I don’t know about you, but my twitter feed was on fire during tonight’s veep debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. A sampling: @RLSoo: I’ll have the sperm-egg combo–hold the education, medical care, affordable housing, food, childcare. #Debate #FuckTeamRomney And this gem: @keithcampbell48: As Ryan kept getting water, fully expected Biden to tell him,…
The debate starts in just a few hours. You ready? Shame sheet: If he needs it, Salon has Joe Biden’s crib sheet of Paul Ryan’s shameful quotes. Five Alive: And if you need a crib sheet on Paul Ryan there are not one, but two Top 5 lists boiling down Paul Ryan’s craziest beliefs. Liar,…
With tonight’s one and only veep debate scheduled tonight, I am wondering how many out there will be watching. And, more importantly, do you think debates matter?
It’s Oct. 10 and that means there are only 10 more days left before early voting starts in Nevada (and other states). And just because I want to push the dial a bit the day before the vice presidential debate, let’s look at some flashcards to brush up on why there is a lot at…
Passing this along from our friends at the UNLV Women’s Center:
From our friends at Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada: The deadline to register to vote in Nevada is this Saturday, October 6th. You can register to vote or update your voter registration here: http://www.registertovotenv.gov/ Join us for our upcoming phone banks and canvasses in October There are prizes up for grabs at every phone bank and…
I was going to write a post about my predictions about what you won’t hear President Barrack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney talk about during Wednesday’s debate. But then I realized it’s my birthday (really) and I don’t want to work that hard. Besides, all these folks already have (okay, a couple of these are…
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and survivors are waiting in limbo as the landmark Violence Against Women Act awaits congressional reauthorization. It’s been 18 years since then-Senator Joe Biden drafted VAWA and it was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Since its inception, the law has enjoyed bipartisan support — something many are…
In the final week of voter registration, let’s look at a round-up about voter suppression laws and why it sucks: What is voter suppression? As the ACLU explains, changes to voting laws including requiring ID (three states now require proof of citizenship), shortening early voting times, and putting up road blocks to register to vote…
As the presidential candidates gear up for their first debate next week there is no doubt that the single biggest issue on deck will be the economy. With the jobless rate increasing in five of 10 battleground states — including Nevada, which has the nation’s highest unemployment rate at 12.1 percent — it looks to…
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