Texas Tyrant

Any number of Texas politicians who support radical, oppressive, or authoritarian government policies

Texas Tyrants typically support things like the Patriot Act, corporate power, and the war on women, while opposing healthcare, the environment, workers rights, gay rights etc.

Some examples of Texas Tyrants:
George W Bush
Rick Perry
Ted Cruz
Tom DeLay

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47 traitors

a term being spread on the internet to describe the 47 senators who signed a letter to Iran apparently intended to undermine the president's efforts at diplomacy

The president is trying to negotiate a deal with Iran to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons, but the letter from the 47 traitors makes America look weak, putting any deal in jeopardy.

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VAWA

Violence Against Women Act: legislation to provide more resources to fight sexual assault and domestic violence

Many rwnj Republicans oppose the VAWA as part of their war on women.

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June 26

The date in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared that laws barring same-sex couples from getting married violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment and were therefore unconstitutional

On June 26,2015 the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark ruling giving marriage equality to gay and lesbian couples.

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