Wednesday, February 26, 2014    Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Obviously Wrong   Poll: Arizona's GOP voters want Brewer to veto SB1062 Most Republicans Going From Anti-Gay to No Way on Arizona Bill Former Arizona Senate president: Support SB 1062, if you're a Christian Harold Meyerson: Arizona's GOP extremists continue trying use religion as a shield for gay bigotry Nora Caplan-Bricker: Religious Freedom Anti-Gay Bills Don't Pass Constitutional Muster Zack Ford: Conservative Efforts To Justify Anti-LGBT Discrimination With 'Religious Liberty' Are Failing Cecile Richards: Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill and Hobby Lobby Case Aren't About Religious Freedom Josh Marshall: It's Not About 'Religious Freedom' - It's About Expanding the Politics of Nullification Dean Obeidallah: Arizona's Pro-Discrimination Law Won't Stop With Gays Another Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Introduced, This Time In Missouri Idaho's potential anti-gay segregation bill: Even worse than Arizona's Georgia now considering discrimination based on 'religious freedom' Bigotry Has Consequences   Apple Warns Arizona Governor Anti-Gay Bill Will Hurt Highly Anticipated Sapphire Glass Factory Apple, Intel, Yelp, 83 other major corporations, join forces against anti-gay bill in Arizona NFL could pull Super Bowl if Arizona religious rights bill passes Client Fires Lobbyist Over Push To Ban Gays From NFL Firm disowns lobbyist selling anti-gay NFL bill Ugandan donors cut aid after Ugandan president passes anti-gay law Economic Inequality   Inequality in America now worse now than on 'Downton Abbey' Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan: Income Inequality Now 'Most Dangerous' Trend in U.S. Greg Sargent: Multiple Congressional Democrats ramping up pressure on minimum wage Lori Montgomery: The GOP's new tax-cutting plan would hurt the poor - but still hits the rich War on Women   Draconian Abortion Restrictions Advance In Alabama Legislature Why Aren't More Colleges Taking These Extremely Simple Steps To Help Rape Victims? Energy, Climate & Environment Federal Regulators Issue Emergency Testing Order To Crude Oil Rail Shippers Water leaked from Fukushima nuclear power plant finally finding its way to Canadian waters Related: Japan Mulls Nuclear Power Revival Not Even 3 Years After Fukushima Nations In Turmoil Syrian army ambush kills scores near Damascus Syrian al-Qaeda group gives rival jihadists ultimatum to get in line South Sudan violence now targeting hospitals Rival Pro-Western & Pro-Russian rallies confront one another in Ukraine The War Over There President Obama orders Pentagon to prepare for full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014 International News Putin Orders Military Exercises Near Ukraine Russian Foreign Minister: Moscow Not Legally Bound to Provide Ukraine Rest of $15B In Aid Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks End Without Deal States Of Confusion Missouri executes Michael A. Taylor for 1989 murder of teenager Michael Tomasky: Texas - Where Crazy Gets Elected Midwest Roundup Study: Many Nebraskans are spending too much on rent & utilities UNL, Iowa State among partners in $320M manufact. lab in Chicago New gambling studies find new Iowa casinos would cut into revenue of existing facilities Even Children Can See It's Wrong America today is not the freewheeling place millions of Americans remember it being when they were young and strolled the streets with their friends. It's not that America is a more dangerous place. In fact, as the recently released FBI Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistic report proves, America in general, is the safest it's been in many years. If you listen to the right-wing media though, there seem to be victims everywhere you look in America. From the poor little billionaires being "attacked" for acting like selfish, arrogant jerks, to the fake Christians terrified they or their kids might have to sit next to a gay person in a diner, the right wing in America continues to see boogiemen everywhere. As Jonathan Chait pointed out Tuesday, when they're caught lying about an issue like the Affordable Care Act, conservatives and Republicans today immediately crumple into a metaphorical fetal position and cry that they're the victims. They even claim to be victims in their inability to pass major legislation like immigration reform, even though - as Greg Sargent has consistently proven - the only people who are victims are the Americans still waiting for Republicans in Congress to do any kind of worthwhile legislating. Nowhere has this false meme of victimhood been more obvious lately than in the attempt to legalize bigotry and 'Jim Crow'-style treatment of LGBT Americans through a series of laws in states all over the country, generally referred to as "religious freedom" laws... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for February 26, 2014 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls in February Americans Now Saving Less Than They Were Right After The Great Recession Wall Street Watch Senate to grill Credit Suisse CEO; CEO will claim tax evasion was not his bank's fault After the collapse of Mt. Gox, bitcoin believers keep the faith Health Care Checkup Oops: Proposed GOP Bill Would Strip 1 Million Workers Of Health Coverage The Fact Checker: Is Obamacare a 'job killer'? The answer continues to be "No." Jonathan Chait: Is It Mean to Debunk Lies About Obamacare? No. | Conservative media hacks continue defending defend misleading political ads CDC Reports Bafflingly Huge Obesity Decline Among 2-5 Year-Olds Zachary Goldfarb: Six reasons why childhood obesity has fallen so much The Fight To Vote Ohio Cuts Early Voting Hours For 2014 Elections, That Are Key To Black Turnout The Spying Game White House Weighs Four Options for Revamping NSA Phone Surveillance - Including Ending It Immigration: Reform Coming? Greg Sargent: Refusal to budge on immigration isn't about Obama. It's about Republicans. Guns & America Dahlia Lithwick: "Stand your ground" nation: From Trayvon Martin to Jordan Davis, how our understanding of self-defense is changing America. Media Matters Seth Meyers' 'Late Night' debut draws biggest audience since 2005 | Reporter Tommy Christopher out at Mediaite Did You Miss It On Monday? Here It Is Again! Your HuskerNutz Preview for February 26, 2014 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update Obama heading to Minn. today; Will push for four-year, $302B roads plan VP Joe Biden: 'Hatred' Is Behind Voter ID Restriction Laws Intolerance in America Defense hawks claw proposed Pentagon budget cuts for 2015 Ryan Cooper: How Pentagon budget cuts could make America safer News From Capitol Hill House Democrats ready to push discharge petition to force vote on mminimum wage increase Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid temporarily stalling Senate action on minimum wage Republican Dave Camp Releasing His Tax Reform Plan Over GOP Objections Republican Tax Overhaul Plan Faces Key Hurdles | Biggest Banks Said to Face Asset Tax in Republican Tax Plan Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: Tax reform is dead this year Timothy Noah: Don't weep for tax reform; It Was Never Going To Pass Anyway U.S. House Passes Cell-Phone Unlocking Bill On The Left Poll: Most Democrats Want Hillary Clinton to Run in 2016 Howard Fineman: Alison Lundergan Grimes Looking Like The Real Thing To Hopeful Democrats in KY On The Right Conservatives Boot American Atheists From Booth At CPAC Conference Jonathan Cohn: CBO Teaches Republicans a Lesson - Governing Is Hard We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. 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