Hillary as Secretary of State

It looks like whatever murky international ties to the finances of Bill Clinton have been addressed and Barack Obama plans to name Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of  State.

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The wonder that is Sarah Palin - on-screen turkey slaughter at her presser

Paging Tina Fey, we need one more skit from you... it doesn't get any better/worse than this. The failed GOP Veep candidate gabs about the greatness of small business and happy turkeys while the fowl is offed behind her.

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After 2008 Election, Some States Want to Make Voting Easier; Others Determined to Make it Harder

Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters

Weekly Voting Rights News Update

By Erin Ferns

Following an historic turnout in the 2008 election comes a flurry of election reform agendas from both sides of the battle over voting rights.

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Reflections on 10th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

As always, this is a difficult day. I’ve been aware of Transgender Day of Remembrance since its first year, and have always commemorated it in some way each year.

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Not just a name on a list

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  It is a solemn day where our community comes together to remember and honor those lost to anti-transgender hate and violence.

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ProtectMarriage.com's latest e-bla$t

Just pathetic...these folks never sleep. Yes on 8's Ron Prentice brags about the $urplus of cash they have, then makes a pitch for more buxx.

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Today Is The Annual Transgender Day Of Remembrance

I woke up tired this morning, after a really restless night of sleep. I dreamed I was in a hostage situation, and because I had to go to the restroom, the hostage takers were going to likely discover I was trans -- it was pretty clear to me in the dream that if those folks found out I was trans that I would be considered an spiritual abomination, and would be killed.

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Transgender Day of Remembrance - open thread

From Fight Out Loud, Hate Crimes in 2008:

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Remember Me--Trans Day of Remembrance reflection for LGB folks

I first read the play Hamlet when I was 13 years old. Although I refused to read any assigned books in English class, I secretly read a bunch of unassigned books on the side.

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Big Auto CEOs - show me the money (but we need our private jets)

GM, Ford and Chrysler CEOs trotted up to the hill to beg for your tax dollars to bail them out because, well, Big Auto is failing.

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