Has the world been bamboozled by the ISIS PR machine?

Senate Dems break initial GOP filibuster on equal pay for women bill.

With new concerns being raised in Georgia about too many black people voting, the Georgia Secretary of State is stepping forward to help get the situation under control.

A Missouri lawmaker is citing the Hobby Lobby decision in a lawsuit demanding a personal exemption from Obamacare that will prevent his insurance from paying for birth control for his daughters.

We see reported today that a number of elite golf courses in the New York area rejected the White House’s requests to allow the President to play on their courses when he was in the area over the Labor Day weekend. Let’s start by stipulating that of the various kinds of respect or derision aimed at the first black president, his ‘golfing rights’, for lack of a better word, rate low on the list – certainly not ones the White House press office will want to focus on. Let’s further stipulate that if you pay a lot of money to belong to a country club/golf course you’d probably be a bit annoyed that the place had been taken over by the Secret Service when you were looking forward to playing on Labor Day weekend – the rest of us get a little bummed when whole urban centers are locked down because of Presidential visits.

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Georgia Republican complains about excessive black voting, says he prefers “educated voters.”

Vote Suppression kingpin Kris Kobach may get booted out of office in Kansas.

Former Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson has endorsed hard-charging Mayor Rob Ford in his reelection bid. We’re “cut from the same cloth,” said Ford. “There’s no nonsense. I respect him.”

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