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The Daily Beast reports: ThinkProgress, the influential news site that rose to prominence in the shadow of the Bush administration and helped define progressivism during the Obama years, is shutting down. The outlet, which served as an editorially independent project of the Democratic Party think tank Center for American Progress, will stop current operations on Friday and be converted into …
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ThinkProgress: Name That Democrat [VIDEO]
In advance of tonight’s Democratic debate ThinkProgress has posted a brief quiz about the candidates. I only got four out of six questions right. Give it a shot below.
Read More »The Iran Deal Explained With Legos
“The 109-page Iran deal is filled with complicated details about how the Persian nation must limit its stockpiles of uranium and plutonium in order to secure sanction relief from the west. We explain it in 60 seconds, using Legos.”
Read More »Host Of Rubio Fundraiser Once Worked For Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh
Josh Israel reports at Think Progress: Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who announced last month that he will seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, will hold a campaign fundraiser on Wednesday with an array of Washington lobbyists. One of the lobbyists co-hosting the event (and helping to raise money for Rubio) is BGR Group principal Jennifer Lukawski. She recently served …
Read More »What Would You Say To Justice Scalia?
Yesterday Think Progress reporter Igor Volsky asked demonstrators at the Supreme Court what they would say if stuck in an elevator with Justice Antonin Scalia.
Read More »Chick-Fil-A Slashes Anti-Gay Donations
According to newly-released 2012 tax documents, Chick-Fil-A ended nearly all of its corporate donations to anti-gay groups at the same time that homophobic statements from the company’s CEO became national headlines. Via Josh Israel at Think Progress: A year after nearly doubling its anti-LGBT giving, Chick-fil-A’s WinShape Foundation apparently reversed course in 2012, eliminating nearly all its grantmaking. Its separate …
Read More »Paul Ryan Endorses Gay Adoption
At a Wisconsin town hall meeting, Rep. Paul Ryan said that while he still opposes same-sex marriage, he now supports gay adoption. Rebecca Leber and Zack Ford have the scoop at Think Progress: Confronted by an audience member about his anti-LGBT voting record — Ryan earned a “zero percent” score on gay rights from the Human Rights Campaign — the …
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