Welcome to Derpica
You’ve probably seen the word “derp” floating around lately. You may wonder what it means … and why we seem to be living in Derpica.
You’ve probably seen the word “derp” floating around lately. You may wonder what it means … and why we seem to be living in Derpica.
America is one election away from total dominance by the Koch brothers billionaire club and is on the verge of replacing the Constitution with Milton Freidman’s Capitalism and Freedom.
Apparently God already decided what constitutes marriage and he wins 1-0. Of course, they can’t show you that part of the Constitution
Rachel Maddow shut down Jim DeMint after he touted the ‘opportunities’ offered to women via state mandated vaginal ultrasound bills.
Governor Perry seems to think that bullying women is a political winner for him, but if he watched Meet The Press, he found out that Senator Wendy Davis isn’t an easy target.
Reed was happily touting his pro-anti-gay bigotry political strategy, when Rachel Maddow stepped in to point out that actually, his strategy has been an epic fail and lost three main electoral efforts.
In a moment that has been years in the making, Jim DeMint was absolutely destroyed by Rachel Maddow for trying to spread his hate filled anti-same sex marriage propaganda.
House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) warned that this Congress’s assault on women’s rights has put women’s health is in danger.
The trend to label ordinary American activists as domestic terrorists is alarming, bringing to new reasons to revisit the PATRIOT act.
Sarah Palin welcomed herself back to Fox News today with an ugly racist rant that culminated with her breaking out Jim Crow stereotypes and calling President Obama lackadaisical.
Maybe the state is saving the best for last, but I’m afraid “softie” will beat the rap.
House Republicans passed a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks that the CBO estimates will add $225 million to the federal deficit alone.
The Koch brothers’ American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) wants to send taxpayer dollars earmarked for public schools to corporate-owned private schools and religious programs.
Bill Maher claimed that Antonin Scalia, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump, are more racist than Paula Deen.
Republicans are using both chambers of Congress to establish the narrative that the Obama administration is so threatening that pro sports leagues have been intimidated.
Apparently, those who find themselves in violation of God’s law, lose their rights under Republican governance
While forgetting all about Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie tried to rehab his image for 2016 by criticizing President Obama’s ability to lead.
Sen. Nina Turner’s erectile dysfunction bill in Ohio is meant to inflict the same sort of humiliation and violation of privacy on men as mostly male legislators are inflicting upon women.
Republicans voted to strip IRS official Lois Lerner of her Fifth Amendment rights on the grounds that she waived them when she asserted her innocence.
In Congress and Republican-controlled states, and instead of decrying the loss of choice, Democrats dance around the issue out of fear of retribution from evangelical extremists.
Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia said that Clarence Thomas vote against the VRA was worse than what Snowden did, because Thomas knows what he’s doing to black people.
Rick Perry takes it very personally what choices Wendy Davis and her mother have made and demands that all women make the same choices.
The Court’s more troubling decisions came in a pair of cases on workplace discrimination. Individually, each case might seem benign. But together they offer employers a blueprint for discrimination.
As part of the immigration bill, the Senate has passed Bernie Sanders plan to create 400,000 new jobs for America’s unemployed young people.
The Supreme Court’s DOMA decision, as can be imagined, has really sent them off the deep-edge.
During a hearing on raising the minimum wage, Sen. Bernie Sanders got the ranking Republican on the committee to admit that he wants to abolish the minimum wage.
The rulings have absolutely no effect on any American who is not gay, and still, those unaffected ideologues are screaming the loudest they and their rights were eviscerated with the rulings.
The Inspector General’s report didn’t mention the IRS targeting progressive groups for enhanced scrutiny, because Darrell Issa used the IG’s office to harass his own ‘Enemies List.’
Filibuster heroine Senator Wendy Davis told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the time stamp was changed intentionally on the recording of the vote on SB 5 in order to make it appear as if the bill had passed.
What the conservative court accomplished besides handing ALEC the right to restrict minority voters in the South is effectively abolishing the 15th Amendment.
If there’s one thing the Republican Party can do without right now, it’s more branding issues. So it’s tough luck for them that disgraced former Speaker Newt Gingrich has been hired by CNN.
This is a great day for us! And it is a great day for our children who get to see their parents marry. And for all the young ones that will grow up gay or lesbian.
The Paula Deen empire has officially been reduced to rubble as both Caesars Entertainment and Wal-Mart have ended their relationships with the N-word loving chef.
It’s time to thank Senator Wendy Davis for her ‘herculean effort’ to block one of the most restrictive anti-abortion measures in the country.
By pushing the matter to the Supreme Court, Boehner, who defended DOMA, when the DOJ would not, actually set the stage for marriage equality across the nation.
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) vowed to file a constitutional amendment later this week to restore DOMA.
Contrary to the fear mongering by the religious right, the sky didn’t fall, and there aren’t any divine storm clouds in D.C. after the DOMA and Prop 8 rulings by the Supreme Court.
President Obama called HRC President Chad Griffin and the Prop 8 plaintiffs from Air Force One to congratulate them following today’s victories at the Supreme Court, noting their courage and leadership.
Senator Al Franken, a long-time supporter of marriage equality, said we are closer toward ensuring marriage equality for every American, but the fight is far from over.
Next year is the year we cannot afford to lose come November, because if we do then it’s hard to calculate the extent of the damage coming our way.
The Supreme Court has overturned the Defense of Marriage Act today, and in strong language declared that the law interfered with the dignity of same sex marriage.
The Supreme Court has struck down Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. These provisions free racist states to limit voting.
For those who shocked by Edward Snowden’s flight to Russia, he’s following a path set by William Martin and Bernon Mitchell … once upon today.
State Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) is currently more than half way through an intended 13-hour filibuster of a Texas GOP-led bill aimed at imposing severe abortion restrictions.
Republicans continue to provide evidence that they reject the concept that every American deserves inalienable rights, and are diligently working toward restricting them from most of the population.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) called the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act a significant setback to ending voter discrimination.
Former Vice President Al Gore had huge for President Obama’s speech on climate change today. Gore said that Obama’s speech was the best by any president ever.
A federal appeals court upheld a federal district court’s rejection of a request to dismiss Shirley Sherrod’s defamation case against Breitbart, his aide Larry O’Connor and an unnamed defendant.
Internet TV show host Stan Solomon indulges in fantasies of a cross-dressing, feminist-dominated Barack Obama
This ruling gives us a lesson in political reality. Republican governors and Republican controlled state legislatures will suppress the vote. Voting Republican means endorsing vote suppression.
Sen. Bernie Sanders bluntly blasted the Supreme Court for taking the country back to Jim Crow era voting rights.
The arrogant activist conservative Supreme Court majority demolished your right to vote today, and it now it is time to get angry.
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Youth Jobs Act that would create 400,000 new jobs scored a major victory in the Senate when it was passed as part of the Border Surge amendment.
Prosecutor John Guy opened with a fearless punch to the gut of George Zimmerman’s character, quoting from a call Zimmerman made to a police dispatcher as he followed Martin.
The Senate has voted to advance the ‘Border Surge’ amendment today, and cleared the way for full passage of the immigration bill later this week.
Sarah Palin took to her Facebook page to trash Marco Rubio, and do her part to help the Republican Party destroy itself over immigration reform.
Paul Ryan tried to sell himself as “focused on poverty.” Yet, just last week he voted to toss families off of the food stamp program if they are unable to find work.
Paul Krugman has called the Fed out for bowing to political pressure when it is clear that these setbacks at the individual household level are still a long way from resolved.
By kicking the case back to the lower court with instructions, the SCOTUS majority delegated the “dirty work” to the lower court.
Either Snowden broke the law and his top secret security clearance, or he did not, and the U.S. Code is quite clear that Snowden did, indeed, break the law as well as abuse his security clearance
According to Republicans, if liberals would stop saying no to fundamentalists, we could have the America Jesus intended when he wrote the Constitution!
Republican Rep. Peter King turned the tables on CNN attempt to blame Obama for Edward Snowden’s escape from Hong Kong, and instead defended the president while lashing out at Rand Paul.
Republicans don’t get ostracized for their blatant racism, and get no push back at the level Paula Deen faced even though there is often little difference between their comments.
Sen. Rand Paul is desperate for a reason to justify his opposition to the immigration reform bill, but the one he came up with was completely idiotic.
Sen. Chuck Schumer didn’t have to say it directly, but he made it very clear that he thinks Edward Snowden is a coward who refuses to face the consequences for his actions.
CNN is doing their part to turn Edward Snowden into a joke by obsessively giving his every move the ‘poop cruise’ treatment.
Democrat Ed Markey is facing off in the Massachusetts Senate special election against Republican Gabriel Gomez, who has tried to sell himself as a “new kind of Republican”. But Joe ain’t buying.
The alarming trend of criminalizing youth will only lead to increased criminal behavior, but the prison industry is eager for the business
A bipartisan agreement has supposedly been reached on Senate Bill 744. It’s unimaginative and does very little for undocumented immigrants
Hillary Clinton dropped a pretty big hint that she would vote for ‘the right woman’ as president, and suggested that electing a woman president would send the right historic signal.
On The Liberal Fix, Sarah Jones discusses how corporate media is eroding freedoms, serving their own interests, and making America less informed.
The liberals/progressives at Netroots Nation have disappointed the mainstream media by refusing to buy Into their Obama is Bush narrative.
Like religion, conservatives demand strict obedience from all members of society making it incompatible with democracy or a free society
Leaders in the Senate have tried to ignore the fact that, when it comes to creating conservative momentum, the enemy lies within. The threatening calls are coming from inside the House.
A bit of good news came out of the Senate today, as Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that his Youth Jobs Bill has advanced, and will be added to the Senate’s immigration reform bill.
After the revelation that Southern Fox News friend Paula Deen has no problem with dropping N bombs, The Food Network has fired the host.
During a paranoid speech at American Enterprise Institute, Sen. Mitch McConnell burst the right’s bubble by admitting that President Obama wasn’t involved in the IRS scandal.
This is what North Carolina has turned into.This is what happens when conservatives get control of government and use it to intimidate opponents of the corporate owned government’s policies.
The United States Chamber of Commerce addressed the issue of abolishing Social Security and announced a new initiative to convince their puppets in Washington to cut Social Security.
The best way to stop Hillary would be for Republicans to stop their obstructionism and help solve our problems . They’d rather tell lies
Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi completely shredded John Boehner and Eric Cantor after they tried to blame her for the their own failure to pass the Farm Bill.
Greenhouse readings are going through the roof. Storms are becoming more violent. The ocean is warmer and rising. The GOP answer? ADAPT!
After Republicans tried to push beyond the $20 billion in food stamp cuts already in the Farm Bill, Democrats pulled their support, and John Boehner suffered another humiliating defeat.
Howard Kurtz has jumped to Fox News before he could be pushed out of CNN. The marriage between the nation’s fact challenged media reporter with it’s facts optional cable news network was destiny.
One of the most outrageous components of the Farm Bill is that millionaire Rep. Paul Ryan wants to deny people food stamps if they own adequate transportation.
America became an exceptional nation with the rise of the middle class, and it is sliding into a nation of peasants as Republicans thirty year effort to destroy the middle class is reaching fruition.
Republicans complain about government interference in our lives, all the while trying to turn America into one of the most repressive countries on earth.
An Illinois county Republican Party chairman launched a racist attack against a female African American Republican congressional candidate who he called a street walker whose pimps are party leaders.
For the sake of the very modern concept of “family values” it is essential that people not listen to Jesus and put their family second, after the Kingdom of God.
House Republicans want government small enough to fit in your womb. And we need to make sure women remember that in 2014.
This is a BFD. Thanks to Obamacare, consumer healthcare costs fell in May for the first time in almost 40 years.
Moments before a tea party rally that features Glenn Beck, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Michele Bachmann was about to begin on the the crowd was estimated at just 5,000-10,000.
Americans have witnessed just one aspect of government that Republicans handed over to privatization, and it is a clear and present danger to the security of the people of the United States.
House Republicans continued to blaze a path for their party to lose the 2016 election to Hillary Clinton by passing a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks.
By releasing the full transcript of interview with the IRS Screening Group manager, Rep. Elijah Cummings has proven that Rep. Darrell Issa lied about Obama’s involvement in the IRS scandal.
Republicans shoved Rep. Marsha Blackburn out in front to be the face of their banning abortion bill even though she’s not on the committee behind the bill, while Boehner tried to justify the insanity.
Conservatives still oppose First Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity program, because freedom. But when it comes to progressive legislation, the right-wing get very weight conscious.
Now, with ALEC’s templates in hand, Republicans are passing laws preemptively banning legislation to give workers paid sick leave.
Just when you thought Congress couldn’t get any more unpopular, a comparison of the latest polls finds that Edward Snowden, who may have committed treason, is four times more popular than Congress.
Virginia’s GOP nominee for lieutenant governor feels he can say whatever he wants and you have absolutely no right to talk about it