The Big Oil and Gas-Owned Republican House Trying to Do the Fracking Bidding of Big Gas and Oil
The political attention of most Americans has been concentrated on the latest developments at HealthCare.gov. Meanwhile fracking explodes.
The political attention of most Americans has been concentrated on the latest developments at HealthCare.gov. Meanwhile fracking explodes.
Wealthy libertarians using austerity to create conditions driving high unemployment, poverty, anti-government discontent, and misplaced anger to further their own agenda.
If Republicans don’t like their misogyny being used against them to raise money, then they should try not being misogynistic.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) wailed about losing the ability to fundraise on the Senate floor, saying that Harry Reid change to the filibuster rule will “poison the atmosphere of the Senate.”
After a judge gave only six years probation and two years in a non-violent community corrections center to her convicted rapist, Courtney Andrews is fighting back.
Don’t be afraid of “redistribution” charges, because this accusation is a phony distraction with very big holes for the party of Corporate Welfare.
It took just a couple of sentences for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to destroy the media myth that the Affordable Care Act is doomed on ABC’s This Week.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) accused the White House of making a deal with Iran to curb their nuclear program in order to distract from ObamaCare.
Sarah Palin hit a new low even for her today, by apparently not knowing what the nuclear option is during an interview on Fox News Sunday. Video: Palin said, Well, there are a lot of wild outside the mainstream nominees and pals of Barack Obama that he wants to see help him usher in an…
The war mongers aren’t digging the landmark deal that the United States and five other world powers announced on Sunday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief.
I find Sundays to be the best day to laugh at false gospels of people who like to pretend they’re Christians
Will Senator Elizabeth Warren’s political economic populist movement change US economics and politics now and in the future?
It turns out that Speaker Boehner lied about his struggles to sign up for Obamacare. The Speaker wasn’t having trouble with the website. He put the ACA rep on hold for 35 minutes.
Five years ago we elected a man almost as young, certainly as intelligent, and for many as charismatic as JFK. Another with a young and beautiful family.
Boehner keeps the Democratic minority marginalized by pretending that there’s a thing called a Hastert Rule – the GOP’s “defacto filibuster” in the House.
Obama mentioned the one thing Republicans and the MSM do not want to talk about. “(I)f you look beyond those headlines, there are some good things happening in our economy.”
Bill Maher explains to Republicans why Ronald Reagan will never be John F. Kennedy, and in the process shows why Republicans just aren’t cool.
It is the main stream media’s fault the nation is plagued with Sarah Palin’s recurring appearances on the national stage
Huckabee complains that it is easy to spend somebody else’s money; it is apparently far easier from his perspective to starve somebody else
As you can see, the ad implies heavily that the woman is an actual resident of Alaska and a constituent of Begich’s. Of course, we now know this to be a complete lie, as she is a paid actress who resides in Maryland
Rep. Alan Grayson obliterated the Republican Party on The Ed Show. He called the GOP out for lacking solutions, and for being a party of whiners.
Rush Limbaugh has gone too far, and must be taken off the air after he compared Harry Reid’s use of the nuclear option to raping women.
Glenn Beck went completely off the deep end today by claiming that if John F. Kennedy were alive today he would be a radical tea partier.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) decided to blog about his Healthcare.gov experience on Thursday. According to the Speaker’s tweet, he thought the experience was a #trainwreck.
Representative Bill Cassidy’s (R-LA) campaign manager tweeted a link to a blog post with Senator Mary Landrieu’s face on Benito Mussolini’s body.
After allowing Republican dictators-by-committee to hold sway over a crucial portion of government for nearly five years, Majority Leader Harry Reid did what he should have done three years ago.
There are a bunch of Republicans besides McConnell who, when Bush was president, said they’d never, ever filibuster a nominee.
In the wake of Rmuse’s story about heartless Republican cuts in the House a closer look at what young ‘life’ really represents to Republicans
Because McDonalds’ “sample budget” only left $27 a month for food, the company advised hungry employees to “break food into pieces” to feel full, and better fill the void in their empty stomachs.
This is the twenty-third edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
Recent polls have shown Barack Obama’s approval rating on the decline. However, who exactly is “disapproving” of him tells the bigger story.
Sen. Rand Paul reacted to the news that he won’t be able to endlessly obstruct the president anymore by throwing a tantrum on CNN and calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a big bully.
People for the American Way said that Republicans tried to shut down our courts like they shut down our government, all in an attempt to nullify elections they lost.
Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) spokesperson was quick on the lie draw today, quipping, “”I’m looking forward to President Rubio stacking the courts.”
By a vote of 52-48 the Senate has invoked the nuclear option, and voted to break the Republican practice of filibustering President Obama’s nominees.
As Harry Reid moves to change the filibuster rules, Republicans are already screaming about how unfair it all is. Back when they were in power, they were singing a different tune.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor that enough was enough, and he announced that he is going nuclear on Republican filibusters today.
A perfect example of just how closely the media falls in line with GOP talking points can be seen in a Republican memo outlining their attacks on ObamaCare.
They will reduce working class Americans to serfs, put our children to work, rape our wives, sisters, and daughters, and let us die when we get too sick to be of any further use for them.
Tom Brower, a five term Democratic State Representative in Hawaii, has launched a personal crusade against the homeless in his district. He is crusading against the homeless, not against homelessness.
Sarah Palin has canceled a Christmas interview with Matt Lauer, because NBC refuses to suspend or fire Martin Bashir.
Scott Walker is so desperate to hide his pathetic economic record in Wisconsin that he is counting Girl Scout troops and Little League teams as new business creation in the state.
Republican leadership, only informed yesterday of Representative Trey Radel’s (R-FLA) October arrest, have already decided that God has forgiven Radel and thus, they get to keep his seat.
Another step in exposing a Texas sized fraud occurred today when Ted Cruz wilted and melted down on CNN when asked what he would do to fix or replace the ACA.
As a moved President Obama put the Medal of Freedom award on a clearly thrilled Ms. Steinem, it symbolized the results of four decades of her tireless advocacy.
George W. Bush, has made his presence known with two appearances over the past week, and it is likely because the statute of limitations to convict the war criminal are set to expire in two months.
This is the twenty-second edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
If these defenders of Zimmerman had their child gunned down for holding Skittles, would they be able to stop themselves from hating someone who condemned their son while defending his killer?
God really does NOT want you drinking Starbucks! It’s that “holiness” or “sanctification” thingie. Just don’t ask Barton which verse it is
After Senate Republicans blocked a third Obama judicial nomination this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has reached his breaking point and is ready to go nuclear.
Kirsten Gillibrand told Katie Couric, “This reform is not a Democratic idea, it’s not a Republican idea, it’s just the right thing to do.”
Shellie Zimmerman was finally able to catch up with her service dodging husband, George Zimmerman, since he was trapped in jail.
President Obama shredded Republicans who have called him a socialist today by pointing to his record, and highlighting their love of big government programs like Medicare while fearing socialism.
Florida Republican Rep. Trey Radel was arrested on October 29 for possession of cocaine in DC.
MSNBC host Martin Bashir went on the air on Monday and apologized for remarks he made about former half-term Alaskan Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin during his show on Friday.
Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA), who is running for Senate to replace the retiring Saxby Chambliss, is going to have to do some mass hiring today.
Grimes is not an Obama supporter. She’s a politician. Republicans are desperately trying to tie her to the president since they have nothing on her than making her the cheerleader for the black guy.
Fifty-nine percent of Americans support ending the military rape culture by putting an independent prosecutor in charge of deciding which rape cases to prosecute, according to a new poll.
A new Demos study has revealed that the only thing stopping Walmart from paying their employees $25,000 a year without raising prices is their ridiculous level of greed.
A new report reveals that the recent food stamp cuts mean that 47.7 million children, senior citizens, working Americans, and nearly a million veterans will have to get by on one less meal a day
This is the twenty-first edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
“The purpose of this event is to spark a campus-wide discussion about the issue of illegal immigration, and how it affects our everyday lives”
In a call with supporters tonight, President Obama explained the big picture behind all of the white noise about websites. He said that the ACA is a law that will last for generations to come.
The political and media firestorm about Richard Cohen’s recent column, as typical, missed the real issues.
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is never afraid to ask the tough questions. Though his Times blog bears the name “The Conscience of Liberal,” the title is sort of an unfortunate misnomer.
It appears Americans are being kept unawares again as the Koch’s so-called grass-roots organization, the teabaggers, have asked for an FEC exemption on campaign finance disclosure rules.
In case you hadn’t already heard, it appears that some of the problems with the Obamacare website aren’t exactly due to that incompetence thing that Bob Woodward likes to pin on the Obama administration.
The NLRB has announced that they will be prosecuting Walmart for the illegal firing or disciplining of 117 employees who asked for better wages and treatment.
George Zimmerman has been arrested and is now in police custody after being accused of domestic violence by a girlfriend.
“The House GOP’s 2014 blank agenda proves they are officially out of ideas,” Pelosi commented, sharing a picture of Eric Cantor’s blank 2014 Agenda.
When the Dow Jones hit 16,000 for the first time this morning, Plouffe tweeted, “DJIA 6443 March 6 2009. DJIA 16000+ Nov 18 2013. That terrible socialist, @BarackObama.”
Ann Romney reminded everyone that if only Mitt had been elected, none of these problems would exist. Mitt Romney would be so much better at handling the economy and the ObamaCare rollout.
This is the twentieth edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
Unless Democrats want more of the same in DC until January of 2021, they’ll have to move their frozen rumps and make their way to the polls.
Recent appalling decisions by Bush-appointed judges show the importance of getting some Obama-appointed judges on the bench. If only he could
John Boehner is doing his best to help the anti-gay movement increase their power in America and learn how to emulate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assault on homosexuals.
Sen. John Barrasso showed why Republicans are setting themselves up for failure by admitting to millions that they plan to take away their health insurance by not fixing or replacing the ACA.
This ride must almost be over because Bob Woodward, Obama hater extraordinaire, has just told Fox News that this is not Obama’s Watergate.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is taking aim at the rape culture and that means taking aim at the status quo. Naturally John McCain dismissed her because she doesn’t have experience commanding the military.
Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi destroyed David Gregory and his Affordable Care Act lies on Meet The Press with a display of facts, truth, and no apologies.
Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker used the government shutdown against his congressional 2016 competition and criticized Republicans for not compromising.
While President Obama is taking ownership of the problems with the ACA rollout and trying to fix them, the Republican Party is busy mocking.
Only Anglo-Saxons are real Americans but then only if they are carrying around a Semitic book with a later Greek revision added to it?
Republican talking points distributor David Gregory was happy to help Brian Williams advance concern trolling to the next level by comparing the ACA rollout to the Iraq War.
Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia have again set themselves above ethics rules because they are, after all, Koch brother properties.
Barton is not a scientist. He is not a historian. He pretends to be a constitutional scholar but has no law degree. So why is Ted Cruz listening to him?
It is astonishing, but one of their champions used the floor of the House to condemn President Obama for not utilizing Old Testament prophecy as a guiding force for Middle East policy,
The man who shot Renisha McBride has been slapped with a 2nd degree murder charge from Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. 54-year old Theodore Wafer is expected to be arraigned today at 2 PM for his role in the shooting death of McBride.
This is the nineteenth edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House.The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
In a stunning display of political cowardice, 39 House Democrats caved to Republican fearmongering and voted with the GOP in favor of a bill that sabotages the ACA.
Things are so bad for Mitch McConnell in Kentucky that a new DFM Research poll found that the Senate Minority Leader has a higher unfavorable rating than the Affordable Care Act.
House Republicans are wasting more time voting on a bill that is disguised as a fix to the ACA, but it really an act of sabotage. President Obama has already promised he will veto the bill.
“I’m really scary,” Barton declared. “I am very scary for people who have a secular worldview.”
Within a few years, there could be one million gang members in the U.S. Gangs are a refuge for children of poverty. No Teapublicans care.
Having affordable health care will mean a world of difference for the 106,815 people who now have it for the first time in their lives.
Ronald Reagan has been dead for over nine years and it is time to kill his absurd notion that cutting taxes on the rich and corporations produces a balanced budget, create jobs and economic growth.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is fed up with Speaker of the House John Boehner. Reid let loose in an interview, and claimed that nobody knows what Boehner is talking about.
This is the eighteenth edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
President Obama stood up today and took responsibility for the mistakes that have been made in the ACA, but he took on Republicans by vowing to fight for he healthcare law and the uninsured.
President Obama has outwitted John Boehner again by proposing his own changes ahead of Boehner’s plot to kill the ACA with votes disguised as “fixes” to the law.