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Ellen On Dance Invitation Sets Catholic School Principal OFF

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“The principal of a Catholic school in Newtown, Pennsylvania apologized to parents and asked that the invitations she made to a school event be returned because they included a picture of comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.” Read more here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/22/picture-of-ellen-degeneres-has-penn-catholic-school-destroying-its-own-dance-invitations/ Whitney Mixter, Dave Rubin and Ben Mankiewicz of …

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Radio Hosts Fired After On-Air Transgender Rant

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“A pair of New York radio hosts have been fired after sparking controversy with an on-air rant over the recent expansion of transgender health care benefits.” Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/kimberly-and-beck-transphobic-radio-_n_5372738.html Dave Rubin, Ben Mankiewicz and Whitney Mixter of The Young Turks discuss the idiotic anti-transgender statements. Is this a violation …

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Porn Star Commits Suicide After Cyberbullying

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“Alyssa Funke, a straight-A student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, committed suicide last month after being bullied and harassed online over her choice to appear in pornography. Local police have said they don’t plan to press charges against anyone who taunted Funke.” Read more from Tyler Kingkade at Huffington …

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Wendy Davis “Abortion Barbie” Posters Found In Hollywood

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“A conservative woman from Midland, Texas paid Los Angeles street artist “Sabo” to create a series of “Abortion Barbie” posters to coincide with Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis’s California fundraiser. Conservatives started calling Davis “abortion barbie” after RedState’s Erick Erickson jokingly referred to her as such in January. The poster …

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Rush Limbaugh: Deaf, Dumb And Colorblind?

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Rush Limbaugh: “I Think I Am One Of The Few Who Actually Live” The Idea Of A “Colorblind Society”. Ben Mankiewicz (http://www.twitter.com/benmank77) of The Young Turks breaks down the reality of Rush’s color blindness. Hear Rush’s segment (along with other similar statements) here: http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/05/23/limbaugh-i-think-i-am-one-of-the-few-who-actual/199450 ********** The Largest Online News Show …

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Journalist Confused About What Journalism Is

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In a review of Glenn Greenwald’s latest book about Edward Snowden, Michael Kinsley of the NY Times says: “The question is who decides [what to publish]. It seems clear, at least to me, that the private companies that own newspapers, and their employees, should not have the final say over …

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