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Photo: Gage Skidmore Missouri US Senate candidate Todd Akin's rape comments have ignited a firestorm of criticism that has crossed party lines. While critics see his comments, which included the clumsily-worded and medically dubious assertion that a woman's body has mechanisms that prevent pregnancy in the case of a "legitimate rape," as exemplifying the insensitivity of Republicans toward women's issues, many prominent Republican leaders have crossed party lines to agree with Democratic critic

Photo: Tim Harris / The New York Times WES MESSAMORE: I’m here with Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Davi Barker, the Assistant Director of Muslims 4 Liberty to discuss a recent rash of violence, vandalism, and threatening behavior toward American mosques. Since the Sikh Temple shooting earlier this month we have seen multiple mosques attacked across the US, seven by my count. We’ve seen worshipers pelt

After the highly controversial "legitimate rape" comments made by Rep. Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have made a conscious effort to distance themselves from the Republican Representative, calling for Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race. According to Twitter, however, their attempts are futile, as users on Twitter increasingly link Romney to Akin: "Akin is one of the top 10 topics people are talking about when they tweet about Romney on Tuesday, according to PoliPulse, a social

(UPI: Bill Greenblatt) Not only are the political and media class pushing Todd Akin out, but a deadline for a decision looms. According to Roll Call: "Missouri state law allows a nominated candidate to withdraw his or her bid for office by 5 p.m. on the 11th Tuesday before the election which, as it turns out, is tomorrow. If Akin drops his bid before tomorrow's deadline, the state's GOP central committee would pick his replacement." I'm sure I'm the only (other?) person in the world who thin

The current political spotlight is on Rep. Todd Akin after he made an ill-advised comment on Sunday regarding pregnancies as a result of rape. He outraged many on the Left and had Republicans quickly distancing themselves from him, including the Romney/Ryan campaign. Akin apologized for his words, but defiantly refused to drop out of the race. Plenty of conservatives have come out, not in support of Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment, but questioning why this is still a big deal since he apologiz

Credit: csmonitor.com The current political spotlight is on Rep. Todd Akin after he made an ill-advised comment on Sunday regarding pregnancies as a result of rape. He outraged many on the Left and had prominent Republicans quickly distancing themselves from him, including the Romney/Ryan campaign. Akin apologized for his words, but defiantly refused to drop out of the race. Plenty of conservatives have come out, not in support of Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment, but questioning why this is s

Credit: csmonitor.com The roundly decried "legitimate rape comment" by Missouri US Senate hopeful Todd Akin, may have given incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill an early Christmas present. The national newswire is humming over Akin’s gaffe about how female victims of "legitimate rape" are evidently the benefactors of some mysterious physiological process that “shuts” down pregnancy. The reality is, each year tens of thousands of women who are raped become pregnant. A 1996 study on rape-related preg

Photo: organicconnectmag.com Republican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin recently told reporters that he opposes the Senate version of the 2012 Farm Bill due to the legislation’s spending on the National School Lunch Program. Reiterating his point to farmers at the Missouri Farm Bureau's Political Action Committee, FARM-PAC, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the six-term congressman representing suburban St. Louis County said: "I've never been a big fan of the government, and particul

(UPI: Bill Greenblatt) Representative Todd Akin (R-MO) and the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate caused a stir on Sunday with some remarks on abortion and rape: "It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors,  really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child." This was