Author Archives: Jeff Fecke

Anti-Choice Trolling Fail

So let’s say that I was a part of a couple, and one of us was pregnant. ((Probably not me.)) And let’s say we were ambivalent about having a child for one reason or another. Let’s say we were, as … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 14 Comments

The Republican Plot to Steal the Minnesota Governor's Mansion

The Minnesota Republican Party has jumped into the recount of the Governor’s race with the amp turned up to 11, screaming about ACORN and fraud and tabulation errors in Hennepin County. But anyone with any rudimentary understanding of recounts — and … Continue reading

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Waves

The president was inexperienced, they said. Weak. Oh, he’d accomplished some great things in his year-and-a-half in office, but clearly he was doomed in a couple years. Meanwhile, Congress, which had been a rubber stamp for this Democrat, was seen … Continue reading

Posted in Elections and politics, The Obama Administration | 12 Comments

Laws Are For Little People

Remember Minnesota Majority? Sure you do! They’re the Republican group that has decided that the best way to ensure fairness at the polling place is to harass and intimidate voters follow voters around with cameras, demanding they prove they have … Continue reading

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The F Word

There are epithets that decent people shy away from using. One obvious example is the use of racist, ethnic, or gender-based slurs. If you’re a decent human being, you don’t use them, because one uses them to hurt, to malign, … Continue reading

Posted in Elections and politics | 74 Comments

Like a Kid Out There

Brett Favre sexually harassed a co-worker when he played for the New York Jets. Oh, you can sugarcoat it all you want; the woman he harassed — Jenn Sterger — wasn’t the one to bring these allegations forward. Because we … Continue reading

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Voting is a Right, if You’re Not One of Them

Minnesota’s Republicans are in a quandary. While other midwestern states appear poised to elect Republican governors, Minnesota appears likely to shun state Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, in favor of former Sen. Mark Dayton, DFL-Minn. This comes on the heels of two … Continue reading

Posted in Elections and politics | 30 Comments

Straight Flowing on a Boat in the Deep Blue Sea

Remember James O’Keefe III? Sure you do! He’s the guy who (didn’t actually) dress(ed) as a pimp and shot selectively-edited video in order to bring down ACORN, which thanks to a heavy assist from FOX and Andrew Breitbart, and the … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Fox News, Media criticism, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

If I Go Crazy Now Will You Still Wait for Superman?

The public schools are awful. We are told this over and over, again and again, by politicians of both parties. They are terrible. They fail students. They are the reason America is not competitive. They are leaving children behind. Teachers … Continue reading

Posted in Education | 34 Comments

But There's No Racism in the Tea Party

Lost in the whole Shirley Sherrod debacle was the impetus for Breitbart’s smear — the NAACP’s decision to call out the teabaggers for their unwillingness to disavow racism. The Sharrod smear was a desperate attempt to prove members of the NAACP were … Continue reading

Posted in Race, racism and related issues | 3 Comments