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Bernie Sanders Rules Out Third Party Run If He Doesn’t Win Democratic Nomination
Bernie Sanders explicitly ruled out a third party presidential bid if he fails to secure the Democratic nomination.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
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New Jersey Voters Would Rather Legalize Pot Than Vote For Chris Christie Again
In his own state, and all across America, voters actually like marijuana more than they like Chris Christie.
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White House Promises Obama Will Veto Republican Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood
President Obama is standing by Planned Parenthood as the White House confirmed that he will veto the Republican bill to defund the organization.
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Fox News Says Don’t Worry if Times’ Clinton Email Story Wrong, Keep Talking About it
Judith Miller says don’t worry about facts, we need more coverage. This is Fox-speak for “We’ve got nothing, so let’s keep talking about it”
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President Obama Tears Boehner And McConnell A New One At Highway Bill Signing
While he signed the three-month transportation funding bill, President Obama delivered a stern lecture to Congress in general and John Boehner and Mitch McConnell specifically about their total inability to govern.
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Hillary Clinton Just Destroyed Jeb Bush’s Entire Presidential Campaign In 41 Seconds
During her speech at the National Urban League Conference today, Hillary Clinton obliterated Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign in less than forty-five seconds.
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Donald Trump Exposes Koch Republicans As Glaring Fascists
Republicans have tapped into the religious and conservative negative reaction to 21st Century modernity, or social progress as it is called
55
Ted Cruz’s Hilarious Challenge to Debate President Obama on Iran
Senate “No-Show” Cruz says Obama “snuggles up to” radical Islamic regimes, but suggests Obama is too busy golfing to take him up on it
35
Women Voters Are Not Impressed By Donald Trump. Just 1 in 5 View Him Favorably
Just days after Trump’s lawyer said “you cannot rape your spouse”, a new poll shows that Trump does not appeal to women voters.
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Donald Trump Hires Former Palin Aide To Serve As His National Political Director
The announcement came just two days after Trump suggested that, if elected, he would find a place for Sarah Palin in his cabinet.
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MSNBC Officially Cancels Ed Schultz (Last Show On Friday) And Gives Chuck Todd His Time Slot
Ed Schultz will air his last show on MSNBC on Friday, and in a few weeks his time slot will be turned over to Chuck Todd according to MSNBC boss Phil Griffin.
25
Poll Shows Bernie Sanders Would Crush Donald Trump In A 2016 Presidential Match Up
A new Quinnipiac University poll found that Bernie Sanders would crush Donald Trump in a potential 2016 general election contest.
45
Ted Cruz Hands Democrats 2016 Victory With Government Shut Down Threat Over Planned Parenthood
Ted Cruz and House Republicans are teaming up to hand the White House to Democrats in 2016 by threatening to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood.
15
Federal Appeals Court Dealt McConnell And the Kochs A Bad Day
The Appellate Court ruled that the ban on federal campaign contributions by individuals who contract with the government is constitutional. The takeaway from the ruling, besides putting a damper on McConnell’s political life, is that regardless the push by the Koch-Republicans and two horrendous rulings by Koch acolytes on the Supreme Court, 11 appellate judges firmly believe there is too much money in politics and that more “can be a very bad thing.”
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Editorial Cartoon: BSA not Anti-Gay
Another bastion of homophobia falls
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Convicted Felon Who Killed “Cecil” the Lion Mirrors Republican Cruelty Toward Americans
Republican policies and practices towards wild beasts are not unlike their barbarism and cruelty targeting women, people of color, and others
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John Boehner Says He is Proud of His Accomplishments
Boehner lists his dubious accomplishments, but forgets all those failed Obamacare votes and Benghazi investigations and lies about the rest
13
Major GOP Fundraiser Tells Sen. Mark Kirk To Quit, And Illinois Voters Agree He Should Go
A day after a major GOP fundraiser urged Mark Kirk to quit, a new poll suggested that Kirk should take his advice.
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NBC News Is Discussing A Potential Keith Olbermann Return To MSNBC
MSNBC needs a boost in primetime. Keith Olbermann is out of a job after his contract expired at ESPN. It is being reported that NBC News President Andrew Lack might be interested in bringing Olbermann back to MSNBC.
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Rachel Maddow Has The Highest Rated Non Fox News Show On Cable News
MSNBC may be canceling their liberal shows, but one show that won’t be going anywhere belongs to Rachel Maddow, who had the highest ratings of any non-Fox News show in July.
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White House Vows That Obama Will Veto Any Republican Attacks On Climate Change Rule
The White House is promising that any Republican attacks on the president’s new climate change rule will be met with a swift and firm Obama veto.
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American Dentist Who Killed The Beloved Cecil The Lion Was A Mitt Romney Donor
Walter Palmer, the dentist who killed the beloved Zimbabwe lion named Cecil donated to the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney.
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Disgruntled House Republican Officially Launches Plot To Overthrow Boehner As Speaker
Congressman Mark Meadows (NC-11) filed a motion to try to oust Boehner as House Speaker.
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Bernie Sanders Rips Senate Republicans For Trying To Defund Planned Parenthood
Sen. Bernie Sanders tore into Senate Republicans for harming the health of 2.7 million women with a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood.
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Where Is The Shame That The World Sees Americans As Racist And Extremists?
Everything bad about America that the rest of the world sees increasing, and Americans feel, is purely Republican and it is truly pathetic
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Republicans, Minus Jeb Bush, Rally to Mike Huckabee
The whole thing seems to predictably clear now, looking back: Obama reaches nuclear agreement with Iran; Republicans throw hissy fit, because Obama; Mike Huckabee goes all Sarah Palin and equates Iran deal to Holocaust; Jewish groups and rational people everywhere condemn remarks; Obama rips Huckabee (and entire GOP); Republicans leap to Huckabee’s defense. With nary…
35
President Obama Says He Could Win A Third Term If The Constitution Didn’t Prevent It
In an off the cuff remark, during his visit to Africa, Barack Obama proclaimed that he could win a third term as president.
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Bernie Sanders Calls Out Hillary Clinton For Refusing To Take A Stand Against Keystone XL
Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling out Hillary Clinton for being concerned about climate change, but refusing to take a stand against Keystone XL.
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Donald Trump Promises To Put Sarah Palin In His Cabinet If He Is Elected President
Donald Trump is threatening America with a promise to put Sarah Palin in his cabinet if he is elected president.
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Rush Limbaugh’s Carefully Constructed World of Lies Comes Crashing Down
When you start with a false premise, and add more false premises to the first, well…Limbaugh thinks Republicans have turned into Democrats
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Bush, Cruz, Rubio and Walker To Attend Koch Brothers’ Summit To Grovel For Their Support
Several of the leading GOP candidates are planning to attend a Koch-sponsored event in Southern California to court billionaire donors.
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Bernie Sanders Confirms That His Campaign’s Goal Is To Take Down The Kochs
Thousands of House parties will be held in all fifty states on Wednesday as Sen. Bernie Sanders will tell supporters that the most important goal of his presidential campaign is the creation of a movement to take down the billionaires and give government back to the people.
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Appeals Court Thwarts Evangelical Pharmacists’ Objections To Filling Prescriptions
The ruling and the assertion that a religious fanatic is treated the same as a secular person will not sit well with theocrats.
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Fox News Outnumbered Panel Have Bizarre Idea that Trump is Sticking it to the Man
Andrew Napolitano said if Marco Rubio “said exactly what he thought … he’d be higher in the polls. They can take a lesson from The Donald”
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David Barton Says Woman on $10 Bill Denigrates Entire Economic System
This is an attempt to erase our history, we are told by a conservative on a show hosted by a guy who makes his living re-writing our history
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Ideologically Rigid House Republicans Refuse To Vote On Senate Highway Funding Bill
The GOP leadership decided not to vote on a Senate transportation bill that would have funded highway construction for the next six years.
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Editorial Cartoon: Huckabee
This could apply to the entire crowd of Republican candidates, but Huckabee gets the personal honors for his remarks about Obama and the Iran deal…
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Hillary Clinton Drops A Bomb On The Kochs By Vowing To Take Away Big Oil’s Taxpayer Subsidies
Hillary Clinton vowed to take away big oil’s subsidies and use the money for clean energy while campaigning in Iowa.
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Mike Lee and Ted Cruz’s Effort To Defund Planned Parenthood Gets Squashed By Senate
The GOP’s inability to get along with one another has ensured that for now, Planned Parenthood, will continue to receive federal funds.
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Hillary Clinton Seizes The Moral High Ground And Slams Mike Huckabee For Holocaust Comments
While campaigning in Iowa, Hillary Clinton slammed Mike Huckabee for his Holocaust comments that were offensive to every American and over the line.
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A Fed Up Obama Rips Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, and The Entire Republican Party
President Obama ripped the ridiculous Republican Party as being incapable of discussing serious issues. The President specifically called out Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, and Ted Cruz during a press conference in Ethiopia.
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Mike Huckabee’s “Oven Door” Comments Condemned by Jewish Groups
Mike Huckabee made Netanyahu seem reasonable with his oven door comments Saturday, and Jewish groups are making their outrage known
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Mike Huckabee Compares President Obama To Nazis Exterminating Jews
Huckabee, who believed in diplomacy for white presidents, claims that Obama “will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven”
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Supposedly God’s Own Party, the 2016 GOP Still Doesn’t Care What Jesus Said
By the time children step foot in school again this fall, it will have been two years since Pope Francis cautioned that the Church had become “obsessed” with abortion, gay marriage and contraception. “It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.” Indeed, it is not. Jesus never mentioned any of them….
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The Trump Paradox: He Can Win A Crowded Primary, But He’s Doomed In A Two-Way Race
Despite his early success in a multi-candidate race, Donald Trump lacks the breadth of support needed to win a general election.
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U.S. Marshals Raid Lawless Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Office
U.S. Marshals raided Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Office on Friday, in search of evidence the department was withholding from a U.S. District Judge.
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Michigan Citizens Strike Back At Rick Snyder’s Corporate Wealth Transfer
Of course the mainstream media has not reported on events in Michigan because the last thing corporate media wants is to give Americans across the country the idea that they have power to put a stop to Republicans transferring wealth to corporations and the rich at the expense of the poor, elderly, students, middle class, and infrastructure.
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Donald Trump Humiliates Himself With Claim He Is Going Make The Bad Immigrants Leave
Donald Trump humiliated himself on CNN by claiming that if he is elected president, he is going to make the “bad” immigrants leave the US.
45
Mitch McConnell Crushed As Senate Democrats Block Amendment To Repeal Obamacare
Senate Democrats have blocked an amendment to repeal Obamacare that Mitch McConnnell attached to the transportation bill.
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Republicans Are An International Joke As Obama Mocks Birthers At Kenyan State Dinner
Republicans have become such a joke that President Obama got laughs by mentioning his birth certificate at a state dinner in Kenya.
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Bernie Sanders Is The Only Candidate With A Positive Approval Rating In Iowa And New Hampshire
Two new NBC News-Marist polls of Iowa and New Hampshire found that Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate in either party who has a positive approval rating in each state.
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A Hero’s Welcome for Obama in Kenya and some Hackles Raised
Obama brought his message of hope and freedom to Africa this weekend, but bigots here and there didn’t like hearing about civil rights for gays
34
Ted Cruz Sells His Soul to Frackers for $15 Million
Ted Cruz just brought in the largest campaign contribution in the 2016 election cycle, from a pair of rich Texas frackers
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Editorial Cartoon: Muzzle
Something for the loudmouth who doesn’t quite have everything he needs
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Donald Trump Goes After Scott Walker in Iowa
Walker’s campaign unleashed The Donald by referring to him as DumbDumb, and Trump immediately went for Walker’s soft spot: schools and roads
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The Sad Truth: We Shouldn’t Need Hillary’s Great Economic Proposal
It has long been recognized that higher wages lead to economic prosperity, not only for workers, but for corporations, and for the country
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Fox News’ Inability to See White Men with Guns a Danger to Us All
A party that invents “facts” and then claims all future discourse must be based on their fictional evidence should not be allowed on TV
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Republicans Are Screwed As Trump Support Nearly Doubles After Attacking John McCain
The Republican attempt to get rid of Donald Trump after he attacked John McCain has backfired, as Trump’s support has almost doubled with primary voters.
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Obama Vows To Veto Any Republican Bill That Repeals Wall Street Reform
President Obama made his position clear to Republicans in Congress. He will veto any bill that repeals or weakens Wall Street reform.
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Bobby Jindal Is Wrong; Louisiana Mass Shooting Is The NRA Norm
No sane human being would think to regard something normal as awful, except when a common occurrence founded on a group’s twisted values and behaviors is exposed for all the world to see; then it is prudent to label “normal” as awful.
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Donald Trump May Be the Worst Thing to Happen to the Religious Right
Trump doesn’t seem impressed by the Religious Right and has shown no signs that he feels the need to impress them, or even that they matter
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Friday Fox Follies – Donald’s Demagoguery Dilemma
Back in the day, before television, one of this country’s greatest demagogues was Father Charles Coughlin, broadcasting from a studio in the tower at the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan. At first he espoused a Social Justice platform and supported President Roosevelt’s New Deal. However, as the years went by, Coughlin…
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GOP Unity Blows Up As Ted Cruz Tries To Win GOP Nomination By Bashing McConnell
Ironically, Ted Cruz appears to be running for president as an opponent of GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Texas Supreme Court Suspends Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance
The Texas Supreme Court argued that “The legislative power reserved to the people of Houston is not being honored.”
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After Getting Dumped By TLC, The Duggars Are Desperate For Cash And Want Back On TV
The Duggars have lost a lot of money after getting dropped by TLC, and they are in desperate need of cash, so cue the frivolous lawsuits.
34
Rick Perry Loses As Court Rules That He Must Face Felony Abuse Of Power Charge
A Texas appeals court tossed one charge against Rick Perry but ruled that he must go to court to face a felony charge of abusing his power while governor.
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Ted Cruz Goes Ballistic On The Senate Floor and Calls Mitch McConnell A Liar
Ted Cruz went ballistic and called Mitch McConnell a liar during a meltdown on the Senate floor.
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Jeb Bush And Scott Walker Campaign To Impress the Koch Brothers, Not the People
It would be difficult for even Fox News to argue against the idea that Republicans only campaign, and act, according to the will of the Koch brothers, and two candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are already vying to impress, and best serve the interests of, the Koch brothers, not the American people.
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Another Mass Shooting, but GOP Makes it Clear Some Lives Don’t Matter
Bill O’Reilly will not call for a law to protect movie-goers from white men carrying handguns in theaters. Because Second Amendment rights
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Republicans Still Want Trump, But He Would Get Crushed By Clinton Or Sanders
Trump still leads the GOP field, but he trails both Clinton and Sanders by double digits, according to a poll released on Thursday.
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We Need To Phase Out Medicare, Says Jeb Bush at Koch Brothers Sponsored Event
Jeb Bush told an audience at a Koch brothers’ sponsored Americans for Prosperity event in New Hampshire, that we need to phase out Medicare.
John Kerry Tells Republicans To Stop Believing In Unicorns And Join The Real World On Iran
John Kerry dismissed Senator Bob Corker’s fantasies about a world where Iran’s nuclear knowledge can be made to magically disappear.
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Democrats Drill Republicans By Hitting Them In The Koch With Supreme Court Ethics Bill
It is an affront to Americans, and frankly the rule of law, that every judge is held to ethical standards except the 9 Supreme Court Justices
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Bernie Sanders Blasts MSNBC and Comcast For Canceling Ed Schultz
Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted MSNBC and Comcast for canceling Ed Schultz and removing one of the few voices for working Americans from television.
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MSNBC Is Canceling Ed Schultz And Giving His Show To Chuck Todd
MSNBC is expected to announce that they are canceling Ed Schultz and giving his timeslot to Meet The Press host Chuck Todd.
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Donald Trump Threatens To Hand The White House To Democrats By Running As An Independent
Donald Trump has explicitly threatened to run as an Independent if the Republican Party isn’t “fair” to him. Polling has shown that a Trump third party candidacy would result in a landslide victory for Democrats.
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Christians Are Evangelicals’ New Enemy In Marriage Equality War
It is a sad fact of life that there are some human beings who cannot exist without expressing animosity, or worse, deep and extremely emotional dislike directed against individuals, groups or ideas. Indeed, hatred is nearly always associated with feelings of intense anger, unwarranted disgust and an unhealthy pre-disposition towards hostility and violence. It is…
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On Iran Deal, Obama is the Adult Voice in the Room Once Again
As GOP stupidity mounts, claiming they can stop a deal they cannot legally stop, President Obama proves again he can make the tough decisions
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First I Shook Jeb’s Hand; Then I Shook My Head
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A 2013 Gallup Poll of 65 countries that considered the U.S. the greatest threat to world peace. Elect Jeb Bush and that number will double.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Overturning North Dakota’s Strict Anti-Abortion Law
A federal appeals court upheld a 2014 ruling blocking North Dakota’s fetal heartbeat anti-abortion law from going into effect.
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Be Afraid Republicans As Bernie Sanders Is Set To Strike In Red State Louisiana
After drawing tens of thousands of supporters in red states Texas and Arizona, the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has announced that they will be rallying in Louisiana this weekend.
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Marco Rubio Makes Himself Unelectable By Launching A Classless Attack On President Obama
Marco Rubio went on Fox News and embarrassed himself while trying to attack President Obama.
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Poll Of Three Crucial Swing States Shows Sanders May Be More Electable Than Clinton
A new swing state poll provides evidence that Sanders, not Clinton, may represent the Democrats’ best hope for winning in 2016.
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Struggling To Stay Relevant, Rand Paul Takes Chainsaw To US Tax Code
Presidential hopeful Kentucky Senator Rand Paul released a video of him carving up pages of the tax code with a chainsaw.
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Trumpalooza Madness and Do the Kochs Stand Inside or Outside the Trump Bubble?
Trump ran right over objections to his treatment of John McCain, including a call for him to drop out, and saw his support grow, not diminish
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The Sad Tale of a Fallen Sports Hero
Tiger Woods will be judged by his somewhat hedonistic approach toward women and apparent willingness to cheat in both sports and life
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Desperate Conservatives Break Out The Nazi References In An Attempt To Stop Bernie Sanders
An article comparing Bernie Sanders to Nazis marked a new low for conservative media.
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President Obama Perfectly Explains Why Republicans Are Stuck With Donald Trump
During his final interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, President Obama offered a piece of media criticism that perfectly explained why Republicans are stuck with Donald Trump.
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Hillary Clinton Rips Clueless Mitch McConnell For Really Not Getting It
Hillary Clinton ripped Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party for not getting it after the Senate Majority Leader attacked the Democratic frontrunner.
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Obama Stands Before America’s Veterans And Destroys His Republican Critics With 3 Words
President Obama stood before a convention of the nation’s Veterans of Foreign Wars and destroyed the credibility of his Republican critics with just three words.
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Obama Orders All Flags Flown At Half-Staff To Honor Chattanooga Shooting Victims
President Obama has ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff out of respect for the victims of the Chattanooga shooting.
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Political Corruption, Like Cream, Rises to the Top in North Carolina
Republican political corruption in North Carolina is even worse than you thought, as the Paul Foley episode reveals
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Mitch McConnell Wants To Rob Pensions To Fund Highway Repairs
As long as the Kochs own Congress, Republicans will propose robbing the elderly to pay for projects that benefit the rich and corporations
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CNN Tells us that Obama is No Reagan, Like it’s a Bad Thing
CNN showed its Fox News side in unfavorably comparing Obama to a Reagan who never existed, claiming Reagan is a transformational president
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Poll Finds That If Trump Runs As An Independent, Democrats Will Win In A Landslide
The new ABC News/Washington Post poll found that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats to run as an Independent, he will be handing the White House to the Democratic nominee.
