The following originally appeared on Project Economic Refugee:

Excellent point that George Lakoff makes on this TruthOut OpEd piece titled Disaster Messaging that tackles what Project Economic Refugee has been covering on the [In]Secure Communities Program:

End a Bad Law: 287(g)

Bad laws, laws that hurt far more than they help, should be eliminated. Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is a bad law. Here’s why.

The share of people who are “liberal” but also anti-choice grows tinier by the day. Investments by the Democratic Party to recruit that vanishing population would be far better spent elsewhere.

Written by Amanda Marcotte for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Last week, I received an email invitation to attend Senator Al Franken’s open house at his St. Paul office yesterday from 3 to 7pm. I figured his office would be packed with people by 5pm, so my best bet would be to arrive at three if I wanted to speak to Al.

It’s not easy to craft an argument more fringe than those of the Birthers, but Center for American Progress’ Lawrence Korb managed to get the job done in his recent wrong-headed piece on Afghanistan.

George Lakoff has a message for California legislative leaders below.

Also here’s a youtube of California State Assembly Budget Committee Chair Noreen Evans debunking the myths and lies of the state budget.

PS Why is it that Republicans never have to compromise?