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The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting on May 3-5 will feature a number of conservative media figures — including Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Ted Nugent — who often use violent rhetoric and promote gun-related conspiracy theories.

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“In case you missed it, Chicago public schools are set to begin teaching sex-ed to Kindergartners,” Family Research Council head Tony Perkins tweeted earlier this week . Adding his voice to a growing chorus of right-wing fearmongering , Perkins is referring to the fact that the city’s Department of Education approved a new policy requiring public schools to teach age-appropriate, LGBT-inclusive sexual health instruction at each grade level. The youngest students — the primary subjects of the recent concern trolling — will learn about anatomy, reproduction, healthy relationships, and personal safety.

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Our guest blogger is Sarah Ayres, a Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress.

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Many readers asked when  Language Intelligence would be available as an audiobook. Turns out Podium Publishing liked it so much, they did the job with a terrific reader  Drew Birdseye , who narrates lots of audiobooks. You can download all 4 hours and 19 minutes of it on Amazon or iTunes

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Yesterday, U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue delivered his “State of American Business” address, in which he laid out the wealthy corporate lobbying group’s agenda for the coming year. After using several questionable statistics to attack regulations intended to protect the environment or prevent Wall Street from triggering another economic crisis, Donohue’s speech includes a promise to unleash a barrage of well-compensated lawyers to help immunize corporate America from these regulations.

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Following reports that President Obama was considering proposals to strengthen U.S.

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In a recent column , Wall Street Journal editorial board member James Taranto seized on a  tribute  to lifelong civil rights activist Lawrence Guyot written by the progressive Constitutional Accountability Center as an opportunity to attack the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But Taranto’s criticism of the most effective anti-discrimination law in history ignores ample relevant history and case law

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Major papers, including The New York Times , The Washington Post , and The Wall Street Journal , are hiding compromises in a White House proposal on federal spending and budgets, claiming that the proposal was “loaded with Democratic priorities” and lacking in cuts. In fact the White House plan made many compromises, such as $400 billion in savings to entitlement programs that many progressives have opposed

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Archbishop John Myers In the latest example of the Catholic Church hierarchy digging in their heels against marriage equality, a Newark Archbishop recently sent a pastoral letter to implore over 1 million Catholics in his New Jersey parish to stop supporting same-sex marriage.

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Betsy Taylor of Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions has put together an excellent messaging guide on climate and clean energy, “ Climate Solutions for a Stronger America .” She first “commissioned a national survey of likely voters to determine how leaders can engage and win on climate and energy in key races around the country.” She then consulted with leading communications experts to weave together a coherent narrative from the threads of those findings. Readers know I’m a big believer in coherent narratives. Taylor’s guide is a must-read.

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