Rudy Giuliani has spent the last 5 years as Donald Trump’s bumbling sometimes lawyer. And every time the former New York City mayor tried to act on Trump’s behalf, he ended up humiliating himself. More than that, Giuliani was not at all careful. Many of his actions skated on the edge of the law. So…
This years presidential election featured a daunting map for Donald Trump. In 2016, he won traditionally Democratic states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin by the slimmest of margins. He also had so contend with the leftward lean of Republican strongholds like Georgia and Arizona. In the end, Trump lost all 5 of those states. In…
The principles of the Black Lives Matter movement are clearly stated on the organization’s website. The BLM website reads, “Our intention from the very beginning was to connect Black people from all over the world who have a shared desire for justice to act together in their communities.” Still, Conservative media has painted the group…
Many, many fans of country music lean Conservative politically. Who could ever forget the treatment of the Dixie Chicks (now just the Chicks) after they criticized the Presidency of George W. Bush. But many of today’s country music stars are willing to talk about their Liberal beliefs. This includes major names like Jason Isbell, Kacey…
Stephane Hessel, who inspired #Occupy and the Arab Spring, wrote that “no one is ever just ‘French’ or ‘German.'” Or American?
Bill Maher poked the Religious Right’s persecution myth full of holes. Joseph Farrah’s attempt to discredit Maher only discredits himself
Apparently, women are not already sexually abused in Ann Coulter’s America. Maybe she needs to get out more.
It is interesting that Santorum thinks there are more important things than a habitable planet – like creating jobs for dead people on a dead planet
Ann Coulter thinks it’s “Adios America” unless we can keep out overweight women, the physically disabled, and the visually impaired
In a post-9/11 world, self-styled “moderate” conservative and New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks has carved out a cottage industry conflating morality with anti-liberal politics. To be fair to Brooks, this has been a good business opportunity afforded by the “Do as I say, not as I do” public hypocrisy of the modern conservative…
The GOP is nothing more than a modern, reactionary cult designed to give religious justification for willful ignorance,bigotry, and bad behavior
A bunch of white gentiles are maybe not the best people to be talking about who is and who isn’t Jewish, in blood or in thought
No, our government is not run by Nazis, but I have no doubt that if it was, Jim Bakker and Rick Wiles would be the first to join
We’re back to President Obama being accused of anti-Semitism because he won’t let Israel dictate America’s foreign policy
This is not an epistle of despair, but more of a secular gospel of hope, and a plan for positive change that can come about only through a revolution in thinking
St. Patrick drove the Pagan snakes out of Ireland 16 centuries ago. Today, Gordon Klingenschmitt wants to drive the gay snakes out of Ireland
Peter Wehner says the liberal claim that Republicans are the ones who have become more extreme over the years is a “self-flatting but false narrative.”
Republicans like to blame Obama, but Bush had already created ISIL, and Obama cannot un-create them, because Obama cannot un-invade Iraq
As Jeb has reminded us, Dubya is our problem, not his. Or Gohmert’s. Or the Republican Party’s, it seems
In one stroke of his pen, perversely pretending to be a defender of the First Amendment,Jindal turned Louisiana into a theocracy.
At a meeting with financial supporters on Thursday, Hillary Clinton vowed to put forth Supreme Court nominees that were committed to overturning the 2010 Citizens United ruling. Hillary Clinton’s decision to make opposing the Citizens United ruling a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees follows a similar pledge made by her Democratic primary opponent Bernie…
Rush Limbaugh blames gay activists for Christianity’s demise even while he is one of the people driving Americans away from organized religion
We need to call out the appalling in our midst. And we should never, ever, apologize for telling the truth about them
Compare this list of Roman edicts of toleration to a current Republican list – oh wait, there isn’t one
Before perusing the one-time “world’s leading democracy” and its truly pathetic voter turnout record, it is worth looking back at comments from Senator Bernie Sanders that he recorded for posterity nearly ten years ago.
Republicans are making much of their “balanced” budget but this “work harder for less” budget is not really balanced at all
You know the Religious Right, and maybe some of its male leaders, have got nothing when they start worrying about Obama’s presidential package
Sarah Palin warns that in his dealings with Iran that Obama is flirting with the devil…but wait…isn’t Obama the devil?
“America was founded on the principle of religious freedom.” It’s just a shame he thinks only corporations have that freedom
There are a whole bunch of fundamentalists who are upset we don’t take them seriously, which means, of course, that I will keep mocking them
Dr. Richard Land calls opposing persecution of others “ugly…thuggish…brutish. It’s the totalitarian left in all of its ugly face.”
Both Republicans and so-called sovereign citizens are citizens and subject to federal authority. If not, we should rethink deportation laws
Republicans are more than willing to waste money to help the rich and corporations, but money spent protecting the rest of us is “wasteful”
It has been 70 years this year since Japan’s bid to launch what it called the “Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere” came crashing to the ground
While Republicans aren’t waving the white flag publicly, the GOP is becoming quietly aware that they have lost their war against Obamacare.
Conservatives have for a long time controlled the discourse on freedom and liberty, but these are liberal ideals, and we must take them back
The current President, Barack Obama, will go down in history for providing tens-of-millions of Americans with access to affordable health care, restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, an historic climate change deal with China, and with the stroke of his pen, ceding executive branch authority over foreign policy to a Congress loyal to a foreign national.
The resultant Republican freakout is not unexpected, as it violates not only the status quo but further silences the drums of war
Yes, actually exercising your First Amendment right to have your own beliefs is a “huge concern” with “spiritual ramifications” in Iowa
The crux of South Carolina’s argument in support of discriminating against gays is that if it constitutionally permissible to discriminate against women, then it is perfectly legal to discriminate against gays.
Ted Cruz, like every other Republican, hates being quoted, and it’s never his fault that he said it, but the media’s fault for reporting it
In a radio interview, former GOP Congresswoman Michele Bachmann asserted that President Obama’s policies will lead to World War III.
Ah, the comforting embrace of Sean Hannity, where “that was then” is answer enough to questions about issues that affect millions
The Religious Right thinks, despite all the evidence, that doubling down on anti-gay bigotry will have better results than Indiana
Since the RFRA was revised, the Religious Right has gone full-tilt crazy with threats to “rise up” against their left-wing oppressors
Jesus valued women and saw the need for money. Republicans value money and see little need for women beyond the need for sex
Taking a page out of a freshman Senator Tom Cotton’s playbook, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a threat to the world’s nations that America is an exceptionally deceitful country that cannot be trusted to honor its pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help diminish the devastating effects of global climate change.
Republican and Religious Right damage-control over Indiana’s RFRA is chaotic and entertaining, and as dishonest as the day is long
Former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R) compared President Obama to Andreas Lubitz, the deranged German co-pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, on her Facebook page Tuesday. Bachmann posted: With his Iran deal, Barack Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls on the German Wings…
“When new laws turn back the clock on progress, we can’t sit idly by. We are sending a message that discrimination won’t be tolerated.”
f Americans failed to believe that America did not need to re-evaluate its unconditional support for Israel before, this deliberate and concerted effort between Israel and Republicans to subvert American foreign policy cannot be ignored.
Mike Huckabee thinks he can call down fire from heaven to smite his opponents, an act (phew!) in violation of the United States Constitution
“I am running for president and I hope to earn your support,” Ted Cruz tweeted last night. Does he really think he can get it?
What emerges is Netanyahu as some sort of American super patriot for wanting to drag us into the war Republicans can’t, because Obama’s a bully
If you want to hear one of the craziest things to come out of a Republican mouth this week, it’s the Republican objection to anyone reading the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic. This apparently deplorable display of patriotism took place on March 18 during National Foreign Language Week, of all things. Watch the latest…
During a radio interview, Iowa GOP Congressman Steve King blasted liberal American Jews for being Democrats first, and Jewish second.
Megyn Kelly dared question Bobby Jindal on his Islamophobia, and was promptly accused by Bryan Fischer of being blinded by Satan
Eviscerated by President Obama in Cleveland, Speaker Boehner had no option but to try to bury Obama’s budget in well-tried but obvious lies
Billionaire Donald Trump has formed an exploratory committee and hired staff for a 2016 presidential run.
Republicans accuse President Obama of appeasement – and he has appeased Israel before Netanyahu’s attempted coup – but those days should be past
The GOP is determined to ignore every relevant fact about Benghazi on their mission to crucify Hillary Clinton
Attempts to link Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Syria with Cotton’s Iran letter, fail, as Pelosi was even briefed by the White House before she went
As the saying goes, stupidity is its own reward, and Republican Senator Tom Cotton has certainly proven the truth of that anonymous proverb
Corporations apparently have religious freedom if they are against contraception, but they have no right to speak up about marriage equality
Jeb Bush can look at an Iraq wracked by civil war and marauding barbarians, and somehow imagine that America power is a force for good.
It is difficult to have an intelligent conversation with somebody who wants a holiday which falls in the fall to be called the “mid-spring break”
Apparently, having integrity is a hanging offense according to Andrea Shea King, who fails to explain how bombing Iran will save us from ISIL
A third-hand rumor justifies every lie the Right Wing media tells itself about President Obama
In his long speech, Robertson warned that America was becoming sick from STDs and that wherever Jesus is missing, murder follows.
Unwilling to do anything to help Americans, John Boehner concocts some more self-serving lies to blame Obama for his own failings
The problem with Boehner is that he is so accustomed to lying and making a laughingstock of himself, that he is likely unaware that he embarrasses himself, and America, whenever he opens his mouth.
Republicans have sold their souls, assuming they have any, to white nationalists who believe mixing races is rebellion against God
Ralph Peters calls Obama Pontius Pilate, but Pilate, according to the Bible, tried to save Jesus and early Christianity made him a hero
Healthcare has a lot in common with the environment, with Republicans, who know nothing about either, eager to pass legislation regarding both
Once in a while, and not very often, one award-winner actually says something worth hearing and as is usually the case, if it is an important social message it will irritate some group. Apparently, when Patricia Arquette called for equal rights for women, and specifically appealed to other minority groups to join the war for equality, it raised the ire of the right and left.
Donald Trump can’t figure out why Jews support Obama. That is because there is no room for Jews in conservative “Murica.”
Despite the insistence of Republicans that the War on Terror is unidirectional, that it extends only outward, in the direction of Islam, it is omnidirectional, and extends inward as well as outward. The Western World, like the Middle East, is facing terror from within. Fox News and Republican politicians would have you believe that Islam…
Jeb doesn’t realize how critical it is he convince us he is not his brother, because the more you listen to him, the more alike they sound
My question is, will there be spankings all around? And if so, will there be a charge?
How do we handle all the love that Republicans show women?
President Obama issued a statement on the murders of three students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, saying, “No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship.”
The League of the South “thanks Mr. Booth for his service to the South and to humanity” for his “execution of the tyrant Abraham Lincoln”
Rep. Moore doesn’t want to see the outline of any of your body parts, specifically, those parts identified as “naughty bits” by the Puritans
Prior to making the announcement on his upcoming departure, it was business as usual, as Jon Stewart once again aimed his sharp wit at his favorite target — Fox News.
Something is finally about to be done about veteran suicide prevention, as Senate, House, and President join to make the Clay Hunt Act law.
Preventing measles in America doesn’t require more troops on the border, it requires putting more vaccination needles in our children.
During Monday night’s broadcast of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart addressed the recent revelation that NBC News anchor Brian Williams had made false claims about taking rocket fire during a helicopter ride in Iraq in 2003.
PFAW says, “We deserve to know why Republicans continue to stand with this hate group after years of offensive statements by their leaders”
Rand Paul says he wants Congress to read bills before they vote, relying on them to tell us truthfully if they actually read them.
Speaking in Iowa on Friday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) offered unexpected praise for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder.
The point is that all Christians should advocate and revere the truth with religious fervor; unless it is uttered by President Barack Obama at which point they “can’t handle the truth.”
Next month, the Supreme Court of the United States will consider King v. Burwell, in which millions of people will be affected.
Republicans are outraged that Christian murdering and enslaving for God should be compared to ISIL murdering and enslaving for God
It is no secret that MSNBC’s Morning Joe is hemorrhaging viewers. Over the past few months, the morning program has seen its audience bail in droves. The solution — book more Republicans.
Under attack and exposed, the Kochs have gone on the offensive, with their minions singing paeans of praise for our “benevolent” overlords
Answers in Genesis is suing the state of Kentucky, but suing for the legal right to discriminate gives them a very weak case.
Boehner twisted history to claim that “the American people can’t afford a repeat of the same old top-down policies of the past”
The GOP has concocted a religion that has nothing to do with Jesus and everything to do with what you do with your reproductive organs
The President’s plan is a common sense approach to reinvesting in America by rebuilding its transportation infrastructure.
Suspending a boy for threatening with a magic ring that doesn’t exist to trying to change the nature of math are just a few of Texas’ sins
