Quantcast
Channel: The Washington Independent » Politics
Browsing all 10 articles
Browse latest View live

Koch brothers place fourth in Pacific Institute’s Climate B.S. of the Year...

Al Gore made headlines when he called B.S. on climate change deniers in Aspen over the summer, and now the Pacific Institute is doing the same. But this time B.S. stands for “bad science.” Dr. Peter...

View Article



Focus on the Family uses arguments from ‘torture memos’ author to blast Obama...

CitizenLink, the Focus on the Family Christian news site based in Colorado Springs, Colo., weighed in Thursday on the latest political controversy winging out of Washington, D.C. The site reported...

View Article

News anchor, anti-abortion activist to be the ‘face’ of Minnesota anti-gay...

Kalley King Yanta, a former anchor for a Minneapolis-based television station and an anti-abortion-rights activist, has joined the Minnesota for Marriage group to anchor videos intended to convince...

View Article

New Florida bill would outlaw gender- and race-based abortions

With the beginning of session only days away, Florida legislators have been busy filing a slew of anti-abortion bills. Add yet another to the list: a measure outlawing race- and gender-based...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Arkansas AG stops anti-abortion group from introducing ‘personhood’ bill

Photo: Personhood USA co-founder Keith Mason (Photo: personhoodusa.com) Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has blocked the state’s Personhood affiliate from introducing a bill that would define...

View Article


Ski industry exploited ‘lax regulatory environment’ under Bush, says former...

Going to court may be “the best way” to resolve a dispute over water rights between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association, according to a former Forest Service ski area permit...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Right-wing think tank leaks salaries of Florida public employees via new website

The Foundation for Government Accountability logo (Photo: Facebook) The Foundation for Government Accountability debuted a new website Monday — an online database of the salaries of Florida’s public...

View Article

Michigan Rep. Hoogendyk preparing to challenge Upton in 6th Congressional...

Former Michigan state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk is likely to announce next week that he will challenge Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in the GOP primary in August. Hoogendyk unsuccessfully challenged...

View Article


Local Michigan county wants to force meds on HIV criminal suspect

Sangeeta Ghosh, assistant corporate counsel for Kent County, Mich., says should the 51-year-old man charged in two cases of failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners make bail, the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Navigating anti-abortion online strategy

Updated: 6:15 p.m. EST with a clarified quote*. In the seemingly endless war over abortion rights in America, battles are waged in legislatures, in courts and, most recently, on the Internet. The...

View Article
Browsing all 10 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images