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Bozita

In aftermath of Komen funding flap, fewer sign up for race

(Detroit Free Press) Walk or stay home? As the Detroit Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure approaches Saturday, women are struggling with torn loyalties in the wake of the Planned Parenthood funding controversy.

Grassy Knoll

NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality

(Think Progress) The board of the NAACP, the “nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization,” endorsed marriage equality at a meeting this afternoon. The move comes 10 days after President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage.

Ian David

88% of Baptist University’s Staff Quit Over Mandatory Anti-Gay Pledge

Shorter University stepped in it big time when they forced faculty members to sign a pledge vowing to swear off homosexuality, premarital sex and drinking. In an anonymous survey in April, only 12 percent of faculty and staff said that they planned to stay at Shorter University, a 139-year-old Baptist school, reports Inside Higher Ed. More than 50 resigned before the new contracts were even distributed, and certain departments, such as science and fine arts, have been “eviscerated,” according to Michael Wilson, a tenured librarian for the university who’s worked there for 14 years.

babylonsister

"This guy really needs a new research team."

(Steve Benen) Mitt Romney's campaign, eager to attack the Recovery Act that pulled the economy bank from the brink of collapse, thought it had come up with a brilliant idea. The former governor would go to New Hampshire and mock the 19th century Sawyer Bridge, which was restored with public funds, but which is closed to traffic. It'd be a new "bridge to nowhere" that proves the stimulus was wasteful. Obama spent a quarter of a million dollars on a bridge no one can drive on? Outrageous, right? Wrong.

spanone

Media Turns Its Back On Experts Who Blame GOP For Political Gridlock

(Media Matters) Thomas E. Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, are well-respected centrist congressional experts who are often cited by the media. But their recent conclusion that Republicans are responsible for political dysfunction -- laid out in an April 29 Washington Post op-ed and their recently released book -- has been largely ignored, with the top five national newspapers writing a total of zero news articles on their thesis.

midnight

Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Credit Card Fraud

(Atlantic Wire) When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. Later, she said, she found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation to Friends of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor's campaign committee, Nellis said. Nellis told a Capital One representative she had not made the donation to Walker, who is fighting an effort to recall him as governor in a closely watched, expensive election set for June 5.

ellisonz

Toons: The Fountain of Youth, Like Profits, A Little Old-Fashioned Racism and More.

Ian David

Man charged with alleged threat to blow up Dem Party offices

(Wisconsin State Journal) Federal authorities charged a Madison man Friday with making a telephone threat in February to blow up the offices of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, among more than 100 calls he allegedly placed to the office this year.

Cali_Democrat

Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It’s ‘Possible’ Obama Won’t Be On Ballot

(TPM) The man in charge of running Arizona’s elections has gone to the birthers. Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he’s not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States and so he is threatening to keep the president off the ballot in November.

obamanut2012

Why did this girl cause her own murder?

A 17-year-old girl is visiting her Dad and his girlfriend, and goes for a quick run down to the 7-11, just as it's getting dark, to buy a Coke and a Twix. She's hurrying back home so she doesn't miss the start of "Bridezilla when she notices some guy in an SUV cruising her, which really creeps her out. She walks faster, and calls her best friend on her cell to tell about the creepy guy...