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GOP Bankroller’s Daughter Gets Violent With Reporters

A woman identified as the daughter of billionaire GOP financier Sheldon Adelson pushed a “Democracy Now!” reporter before grabbing the crew’s camera, throwing it to the floor and disappearing into one of the Republican National Convention hall’s corporate suites.

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Israel-Born Daughter of Foreign Worker Faces Deportation

The Israeli Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that it will deport the 4-year-old daughter of a foreign worker despite the fact that the girl was born and attended school in Israel. (more)

Posted on Aug 16, 2011 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


‘Bring Your Daughter to War’ Day

The Onion puts a new spin on an old tradition with this satirical news brief.

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Marie Cocco: Return of Cable TV’s ‘Experts’

The same supposed authorities who publicly convicted John and Patsy Ramsey of killing their daughter 10 years ago have returned to cast the same dubious aspersions on John Mark Karr.

Posted on Aug 21, 2006 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


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Purity Ball Entrance Fee: Intact Hymen

States like Colorado are holding dances in which fathers goad their daughters into pledging to remain virgins until marriage. (Never mind that abstinence pledges actually increase risky sexual activity.) You won’t believe the creepy anti-sex scripts the fathers read.

  • Blog entry on the phenomenon
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  • Purity Ball website
  • Damning study on abstinence pledges
  • Bill Maher’s reaction to the study

  • Posted on May 3, 2006 READ MORE  |  37 COMMENTS


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    Pink’s Plea to Bush

    The pop star Pink stretches a bit from her standard fare with this protest song about Bush—which includes the lyrics, “How can you say no child left behind? We’re not dumb and we’re not blind…. What kind of father would take his own daughter’s rights away? What kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?”

    Posted on Apr 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  12 COMMENTS


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