Month: May 2012

2

The Legal Walls Are Closing In on DOMA Bigots

Advocates for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) took a hit today, when the First District Court ruled that section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional under the equality clause.

11

Wal-Mart Dumps ALEC and Outs Them as Un-American

Wal-Mart has kicked ALEC to the curb and gave the reason as ALEC’s departure from Jeffersonian free market principles, a.k.a. Wal-Mart hinted ALEC has become un-American.

13

Bad Data From Rick Scott Leads 2 Florida Counties To Suspend Voter Purge

Palm Beach and Hillsborough Counties have suspended the voter purge in those counties because the information they received from Rick Scott’s officials was unreliable.

15

Twisted Fox News Freaks Demonize Women With Fake War on Gendercide

Fox News has increased its attacks on and demonization of women by embracing and spreading the collective right wing hallucination that gendercide is running rampant in the United States.

10

One Man Army Bernie Sanders Goes To War With the Koch Brothers

In response to the Koch Brothers’ plan to spend $400 million on Republican election campaigns, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out the Kochs and urged America to stand up against Citizens United.

2

Now that America’s Awake the GOP Plans to Keep us from Voting

It’s an old right wing tactic that we should have long ago learned to recognize. When they can’t beat us in a democracy, they change the rules of that democracy.

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Tax Exempt Cheats: The Mormon Church Egregiously Breaks the Law to Fund Mitt Romney

The Mormon Church has been engaging in egregious violations of the 501(c)(3) Charities and Churches of Political Activity Ban in order to support and fund Mitt Romney.

12

Elizabeth Warren a Communist Because She Supports Everything Conservatives Hate

Hate group president Brian Carmenker says that Elizabeth Warren is a communist because she supports everything conservatives hate

73

CNN Moves To The Right and Loses 52% of Its Viewers

CNN’s abandonment of news to climb in bed with the tea party has turned into an epic disaster as the network has lost 52% of its viewers from one year ago at this time.

1

Mitt Romney May Now Begin His Cross Country Campaign of Homophobia and Dollar Chasing

Mitt Romney prefers right wing casino dollars to voters, and Donald Trump’s bad haired birtherism to gay haired high school kids.

12

7 Lessons Democrats and Progressives Should Learn From Wisconsin

No matter the outcome on June 5, the Wisconsin uprising is serving up a passel of lessons that Democrats and progressives should heed.

14

Republicans Propose Creating a New Federal Office of Birtherism

Michigan Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra has proposed the creation of new federal office staffed by the FBI and CIA that would check presidential candidates’ birth certificates.

6

Jon Stewart Drops a Ten Ton Mega Bomb on Roger Ailes and Fox News

Jon Stewart responded to Roger Ailes’ claim that he is a socialist by calling Fox News a fiefdom of victimhood and conservative propaganda juggernaut disguised as a news network.

15

Florida Concocts Signature Test to Purge Democratic Voters

While voter suppression is nothing new, Rick Scott has taken it to the extreme with a variety of measures ranging from restricting registration, to voter purging and a signatures please law.

25

Conservatives Freak Out and Proclaim That a Non-White America is Bad Thing

The fact within many Americans’ lifetimes this country will be inhabited by a truly diverse population where whites are not the majority have caused conservatives to totally freak out.

16

America’s Choice: Why Obama in 2012?

There are many reasons to vote for Barack Obama in 2012, and very few to vote against him, given the alternatives

13

Mitt Romney Dodges Wifer Questions by Releasing Birth Certificate

In response to the burgeoning wifer movement founded by Bill Maher, Mitt Romney released his birth certificate, but still won’t tell us how many wives he has.

23

Wolf Blitzer Awakens From Coma to Destroy Donald Trump

For decades CNN’s Wolf Blitzer has appeared on air to be in some sort of media coma, but through the magic of birtherism Wolf awakened today, and beat down Donald Trump.

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The Real Job Creator: Obama Nearly Doubles Bush’s Jobs Numbers

Facts are not on the conservatives’ side, as the numbers reveal that Obama has created nearly double the amount of jobs that George W. Bush did.

4

Investigators Turn Up the Heat on Scott Walker with Bid Rigging Probe

The Scott Walker John Doe investigation takes a serious turn as prosecutors look into potential bid rigging surrounding a land lease.

4

Judge Punishes Defendant for Invoking Sixth Amendment Rights

What happens when a judge takes out their bad day on your constitutional rights? The DC Court of appeals recently reversed a Judge’s violation of defendant’s rights because she was ticked off.

13

Hours before Fundraiser with Romney, Donald Trump Goes Full On Birther Insane

Watch Donald Trump absolutely lose his mind in an birther frenzy just hours before he is set to appear at a fundraiser with Mitt Romney.

5

When It Comes to War Mitt Romney is George W. Bush With Magic Underwear

If Willard Romney controls the world’s most powerful military will repeat the Iraq and Afghanistan disasters because he is, after all, just George W. Bush with magic underwear.

6

Christopher Monckton: The Man Who Lies About His Credentials Question’s Obama’s

Christopher Monckton tells many lies about his own credentials so its no surprise that he has jumped on Joe Arpaio’s birther bandwagon

7

Why Scott Walker Must Go: the Endless Parade of Lies

Scott Walker’s endless parade of lies is just one of many reasons that the Wisconsin governor has got to go.

13

Obama Rebukes the Republican Warmonger Doctrine of Unjustified War

While honoring the sacrifices of the fallen, President Obama took the time to make it specifically clear that he will never subscribed to the Bush Doctrine of endless unjustified war.

5

Nine Years; Watching Military Sacrifices Unfold from Outside

We can debate the merits of war, but over the last nine years I have the seen undebatable sacrifices made by those who serve our country and their families.

7

Scott Walker: Unfit for Office in College, Unfit for Office Today

Have you ever wondered what Scott Walker was like before he went into politics? Dr. Glen Barry has some insights and they’re not pretty.

8

The Obama Administration Supports the Troops In Deed as Well as Word

The Obama administration is one hundred percent behind our troops in deeds, compassion, and policy that match their words..

13

GOP Dishonors Veterans’ Sacrifice with Benefit Cuts and Privatized Healthcare Schemes

America promised its veterans to provide health care after their sacrifice and service, and the GOP dishonors them by cutting their benefits and promoting privatizing their health care.

22

Demonize It! The Fundamentalist Obsession with Demons

Most 21st century Americans deal with the world they see and give no thought to an underlying reality full of demons and demonic influences

43

Hints of Racism as the Mainstream Media Questions Obama’s Aggressiveness

The mainstream media is subtly helping to further a racist stereotype by acting shocked and even a little afraid by the aggressiveness of Obama’s reelection campaign.

15

Straight from the Pastor: A Message of Enlightenment and Modernity Amidst the Insanity of Zealots

Just when it seems the discussion has been overrun by insane religious zealots, Pastor Howard Bess offers us an enlightened and modern religious perspective on marriage.

6

Republicans Continue to Waste America’s Time With Their Obsession to Destroy Obama

Looking at recent legislation it becomes obvious that the only GOP goal is to make the president look bad and constituents be damned.

6

The Failure of Austerity Demonstrated by Scott Walker and Mitt Romney

Romney and Walker each pushed austerity politics only to end up with abysmal job records, yet polls say gullible voters keep supporting them.

19

Republicans Can’t Extinguish the Firestorm Created by Their War On Women

This is a warning to Republicans and religious maniacs that their war on women, like their sexist mouthpiece Rush Limbaugh, has ignited a firestorm they are ill-equipped to extinguish.

40

Religious Bigots Gather at National Religious Freedom Conference

Religious Freedom: a euphemism used by Christian groups who embrace subordination and a culture of suppression of other religious viewpoints

62

Paul Krugman Destroys Every Republican Argument for Austerity

On Bill Maher’s Real Time Paul Krugman went head to head with Arthur Laffer, and destroyed every conservative argument for austerity.

8

Women Are the Key to Restoring Our Political Sanity

The U.S. government has been gridlocked since the Republicans captured the House. Only women voters can change that dynamic; men won’t.

10

Flashback 2008: Mitt Romney Subscribed to Glenn Beck’s Islamic Caliphate Extremism

Moderate Mitt reveals himself to be anti-Islamic extremist in this 2008 clip of Romney banging on about Glenn Beck’s caliphate..

7

Republicans See a Win-Win in Increasing America’s Suffering

Republicans have demonstrated that they will starve poor Americans, restrict women, children, and the elderly from receiving health assistance to prevent the rich from paying their fair share,

41

Sure, the Christian Right Champions Religious Freedom – For Themselves

The Christian Right pretends to be champions of religious freedom; but the only freedom they care about is their freedom to ignore ours

15

Bill Maher Shreds Birthers By Becoming a Mitt Romney Wifer

Bill Maher shredded the return of birtherism by becoming a wifer, and asking Mitt Romney to prove that he really has just one wife.

6

Sweet Moment: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

An oldie but goodie — a picture of the President and First Lady in a freight elevator at the Inaugural Ball, January 20, 2009.

7

Billions of Dollars Rocketed Out Of the U.S. Yearly and It Has Nothing To Do With Romney

Legal and illegal residents of the U.S. send billions of dollars to their home countries every year. Dollars that benefit foreign economies

3

Twinkie Terrorism: GOP Jeopardizes National Security by Encouraging Obesity

Republicans defend their right to eat whatever they please as freedom, but they are creating a national security risk as many of America’s military recruits are too fat to fight.

13

Fox News Touts Itself as Face of Liberalism

Roger Ailes thinks so little of Americans that he thinks he can sell y’all this whopper: Fox News employs one conservative and 24 liberals.

4

Mitt Romney Plans To Screw the Students and Enrich Corporations With His Education Plan

Romney’s goal of a voucher system is taking taxpayer money and handing it directly to private corporations with less accountability and poor performance.

9

Obama Power: 36 Point Swing in Approval for Marriage Rights

On her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow pointed out a 36 point swing in support for equal marriage rights in the state of Maryland.

27

A Look at 30 Extremists Who Want to Destroy America

Southern Poverty Law Center offers a list of 30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right, who represent the worst America has to offer

10

Why Repealing the Affordable Care Act is a Terrible Idea Even By Republican Standards

If elected president, Mitt Romney promises to repeal ACA. Most people have not read the act and don’t realize its importance to the nation.

26

Obesity for Profit: How Big Agriculture Gets Rich by Keeping Us Fat

6

The Mitt Romney Ken Doll Interview Strategy: Look Good, Say Nothing

A Ken doll could give more substantive answers to questions, but then maybe that’s Mitt Romney’s intent.

8

Romney Got into the Game to Grow His Own Wealth, Not to Create jobs

Mitt Romney was never a job creator. He engaged in “recapping” companies; loading a company with debt in order to suck it dry of dividends.

14

Rachel Maddow Challenges the Mainstream Media to Do Their Jobs

In the face of a mounting daily barrage of Romney and GOP falsehoods, Rachel Maddow has challenged the mainstream media to do their jobs.

Republicans are Destined to Fail Because Most Americans Aren’t Racists and Birthers

It is true that Republicans and their conspiracy theorists will have some success with a segment of the population, but most Americans are not racists, birthers, or apt to believe Republican lies.

10

Obama: Republicans Bamboozled People Into Thinking They Are Fiscally Disciplined

President Obama responded to the wild lies of the Republican Party, “They run up these wild debts, and then when we take over, we’ve got to clean it up!”

20

Satan Ate My Government! The Fundamentalist Addiction to Satan

You get the idea that if we banned the word Satan we’d all be a lot happier but that fundamentalists wouldn’t have anything to talk about

5

Late Night Snack: Super Cute Salsa Dancing Dog

Okay, it’s been a long time since I’ve cleaned the political palate but this did it. Feeling down? I challenge you to watch this and not smile.

9

Karl Rove Remains the Single Most Harmful Political Presence of Our Generation

If I were to name the biggest ethical corner-cutter in modern American political history, there would be but one runaway winner, Karl Rove.

22

Rush Limbaugh, Child Molester?

Rush Limbaugh gets his creepy on while giving credence to all of those Dominican Republic rumors by calling a 14 year old girl a babe on his radio show.

4

Sponsor a Uterus And Save An American Woman from Herself

Now you can make decisions for a uterus stuck in a woman’s body, and you don’t even have to know the woman hosting the uterus.

3

Intellectual Runt of the Litter GOP Rep. Steve King Compares Immigrants to Dogs

What is it with Steve King (R-IA) and his truly disgusting efforts to dehumanize people?

36

Colin Powell Stomps a Mud Hole In Sean Hannity and Walks it Dry

Bad things happened to Sean Hannity when he tried to spew his anti-Obama Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers nonsense at the buzz saw known as Colin Powell.

9

Obama Is The Most Fiscally Responsible President In a Generation

Obama is slowing the growth in spending better than any other President in 60 years! The federal budget has grown 1.4% in Obama’s first term, compared to Reagan who increased spending by 8%.

11

Republican Traitors Declare War on the American People

Republicans are not waging civil war, but a civil massacre where Depression-era bread lines are the order of the day and entire families barely survive.

5

Romney to Speak at Ralph Reed’s 2012 FFC Conference & Strategy Briefing

Ralph Reed wants to play Kingmaker like he did in 1994 and he has Mitt Romney lined up to slobber over his ring this year in Washington, DC

27

And Now for Something Really Hateful the KKK Invites You to a Cross Burning

In case you were wondering how far some people want to take America back to, the KKK in Harmony, NC is inviting white people to an ‘old fashioned’ cross burning.

4

Has The Romney Express Already Run Out of Gas?

Mitt Romney is a few votes short of making his Republican nomination for president official, but thanks to a lack of support from his own party, Romney’s teetering train may make a few more stops.

16

‘Job Creator’ Mitt Romney Has Created 1.33% as Many Jobs as Obama

Mitt Romney is claiming he has created more jobs than President Obama, but the truth is that Romney has created one-and-one-third percent as many jobs as the president.

21

Roger Ailes Amps Up Fox News’s Desperate Attempts to Discredit Jon Stewart

Roger Ailes spoke at Ohio University yesterday and showed his desperate contempt for Jon Stewart by claiming that the Daily Show host admitted to being a socialist.

21

Fox News Blames Poor Children for Romney’s Bad Poll Numbers

While looking for someone to blame for Mitt Romney’s poll numbers, Fox News found the perfect excuse. Poor children are the reason why Romney isn’t polling well.

13

Democrats Need to Learn that Nice Guys Finish Last

I’m going to type this super slow so that it gets through to our Democratic leaders: You people need to learn to frame issues and you need to do it without apologizing for your beliefs.

11

Obama: Mitt Romney is the Opposite of Robin Hood

While attending the NATO summit in Chicago, President Obama kept up the pressure on Romney and his self-enrichment record at Bain Capital

4

Cory Booker Trashes the GOP But Implicitly Stands Behind Bain

On Rachel Maddow, Cory Booker backed Obama, blamed the GOP, and most interestingly, implicitly stood behind Bain.

6

Wells Fargo Gets a Taste of the 99%

Chanting “That ain’t right” and “Wells Fargo, you’re the worst, time to put the people first!”, the National People’s Action occupied three Wells Fargo banks today.

3

Barack Obama Demands that Mitt Romney Show Us the Money

In order to avoid paying income taxes Mitt Romney is hiding his wealth all over the world, and now the Obama campaign is calling on Mitt to show us the money.

45

From the Pulpit Comes a Call For a Gay and Lesbian Final Solution

A pastor’s proposal of concentration camps for gays and lesbians sounds a lot like a Third Reich style final solution to the gay marriage issue.

22

Boycott Stress Causes Rush Limbaugh To Launch Half Baked War on Vegetarians

As the boycott takes its psychological toll, Rush Limbaugh said liberal vegetarians want to control what everyone else eats just like they want to control radio shows.

12

Stupid Teabaggers: 10 GOP Freshman Speak at 8th Grade Level

Even though the Constitution is written at college graduate level comprehension, a new study has found that ten Republican freshman speak at an 8th grade or lower level.

13

Instead of Being Adults Republicans Act Like Drunken Teens With Daddy’s Credit Card

Republicans are drunken teens with daddy’s credit card and if left unimpeded will increase the deficit and finish off the job they started during the Bush administration of destroying the economy.

25

What Would A Romney Presidency be Like? It’s Anyone’s Guess

Mitt Romney wants Americans to know what the first day of a Romney presidency would look like, based on his most recent position flip-flops

Justice Thomas Included in ACA Decision When He Clearly Should have Recused Himself

The Supreme Court decision on the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act is due in late June. One justice should have sate the vote out.

19

Right Wing Lackey David Gregory Helps Paul Ryan Push Deceptive Austerity Propaganda

David Gregory assists another deceptive Republican talking point, and the people lose again. Today’s lie was brought to you by the “liberal media” at NBC.

12

Paul Krugman Debunks Mitt Romney’s Economic Nonsense

On CNN, Paul Krugman called out Mitt Romney today for spouting nonsense about the economy and explained why Romney’s plan to do what Greece did won’t bring prosperity to America.

4

Thanks to Citizens United 1 Romney Super PAC Donor=181,000 Obama Donors

Because of Citizens United, it takes over 181,000 donations to Barack Obama to match one anonymous twenty five million dollar donation to a Romney supporting Super PAC.

16

Cutting Through the Hysteria, a Rational Look at the NDAA Ruling

It helps to read a the recent NDAA ruling before drawing conclusions about its contents, and understand the reasons contained in it rather than resorting to headlines that misrepresent the ruling.

7

Republicans Punish Americans Who Believe the Constitution Guarantees Them Equal Rights

Republicans are supporting government that dictates to Americans who they can love, when women have children, and giving employers and clergy rights of making healthcare decisions.

5

The NAACP Comes Out in Support of Marriage Equality

The NAACP has come out in support of President Barack Obama and marriage equality in a press release dated yesterday, May 19, 2012.

16

Repression = Aggression Against an Entire Population in the Name of God

The homophobic flood gates opened and the sewers are filling with hate and self-loathing by voices consumed by fear.

32

Republicans Are Trying to Destroy the Most Successful Government Program in History

The Republicans and their accomplices on Wall Street are trying kill Social Security by getting your payroll taxes instead of paying to the government.

After JP Morgan Fiasco Obama Targets Wall Street’s GOP Enablers

Because President Obama is pushing for more financial regulation and reform, Wall Street is going all in on Mitt Romney and the Republican Party. Now Obama is fighting back.

37

Scrutiny of Mitt Romney’s Character Reveals Psychopathic Tendencies

Between his inability to stop laughing when he causes misery to others and his chronic deceitfulness, Mitt Romney is almost a psychopath.

17

Senate Republicans Reject Peace and Push for War With Iran

Senate Republicans have diminished the chances of a peaceful resolution to the Iran nuclear situation, and one cannot help but believe that is their true motivation.

14

Under-Mom’d One Million Moms Throws Hissy Fit at GAP

After failing to terrorize JC Penney into submission, One Million Moms threatens to do the same to GAP for showing two men in one t-shirt

5

Sir Richard Branson Supports Global #Out4Marriage Campaign with Video

The founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, has become the most high profile figure so far to film a video for the Out4Marriage.org campaign.

29

Family Values: Why The Right is Attacking Barack and Michelle Obama’s Marriage

The right wing rumor that Barack and Michelle Obama almost got a divorce goes beyond irrational hatred of this president and ties into a specific Republican objective for 2012.