heartbreaking: teen mom school getting shut down in detroit, mi

why aren't any of our political leaders doing anything about this?!?
how does one man get to call the shots about what is best for these young women at risk and this community in general?!
Wanna help? Sign petitions here.

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UPDATE!
the Detroit Public Schools found an operator to continue the work of the Catherine Ferguson Academy. it will now be run as a charter school.

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@maddow's THE interview: a north carolina abortion provider talks about life w/a price on his head

on monday night, msnbc's the rachel maddow show got to interview the latest abortion provider who has become a target of the infamous "wanted" posters. the posters that the anti-choice movement claims is not their doing and/or should be protected as free speech.
it's a pretty chilling view into the courage it takes to do this job. a life SAVING job. a LEGAL job.
it's scary how the anti-choice movement pushes all this hate/fear-mongering, then when some nut-job murders an abortion provider, they just claim "it wasn't us! we didn't mean for nut-job X to KILL abortion provider Y"
it takes an amazing amount of hubris for these people to just claim there's no blood on their hands in these cold-blooded murderers.



if you can, please donate to your local or national planned parenthood. they need all the help they can get.

lean forward: into a really cool ad campaign for msnbc

just caught this @rachel maddow's show blog.
says that their ad was done by spike lee. don't know if they were all directed by him, but they're all pretty damn cool.
it's probably the politiksnerd in me talkin'...
check it out:

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motherfuckers need to pay attention! #whyimvotingDEMOCRAT!!

i read/listen/watch/breathe/eat/drink politics 23/7.
y'all may have noticed.
we're less than a month away from the midterm elections.
the meme is that democrats are plagued by an "enthusiasm gap".
the meme is that democrats are going to lose big this election.
the meme is that in the last year + 1/2, the administration hasn't done anything/enough.
the reality is that while we're not out of the shit hole [dug by politicians of the republican persuasion], we ARE on our way out of said shit hole.
took 8 years, for a previous administration & a compliant senate/house of reps, to get us in said shit hole.
com'n sonnn! it's gonna take a bit longer & lots MORE hard work to get out of it.
peep:

dog gamn!!! my political aspirations @ the local/state level may be dashed!

of course good ol' texas had to be one of the 6!

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why i <3 rachel maddow

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nerd crush!

"going rogue" goes roguetastic all over your face!

oh rachel! you're such a badass!!!

yeah!!! AMERICA's #1!!! no universal health care?!?!

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hey pat! meet your ass... handed to you courtesy of ms. maddow

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