On a Monday morning flight home from Brazil, Pope Francis said,”If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” During that airborne press conference, Francis reaffirmed the church’s ban on female priests.
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Steve King Defends Controversial Immigration Remarks
“For every 1 who’s a valedictorian there’s another 100 out there … hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert,” the Iowa Republican said last week, explaining why he opposes the DREAM Act. Yesterday, Wolf Blitzer asked him if he stood by those comments. “Wolf, yes,” said King.
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Anthony Weiner’s Public Apologies
In June 2011, he apologized for “several inappropriate conversations” with women over the Internet, and resigned from Congress. This week, the candidate for New York mayor announced he’d sent explicit messages for over a year after he left office.
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Joe Scarborough Defends Obama on Trayvon Martin Comments
“The support for the family” of Trayvon Martin “has been inspiring,” the Morning Joe host said Monday. “But it’s important to remember that’s occurring amidst a backdrop of really racially intolerant comments,” he said, referring to statements from conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity and others.
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Zimmerman Juror Appears on CNN
Juror B37 from told Anderson Cooper on Monday night that Zimmerman should not have exited his car before his confrontation with Trayvon Martin, which ended in the 17-year-old’s death. “He’s guilty of not using good judgement,” she said of Zimmerman.
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Reid, McConnell Attempt to Rebrand Filibuster Rules
Republicans’ filibustering of dozens of Obama appointees “has turned advise and consent into deny and obstruct,” said the majority leader. “When the founders wrote advise and consent, I don’t think they meant sit down and shut up!” the minority leader exclaimed.
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Wildfire Devastates Arizona Town
A time-lapse video of the fire recorded by Matt Oss on Sunday shows the blaze that killed 19 firefighters from the town of Yarnell over the weekend. The fire has burned over 8,300 acres and 200 homes since it began last Friday.
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Wendy Davis’s Heroic Filibuster Helps Kill Texas Anti-Abortion Law
The Texas Senator spoke for 11 hours without stopping before her Republican colleagues determined she had gone off topic and ended her filibuster. Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.
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Virginia’s Polarizing Governor’s Race
Prospect writer Abby Rapoport discusses the race between Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe, candidates with wildly different ideologies who will put the state Democratic party’s ability to mobilize its newly blue electorate-the Old Dominion steered left in the last two presidential elections-to the test. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the […]
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Where Are All the Veterans in Congress?
The Prospect’s Abby Rapoport and Jamelle Bouie discuss the decreasing number of armed forces veterans in Congress on MSNBC’s Up:With Steve Kornacki. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
