you have to admit this, of being a professional victim…People want me to apologize, want others to apologize? I think Hillary Clinton should be doing the apology."

Fox News host Andrea Tantaros defending her show’s mockery of Hillary Clinton’s health. (via mediamattersforamerica)

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— 4 months ago with 1796 notes

#fox news wants hillary clinton to apologize for being in the hospital #that's the news folks #politics #quantumly queued

"A concerted effort to unseat Speaker John A. Boehner was under way the day of his re-election to the position, but participants called it off 30 minutes before the House floor vote, CQ Roll Call has learned.

A group of disaffected conservatives had agreed to vote against the Ohio lawmaker if they could get at least 25 members to join the effort. But one member, whose identity could not be verified, rescinded his or her participation the morning of the vote, leaving the group one person short of its self-imposed 25-member threshold. "

Boehner Coup Attempt Larger Than First Thought - Roll Call News (via brooklynmutt)

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— 4 months ago with 79 notes

#politics

kileyrae:

Happy New Congress, Tumblr.

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#politics #true facts #quantumly queued

"

Leahy explained the provision, probably the least understood of the three additions in the Senate bill: It gives tribal courts limited jurisdiction to oversee domestic violence offenses committed against Native American women by non-Native American men on tribal lands. Currently, federal and state law enforcement have jurisdiction over domestic violence on tribal lands, but in many cases, they are hours away and lack the resources to respond to those cases. Tribal courts, meanwhile, are on site and familiar with tribal laws, but lack the jurisdiction to address domestic violence on tribal lands when it is carried out by a non-Native American individual.

That means non-Native American men who abuse Native American women on tribal lands are essentially “immune from the law, and they know it,” Leahy said.

The standoff over including VAWA protections for Native American women comes at a time of appallingly high levels of violence on tribal lands. One in three Native American women have been raped or experienced attempted rape, the New York Times reported in March, and the rate of sexual assault on Native American women is more than twice the national average. President Barack Obama has called violence on tribal lands “an affront to our shared humanity.”

Of the Native American women who are raped, 86 percent of them are raped by non-Native men, according to an Amnesty International report. That statistic is precisely what the Senate’s tribal provision targets.

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Regarding the article: House GOP Lets Violence Against Women Act Passed By Senate Die Without A Vote quote from: [x]

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— 4 months ago with 13 notes

#tw: rape #tw: sexual assault #native americans #social commentary #politics #ugh ugh ugh

"Your question is: why am I so interested in politics? But if I were to answer you very simply, I would say this: why shouldn’t I be interested? That is to say, what blindness, what deafness, what density of ideology would have to weigh me down to prevent me from being interested in what is probably the most crucial subject to our existence, that is to say the society in which we live, the economic relations in which it functions, and the system of power which defines the regular forms and the regular permissions and prohibitions of our conduct. The essence of our life consists after all, of the political functioning of the society in which we find ourselves. So I can’t answer the question of why should I be interested; I could only answer it by asking why shouldn’t I be interested? Not to be interested in politics, thats what constitutes a problem. You should ask someone who is not interested in politics; “Why, damn it, are you not interested?"

Michel Foucault, The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature, 2006 (via thesubversivesound)

When people tell me, “Oh, I’m not really into politics” I’m like BUT WHY??????

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— 5 months ago with 1902 notes

#politics #michel foucault #i can't understand people who have no interest in politics #i just really can't #quantumly queued

"For the first time, there was a traffic jam in the Senate women’s bathroom. There were five of us in there, and there are only two stalls."

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)