Racist Rockin’ Eve: Fox is Having a New Years Eve Party with Duck Dynasty & Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin and the Duck Dynasty ‘clan’ will be bringing in the New Year on Fox News, celebrating the values of hate that bring them together.
Sarah Palin and the Duck Dynasty ‘clan’ will be bringing in the New Year on Fox News, celebrating the values of hate that bring them together.
On New Year’s Eve, Health and Human Services released a statement detailing the amount of people who have gotten coverage under the ACA since enrollment began on October 1st.
Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have hatched a plan for revenge on Harry Reid that is toxic that it could cost the Kentucky senator his seat in November.
Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson may find himself in more hot water after a video was uncovered recently showing him speaking at an event in 2009.
Melissa Harris-Perry never attacked Mitt Romney’s grandchild, and it’s obtuse to ignore that the man who ran one of the biggest race-baiting races in history has an adopted black grandchild.
Two-hundred and twenty-two years after the First Amendment was ratified, there is a large segment of the population that cannot fathom the simple meaning of the First Amendment.
The Republican remedy for losing seems to be to refuse to accept defeat. Can’t win an election? Revolt! Arrest the winner!
The movement away from “serious” economic butchering that only serves to enrich the wealthy and kick the troubled when they’re down, no longer holds the same appeal.
Pew Research just released a poll on Monday showing the American public’s views towards evolution. The poll showed that 60% of Americans agree with the statement that humans and other living things have evolved over time.
It took Sen. Bernie Sanders less than a minute on MSNBC to completely destroy the Republican arguments against raising the minimum wage.
Well, when looking at the most frequent guests on these shows in 2013, it is apparent that the opinions that were most valued by these shows were from older, white, male Republicans.
The media is not about to damage Republicans’ electoral chances by telling Americans the real reason why they are in poverty, not finding good jobs, and losing their unemployment benefits.
Now that the charade of Phil Robertson’s pretend suspension is over, homophobes nationwide can rest assured that their “right” to spread hate is preserved and the corporate sponsors of Duck Dynasty will profit handsomely.
After a solid year of harping on Benghazi lies, President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rank as the number one man and woman Americans most admire.
The Republicans insist that because pretty much any Islamic terrorist you care to name is al Qaeda that al Qaeda was behind the Benghazi attack
There is almost no way to protect yourself from people snooping into your business whether it’s the government or your local police.
Republican evangelicals have gone mad with rage as Pope Francis and President Obama are delivering the same rejection of their selfish economic ideology.
For this particular column, we asked several writers to give us their pick for the winner in the US Senate in 2013. Here are the responses that we received.
Jonathan Karl asked the Republican Senator from Texas if his government shutdown was a mistake. Cruz blamed Obama and the Democrats for his own actions.
The Republican Party is in freefall today as HHS announced that Obamacare signups are skyrocketing. 975,000 people signed up for health insurance in December alone.
Darrell Issa who has had the same information the New York Times reported for over a year and sat on his ass wasting taxpayer time and money pursuing Barack Obama.
The Times has stated that al Qaeda was not behind the spontaneous” – not planned – Benghazi attack, setting right wing heads a-spinning
Minimum wage workers in over a dozen US states have something to celebrate as they ring in the new year — a pay raise.
For this particular column, we asked several writers to give us their pick for the most embarrassing moment for John Boehner in 2013. Here are the responses that we received.
If the entire country ever resembled the Southern United States, it would rival the poorest third world nation on the planet with less-than-poverty wages, and 30% of children living in dire poverty.
By caving in to hate groups A&E has sent a clear message that haters are to be tolerated, but not those who are the victims of that hate.
South Carolina Governor and would-be presidential or VP candidate, Nikki Haley, is using Christmas to bow and scrape to gun interest.
For this particular column, we asked several writers to give us their pick for the worst moment by the news media in 2013.
For Democrats to retake the House in 2013, they need to embrace key issues that they support and that are also supported by the American people.
It is the right to choose their reproductive health that women are most likely under attack from Republicans whose latest assault is restricting abortion coverage in private health care plans.
President Obama wished everyone a happy Kwanzaa. Ann Coulter decided to ‘whitesplain’ Kwanzaa to African-Americans and write a nice little racist article.
They want to put Bibles in schools but not actually read the damn things, and they want us to recite the Pledge of Allegiance but not actually listen to the damn thing
A South Carolina legislator illegally charges taxpayers for Walter Williams flights. Ethics committee says ignorance of law is excuse.
I have been reading with interest various responses to the Pope’s Christmas outreach to atheists. Watch courtesy of NBC News: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As described by Rueters, “Peace is a daily commitment. It is a homemade peace,” he said. He said that people of other religions…
For this particular column, we asked several writers to give us their pick for the biggest winner in the House of Representatives in 2013. Here are the responses that we received.
On Thursday morning, the day after Christmas, Republican Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina tweeted out a picture of one of her Christmas presents.
For the second time in six months an American Legion Chapter has distinguished itself for abandoning the Constitution over its opposition to the 1st Amendment’s Separation of Church and State.
People across the country saw what package delivery will look like if the Postal Service is privatized after both UPS and FedEx ruined Christmas by being unable to delivery holiday packages on time.
Republicans end the year with a bang, being called Grinch and Scrooge by US News and the Daily Beast for allowing long term UI benefits to end for 1.3 million Americans.
A new CNN poll found that the American people aren’t buying what Republicans are selling as 73% of those polled said the GOP has done nothing to address the nation’s problems.
For Americans with half-a-brain, the conservative hypocrisy is as glaring as the subjects conservatives are certain their older, whiter, and religiously-inclined voters embrace.
The glaring hypocrisy of those on the right, primarily conservative Christians, is they want Christ kept in Christmas during the Pagan winter holidays, but “abort Christ” from the policies and agendas they promote throughout the year.
I wish you all the best of the season, whatever your beliefs, whatever your political persuasion
Religious conservatives have been thrown into a frenzied panic because a federal judge struck down what they thought was their dog-given right to impose biblical law on people.
Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Mike Lee (R-UT) are blocking a bill that would improve mental health services in the United States.
Phil Robertson, of the Duck Dynasty reality show family, is in hot water over comments in a magazine bashing gays. It’s all political!
The Republicans and the Tea Party thought they had it made when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. They were wrong.
In Republican parlance, when they say “what the people want,” they mean their wealthy benefactors the Koch brothers, ALEC, and Wall Street who are the “American people” to Republicans.
A new poll released on Christmas Eve found that nearly three in four view Pope Francis favorably and 85% of Catholics don’t think he’s too liberal or conservative.
But I say to you, do not resist an evil-doer. But If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also. – Jesus of Nazareth, quoted in Matthew 5:39 (NRSV) The Religious Right’s reaction to Phil Robertson’s suspension is not only what Jesus expected out of his followers, but it has got me…
Republicans can hardly be bothered to do much in the way of meaningful legislation, and yet they find time to come up with a bill that does nothing except elevate the danger of another war.
Cracker Barrel is going the route of Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-a, specializing in serving bigots and/or racists – aka, the “conservative” crowd.
A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey shows voters in competitive House districts overwhelmingly support extending unemployment benefits.
If underpaying their employees wasn’t bad enough, Walmart has now been caught forcing employees to make political contributions in exchange for their matching contributions to the employee hardship fund
On Monday morning, attorneys for the state argued in front of Judge Shelby insisting that a stay was needed while his decision awaited appeal. Before noon local time, Shelby rendered his decision and he denied the state a stay.
As sick as we might all be of partisan infighting, this is a battle we need to have. This isn’t a pointless test of ideological purity to source a base pleasing candidate.
For this particular column, we asked several writers to give us their pick for the biggest loser in the House of Representatives in 2013.
What Huckabee and the religious right object to is losing what they consider religious freedom to impose their rules on the rest of the population.
Texas messed with the wrong girl this time. Rachel Bradshaw-Bean fought back after the school blamed her for reporting being raped.
Justin Amash whined that Congress must “step up and take charge and point out when the President is going beyond his constitutional powers.”
I’ve probably submitted 320 articles or so to this august, informative and objective progressive website. That’s no big whoop since Jason and Sarah seem to write that many in a week. Nonetheless, I feel like at least a 2nd cousin in the PoliticusUSA family. As such, I’m going to pipe up and share some…
Those who wanted Joy Reid to take over Martin Bashir’s former show look to be out of luck as current noon host Alex Wagner is moving to 4 PM, as MSNBC makes room for Ronan Farrow.
Whether or not one is inclined towards intellectual masochism by watching A&E’s “Duck Dynasty,” the decision to suspend one of the show’s stars is not a freedom of speech issue.
With Meet The Press pulling historically low ratings, reports are surfacing that NBC News is considering dumping host David Gregory and changing the format of the Sunday staple.
The anniversary of the end of slavery was remembered by a tea party leader by admonishing African Americans to stop complaining their ancestors were indentured servants.
Bill O’Reilly has asked his viewers to pray for people he feels are in imminent danger; every affluent person in America.
The Religious Right gets the Bible – and Jesus – wrong again and claims Jesus would defend Phil Robertson’s right to put words in his mouth
In Salt Lake City, Utah State Senator and State Democratic party chair, Jim Dabakis marries his long time partner.
If Americans have learned only one thing about the economic recovery, it is that Republicans will make sure the only beneficiaries of good economic reports are Wall Street and corporations .
On Friday, US District Court Judge Robert Shelby ruled that the gay marriage ban in Utah, which has been in effect since 2004, is unconstitutional
As the Central African Republic came perilously close to all-out war, President Obama and the United States stepped in and helped avert a crisis.
All this fuss about Phil Robertson comes down to the Religious Right’s insistence that they have a right to say nobody else has rights
Republicans have campaigned on an anti-government platform for the past two elections and they have succeeded in hampering the government through their spending cuts and their precious sequester.
Sadly for the GOP, but wonderfully for the rest of the country not rooting for the failure of the health care law due to the hatred of a black President, enrollments for the ACA have continued to surge all across the nation.
Video: Julie Pace of the AP asked the president, “When you look at polling, talk to Americans, they seem to have lost confidence in you, trust in you. Your credibility has taken a hit, obviously the healthcare law was a part of that, so do you understand that the public has changed their view of…
The Duck Dynasty clan wants the freedom to hate, or they are threatening to cancel their show.
As tragic as the number of Americans freezing to death is, it is the number of Americans who are homeless that should shame politicians, but Republicans are incapable of being shamed.
Late on Thursday evening the Senate reached a deal regarding the remaining Presidential nominees waiting to be confirmed. The Senate will now confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Brian Davis and John Koskinen on Friday and then recess for the Christmas break.
For the Pope, humility-challenged Christians are Pagans but it was the Church that found Jesus’ poverty and humility too radical to tolerate
Sarah Palin’s defense of Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson’s racist and homophobic comments demonstrates that former MSNBC host Martin Bashir was right about her all along.
Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) confirmed to his fellow Senate Republicans that there will be a handful of GOP Senators that will stick around and make sure that debate continues for each and every nominee.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) waged battle on the Senate floor today, calling for increasing the minimum wage, and extending long-term unemployment benefits.
The real tragedy is that as stupid Southern voters do the Kochs’ bidding by keeping Republicans in power, at least in their states, they are dragging the rest of the nation down to their level
The hope from Republicans was that Reid would just table some of the nominees and hold off until January after the Christmas break. That isn’t happening.
After decades of declining incomes an overwhelming majority of Americans finally realize their government exists to favor the rich, and they are demanding change.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is calling for a high level security briefing on the operations of Darrell Issa (R-CA).
Phil Robertson told GQ God only wants men who like vaginas in heaven because, apparently, for God, as for Robertson, a vagina is more desirable than an anus?
Kingston told a group that kids on the federal lunch program ought to have to sweep floors for their food in order to learn that nothing is free
On Wednesday afternoon, Republican State Sen. Mark Obenshain conceded to Democratic Mark Herring as the recount vote for Virginia’s Attorney General was coming to an end.
On Wednesday morning, I was able to speak with Tim Sheridan. Sheridan is a Democratic candidate for Congress who is looking to take out Rep. Ken Calvert in California’s 42nd District.
Paul Ryan is threatening to crash the economy by not raising the debt limit, if President Obama doesn’t approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
On Tuesday night, three Representatives announced that they would retire at the end of their terms and not seek reelection in 2014.
Harry Reid (D-NV) has had enough of GOP obstruction. He’s not even going nuclear—oh, no. Reid is threatening to kill Christmas for Senators.
A panel of economists has joined President Obama, and struggling Americans to assert categorically that income inequality is crushing the life out of the population, and holding back the economy.
It’s been a year of epic toolery in the GOP. From Ted Cruz’s government shutdown to the GOP’s endless ObamaCare concern trolling and from Darrell Issa’s witch hunts to John Boehner’s inability to lead his House into anything other than record breaking failure, the choices for biggest tool are almost endless. According to the Urban…
The upcoming debt ceiling limit could get “wild” because Mitch McConnell wants entitlement reform in exchange for the suck budget.
It is difficult not to think back to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and what his triumph said about Adolf Hitler’s racial conceits. Perhaps, in 2014, we can send the same message to Vladimir Putin about his gender identity conceits
While the wealthiest 1% of Americans’ fortunes increase dramatically, millions of Americans are going hungry and Republicans plan to make the hunger crisis much worse.
Although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was in the 67-33 Senate majority to advance the budget agreement, he was not happy with the budget.
It is not the responsibility of law enforcement to interpret or make the laws of the land, or to mete out punishment for law breakers; that responsibility lies with lawmakers and the courts.