POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/16/12:

Romney Dismisses School “Prank”

Says He Apologizes if Anyone Was Offended

Romney Campaign Admits “Error” After Reporters Blocked At Event (huffingtonpost.com)

Why Mitt Romney Is No Moderate (alternet.org)

Mitt Romney “Not Going to Disagree” With Rick Scott on Drug Testing (huffingtonpost.com)

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Big Bank’s Gamble Loses Big

Losses Must Be Accepted as Part of Process, GOP Says

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Break Up the Big Banks (crooksandliars.com video)

Morgan Stanley Shareholder Meeting Mic-Checked, Protesters Demand Accountability from MultiMillionaire CEO (alternet.org)

Money Unlimited: How Chief Justice John Roberts Orchestrated the Citizens United Decision (readersupportednews.com)

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Gay Marriage Debate Continues

Effect on Gays, Election Can’t Yet Be Determined

Rachel Maddow to GOP Homophobes Now Claiming Tolerance: “That is Absolute Bull” (alternet.org video)

Pastor’s Open Letter: Don't Abandon Obama Over Same Sex Marriage (loop21.com)

5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage (alternet.org)

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GOP Gears Up for Fall Elections

An Appeal to Traditional Values Likely to Take Center Stage

GOP Rep on Coathanger Abortions: “You Have to Start Somewhere” (alternet.org)

Culture War Commencements: Obama's and Romney’s Speeches to Grads Show Stark Differences (alternet.org)

Rep. Mike Coffman, Colorado Republican Congressman, Says Obama Is “Not An American” (huffingtonpost.com video)

Today’s GOP: The Worst Political Party in 150 Years of US History (alternet.org)

“Family Guy” Does the Tea Party (crooksandliars.com video)

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In Other News

Homeland Battlefield Act Portion Found Unconstitutional by New York Judge (huffingtonpost.com)

Severe Defeat for Merkel as German Voters Reject Austerity (readersupportednews.org)

Autopsy Shows African-American Teen Kendrec McDade Was Shot Seven Times By Police (thinkprofress.org)

Horrific Injuries Linked to BP Dispersant Corexit (readersupportednews.org)

Republicans Keep Pandering on Taxes (huffingtonpost.com)

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