Month: August 2015

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The New York Times Attacks Fox News for “Making GOP Candidates Squirm”

The New York Times’ Jeremy Peters complains the Fox News moderators had just one purpose on debate night: “Make them squirm”

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Conservative Attacks On Trump May Backfire By Encouraging Him To Run As A Spoiler In 2016

If the conservative media and the GOP establishment take down Trump, he may decide to deliver payback by running a spoiler campaign.

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Charles Koch Admits He Needs More Power To Control The Government

Most Americans are unaware, tragically, that America is dangerously close to becoming a fully-fledged plutocracy run by the Koch brothers

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Chaos In The GOP As 10,000+ Call For Fox’s Megyn Kelly To Be Banned From Debates

The Republican Party is falling apart at the seams as more than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for Fox News’ Megyn Kelly to be banned from future Republican presidential debates.

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Obama Calls Republican Laws That Take Away The Right To Vote A Disgrace

President Obama took aim at Republican efforts to suppress the vote by calling their laws that make it more difficult to cast a ballot a disgrace.

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Hypocritical Woman Hating Republicans Boot Trump From Event Due To Megyn Kelly Comments

The Republicans are circling the wagons to get rid of Trump and they scored bonus points for putting on a very public show of caring about misogyny. Unfortunately, they only care about misogyny when it’s aimed at a Republican woman by a man they want to get rid of, which is to say they don’t care at all,

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For the Next GOP Debate, Turn to Twitter, Not Your Television

Trump notwithstanding, the exciting stuff seems mostly to have happened around, not in, the debate, especially in biting Twitter commentary

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Republican Debate; Not Exactly Cordial

The two-hour debate did yield the critical issues that Republicans are going to slam the electorate with for the next 15 plus months. Leading the parade; all things Muslim. Iran and the nuclear agreement, ISIS and the right-wing blood lust to send our young people anywhere in the Middle East to be killed and maimed. Look into the eyes of some of the candidates and it’s frightening.

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Republican Voters Declare Rand Paul The Biggest Loser in Thursday’s Debate

A Gravis Marketing poll found that according to registered Republican voters, Rand Paul was the biggest loser in Thursday’s GOP debate.

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Bernie Sanders Was The Most Retweeted Candidate During The Republican Debate

The most retweeted presidential candidate during the Fox News debate was not a Republican. It was Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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Donald Trump Goes On MSNBC And Declares War On Fox News

Donald Trump is taking his feud with Fox News to a new level as he went on MSNBC and blasted the network’s lack of professionalism in what can be best be described as a declaration of war.

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Marco Rubio Thinks Rape Victims Who Become Pregnant Should Be Forced To Give Birth

Marco Rubio supports government enforced childbirth for rape and incest victims who get pregnant through no fault of their own.

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Trump Spends Post-Debate Night Trashing Megyn Kelly

Megyn Kelly managed to arouse not only Donald Trump’s ire last night, but earned the epithet “bimbo” from irate Trumpites

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Fox News Tried To Destroy Donald Trump And They Failed Miserably

Fox News was clearly out to destroy Donald Trump at the Republican debate, but they failed. Here is what Fox News tried to do to Trump, and why it all went wrong.

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Obama Has Led The Nation’s Unemployment Rate Back To Full Recovery From Bush’s Recession

The July jobs report contained a major victory for President Obama. Statistically speaking the nation’s unemployment rate has fully recovered from George W. Bush’s Great Recession.

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Scientific Studies and Fox Presidential Debate Prove Republican Voters Are Stupid

Conservatives are innately stupid and frightened, so Republicans know their absurd and mendacious statements will resonate with their base

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Trump Proves at GOP Debate He Has no Respect for Women

Trump told Megyn Kelly, “I’ve been very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be, based on the way you have treated me.”

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5 Reasons To Be Glad That You Didn’t Watch The Fox News Debate

From Donald Trump getting booed to Jeb Bush rewriting history to blame President Obama for his brother’s economic collapse, here are five reasons to be glad that you didn’t watch the first Republican debate.

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Donald Trump Booed During GOP Debate For Refusing To Promise That He Won’t Run Third Party

Donald Trump got immediately booed at the Republican debate for refusing to promise not to run as a third party candidate.

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Live Chat: Follow The Fox News Republican Debate Gets A Dose Of Liberal Reality

Join PoliticusUSA as we deliver the “fair and balanced” truth about the Fox News Republican presidential debate during our live chat.

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Democrats Outraged By The Number Of Presidential Debates That The Party Will Hold

Democratic candidates and voters are expressing their anger and disappointment over the announced schedule of six primary debates.

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The Fox News “Happy Hour Debate” Was Anything But Happy As 7 Losers Bored America

The Fox News “Happy Hour Debate” featured seven candidates who spent most of the hour dodging questions and reminding viewers why they each have no chance of being elected president.

Republican JV Debate Gives Lower Tier GOP Candidates Final Chance To Stay Relevant

A candidate who stumbles in the field of lesser candidates will have the dubious distinction of losing on a stage full of losers.

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Scott Walker Trails Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders In Neighboring Minnesota

If the GOP chooses Walker as their nominee, they may have to accept defeat in Minnesota for the 11th consecutive presidential election.

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Bernie Sanders Brands Republicans Political Cowards As He Unveils Two New Pro-Voter Bills

At a rally to mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out the “political cowards” in the Republican Party who are trying to take away the right to vote from millions of Americans. Sanders also unveiled two new pro-voting pieces of legislation.

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According to Gallup, Republicans View Walker and Rubio Most Positively

Trump leads the polls, but he is also at the top of the list when it comes to who is viewed least favorably. Can he change that tonight?

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Kochs And ALEC Make War Against Americans And Pope Francis Public

The mainstream media is finally reporting that the Koch’s legislative arm ALEC is moving into the open to prevent action on climate change

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The Winner of Tonight’s GOP Debate Will Be the Most Convincing Liar

Because the context of the GOP debate tonight is lies, it is the most convincing liar, and not the person with the best ideas, who will win

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Hillary Clinton Hammers Jeb Bush On Women’s Health And Immigration

At an organizing event in Colorado, Hillary Clinton hammered Jeb Bush for his policies on women’s health and immigration.

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Editorial Cartoon: Wingnut

The circus is coming!

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Rand Paul Goes Crazy and Claims Obama Indicted His Super PAC Chief To Cost Him The Election

The head of Sen. Rand Paul’s super PAC has been indicted on conspiracy charges stemming from illegal activities that took place during the 2012 Iowa caucus, and Rand Paul thinks that President Obama is to blame.

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After 6 Years Of Taking Their Crap, Obama Calls Out Republicans For What They Really Are

Showing signs of being finished with their extremism, President Obama called out Republicans for what they really are by comparing them to the Iranian hardliners who chant death to America.

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Democrats Outsmart Mitch McConnell With Resolution Supporting Pope Francis On Climate Change

A group of liberal Senate Democrats turned the tables on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today by introducing a resolution supporting Pope Francis’ views on climate change and calling on the Senate to immediately act.

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Violent Extremists Are Trying To Wage Guerrilla War Against U.S. Over Jade Helm Exercises

A few violent conspiracy nuts seem determined to wage a quixotic war on America.

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Hillary Clinton Wrecks The Fox News Debate By Revealing The Truth About The GOP Candidates

Hillary Clinton’s campaign rained on Fox News’ parade by pointing out that there isn’t much difference between the ten Republicans who will debate each other on Thursday in Cleveland.

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Another GOP Threat of Violence: Chris Christie Will “Punch Teachers In Their Faces”

The latest Republican presidential candidate to express his predilection to use violence against other Americans is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

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Bernie Sanders Is On Fire As Hillary Clinton’s Lead Evaporates In New Hampshire

A new WMUR poll of New Hampshire revealed that Bernie Sanders has cut Hillary Clinton’s lead from 31 points to almost within the poll’s margin of error.

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Tony Perkins Says Muslim Immigrants Threaten Our Country from Within

People for the American Way reports that yesterday, Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins said that “legal immigration is a big problem” because “people that have come in from Muslim Countries” may “threaten our country from within.” Listen courtesy of Right Wing Watch: Apparently, Perkins thinks the military can’t protect us because he also claimed that…

Planned Parenthood Victory Over Radical Right Komen Agenda

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The Progressive Unvarnished Facts About the Planned Parenthood Issue

Here’s what you will never know about PPFA if Republicans are your only source of information. By the organization’s own statistical measure, PPFA has been around over 97 years. It’s the go-to national source for poorer women and a growing number of men.

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Three More Polls Show Donald Trump Crushing The Rest Of The GOP Field

Two national polls and a New Hampshire poll find Trump way ahead of the rest of the Republican field.

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30% of The Participants In Fox News’ Sham Debate Are Former Fox Employees

Fox News announced the ten Republicans who will be participating in the network’s first debate, and the hypocrisy of the entire situation was illustrated by the fact that 30% of the GOP field used to work at Fox News.

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House Republicans Introduce a Resolution of Disapproval of Iran Nuclear Agreement

House Republicans will be voting on a resolution of disapproval of the Iran deal, and Senate Republicans are talking about a resolution too

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Bernie Sanders Is Surging While The Media Fixates On Trump And The GOP

While Trump’s surge is gaining more media attention, Sanders is more likely to remain politically relevant in the Spring of 2016.

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This Is The New MSNBC: Joe Scarborough Uses Edited Videos To Attack Elizabeth Warren

This is what the new MSNBC looks like in action. Joe Scarborough was allowed to use deceptively edited videos to attack Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a segment on Morning Joe.

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Bernie Sanders Vows To Put An End To The Koch Brothers “Legalized Bribery” With New Bill

Sen. Bernie Sanders will be unveiling new legislation on the Senate floor today that will put an end to the Citizens United system of legalized bribery by making public funding available to political candidates.

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Donald Trump Humiliates Himself By Not Understanding The Senate Planned Parenthood Vote

During a radio interview, Donald Trump humiliated himself by seeming to have no idea what kind of vote the Senate was taking on Planned Parenthood.

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Dirty Liar Charles Koch Campaigns As An Advocate For the Poor

The only regard Charles or David Koch have for the poor is keeping them in poverty and subjugated to the rich at any cost

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Mike Huckabee: Failing to Defund Planned Parenthood is Salt in a Sick, Grotesque Wound

Huckabee, friend of rapists and murderers, wants you to believe not only that he is pro-life, but that his God his pro-life

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Ted Cruz Releases Video Of Himself Cooking Bacon With A Machine Gun

He didn’t shoot an armadillo, but Ted Cruz demonstrates cavalier attitude towards guns that seems both sophomoric and dangerous.

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Conservatives Force College Board To Revise History Classes To Fit Conservative Ideology

Republicans are opposed to an educated populace as a means of sustaining their ignorant electoral base and one particular subject has evoked outrage among conservatives because it is impossible to deny.

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Editorial Cartoon: De-Bait

Blowfish meets the worm…

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Fox News In Hot Water As Candidate Files Federal Complaint Over Republican Debate Rules

The Fox News debate is becoming the circus that many thought it would be after Republican presidential candidate Mark Everson filed a complaint with the FEC asking that the network’s rules for participation in the “pre-show” debate be declared illegal.

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Senate Liberals Crush Republicans As Democrats Block Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood

By a mostly party-line vote, Senate Democrats powered by the liberal caucus rose up and blocked a Republican bill to defund Planned Parenthood.

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Hillary Clinton Slams Jeb Bush And Scott Walker While Supporting Planned Parenthood

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Rick Perry while strongly opposing the Republican bill to defund the organization.

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Trump Has Commandeered The GOP Crazy Train And Republicans Are Going Off The Rails With Him

Donald Trump has a big lead, and right now nobody in the Republican Party knows how to stop the runaway crazy train.

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President Obama Obliterates Republican Lies With A Clean Energy Plan Fact Bomb

President Obama is wise to Republican tactics which was why he preemptively destroyed their lies and misinformation about his clean energy plan during his speech today.

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Bernie Sanders Shreds GOP Science Deniers While Applauding Obama Climate Change Initiative

Bernie Sanders went where the media won’t while supporting President Obama’s climate change initiative. Sanders bluntly called out the Republican Party for being owned by the Koch brothers, and the oil companies.

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Fox News’ Plan Backfires As Their Viewers Reject The Phony Republican Debate Criteria

Fox News thought they could bring some order to the chaos of the Republican primary by imposing debate rules that limited the number of candidates. Instead, their plan has backfired as Republicans oppose the network’s plan for the Republican debate.

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Here Are The Facts You Need To Fight The Republican Lies About Obama’s Clean Power Plant Plan

Republicans are doing the bidding of their fossil fuel masters by distorting President Obama’s historic clean power plant plan, but here are the facts that you need to know in order to fight back.

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Mike Huckabee Says he Will Use Military to Prevent Abortion

Asked in Iowa how he could stop abortion when it’s perfectly legal, Huckabee said, “We’ll see, if I get to be president.”

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Anti-Public School Evangelicals Now Control Alabama and Texas Education Boards

It is obvious that the owner of a professional sports franchise, say a National Football League team, would only hire a hair-stylist who detests, and has never played, the game of football as a general manager and head coach if they wanted their team to fail miserably. That is an absurd idea, but it is precisely what two religious Republican governors who want to decimate their state’s public education system did in appointing evangelical anti-public education fanatics to run their state’s public school systems.

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Bernie Don’t Play That: Sanders Stonewalls Media Effort To Get Him To Attack Clinton

Bernie Sanders put on a clinic and completely stonewalled ABC’s News Jon Karl when he tried to get the Democratic candidate to personally attack Hillary Clinton.

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Scott Walker Goes Full Scumbag By Refusing To Admit That Obama Is A Christian

In a deplorable move, Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker refused to admit that President Obama is a Christian.

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Bernie Sanders Lobs A Crippling Blow At The Kochs With Bill To Publicly Fund Elections

During a campaign event in New Hampshire today, Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that he will be filing a bill that would effectively cripple the Kochs and right-wing billionaires by providing public funding for elections.

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Hillary Clinton Promises To Defend President Obama Bold New Clean Power Plant Plan

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is pledging to the American people that she will protect and defend President Obama new clean power plant plan.

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Donald Trump Falls Apart When Called Out On His Racism Towards African-Americans

Donald Trump fell apart when questioned about his racism towards African-Americans on ABC’s This Week.

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Vice President Joe Biden Is Seriously Exploring A Run For President

Vice President Joe Biden is seriously considering a run against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.

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Ted Cruz Auditions to be the Koch’s Paid Whore on Capitol Hill

Ted Cruz is spending this weekend with the Kochs, and what is going on in that ocean-side retreat has nothing to do with family values

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House Republicans Go On Vacation Without Voting On Fast Track

Apparently going nowhere for now in the Nation’s Capital are the three pieces of stinko trade legislation that nobody wants to register a vote for or against before confronting voters.

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While Other Candidates Tap Millionaires, Sanders Campaign Is Fueled By Small Donations

Bernie Sanders’ campaign is a grassroots movement, while most of the other campaigns are backed by millionaires and billionaires.

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Trump Would Be GOP Nominee if Vote Were Held Today

Trump’s play to misery, that “We are really far down” and “We are in big trouble” have found resonance among the Republican base

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Bernie Sanders Gets Major Environmental Endorsement

The campaign of Bernie Sanders scored a major coup Saturday, earning the first endorsement of any candidate by a national environmental group, Friends of the Earth. Granted, the field is limited to Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, given that no living Republican candidate will ever earn the endorsement of any environmental group, local, state, or…

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