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Todd Akin Is Terrible Tip of Terrible Iceberg That Is the Republican Party

Todd Akin is awful, but the idea of “legitimate rape” isn’t going to go away if he does.

Rachel —

Aug 21, 2012

2012 Presidential Race

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Paul Ryan: GOP Darling, Romney’s Running Mate, and Terrifying VP Prospect

Mittsy’s new running mate is “thrilling,” “intellectual,” “a firebrand,” and also a regressionist who wants to take America back to 1932.

Laura —

Aug 13, 2012

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Democratic Party Ties the Knot with Gay Marriage for 2012 Election

The Democratic Party is officially adding a “plank” to their party platform supporting gay marriage.

Rachel —

Jul 30, 2012

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“Mitt Gets Worse” Chronicles Romney’s Backwards LGBT Agenda

Not scared of Mitt Romney yet? Let this new oral history project fill your heart with fear and your pockets with voter registration slips.

Cara —

Jul 20, 2012

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Retroactive Retirement Is All The Rage: The Deal with Romney and Bain Capital

Here’s what the Mitt Romney news has looked like for the past few days: Bain Capital, retired, 1999, 2002, Bain Capital Bain Capital Bain Capital. Autostraddle is here for you…

A.E. Osworth —

Jul 17, 2012

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Romney Receives Low Ratio of Applause to Boos at the NAACP Convention

In which the audience applauded upholding traditional family and booed the elimination of Obamacare, and Mitt Romney remained an idiot.

Gabrielle Korn —

Jul 12, 2012

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Lesbian Super PAC New Milestone For Large Sums of Money in Politics

A group of high-powered lesbians have started a super PAC to work for issues that matter to women and LGBT people.

Rachel —

Jul 11, 2012

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GOProud’s Gay Lunkheads Endorse Mitt Romney

GOProud has endorsed Mitt Romney and remain obnoxiously short-sighted about what a Romney presidency would mean for the LGBT community.

Riese —

Jun 21, 2012

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Romney Nixed Anti-Bullying Manual For Using Scary Words Like “Bisexual” and “Transgender”

In 2006, then-governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney opposed the publication of an anti-bullying guide because it included the words “bisexual” and “transgender.” What a nice guy!

Carmen —

Jun 13, 2012

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Romney’s Adviser Thinks Women’s Issues Just There To Distract Us From Actual Important Stuff

It turns out that what you thought were women’s issues are actually just “shiny objects!”

Rachel —

Jun 4, 2012

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Obama, Gay Marriage and America One Week Later

President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, and then what happened?

Rachel —

May 15, 2012

2012 Presidential Race

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politics + activism

Romney Says He’s Not a Bully, Just Likes Pranks And Stuff

In high school Mitt Romney and his friends jumped some kid and forcibly cut off all his hair while he screamed and cried. Romney thinks this is mostly NBD.

Lizz —

May 12, 2012