By         Kurt Eichenwald Excerpt: Of course, there was fear: she worried about the possibility of a mastectomy, I only worried that she would die. And finally, in that very short time frame of a few weeks, we reached some level

…the IRS didn’t single out tea party groups after all. Instead, they were looking for political groups, including not just tea party groups, but progressive groups as well. They may have used a flawed method for flagging the groups, but

  Life begins when you take your first breath. Genesis indicates that man does not become a living soul until he breathes the breath of life. Christ explained to Nicodemus that we have to be born of water (the amniotic fluid

  Listed under archives, July 13, 2013,  http://www.senate.state.tx.us/avarchive/        

  Senator Wendy Davis of Texas, July 2, on The Rachel Maddow Show. Rachel Maddow, July 1, on women’s health and women’s privacy rights being violated by Republicans in Texas and Ohio.      

Texas Senator Wendy Davis, Rachel Maddow, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi were all on Meet the Press, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Of course they were “balanced” with a couple of real jerks from the far right. You think I’m

  http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/52324725#52324347        

  BREAKING: From Gov. Perry — Special Session of the Texas Legislature will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, July 1. #txlege. Rally in front of the south steps to the Capital at noon! Victory!  A note from Senator Wendy Davis,

Want to meet President Obama backstage at an event this summer? Enter before the deadline at midnight on Sunday, June 30, for the chance for you and a guest to fly out and meet the President—Organizing for Action will cover your hotel

The state said hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling that its voter ID law “will go into immediate effect,” and signaled that it plans to revive a partisan redistricting plan. Both were found to have intentionally discriminated against minority voters,

This morning the United States Supreme Court announced their decision in Shelby County v Holder, a critical case in the fight for voting rights. The court did not address Section 5, the preclearance provision, but strikes down Section 4, the

  Today, Tuesday, June 25, the Senate is set to vote on SB5, Governor Perry’s anti-choice, anti-women legislation.   Senator Wendy Davis of Forth Worth is there to block it, and outlast the end of the Special Legislative session, which is