Editorial Cartoon: Noah Climate Change
NextGen is an organization founded by billionaire Tom Steyer to warn about climate change. They’ve built a small ark that they are hauling around Florida to protest Rick Scott’s anti-environment policies.
NextGen is an organization founded by billionaire Tom Steyer to warn about climate change. They’ve built a small ark that they are hauling around Florida to protest Rick Scott’s anti-environment policies.
The Democratic Senator said that players have to set an example for the rest of society and if a player is arrested, they should be suspended.
Democrats and Independents need to be on alert because the environment is right for Republicans to try to steal control of the Senate by rigging the vote in the Kansas Senate race.
A crowd estimated at between 100,000-200,000 progressive protesters who are are peacefully marching through New York City is being ignored by the mainstream media.
The media have become so lazy that even Chuck Todd is calling them out for making up stories about a potential Democratic primary showdown between Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Even Obama bashing House Republicans are responding with anger and demanding a full congressional investigation into how an armed intruder was able to get into the White House.
The one thing you will never hear mentioned by Fox News is SOFA. It gets in the way of their Obama is to blame for ISIL narrative
American agri-business is giving rise to modern superbugs due to unsafe factory farm practices. They don’t intend to stop these practices any time soon.
It should surprise no one that a majority of Tea Party members intensely dislike the United States, and yes, Republicans outnumbered Democrats in wanting do whatever secessionists do.
The record of failure and shame continues to grow for House Republicans as they have passed fewer laws than last year’s do nothing Congress and left town sooner than any Congress since 1960.
A new study revealed what is obvious to anyone who watches the Sunday shows. Liberal media bias is a myth. According to data collected by American University, conservatives dominate the Sunday shows.
On HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher delivered a brutal short and sweet takedown of Sarah Palin after she and her family participated in a drunken brawl.
The Texas cases are telling in that there are two dead police officers as a result of not identifying themselves as law enforcement while breaking into private residences in the early morning hours. It is also revealing that a grand jury found that a white man who shot and killed what he thought was an armed intruder acted in self-defense, while a Black man in identical circumstances is charged by a prosecutor with capital murder and faces the death penalty.
Fischer claims God won’t kill us by flooding, but the wording of the covenant says rising sea levels could kill millions as long as not ALL are killed
Wendy Davis had a dominant night at the first gubernatorial debate. Davis brought facts and the vision for the future, while Greg Abbott was left with Republican talking points and lies.
The team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists found a wealth of evidence “directly linking” an increase in Colorado and New Mexico earthquakes since 2001 to wastewater injection widely used in hydraulic fracturing as well as conventional drilling.
The chest-thumping and boasting that we heard from the GOP earlier in the year about the likelihood of the party taking over the Senate has quieted down dramatically in the last few days as bad news keeps spilling in for Republicans.
Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott is being forced to bus in supporters to create a false impression of strength ahead of his debate with Democrat Wendy Davis.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling out the corporate owned media for turning a blind eye to the Koch brothers attempt steal your freedom by buying the government.
Republicans are campaigning on fear-mongering about terrorism again, because they can’t run on anything else. The party that couldn’t get the votes together on their own to arm the Syrian rebels is running on saving us all from the threat of ISIS.
Former President of the United States Bill Clinton appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Thursday night. Stewart ended up interviewing Clinton for nearly 30 minutes, throwing the extended interview on the show’s website after the episode aired.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are looking at hitting the NFL where it would hurt the most. Congress is mulling taking away the multibillion dollar league’s non-profit status.
The threat of oil-engorged Scottish armies marching roughshod over Europe and from there across the Atlantic to force a steady diet of haggis on us has abated
With his latest political ad, Greg Abbott is showing all the signs of a panicked candidate. The ad is filled with talking points that have been debunked by facts and fact checkers.
Republican hopes of winning the Senate were dealt a major setback when the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that former Democrat candidate Chad Taylor’s name must be removed from the ballot.
A new batch of polls from Fox News show that the momentum is definitely moving towards Democrats keeping the Senate, as Republican incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts in Kansas is in danger of losing his seat.
A militia group in Wisconsin is planning to target African-American Democrats at polling places in order to suppress the vote and keep Republican governor Scott Walker in office.
David Perdue, the Republican candidate for Georgia’s open US Senate seat, released another ad on Wednesday doubling-down on his debunked claim that Democratic opponent Michelle Nunn funneled money to terrorist organizations through the Points of Light Foundation.
After a nearly a year of having done nothing, House Republicans have rewarded themselves by canceling all of their remaining votes and leaving town until after November’s midterm election.
Unable to handle the truth, Team Mitch responded to the heartfelt American story in a new Grimes’ ad by attacking Alison Lundergan Grimes as “using” her deceased Grandpa’s stroke.
President Obama is right; Iraq can secure their own country’s future” and “fight for their own country” against ISIS.
You may know Campbell Brown as a former anchorwoman who had regular gigs on CNN and NBC. Since then, she has kept herself busy writing critical op-eds about President Obama and Planned Parenthood and jumping into the education reform movement.
The Religious Right, which regularly mocks and profanes the beliefs of others, thinks other religions should be banned from mocking and profaning theirs
So disgusted are the Democrats that they made a short little video entitled “Slow clap”. It’s meant to help the Republicans understand that while they might be impressed with themselves for doing the bare minimum, the public might see things a little differently.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was his normal warmongering self as he grilled Secretary of State John Kerry over the Obama Administration’s strategy to deal with ISIS.
The House passed a CR 319-108 today, but the vote was calm before the storm as Republicans are setting up a government shutdown showdown with President Obama.
President Obama got a foreign policy win today as the House passed an amendment giving President Obama the authorization to train the Syrian rebels to fight ISIS.
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) disagreed with the San Francisco 49ers’ (her home team) decision to let defensive end Ray McDonald play Sunday even though he is being investigated for physically attacking his pregnant fiancee after being arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence.
During an appearance Wednesday on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) told anchor Martha McCallum that it was absolutely necessary for America to commit combat troops to the Middle East to combat ISIS because the terrorist group is a “threat to mainland United States.”
Speaker of the House John Boehner took Republican dysfunction to a new high when he called his own House Republicans knuckleheads before a critical vote on funding the government.
After appearing to agree to a debate with his Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in late October, Sen. Mitch McConnell abruptly flip-flopped and refused to debate the fiery Democrat.
Republicans have claimed the new rules are a devious EPA scheme to seize private citizens’ land, and issued letter to the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers citing their opposition to specific details in the EPA’s proposal that do not exist.
After showing Scarborough ranting about Mrs. Clinton’s book tour and making appearances in early primary states while not announcing her intentions to run, Stewart gloriously took down Scarborough and highlighted his complete and total hypocrisy.
Now, there is a serious movement among Republicans who embrace Bundy’s claim the federal government is forbidden from owning land and the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado is actively campaigning on a promise of seizing all federal land.
Momentum is shifting as the nation moves closer to Election Day. Two new models give Democrats a better than fifty percent chance of keeping control of the US Senate.
ABC News Senior Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny tweeted Tuesday afternoon, “Asked if he feels Democratic majority slipping away, @SenatorReid tells me: “No.”
Coming off the successful launch of her latest ad, Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to accept an invitation to debate her.
In a conversation with Media Matters for America this week, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editor-In-Chief Gilbert Bailon blasted Fox News and other media outlets for their coverage of the Ferguson protests in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death.
House Republicans have made it clear that they would rather support ISIS than give Obama the votes he needs for authorization to arm the Syrian rebels.
Sen. John McCain got frat boy creepy when a group of Code Pink protesters interrupted the Senate Armed Services Committee’s hearing on ISIS.
On September 10th, 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was shot and killed by two police officers in Saratoga Springs, UT. Hunt’s family had a private autopsy performed, and it reveals that Hunt was hit six times with bullets, all from the rear.
Senate Democrats set another fundraising record in August. They are crushing their Republican opponents in fundraising, and find themselves in a much stronger position to keep control of the Senate than the experts predicted.
Marsha Blackburn says, “Words matter, actions matter . . . You can’t just go say [we’ve] changed all the rules,” even as she invents facts
If we were able to ask the average American if s/he would be willing to pay $12.50 annually so that thousands upon thousands of people who work for a living might stand a chance of meeting their basic needs, I wonder how s/he would respond?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) plans on bringing the issues to Hillary Clinton and making her debate the questions that matter most to the middle class.
Another day, another new low reached by bottom-scraping conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. In this instance, Limbaugh justified rape culture by telling men that no really means yes.
A new ad from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes takes aim at Mitch McConnell’s attempts to paint her as Barack Obama. While skeet shooting Grimes sets the record straight.
Former president Bill Clinton pulled no punches when talking about the Republican Party. Clinton called Mitch McConnell and the other Republicans clones of the Koch brothers.
It was announced late Sunday evening that former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, who was serving as vice-chairman of the state’s Republican Party, resigned from his post after offensive comments he made earlier in the month were highlighted by Arizona Democrats over the weekend.
Over the past six years, at least, there has been a steady assault on democracy from state level Republicans with valuable assistance from ALEC that led one to wonder whether the Koch brothers had directed the Republican legislative arm (ALEC) to disavow and destroy American democracy one state at a time.
All the talk of a Republican takeover of the US Senate after this year’s midterms may have been a bit premature as a new poll in Georgia shows that Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn holds a three-point lead over Republican nominee David Perdue for Georgia’s open Senate seat.
“They persecuted the Prophets of the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) who were speaking truth to power and these so-called Christians are persecuting Sen. Cruz in the same manner.”
The pattern is unmistakable; Republicans are ill-prepared to manage finances or an economy whether it is at the state or federal level and the reason is always the same; they oppose any measure to bring in any sources of revenue.
Hillary Clinton should give Republicans nightmares after her impressive speech in Iowa at the Harkin Steak Fry. If this is what 2016 will look like, Republicans are going to be steamrolled by Hillary Clinton.
Family values hypocrite Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) showed what Republicans think of family by not giving his fiancee a heads up before publicly humiliating her by dumping her on Facebook.
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) fell apart while ranting about ISIL and claimed that the terrorists are going to come to the US and kill every American.
A sign of change on Meet The Press as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made his first appearance on the show. Sanders used the national platform to tell the truth about Citizens United and the Koch brothers.
The U.S. must tread carefully in Iraq. The GOP’s reality bubble will not protect them – or the rest of us – from real world, as opposed to fantasy, consequences
Earlier this week, wannabe cop and acquitted killer George Zimmerman had the cops called on him twice over a road rage incident that turned into menacing and stalking.
Bill Maher made media folks in D.C. uncomfortable by speaking the truth about how Fox News has polarized America.
The biggest threat to America is not radical Islamists or a foreign power, but homegrown extremists intent on creating an Aryan nation founded on biblical principles.
Perkins says members of ISIL are Muslims “practicing their faith,” as opposed to all those peaceful, live-and-let-live Muslims you and I are all familiar with
The Heritage Foundation is located right in the middle of the DC power corridor and well it should be, as arguably the most powerful right-wing think tank of them all.
Though there are plenty of tests for bigotry, I’d like to add one more: being quick to demand that given members of group condemn wrong-doing by others in that group.
The GOPT continues to use hate fests to broaden its base beyond its billionaire investors and people who believe the propaganda on Fox.
Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) has gone nuts again. This time he broke up with his girlfriend via a long rambling rant on his official Facebook page.
Per a CNN poll released on Friday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leads all potential 2016 Republican Presidential candidates in the key state of Iowa. The poll shows that 21% of Republicans in the state support Huckabee among a crowded field of possible contenders.
Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is calling out Sen. Mitch McConnell for selling out the American people in order to protect the Koch brothers.
On Thursday night’s episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Betsy McCaughey, renowned Obamacare critic and inventor of the infamous and fictitious ‘death panels,’ was supposed to make a guest appearance during a correspondent segment on the Affordable Care Act.
Republicans are already acting like they have won the Senate, by planning and announcing the agenda for when they are in charge.
The truth is that since teabaggers became de facto leaders of the Republican Party, they have contemplated various schemes to shutdown Washington.
Even while WND’s Joseph Farah claims there is no difference between CAIR and ISIL, we see Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson embrace ISIL’s own policy, that Muslims must “convert or die.”
After a several month hiatus, September heralds the return of The Conversation, The New York Times debate series featuring regular columnists David Brooks and Gail Collins. While the banter is often playful, the ideological divisions of the two pundits are serious and stark.
John Boehner continues to say that House Republicans will pass a CR that avoids a government shutdown, but behind close doors Republicans still don’t have a strategy to avoid another shutdown.
Sarah Palin is still bitter that she isn’t in the White House, but the Obama family would never take part in a drunken brawl like the Palins did last weekend in Alaska.
After Senate Republicans had blocked a constitutional amendment that would have overturned Citizens United, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Koch victory a defeat for democracy.
On Wednesday night, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 aired video footage from a cellphone taken shortly after Micheal Brown was shot dead by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The footage shows two contractors, roughly 50 feet away from the scene, reacting in the immediate aftermath of Brown’s shooting.
It is unlikely any American over the age of three or four will forget 911, but it is highly likely the majority of Americans will forget the long-lasting devastation an incompetent Republican administration’s response wrought on the nation.
In a classic case of not knowing one’s audience, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tea Party leader and potential 2016 Presidential candidate, was soundly booed off stage while delivering a speech at an Arab Christian conference in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night.
The GOP has been able to destroy this country while getting Americans to willingly participate in their own demise with flag-waving and cheers
PoliticusUSA’s Justin Baragona was on the scene in Ferguson Wednesday afternoon and witnessed a protest where the goal was to shut down an interstate highway for a short period of time during rush hour traffic.
While Republicans drag their feet and try to play politics with the ISIS threat, President Obama put their backs against the wall by calling for the destruction of ISIL.
Everyone was willing to protect Ray Rice because he is such a valuable football player.
There are those who find themselves surprised that Democratic challenger Mark Schauer now finds himself with a slim lead over sitting Gov. Rick Snyder in the contest over who will lead Michigan forward for the next term. I’m not one of those people.
House Republicans have canceled a vote on stopgap bill to fund the government and have called an emergence meeting tomorrow as the deadline to prevent a government shutdown inches closer.
A poll released by the Detroit News on Tuesday gave Republicans some bad news regarding their efforts to overtake the Senate from Democrats in November. Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) currently holds a ten-point lead over Republican Terri Lynn Land, 47% to 37%, in Michigan’s open US Senate race.
A month after an unarmed black teenager was viciously shot and killed by a white police officer, the city of Ferguson held its first city council meeting since the incident. On Tuesday night, at a local church, over 600 people attended the meeting to voice their frustration and anger.
According to a new internal poll, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has a small lead over Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky 43%-42%.
House Republicans met with war criminal Dick Cheney for counsel on dealing with IS, and likely to promote a new Iraq war.
If Microsoft is seriously considering a cloud-based OS, then maybe where innovation is concerned, Microsoft ought to just stick to copying everything Apple does