Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) announced her support through her Tumbr site and called the question of marriage quality “a great American debate”

By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive:

Sen. Claire McCaskill. Image via Mark Wilson/Getty Images

The fight for marriage equality in the U.S. and the world got a huge boost today when Democrat senators Claire McCaskill and Mark Warner took to the social media to announced their support of gay marriage.

This is how Lisa Lampanelli, the self-anointed Queen of Mean, described the following photo of herself with Lena Dunham, the creator of GIRLS: “Me with my nigga @LenaDunham of @HBOGirls – I love this beyotch!!”

Your take? Racist? Sexist?

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Tweets by @ClimateForward

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by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 12, 2013:

Anonymous Activists in LA. Photo credit: Wikipedia

Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s Internet surveillance Bill C-30 is dead. The demise of the deceptively christened Protecting Children From Internet Predators Act is a victory for the Internet. For Canadian democracy. For Canadians. Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson confirmed it yesterday when he announced that the Conservatives won’t be pursuing the adoption of the police-state-style online surveillance legislation.

By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 9, 2013:

Nearly ten years after Janet Jackson’s famous wardrobe malfunction, the CBS is on high alert concerning nudity. A “Wardrobe Advisory” email the network’s Standards & Practices department sent out to representatives of stars scheduled to perform at Sunday’s 55th Annual Grammy Awards is warning performers to adequately cover their breasts, buttocks, genitals, curves – everything, really. Best line in the memo: “Thong type costumes are problematic.”  And most hilarious: “Please avoid sheer see-through clothing that could  possibly expose female breast nipples.”

by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Jan. 31, 2013:

Let’s agree in one point: we can have anything, but we CAN’T have everything #wef

— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) January 25, 2013

The tweet by Paulo Coelho, the world-renowned Brazilian author of The Alchemist, was one of the most popular of world leaders’ reflections during last week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

By The Canadian Progressive Reporters | Jan. 30, 2013

via The Daily Muse:

You’ll get a kick out of this post. I guarantee it!

Recently exposed: Gross mismanagement of funds and lewd sense of entitlement by #Ottawapiskat Chief Harper. #idlenomore twitter.com/shootsleft/sta…

— Joanne DiNova (@shootsleft) January 14, 2013

Last week, right-wing character assassins in the corporate and social media universes mounted an unprecedented attack on hunger-striking  Chief Theresa Spence, spreading malicious allegations financial management of her northern Ontario First Nation reserve of Attawapiskat. Over the weekend, progressive and Idle No More activists took to Twitter to respond to the racism-inspired attacks, and the hypocrisy of the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper on First Nations issues.

Aaron Paquette, an Edmonton-based Idle No More activist, created the Twitter hashtag “Ottawapiskat”. Basically, the guy imagined how the world might view and discuss Ottawa if it was a reserve. “#Ottawapiskat is a word that popped in my head last night as I was painting. I literally laughed out loud and had to share it,” he said later on Twitter.

It’s the end of Day 19 of Attawapiskat Chief  Theresa Spence’s indefinite hunger strike, taking place here in Ottawa. Spence started her peaceful protest on December 11, 2012. She’s demanding a meeting involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a representative of the Queen and First Nations leaders. She wants to discuss treaty agreements between Canada and First Nations, and recent legislation that seeks disempower, exploit, control and marginalize First Nations.

So far Harper has maintained a stubborn wall of silence. One that seeks to overwhelm the peaceful protest. Spence’s supporters, thousands of them, are having non of it. Here’s a sample of what some of them had to say on the social media today:

You can follow Chief Spence on Twitter via: @ChiefTheresa. Check out our coverage of the protest via these categories: First Nations, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike and Idle No More.

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Today, Attawapiskat Chief  Theresa Spence’s indefinite hunger strike, taking place here in Ottawa, enters Day 18. Spence started her peaceful protest on December 11, 2012. She’s demanding a meeting involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a representative of the Queen and First Nations leaders. She wants to discuss treaty agreements between Canada and First Nations, and recent legislation that seeks disempower, exploit, control and marginalize First Nations. Spence’s peaceful protest is the human incarnation of the pain and struggles aboriginal people endure every day.  Spence is calling us to compassion, fairness and respect for fundamental rights. She’s urging Canadians and First Nations to rediscover the lost art of democratic conversation. You can follow Chief Spence on Twitter via: @ChiefTheresa. Check out our coverage of the protest via these categories: First Nations, Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike and Idle No More.