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Thanks to Obamacare Healthcare Costs Fell for First Time in Almost 40 Years
This is a BFD. Thanks to Obamacare, consumer healthcare costs fell in May for the first time in almost 40 years. …
Boehner Tries to Justify the War on Women as House Uses Female Lawmaker in PR Stunt
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…
Clueless Republican Trent Frank Ignores Pregnancy Rate of 5.0% Per Rape
While experts find that rape-related pregnancy occurs with significant frequency, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) claimed, 'The incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.'…
Democrats on Warpath: Biden Speaks the Truth About Al Gore’s 2000 Victory
Joe Biden let the truth fly Tuesday night, saying of Al Gore, 'This man was elected president of the United States of America.' He's just one of several high placed…
Senate Democrat Slams House Republicans as ‘Losers’ with a Deadbeat Agenda
Announcing new legislation on Wednesday to withhold Congressional pay if the debt ceiling is not raised, Boxer said the House Republicans are losers with a deadbeat agenda.…
Franken and Group of Bipartisan Senators Try to Shine a Little Light on the Patriot Act
Franken and a panel of bipartisan Senators introduced a bill that would require the Attorney General to declassify significant Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC, aka FISA Court) opinions.…
NOW Applauds Obama Over Plan B Move, Vows to Defeat Radical Right
NOW applauded the Obama administration's move to stop defending age limits for Plan B, and vowed to defeat the radical right's attack on women's rights.…
Howard Dean Calls Scandal Monger Darrell Issa a ‘Fraud’ and ‘Propagandist’
Calling him a fraud and propagandist, Howard Dean promised that Darrell Issa was about to be undressed by the ranking member.…
Darrell Issa Won’t Release IRS Transcripts Because They Prove Him Wrong
Darrell Issa is going to forge ahead, even after it was revealed that the IRS manager behind the extra review of Tea Party groups described himself as a conservative Republican.…
Senator Franken Calls for FISA Court Opinions to be Made Public When Possible
Senator Al Franken used this opportunity wisely to call for greater transparency, within reason and with respect to national security issues.…
Everybody in DC Except Rand Paul Knew About ‘Verizongate’
Rand Paul (R-KY) released an outraged statement in response to "news" that the government was collecting phone records. The only problem is that Congress has known about it for seven…
It Should Be a Crime: Your Representatives Are the Real Looters of the Fed
Lawrence O'Donnell explained that the real scandal in D.C. is that your representatives can loot the people's money, take it right out of the treasury, in order to enrich themselves.…
Economy Killer Scott Walker Takes Wisconsin to 49th in the Country
The bad news keeps coming for Governor Scott Walker (R-WI), who's thrown the state into what's looking now like a long term economic contraction. …
Keith Olbermann Breaks Liberals Hearts by Going Back to Sports
Liberals are still pining for Keith Olbermann to return to MSNBC, but on Wednesday it was announced that he'll be covering Major League Baseball's postseason at TBS.…
Tea Party Whining Backfires as All Political Groups Could Lose Tax Exempt Status
Lawmakers are beginning to call out the fact that social welfare groups should not be subsidized by the American taxpayers if they are violating the law with political activity.…
Fox News Refused to Air Ultraviolet’s Commercial about Their Misogyny
Ultraviolet made an ad calling on Fox to fire the clown posse of Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, and Juan Williams, which they tried to run on Fox News. Of course,…
A Confused, Draft Dodging Republican Tries to School the Military on Sexual Assault
Senator Saxby Chambliss tried to school the military on how to avoid sexual assaults, but he only managed to show just how much he does not understand about rape and…
Whispers Grow That Republicans Are Trying to Dump John Boehner
Speaker John Boehner remains on thin ice with the fringe neophyte Republicans who've taken over the House. …
Republican Hearings Backfire As IRS Testifies That More Groups Need To Be Investigated
A recommendation given in Monday's hearings was that the IRS needs to make sure that political activity does not constitute the primary activity of these organizations.…
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Government Should Be Thanking Steubenville Hacktivist, Not Prosecuting Him
KYAnonymous, a hacker who helped to expose the Steubenville cover up of the brutal rape of a 16-year-old girl, is possibly facing more prison time than the two convicted rapists.…
By: Sarah Jones Jun. 11th, 20135 Comments