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Karen Handel Resigns From Komen

The Komen senior vice president at the center of the organization’s Planned Parenthood controversy is stepping down.

Note that Handel says she is declining the offer of a severance package from Komen — which might have required her to keep silent. She’s got a session with reporters this afternoon in Atlanta.

She defends her position in her resignation letter.

What was a thoughtful and thoroughly reviewed decision – one that would have indeed enabled Komen to deliver even greater community impact – has unfortunately been turned into something about politics. This is entirely untrue. This development should sadden us …

Mia Farrow: Pennsylvania Boarding School Refuses To Admit HIV+ Honors Student

The Milton Hershey School won’t allow a 13-year-old honors student to enroll because he is HIV positive.

On its website…the school states that the boy would pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others, and as a private school it can establish its own eligibility criteria.

In fact, HIV discrimination is illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania has filed suit against the school, alleging that it has broken the law by refusing to admit Abraham [not his real name] because he has HIV. For more than 23 years, this …

Enforcement Of Texas Sonogram Law Begins Tuesday; Women To Be Treated Like Children

No man would be legislated like this.

According to DSHS memos sent to women’s health clinics on Monday:

— As of October, the abortion doctor, not an ultrasound technician, had to meet the woman seeking an abortion at least 24 hours ahead of the procedure to perform a sonogram, describe the medical risks of an abortion and determine the gestational age of the fetus. If a woman lives more than 100 miles from an abortion provider, the 24-hour requirement becomes two hours.

— Starting last month, the abortion provider had to begin displaying the sonogram images, making the heartbeat …

Clint’s Manager Explains

The Clint Eastwood ad was not political, much as right-wingers have spend all day trying to make it so. Eastwood’s long-time manager Leonard Hirshan explains:

“That’s the problem; everything is political now,” says Hirshan, who tells us that he didn’t see the “Halftime” spot until it aired last night, and insisted that Eastwood agreed to make the spot without even consulting his representative of 50 years because it was “something personal he got involved in” that was neither political nor commercial.

The TV spot pointedly made no reference to Chrysler, or its cars, which do not appear in the …

Michele Bachmann: “I Was The Perfect Candidate”

Too bad Republicans didn’t think so.

The Minnesota congresswoman was asked by Bloomberg TV’s Al Hunt which of the remaining candidates was the most conservative during an interview Friday, and said none of them measured up to her conservative credentials.

“I was. I was the perfect candidate,” Bachmann said in response.…

Social Media Explained

Via Dejoe John

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Poll: The More People Know About Romney, The Less They Like Him

The ABC/Washington Post poll shows Romney’s lack of likeability.

Overall, 55 percent of those who are closely following the campaign say they disapprove of what the GOP candidates have been saying. By better than 2 to 1, Americans say the more they learn about Romney, the less they like him. Even among Republicans, as many offer negative as positive assessments of him on this question. Judgments about former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who denounced Romney on Saturday night in Nevada, are about 3 to 1 negative.…

On Monday’s Radio Show…

• Super Bull? Alan responds to right-wing outrage over Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad.

• Journalist/historian Gareth Porter discusses the dangers of military action against Iran’s nuclear program.

• UC-Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy speaks with Alan about fascinating new developments in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.…

Mitt’s Money Shot

By Angry Liberal

A photoshopped picture of Mitt Romney,  is making its rounds on the Internet today and, if I worked at palace Romney, I’d be pulling my hair out.

On it’s face, it’s may look just like kids misspelling Romney’s last name. No big deal.

But that’s not reality. This is the type of photo that gets shared over and over in email chains and then goes viral on Twitter and Facebook.

And the overtone of this image completely feeds the narrative stacking against Romney—that he only cares about money (and not the poor). That’s he’s an out-of-touch, capitalist …

This Is What 739 Plastic Surgeries Looks Like

It would have been more, but she passed on one on her 78th birthday.…