New Year Wishes and a Warning: Stay Vigilant!
New Year is coming with mixed tidings, the good with the bad, with genuine evil in its wake, a Republican wrecking ball aimed right at us
New Year is coming with mixed tidings, the good with the bad, with genuine evil in its wake, a Republican wrecking ball aimed right at us
The Republican Party has made politics a celebration of literally knowing nothing about anything, but feeling very strongly about it
Reagan ushered in the first step of fascism, economic stagnation, when his extremist trickle down economic theory was imposed on the nation
The liberal project’s foe is a conservative ideology that de-legitimizes other modes of thought, compromise and a thought for the common weal
Trump claims Obama isn’t deporting criminals, but this is a Republican lie often told, and often refuted
Mike Huckabee grasps like a sinking man to the missteps of Ted Cruz, but even Ted Cruz could never be bad enough to save Huckabee
Feeling persecuted by people suddenly having equal rights, GOP bigots developed legislation protecting just one set of beliefs – their own
Ryan says he wants to protect us from the overreach of intrusive government bureaucracies but he really wants to protect his corporate owners
It was inevitable that at some point, the radicalized United States House of Representatives would become involved in an official way, in the imaginary “War on Christmas” Fox News works so hard to sell in between their “Happy Holiday” breaks:
Donald Trump wants to know why Syrian refugees have cell phones, who they might be calling, and who is paying for them, ‘hint, hint.’
It was bound to happen sooner rather than later, but although everyone knew it was coming it was still a little disconcerting to hear an official Nazi call for idol worship and victory at a political rally for the Republican frontrunner for the party’s presidential nomination.
While the Republican candidates were embarrassing themselves on CNN, Hillary Clinton was busy embarrassing them on Twitter
Trump, Cruz, Carson and Rubio are the latest poll summit occupiers representing a weak slate of the best the Republicans can do
That Republicans focus on the idea of an “Islamic problem” shows us how catastrophically insufficient is their understand of the world
An old Republican lie about Obamacare and taxes is making the rounds again, so as a public service, here is a handy antidote
The GOP talks about “taking our country back” and “making America great again” but they propose to do this by going back in time, not forward
The war on terror is not a simple matter of “us” versus “them” (radicalized Muslims) when so many of “us” are radicalized Christians
Donald Trump plans to visit Israel at the end of the year, but some in Israel are not happy at the prospect of Trump’s presence
The House voted to legalize the profiling of Muslims as part of HR 158 – a revision of the Visa Waiver Program used by 20 million tourists
Trump is ahead in the Republican presidential race because he spares supporters from having to learn about the subject matter at hand
The Republicans are whining a lot about the president’s address Sunday night, but they’re not offering useful ideas, just whine and bluster
Responding to Obama Sunday, Ryan said nothing about gun sales to terrorists or the dangers of radicalizing Muslims with more Republican hate
In a deeply flawed analysis, George Friedman claims that Trump’s popularity stems less from ideology and more from an imagined authenticity
Palin said Hillary Clinton is naive in thinking we’re not at war with Islam and claimed Obama is being too namby-pamby in dealing with ISIL
The media has increasingly called out Trump rhetoric, with the Times calling him a demagogue and Sally Kohn invoking Hitler and fascism
The world has many conflict hotspots, but a narcissist like Donald Trump would make them about himself, rather than what’s good for America
The SPLC says hate groups “have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people,..for their immutable characteristics.”
Trump claims the meeting, to which he allowed no witnesses, was a huge success, but has been unable to provide any actual proof of that
These are the halcyon days for PoliticusUSA. Staff writers and contributors have an endless smorgasbord of Republican rubbish to expose. You could write on a different issue that Republicans have twisted and misrepresented every day for a year and you still wouldn’t cover the endless destruction wrought through their fealty to the corporate multi-national gods….
Carson got extreme as he tried to blame both sides for abortion extremism, saying women are being manipulated but conservatives can save them
Trump is trying to quietly slip by today’s meeting without mentioning the endorsement that never was. A Georgia rally is the big deal now.
One black religious leader says Trump flaunts “a ticket of unbridled bigotry, sexism, racism and everything that is wrong with America.”
The Democratic candidates stood with Planned Parenthood on Twitter, while Republicans mostly tried to ignore the shooting.
“We have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them.”
Donald Trump has shown what he thinks of African-Americans, yet he claims to have 100 black religious leaders lined up to endorse him Monday
Trump has tapped into the resentment of angry voters who above all else, are mad that they have to apologize for the way they treat others.
Marco Rubio continues the Republican narrative that the Bible they haven’t read trumps the Constitution they haven’t read
Trump went all Third Reich this weekend by calling on neighbors to denounce neighbors to the police, and not to worry about being wrong
According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, Americans trust Hillary Clinton more than any Republican “to handle the threat of terrorism.”
On Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Senator Marco Rubio referred to the deadly Paris terrorist attacks as “a positive development.”
The GOP thought they had Trump boxed, but Trump is showing he thinks agreements are as meaningless as the truth
Pew says Muslims have “overwhelmingly expressed negative views of ISIS” so Hannity says the poll shows “significant levels of support”
The Iowa Republican insists treating Syrian refugees with indifference is in keeping with American values
We can do better than a presidential candidate who embraces a fictional set of values and the need to send Elsa from Frozen back to hell
From 2009 to 2014, 140,000 more Mexican nationals left the United States than the number who entered.
The unemployment rate has not only dropped since Obama took office, it has dropped dramatically.
Donald Trump is determined to keep the dream of the Reich alive by registering and identifying Muslims in public with special IDs
Donald Trump and Ben Carson remain resilient as the leaders in the GOP field.
A Rhode Island GOP lawmaker wants Syrian refugees placed in internment camps where they would be segregated from the general population.
In a new poll, 45 percent of Latino voters said the GOP was hostile towards Latinos, and 39 percent said the party didn’t care about them.
She tweeted: We’ve seen a lot of hateful rhetoric from the GOP. But the idea that we’d turn away refugees because of religion is a new low.
Obama has a strategy for defeating ISIL so of course Paul Ryan demands that the he submit to Congress a plan of which the House approves
If that’s true, what Paul is saying is that I DO have the right to pursue happiness without my pants.
President Obama vowed to continue supporting the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.
Jeb Bush says “Islamic terrorism” isn’t really about religion but he sure doesn’t want any Muslims in this country – even refugees
Do you remember the GOP’s password for their last debate? For the Republicans as we all know, the Benghazi hoax, the whole election process so far, has been about stopping Hillary Clinton. They couldn’t be any clearer about this: Democrats have a response for their debate tonight, and they, too, could not be any clearer:…
The Islamic State grew out of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and of course, Al Qaeda was not IN Iraq until after Bush’s invasion, making Santorum a liar
The Islamic State counts on the response they’re going to get from Republicans this weekend, and GOP leaders will be only too happy to oblige
It turns out the American people don’t agree with Republicans that it’s all that important what candidates believe about the Bible
Trump may have a dug a hole to deep to climb out of after raging against Ben Carson and “stupid” Iowa voters.
Telling the truth about Republican David Vitter is Democrat John Bel Edwards’ best weapon in the Louisiana Governor’s race.
Entitlements were under siege last night, as were any services to the poor. It wasn’t a debate; it was an homage to wealth and bigotry.
28 percent of Republican primary voters felt Trump won the debate. The next closest candidate was Marco Rubio with 23 percent saying he won.
Donald Trump hints at boycotting Starbucks and he asserts that he will be having Americans saying “Merry Christmas” again.
Chris Christie just denied voter registration to 1.6 million people, claiming not letting people vote as a remedy for voter fraud
Democrats had better recognize that the GOP threat to win in 2016 is real if Democrats don’t get out and vote.
MIchele Bachmann shows what a true friend of Israel she is by calling for the conversion of the Jews as soon as possible
Ben Carson has fallen so low that he is being lectured on the dangers of lying by one of the GOP’s foremost liars, Bill O’Reilly
Jindal insists he just wants the right to live his Christian faith, but what he really wants is to force US to live HIS Christian faith
Sanders said “What the Republicans are doing is so un-American, it is so outrageous, that it is literally beyond belief.”
Huckabee and Christie have been pushed to the undercard debate. George Pataki and Lindsey Graham have been removed from the next debate.
Reince Priebus says David Vitter is the exemplar of Louisiana principles; Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne says that man is Democrat John Bel Edwards
Pew has announced that the religiously unaffiliated (or “nones”) are “now the largest single religious group among Democrats.”
Mike Huckabee says he gets to decide what is constitutional or not, not the Supreme Court, which is given that job by the Constitution
For Democrats, election night began poorly with Matt Bevin’s surprise victory over Jack Conway, followed by the disappointing defeat of HERO in Houston. However, Democrats and liberals scored several significant victories in other races.
Rubio claims that for two years as Speaker of the Florida House, he couldn’t tell the difference between the GOP party American Express card and his personal MasterCard.
The response of the mainstream media to Republican debate demands is varied, from the Times’ mocking to NBC’s offer to make grab their ankles
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will be featured speakers at the event.
Jeb Bush is trying to sound tough on the campaign trail, but the more he tries to project strength, the weaker he appears to GOP voters.
Glenn Beck offers to give the RNC what it wants: a debate in the form of a Republican infomercial, free of pesky, unwelcome questions
David Barton who invents fact like nobody else, claims conservatives like him don’t open their mouths unless they know all the facts
Three Southern U.S. states have Governors races in 2015, and Democrats are poised to win two of them.
“We are wiping the slate clean,” we are told by Paul Ryan, which means the same “screw America” agenda advanced by a new face
Billionaire Paul Singer is trying to buy influence, and in Rubio, he has found the perfect puppet to promote his agenda for the 1 percent.
Chris Christie, who has repeatedly told others its none of their business what he believes, demands to know what Obama believes
Right-wing talk radio show host Mark Levin is calling for Republican National Committee Chair (RNC) Reince Priebus’ ouster.
Drowning in evidence, Cruz denies there is evidence, and then claims if we say he “denies” it we’re proving climate change is a religion
Political blogger and prognosticator Nate Silver declared Thursday morning that Jeb Bush is “probably toast”.
There is plenty of blame to go around. No small share of it attaches itself to Boehner, who let the crazies take over the House on his watch
Paul Ryan, who is likely to become the next House Speaker, announced his support for a two-year debt and budget deal on Wednesday.
Fox News is in cahoots with Republican candidates Jeb Bush and Donald Trump, inventing inflated numbers of Syrian refugees to scare the base
On Sunday, New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) announced that she will support the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.
William M. Daly mistakenly claims the GOP’s “insanity” began when Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin to be his running mate in 2008
Bush’s family gathering is a last ditch effort to save Jeb’s under-performing campaign, but the optics couldn’t be worse.
Only 18 percent of Kansans are satisfied with Governor Sam Brownback, despite electing him twice to be their governor.
Donald Trump is popular, he calls himself a Tea Partier, but the Tea Party is less popular today than ever before. What gives?
Bill O’Reilly thinks he knows how to question Hillary Clinton, as though he is any better with facts than the Benghazi Committee
U.S. GOP Rep Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) will head a select investigative panel on “big abortion providers”.
Carson said “it’s not appropriate for public funding to be used to indoctrinate students in one direction” but it apparently is in the other
New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran (R) resigned early Friday morning, and she pleaded guilty to 6 of the 65 charges she faced.