If there’s one bargaining tactic Congressional Republican lawmakers have perfected since President Obama took the oath of office in January 2009, it’s trying to cut off America’s nose to spite its face.
It’s remarkable that our right to vote is vulnerable to the whims of lawmakers looking for new ways to rig elections in their favor.
GOP Senators killed amendments requiring Keystone oil be kept in the U.S., and mandating that the pipeline be built with U.S. steel.
During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Wednesday morning, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told the panel that he knows “it’s constitutional, but the President doesn’t actually have to deliver the speech, he could actually email it out and we could read it.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and shredded one of the show’s favorite Republican talking points. Sanders pushed back against the idea that President Obama has to agree with Republicans in order for things to get done.
Wanna know why Republicans only mentioned immigration reform in the Spanish language response? Because Obama sucks.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is renewing his efforts to rid the country of Citizens United by introducing a new constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court’s decision.
For the past seven years President Barack Obama has delivered prescient State of the Union speeches that should appeal to the majority of Americans regardless of their party affiliation except for one small detail; he represents the federal government.
Bobby Jindal repeating the European no-go zones myth, reminds us that he has never had a close relationship with the truth.
The sad fact of Republican fact-checking is that their fact-checking needs to be fact-checked, and this was never more true last night.
Republicans tried to get snarky with President Obama during the State Of The Union but were quickly shot down by an off the cuff presidential reply. After the exchange, conservative media cowered and whined about the president’s “rudeness.”
Republicans failed again to deliver a State Of The Union response that didn’t look crazy as robotic pseudo-hostage sounding Sen. Joni Ernst demonstrated a bizarre obsession with bread bags.
This was a dominant performance by the president. He reminded Republicans that they were wrong about the economy, wrong on the minimum wage, wrong about climate change, and wrong in the love and admiration for Putin during his State Of The Union.
President Obama made sure to tell the country that all of the Republican predictions of gloom and doom about his economic policies were wrong. Obama listed just a few of the ways that they were wrong during the State Of The Union.
Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages. That’s why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. Really. It’s 2015. It’s time. We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they’ve earned. And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise.
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President Obama’s veto hammer gets no rest since Republicans have taken over Congress. The White House has announced that the president will veto a bill that House Republicans are expected to pass that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks.
Not only will you be treated to Republican Senator/Castration expert Joni Ernst giving her rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening, but you also get a bonus round courtesy of Representative Carlos Curbelo, who try to sell the Republican rebuttal to a Spanish speaking audience.
Now, another white man is walking free after shooting a Black police chief in Oklahoma investigating a possible bomb plot against a Head Start school in the presence of four other law enforcement officers.
Congressional Republicans are shocked and on the defensive because President Obama has refused to be humbled by their election victory. The president has responded to the Republican takeover of congress with a flurry of action that has destroyed Boehner and McConnell’s agenda.
During Monday night’s broadcast of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart tore into former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee over his criticism of singer Beyonce.
It is being reported that one of President Obama’s surprises at the State Of The Union will be an announcement of an executive order that will take on the Koch Brothers and Citizens United.
Meet the Republican Koch puppets for 2016: Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Mike Pence. Four of these 2016 GOP hopefuls were invited to a secret meeting with the Koch brothers.
“If you show up at churches and at minority communities it shows you care much more broadly. And that’s something that I want to do.”
A message worth repeating… and a woman too!
President Obama’s proposal to give middle class and working class Americans a tax break has the GOP on the defensive.
On the eve of the State Of The Union, Republicans were hit with more bad news as 61% of those surveyed in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll supported President Obama’s position on Keystone XL.
In fact, there is absolutely nothing whatsoever that Republicans represent that Dr. King would even tepidly support, and in fact he would be leading the fight against everything conservatives stand for; whether they are social, racial, or economic policies.
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll found that President Obama’s job approval rating has jumped nine points in a single month, and is now 50%-44%.
Leading by example, President Obama urged people to get involved in their community, writing “As one people, we will show when ordinary citizens come together to participate in the democracy we love, justice will not be denied.”
Over the weekend, a protest formed at a conference in Texas held by a Muslim group titled “Stand With the Prophet Against Terror and Hate.” Protesters directed their hate towards Muslim attendees of the event.
Feeling “fingers from God” but assuring us he is not crazy, Ben Carson has appointed an Iowa operative for a possible presidential run in 2016
It is time that the left started taking this election seriously, along with Romney and Jeb Bush and the rest, even those we view as stupid, misogynist, and out of touch wing nuts
Terrorism is something worth fighting against. President Obama knows this, and has been proving it time and time again throughout his presidency. Please don’t forget that this is the man who wiped out Osama bin Laden.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback touted his trickle down tax cutting experiment would produce a bonanza in jobs, revenue, and economic growth the entire nation would marvel at and cause the rich no pain. Of course, the results have been exactly the opposite.
During an appearance on Meet the Press Sunday, frequent Sunday show guest Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reiterated his previous claim that the policies of President Obama was “getting people killed.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that he is supporting the president’s plan to cut taxes for the middle class while closing loopholes that the wealthiest Americans use to avoid paying their fair share. Sanders said, “President Obama’s plan moves us in the right direction.”
Rep. Paul Ryan responded to President Obama’s plan to cut taxes for the middle class by lying about the president’s plan and calling for a tax increase on the middle class.
There is no legitimate reason why Republicans, who claim to be all about tax cuts, won’t help the President reform the tax code in a way that stops abusing the middle class.
A new Democracy Corps poll revealed some very bad news for Republicans as Hillary Clinton leads Mitt Romney by a comfortable margin while she crushes Jeb Bush as voters remain openly hostile to electing another Bush president.
The following is a summation of President Obama’s tax code proposals as well as a PDF fact sheet, both as provided by the White House.
The internationalized world of the Bronze Age came to a catastrophic end. We are not immune to a similar systems collapse
President Obama dropped a Saturday night bomb on Republicans by announcing a new tax plan that would provide tax breaks for the middle class while forcing the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share.
Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK) highlights the new Congress’s work to “restore truly representative government that puts the people’s priorities first”
Why are the major corporate oil players fighting the business equivalent of a World War to drill for more oil in every available space on earth, land and sea? If oil is going to be such a losing proposition for the foreseeable future, why waste literally billions on highly expanded and continued drilling for the stuff?
MLK was a radical who wanted to eradicate poverty through a guaranteed income program, and he wanted to give reparations to black Americans.
Every nation on Earth is plagued with inconvenient, and uncomfortable, ‘secrets’ that are widely known by the population, but are hardly ever discussed. America is no different and one of its dirty little secrets is that although the U.S. Constitution was created to guarantee that all citizens are treated equally, a growing number of Republican states are actively seeking protection to discriminate based on religion.
Only Republicans would see a war slipping through their fingers as a loss, and losing this chance is almost too much for John Boehner to bear
Approximately 200 gun rights activists demonstrated at Washington’s state capitol building on Thursday morning to ostensibly protest the passage of I-594. A day after this display, Lt. Governor Brad Owen, a Democrat and President of the Senate, announced that openly carried firearms are now banned from the public viewing area.
Mitt 3.0 is Mitt 2.0, but with some more carefully chosen words meant to appeal to the 47%. He came across as almost Palin level stuck on Obama, still pandering to everyone, and though carefully rehearsed, unsteady on foreign policy.
President Obama’s weekly address was the Republicans’ worst nightmare come true. The president not only discussed America’s economic comeback, but he also embraced the comeback that he is getting credit for.
The Pope said, “You cannot provoke, you cannot insult other people’s faith, you cannot mock it” but mocks critics of religion as provocateurs
While you were sleeping Fox News and Dish Network Have Reached a Deal. This truce came after Fox News goes full Fox News in its contract dispute with Dish Network promoting The New Big Fat Lie By Fox News: ‘DISH Is Censoring Us!’.
President Obama’s job approval rating continues to skyrocket as a new Gallup poll has found that more Americans approve than disapprove to the president.
If Democrats had proposed any of their current populist plans last year, Republicans would have went into the midterm elections defending their religious allegiance to the richest one-percent of income earners and their highly-profitable corporations.
In a joint press release, NOAA and NASA scientists reported that 2014 was the warmest year on earth, since at least 1880.
On Thursday, during a speech at the Republican National Committee’s Winter Meeting, neurosurgeon and potential 2016 GOP Presidential candidate Ben Carson equated Islmaic State militants to American patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War.
At a press conference today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) shredded the Republican budget plans while taking Republicans to task for cutting Social Security benefits for 1 million disabled veterans.
President Obama told congressional Democrats in a closed door meeting that he planned to continue going on offense. The president vowed to defend the Democratic agenda and called on the members of his party to help sustain his vetoes.
President Obama got a big win as congressional Republican leaders have backed down and told their members that they will not shut down Homeland Security over the president’s executive actions on immigration.
The GOP is poised for an epic clash of plutocrats that is likely to split establishment donors and benefit the Tea Party
After granting Muslim students use of the school chapel bell tower for call to prayer, Duke University backed down in the face of Religious Right outrage
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) has reacted to Mitt Romney weighing a third run for the White House by completely imploding and attacking the media.
An open carry group’s belligerent behavior demonstrates that an armed society isn’t necessarily a polite society.
According to a study by The Tax Foundation, the seven states who need the most federal aid in order to survive all had one thing in common. They all vote Republican.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year’s major Oscar nominations early Thursday morning and revealed that the civil rights film Selma had been passed over for all of the major awards other than Best Picture.
Not only is Secretary Jeh C. Johnson urging President Obama to veto the GOP bill due to the amendments, but he forcefully condemned the Republican attempts to turn the agency into a “political volleyball.”
President Obama dealt another blow to congressional Republicans with executive action to expand sick leave for federal workers and a call for increased paid sick leave for all American workers.
Republicans ran on, and won big with, their claim that the GOP is “the party of solutions” founded on conservative pro-growth economic policies, deregulation, and tax cuts for the rich they claimed were more successful than anything “hapless” Democrats or Obama could ever hope to achieve. This is despite the President’s nearly five-year job growth record, world-leading GDP growth, and increased revenue paying down the nation’s debt at a record pace.
During an appearance on Fox & Friends Thursday morning, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed that 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney could have possibly defeated President Obama in 2012 if he “had made Benghazi a bigger issue.”
Huckabee, whose son hung a dog, attacks Michelle Obama for letting her kids listen to Beyoncé, and accuses Jay-Z of pimping his wife
Instead of introducing legislation to create jobs, or help Americans struggling in an economy created for the benefit of the rich, on the first day of the 114th Congress Republicans introduced five separate bills restricting women’s reproductive rights; something they did not pledge would be at the top of their legislative agenda.
On a 237-190 vote, the Republican controlled U.S. House has voted to undo president Obama’s executive order on immigration.
Early in his speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, President Obama unleashed a barrage of facts about his economic record that was devastating body blow to his Republican critics.
Former one-term Republican Congressman Joe Walsh sent out a series of tweets Wednesday calling for Islamists to target the “appeasing cowards” at CNN and MSNBC first if the United States was to suffer another terrorist attack.
Until it is fully funded, the Secret Service will not be able to move forward with the additional security measures recommended for the White House and President Obama.
A new CBS News poll has found that President Obama’s approval rating has jumped seven points to reach its highest level in a year.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has forced Senate Republicans into a potentially embarrassing vote on whether or not climate change is real. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that the Senate will vote on the Sanders climate change amendment to the Keystone XL bill.
John Boehner’s former bartender has been arrested for plotting to poison the drinks of the Speaker of the House.
In an example of purely ignorant racism, a shooting range in Arkansas turned away two prospective customers because the owner believed the men are Muslim.
I felt sorry for Romney’s dog, but not for these guys.
What will #OpCharlieHebdo mean for ISIL? Given the hacktivist group’s record so far, ISIL might want to refer back to the KKK for an answer
Of course down through the ages violent wars have been waged over imposition of a particular religion, but in modern times the basic premise among religious people was to live and let live. All that changed after the terror attacks on 9/11.
Just ahead of the Republican National Committee’s Winter Meeting, where the GOP will address their need to appeal to non-white voters, a committeeman’s bigoted and racists statements on social media are giving headaches to RNC members.
Mitt Romney thinks that he lost the 2012 election because the economy was doing too well under President Obama. This is the economy that Romney criticized all through the 2012 campaign.
The current Republican congress wants to cut social security benefits. The House Budget Chair made that clear again during a Monday speech.
Senate Democrats and Independents are pushing back hard on Keystone XL. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has kicked off the Democratic counter by filing a climate change amendment to the bill authorizing the construction of the pipeline.
“Republicans are taking an extremely dangerous and cavalier approach to the safety of American families,” Pelosi charged, citing a new report from the White House Council of Economic Advisors on President Obama’s immigration actions.
The Republican racism scandal continues to grow as it was revealed that the third ranking Republican in the House tried to kill a bill that apologized for slavery.
If you were wondering how long it would take for a Republican to invoke Adolf Hitler in the made-for-Beltway-media controversy surrounding the White House’s nonattendance at the Paris Unity Rally over the weekend, you got your answer Monday evening.
Charlie Hebdo tells Republicans that people who don’t look like Fox News hosts should be killed, or at the very least, expelled from the US
Continuing GOP civil war, Rep. Richard Nugent of Florida vents Tea Party dissatisfaction with John Boehner’s leadership and competence.
Gavin Newsom has decided not to run for Senate in 2016 making attorney general Kamala Harris the presumptive front-runner if she runs.
Whether it is paying Republican governors, state legislators, or congressional representatives the Kochs are behind every last effort to kill alternatives to driving. They have successfully blocked several states’ high speed rail projects, and obstructed community progress on bike lanes, light rail, bus rapid transit, or urban communities’ “walkability” factor; any mode of transportation that keeps Americans from driving cars and purchasing gas.
The House Republican plan to stop President Obama’s immigration executive actions fell apart today as President Obama threatened to veto a House bill that would fund Homeland Security, but stop his executive actions on immigration.
Rep. Paul Ryan’s decision not to run for president in 2016 came after Ryan discussed 2016 with Mitt Romney. Ryan has repeatedly stated that he would not run in 2016 if Romney ran again.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is warning that Republicans are plotting to cut Social Security benefits for 11 million disabled Americans through a rule change that would make it more difficult to fund the disability account.
For the second time in less than two years, a billboard has gone up near Birmingham, Alabama, carrying a pro-white, anti-diversity message delivered by a loose-knit group calling itself the White Genocide Project.
Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today that the White House should have sent a more senior administration official to yesterday’s rally in Paris, but a lack of security preparation time was the main reason the president could not attend.
House Democrats introduced a new proposal that would give middle class families a $2,000 tax cut that was immediately shot down by Speaker Of The House John Boehner, because Republicans have no interest in helping the middle class.
