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Conservative Catholics bristle at Pope’s decision to wash women’s feet on Holy Thursday.

Amidst immigration debate, Republican Congressman reminisces about father hiring “wetbacks” and their efficient tomato-picking ways.

North Carolina GOPers introduce bills to severely limit same day registration, early voting and straight ticket voting.

Rising (for what reason I do not know) Republican star Ben Carson compares same sex marriage to bestiality and pedophilia. After the jump … Read More

Ex-Sen. Larry Craig loses final battle in wide stance bathroom war.

President Obama dives right back in to the gun debate.

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Cruz says he’ll use “any procedural means necessary” to stop gun control legislation making it out of the Senate.

I flagged this piece earlier about how the new Pope is refusing to take on many of the formal trappings of the papacy in where he lives, how he dresses, what’s he’s called and so forth. Today he washed the feet of a dozen inmates for Holy Thursday. And notably, two of the inmates were women. Read More