Are We Losing Our Religion and Does it Matter?
Gallup reported recently that 77 percent of Americans believe “religion is losing its influence on American life.”
Gallup reported recently that 77 percent of Americans believe “religion is losing its influence on American life.”
After President Obama ripped House Republicans for their vote to raise interest rates on student loans, John Boehner lied about what his party had passed.
Al Franken (D-MN) and his wife Frannie are ‘thrilled’ to welcome their first grandchild, Joseph Bryson Greenwald.
Erick Erickson slobbered onto Fox again in order to grovel at Megyn Kelly’s feet like the scolded runt of the litter he is. He didn’t mean that men are dominant… Really.
Jonathan Alter pointed out that Republicans, including Mitt Romney, were too afraid of Rush Limbaugh to call him out for calling Sandra Fluke a slut.
Republicans claims that Social Security is going broke were dealt a blow by the latest Social Security trust fund report, which found that the program will be able to pay every benefit until 2033.
House Republicans are trying to force students to pay down the deficit in years to come, so President Obama launched his campaign to protect the federal student loan safeguards.
It is beyond time for Democrats, all Democrats, to stand up to Republican obstruction and demand reform to allow the government to operate on behalf of the American people.
A participant in a Tea Party sponsored conference call thought the best way to persuade Senator Susan Collins to change her mind about immigration reform is to assassinate her.
Like most things including the second amendment, the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party has a special way of understanding those other provisions – especially the first amendment.
A conspiracy theory is percolating in the tea party that claims Michele Bachmann helped President Obama steal the 2012 election.
McCain is pushing back against allegations that he posed with rebels who kidnapped 11 Lebanese Shi’ite pilgrims, after saying we should arm Syrian rebels because we can tell who the good guys are.
Clark Aposhian, the face of the Utah gun lobby, was arrested Monday for trespassing, harassment, domestic violence, multiple traffic violations and failure to appear in court.
Erick Erickson reminded women why they didn’t vote Republican in 2012 when he said it’s natural for men to dominate women.
John Boehner claims creating jobs is his top priority, but so far in 2013 House Republicans have taken exactly one vote on jobs legislation.
Another bizarre Ann Romney interview went wrong. This interview was archaic meets bitter, and the only sweet spot was Mitt’s support of Ann, which got ruined by the host calling him a ‘stable boy’ for it.
By 73%, Americans believe that dealing with the economy should be a bigger priority than investigating the controversies of the IRS, Benghazi, and the AP.
Republicans and their “social welfare” donors knew of the increased IRS scrutiny for well over a year, but chose to stay silent until a month ago.
Fischer believes a woman is just an object to be used – and protected for her value as an object
The Obama administration has subpoenaed a few Fox and a bunch of AP phone and email records. Big whoop! A federal judge says OK. So, OK!
MSNBC’s great experiment of putting Chris Hayes at 8 PM has turned into a total disaster as All In is delivering the network’s lowest ratings since 2006.
Housing prices rose in March to the highest annual level since April 2006, but cable news (CNN, MSNBC, Fox) spent a combined total of 9 minutes and 32 seconds discussing the good news.
The Koch Brothers’ plan to buy their own media machine has hit a snag in the form of a day of action by unions and activists designed to put the heat on any potential sale.
The mainstream media is ignoring the fact that less than two after calling for President Obama to be impeached, Michele Bachmann has been chased from Congress by her own ethics scandal.
Virginia GOP gubernatorial ticket of Ken Cuccinelli and EW Jackson are even turning some Republican women off with their extremist, anti-women agenda and rhetoric.
As the rich are getting richer by the minute, the number of Americans living in poverty is growing by leaps and bounds due to Republican allegiance to the rich and contempt for everyone else.
A new study from the nonpartisan Center For Media Affairs has concluded that since the beginning of President Obama’s second term, Republicans have lied three times more often than Democrats.
As the sequester bites deepen, Americans are desperate for jobs, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, and access to health care. Meanwhile, Republicans are desperate for a political scalp.
In spite of Republicans’ heroic efforts to destroy the economy under Obama, American consumer confidence has surged to the highest level since February of 2008.
Michele Bachmann announced she would not run again for Congress – and oh, by the way, she’s innocent
Rand Paul hates the federal government yet he’s obsessed to head it up as president. His one goal is to reduce the government to rubble.
Speaker of the House John Boehner confirmed his ineptitude today by admitting that he has given up. Boehner’s leadership has gone from hands off to absolutely pointless.
Rush Limbaugh claimed that the same Republicans who have spent years launching raced based attacks on the president will never impeach Obama because he is black.
The ‘parasitic’ fringe tea party ideologues running the GOP in the House are trying to gain control of the Senate. The infighting is preventing them from even agreeing on their own policies and strategies.
A new PPP poll of Kentucky finds Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tied with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in what is shaping up to be a fight for his political survival.
Some election lawyers allege that the pushback against the IRS is meant as a way to game the ref for 2014, an act that would benefit the very people investigating the IRS.
This story is not about a Boy Scout rebellion against God but a conservative Christian rebellion against the Constitution
The United States Council of Catholic Bishops has sent out a call to arms urging Catholics to begin concerted opposition against the gay community ahead of Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Prop 8.
Republicans and their supporters forfeited the right to celebrate Memorial Day because they dishonor the sacrifice of the men and women who died defending America and its way of life.
The Committee on Oversight and Reform has been fiercely attacking the administration. Here’s the voting record of major player, Trey Gowdy.
Joseph Farah wishes to point out that useful as Fox News is, it isn’t WND, the home of wingnut excess.
The idea of killing off poverty level Americans is universally adopted by Republicans, and they have made little secret that denying assistance to the poorest Americans is their raison d’être.
Bob Dole called out everything from filibuster abuse to extremism while trashing the Republican Party on Fox News.
Fox News had a gotcha moment go wrong, when Sen. Dick Durbin explained why Karl Rove deserves to be investigated by the IRS.
Rand Paul’s claim that Obama is losing the moral authority to lead is similar to what Republicans said about Bill Clinton in 1998, and another sign that Republicans are eyeing up impeachment.
Instead of challenging their corporate masters on their tax dodging ways, Republicans are pretending that our crumbling infrastructure is unrelated to corporate protection racket.
Some people became upset with Obama’s “Racism is no longer an excuse” speech. Perhaps people gripped by poverty were what made them wince.
Bill Maher took to his blog to slam Republicans for their racist hypocrisy concerning Ted Cruz and President Obama’s birth certificates
It appears that absent success at completely destroying the economy by obstruction, Senate Republicans intend to cause the default they failed to achieve in 2011.
Donald Rumsfeld conveniently forgets the past and repeats the GOP’s favorite meme, that Obama has lost credibility and America’s confidence
Havana-born Roan Garcia-Quintana doesn’t want America to be for others what it has been for him
Things would go very badly for Rep. Michele Bachmann if she dared to challenge Al Franken for his Senate seat. The latest PPP poll found that Franken would defeat Bachmann 55%-38%.
Republicans are 14% more likely to say they’ve been hurt by the sequester cuts they’ve been pushing than Democrats, and of those who have, 68% disapprove of them.
President Obama’s American Jobs Act would have put Americans to work fixing our outdated infrastructure, but Republicans killed it with their obstructionism.
Fox News has invented a new reason why Mitt Romney lost the election. They are claiming that government bureaucrats unfairly tilted the playing field for Obama in the 2012 election.
House Republicans took a step to wrest power from the president by passing a bill that circumvents the president’s executive power and approved the environment-killing Keystone XL pipeline.
After the Senate rejected an amendment that would have let states require labels on food or beverages made with genetically modified ingredients, Sen. Bernie Sanders called them out.
A Code Pink heckler thought she was protesting the president, but in reality she helped President Obama make his case that GITMO must be closed immediately.
Proving that Republicans don’t value the Constitution, GOP Chairman Reince Priebus suggested an Obama impeachment based on a witness pleading the fifth.
By a vote of 221-198, House Republicans continued to destroy their party by passing a bill that would raise student loan rates.
The media refused to challenge Speaker Boehner on the facts that have come to light over the past week, many of which throw cold water on the Republicans’ various claims.
Telsa, dubbed a ‘loser’ by Mitt Romney, just paid off their $465 million government loan nine years early. This is a big win for Obama’s green energy push.
As it turns out, the groups claiming they promoted social welfare may have conspired to conceal illegal campaign donations as well as protect their donors if they illegally deducted contributions/
It seems as if Pope Francis has no problems with atheists, but his other rhetoric suggests otherwise.
With the debt and deficit falling at a record pace, it appears their cuts are anything other than retribution for electing an African American President.
Mitch McConnell is claiming that Harry Reid is intimidating him by threatening filibuster reform if Republicans don’t cease their endless campaign of obstruction.
House Republicans moved to increase their police and security budget while making another round of cuts to domestic programs like firefighting and education, which are already suffering under the sequester cuts.
Does civilization break down after disasters, with looting in the streets? Or do communities pull together? The answer, according to the media, depends on race.
Republican hero David Petraeus was behind changes in the Benghazi talking points, causing the White House to have to play mediator between agencies. Republicans made changes to emails for political reasons.
Sarah Palin’s incoherent attempted fingering of President Obama as the IRS scandal mastermind demonstrates how Republicans have killed this potential scandal with their complete lunacy.
Bush appointee Lois Lerner, who pleaded the fifth today during a House hearing on the IRS, is the Obama administration’s undoing according to Republicans.
Michele Bachmann, Queen of Batshit Crazy, says “We serve a mighty God and I believe it can happen”
Conservative groups have outspent liberal groups on political spending by 34-1, according to an analysis of the IRS and FEC records.
The sequester and brutal cuts in state budgets have all but ruined life for many citizens of the U.S. the nation’s wealthiest? unaffected
Republicans are drowning a sea of hypocrisy trying to justify their support for tornado relief in Oklahoma after opposing relief for Hurricane Sandy, and big government in general.
Another GOP conspiracy dies as it comes to light during a hearing that the Treasury Department was investigating the IRS and told Darrell Issa this in 2012.
Days ago he was high-fiving Darrell Issa, but OK GOP Rep. Tom Cole is singing a different tune now, saying how he appreciated the President reaching out so quickly to him, and praising government.
The Republican Party’s obsession with Obama scandals is backfiring in a big way, as the party’s disapproval rating has shot up to 59%.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) tried to explain on MSNBC this morning why Oklahoma is different from Sandy aid, which he voted against. He blames ‘everyone’ for exploiting it, but doesn’t mention who that everyone is.
We’ve tried the ‘responsible’ approach. Now may be the time to reach back to Detroit’s roots and go all-in for the radical.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments to decide if the Constitution’s prohibition on the establishment of religion should be stricken down.
Conservatives think a new study about men and big biceps proves their physical superiority over liberals, when it actually reveals their selfishness.
The GOP hammering of the IRS continues. Republicans cut the IRS budget by $600 million hoping to drain funds for investigative purposes.
One of the leaks Republicans demanded be investigated came from a Fox News correspondent who has been outed as a co-conspirator in a leak of classified documents.
On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh told Republicans that they are wasting their time chasing Obama scandals, because America will not tolerate the removal of the first black president.
Comatose invalids have been known to suddenly sit up and hold a conversation. A variation of this curiosity, I would argue, is at play in the Tea Party evolution.
Catherine Engelbrecht, True the Vote’s president, is screaming IRS persecution but in truth, a Judge ruled that they illegally aided the GOP in 2012.
While she continues to call for President Obama to be impeached, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is being investigated by the FBI for campaign finance violations.
Republicans real concern is protecting groups like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS and Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity using “social welfare” designations to influence elections.
I wonder if, due to dangerously high levels of delusion, it is time to put the MSM, if not the Fourth Estate as a whole away as a threat to society.
The day before the now debunked Benghazi email bombshell, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) claimed that there were ‘glaring omissions’ in what was given to the intelligence committee and it would come out eventually.
The real scandal plaguing Washington is Republican obstructionism and their apparent glee at having phony scandals to cover the fact they lack any agenda.
When asked for evidence of Obama’s role in the IRS scandal, Mitch McConnell crashed and burned by babbling on about a culture of intimidation with no supporting proof.
The real scandal, the only scandal, is that your ‘free press’ is once again pretending as if Republicans are not lying to them.
Howard Kurtz read a statement this Sunday from Jonathan Karl, chief White House Correspondent for ABC News, that didn’t make Karl look any better, but in fact only raised more questions.
Top White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer called it out on Meet the Press, ‘We’ve seen this playbook from the Republicans before…. partisan fishing expeditions, trumped up hearings, and false allegations.’
Despite the many attempts by Republicans to generate a scandal, a new CNN/ORC poll found that the president’s approval ratings are going up.
Paul Ryan ignored the evidence, and wove a web of lies in an attempt to insinuate that President Obama was involved in the IRS scandal.
Benghazi was bigger than Watergate (and apparently, 9/11 as well) but “Seal Team 6-Gate” is bigger even than Benghazi! (and Benghazi was totally the worst scandal ever, right? Well, not so much…).
Religious groups and Republicans are on a campaign to bring an end to science to advance religion and oil industry profits.