DAILY GRINDER: NAACP Report Card Gives Pat Toomey an ‘F’
...And he plagiarized from Wikipedia! The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is out with its report card for the First Legislative Session of the 112th Congress (2011) civil rights voting, and no member of Congress is safe. The score was based on 20 congressional votes, which ranged from “education to labor, economic development...
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DAILY GRINDER: Council Resolution to Repeal ‘Castle Doctrine’ After Trayvon Killing
In light of Trayvon Martin’s murder making national headlines, and the arrest of shooter George Zimmerman this week, Philadelphia City Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. thinks we need to change our state’s laws so the same shit doesn’t happen here. And since some of the controversy in the case allegedly revolves around the Florida police’s hands being...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers Likes Rick Santorum
First Megadeath, then First Love, and now this: San Diego Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivers put out a press release saying he thinks Rick Santorum is just great. “I am supporting Rick Santorum for President because of his stance on issues that attack vital Christian values our country was founded upon: no abortion, upholding traditional marriage, defending...
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Pennsylvania Senators Toomey, Casey Agree: Birth Control is Bad and Should be Denied
Today, the Blunt Amendment—introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, which would exempt any employer with moral objections from covering birth control in their health care plans—was shot down in the Senate, by a 51-48 vote. Considering this is the year 2012, AD, that vote probably sounds a bit too close for comfort. And if it does, blame yourself. Your U.S....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: PA Dems Attack Rick Santorum for Senate Donations
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is back attacking presidential candidate Rick Santorum in their campaign emails in order to get you to donate money to Senator Bob Casey. Huh? OK, it’s like this: “He’s back,” reads a new email from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. “According to the latest polls, Rick Santorum is now the leading Republican...
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Election 2012: Will Contraceptives be a Winning Campaign Issue?
Here’s something: The newest attack on the Obama Administration is his health plan’s requirement that companies and organizations cover contraceptives for their employees. It began with the Catholic Church (which we covered here), wiggled its way through the Republican National Committee and its affiliates, and is now in full attack mode in the mainstream...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Lays off 90 School Police
Just what we need: The Philadelphia Public School District is cutting 90 police officers today, as a way to begin dealing with the $61 million shortfall. Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown cannot catch a break. After being lambasted by all sorts of people for her “Let’s stay open past 2 a.m. for the schools” bill (SHE WANTS MORE PEOPLE TO GET DRUNK...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: State Welfare Adviser who Hates Welfare Still on Payroll
That state welfare adviser, Robert W. Patterson, who put in his resignation for working as the editor of a religious magazine that says welfare is the devil and sperm lunches can be good for you…the guy the Corbett Administration has been distancing themselves from? He’s still on state payroll and takes in almost $105,000 per year. And there’s no end date...
Continue ReadingHow’s Your Representative Look on SOPA/PIPA? (Hint: Bob Casey is a co-sponsor)
As you may have heard, there’s an issue out there that’s uniting liberals and conservatives in a place where their hate for each other is stronger than anywhere else—on the Internet! It’s the Stop Online Piracy Act (in the House) and Protect IP Act (in the Senate) and it’s got the Web up in a tizzy. Mostly because being within the bubble of Washington,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: 5th Person Comes Forward with Abuse Allegations as Conlin E-mails Released [UPDATED]
Another woman came forward yesterday and claimed former Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin sexually assaulted her when she was 7-years-old. Update: You can actually make that 6 people. Deadspin writer A.J. Daulerio, who broke the story of the Inquirer’s story about Conlin, has released a series of emails between the sportswriter and himself. They’re...
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