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Gunman Launches Brazen Attack On Dallas Police Station
A gunman, apparently acting alone, launched a brazen assault on Dallas Police Headquarters around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
7
Bernie Sanders Urges Elizabeth Warren’s Supporters To Join His Campaign
Sen. Bernie Sanders is making a move to consolidate his potential progressive support by reaching out to supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
9
Hillary Clinton Slaughters Ageism and Sexism With A Single Comment
The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate slaughtered ageism and sexism in one moment, “I may not be the youngest candidate in this race. But I will be the youngest woman President in the history of the United States!”
17
Hillary Clinton Sends A Strong Message By Firmly Standing With President Obama
This signals that Clinton has no intention of “running against Obama”, as many Republicans believe she must (LOL please).
31
Nestlé CEO Exacerbating California’s Drought Would Steal More Water If He Could
This is the same Nestlé corporation whose chairman condemned the UN for the ridiculously “extremist idea that drinking water is a human right”
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Hillary Clinton Draws The Biggest Crowd Of Any 2016 Hopeful for NYC Rally
Hillary Clinton has clearly drawn the biggest crowd of the 2016 campaign in New York City today.
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Thousands Line Up For Hours To See Hillary Clinton In NYC
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 11:45 rally in the Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in NY, was looking packed at 9 AM as eager attendees lined up in what seemed to be an endless snake leading up to the park.
23
Dorothy is Wrong – We ARE in Kansas – And it Sucks
Not only have the wheels started to come off democracy everywhere Republicanism reaches, but they have sold the damn wheels.
8
Friday Fox Follies: Murdoch Media Machinations
They say to kill a snake, you must cut off its head. Which is why less-informed Fox Haters cheered at the news Rupert Murdoch to Step Down as CEO of 21st Century Fox. Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly defended sex abuse and attacked a child over the “indefensible” actions of a police officer.
25
Bernie Sanders Applauds Democrats For Handing A Defeat To Corporate America
Sen. Bernie Sanders put the focus of today’s trade votes back where it belongs. Sanders reminded everyone that the rejection of TAA was a defeat for corporate America.
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Fast Track Stuck At The Station As Pelosi Leads Charge To Kill Controversial Trade Bill
The U.S. House derailed President Obama’s trade bill on Friday. The chamber rejected an amendment designed to save the trade bill 302-126. That measure would have granted financial aid to workers displaced as a result of the trade agreement. However, skeptical members of both parties struck down that amendment, leaving Obama’s controversial trade bill “stuck at the station”, according…
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President Obama Expresses Gratification After The House Passes TPA
President Obama said he is gratified with the bipartisan approval of trade fast track provision (TPA) and explained that there is work left to do to see that the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) is renewed and expanded.
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Liberals Revolt and Reject Obama’s Trade Agenda While Demanding A Better Deal For Workers
House Democrats rebelled today and dealt a firm rejection to President Obama’s free trade agenda.
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Obama Begs House Democrats To Save Fast Track Trade Bill
In a last-ditch move to save his bid for trade promotion authority, President Obama went to Capitol Hill to plead with House Democrats to support a bill that many have doubts about.
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Koch-Republicans In Senate Vote To Nullify the Clean Water Act
Republicans, and their wealthy owners in the oil, coal, and chemical industry, particularly do not believe that any American warrants clean, non-toxic drinking water, and on Thursday Republicans in the Senate took an important step to make sure at least a third of the American population will lose access to what decent human beings believe is one of the most basic human rights; clean water.
35
Jesus May Welcome You to Hawkins, Texas, But He Shouldn’t
Mayor Will Rodgers says that “Jesus is part of every major religion in the world, so you can’t pin one religion on Jesus.”
48
Montana GOP Governor Hopeful Says People Should Work At Age 600 Like Noah In The Bible
Billionaire Greg Gianforte told an audience that retirement isn’t Biblical and that Noah wasn’t cashing social security checks at age 600.
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Bernie Sanders Has A Message For The Media: “This is a campaign to win.”
Bernie Sanders delivered a message to the media and those who are doubting the validity of his presidential campaign. Sanders said that he wasn’t running a protest campaign or an educational campaign. Sen. Sanders stressed that he is running to win.
54
House Democrats Challenge GOP Voter Suppression With Automatic Voter Registration Bill
Rep. David Cicilline introduced a bill to automatically register voters when they provide information to a state’s motor vehicle authority.
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Bernie Sanders Rips The Hearts Out Of Republicans By Debuting A Real Family Values Agenda
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking back family values from the Republican Party by unveiling his Family Values Agenda. The Sanders agenda calls for ten days of guaranteed paid vacation for employees who have worked for an employer for at least a year, and 12 weeks of universally paid family and medical leave.
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Georgia Releases Kenlissia Jones After Illegal Detainment But Threatens More Charges
Georgia is releasing 23-year-old Kenlissia Jones from the Doughterty County Jail, where the black mother to a toddler has been illegally detained, but they are threatening her with even more charges.
21
Scott Walker Intends to Rob Taxpayers to Enrich Billionaires
It is typical of Republicans to rob taxpayer dollars to subsidize their favorite industries, and in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker intends on forcing taxpayers to subsidize a sports arena to save a few billionaires hundreds-of-millions of dollars.
54
With His Ratings In The Dumpster, CNN Suggests Joe Scarborough Will Soon Be Unemployed
CNN boss Jeff Zucker told Joe Scarborough to start getting his resume ready after MSNBC’s misguided Republican-centric Beltway chatfest has fallen to fourth place in the cable news morning show ratings.
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Rick Santorum Says He Decides What is Constitutional, Not the Supreme Court
Rick Santorum says says you refusing to believe what he wants you to believe is a violation of the First Amendment
34
Here Comes Big Brother: Ben Carson Wants To Hire Covert Spies To Track Government Workers
Voters should be wary of Carson and his dangerous desire to expand the surveillance state into every public workplace.
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Fox News Is Unraveling As Their “Objective Witness” To McKinney Pool Party Is A Convicted Felon
Fox News is unraveling as their support for the Duggars has blown up in their faces, and the “objective witness” to the McKinney Pool Party incident has turned out to be a violent convicted felon.
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Fox News May Have Helped The Duggars Cover Up New Child Abuse Investigation In Arkansas
The DHS in Arkansas has launched a new investigation into the Duggars, and it looks like Fox News helped Jim Bob and Michelle cover up the new investigation into the welfare of their children.
35
Bernie Sanders Gets Victimized By Lazy Journalism During Radio Interview
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) found himself in the middle of a bizarre situation today, when during an interview on WAMU’s Diane Rehm Show the Democratic presidential candidate was told incorrectly that he is a Jewish citizen. The senator from Vermont was the latest victim of an epidemic of lazy journalism that is sweeping the nation.
63
Paul Ryan Gets Smacked Down While Grandstanding About Obamacare During House Hearing
Paul Ryan got stopped dead in his tracks by Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) while he was trying to grandstand and trash Obama during an unrelated House hearing.
17
Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Is Democrats’ Strongest Choice To Win Ohio
A PPP poll finds that Hillary Clinton is currently the strongest Democratic option, with the best chance to beat the GOP candidate in Ohio.
22
House Democrats Have Obama’s Back By Opposing Republican Defense Spending Bill
Nancy Pelosi just wrote a letter to her colleagues telling them that they need to have President Obama’s back in order to lift the sequester.
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Obama Sets A Trap For Boehner and McConnell By Threatening To Veto Defense Spending
President Obama is setting a trap for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell by threatening to veto defense spending for the entire year unless Republicans back off of their budget cuts.
28
Koch-Republican Austerity Is Killing Michigan Democracy And Poisoning Residents
Bad things generally happen when corporate fascist take over government and eliminate democracy, and it is a fact of life many Michigan citizens have learned the hard way; by being poisoned.
20
Why Bill Maher is Right, and Joseph Farrah is Wrong
Bill Maher poked the Religious Right’s persecution myth full of holes. Joseph Farrah’s attempt to discredit Maher only discredits himself
26
Bobby Jindal Remains Grover Norquist’s Puppet Governor Despite Louisiana Budget Mess
Despite Louisiana’s gaping budget hole, Governor Jindal is still trying to honor his “no tax pledge” to anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist.
55
Georgia Woman’s Constitutional Rights Violated After Pregnancy Related Illegal Arrest
A Georgia woman has been illegally arrested and had her constitutional rights violated after a social worker told police officers that she terminated her pregnancy by taking abortion pills.
63
Chris Christie Calls For Starting A War With China
At a New Hampshire town meeting, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie advocated adopting a “military approach” to dealing with China.
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Even Republicans Think That Marco Rubio’s Financial Scandal Is A Big Problem
Several Republican strategists are saying that the scandal involving Marco Rubio’s debt and personal finances is legitimate and could be a big problem for his 2016 presidential campaign.
9
Obama and Science Score A Big Win As Judge Tosses Challenge to Climate Change Rule
Some will call this a win for President Obama or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which it is. But it’s really a win for all of us who are based in reality and thus realize that poisoning our environment is killing people.
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Gov. Sam Brownback Will Eliminate Kansas’ Judiciary If It Fails To Rule In His Favor
Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill into law that eliminates the state’s entire judicial system if the Supreme Court rules against an ‘administrative law’ Brownback’s Republicans passed to neuter the judiciary and end the state government’s separation of powers.
35
Mike Huckabee Says Josh Duggar’s Child Molestation Confession Doesn’t Count
Mike Huckabee’s defense of the Duggars hit an absurd level of hypocrisy when he claimed that Josh Duggar’s confession doesn’t really count during an appearance on Fox News.
12
Obama Bluntly Calls Out Republicans For Trying To Take Healthcare Away From Millions
President Obama delivered a blunt message to Republicans. If they cynically mess with Obamacare, they will be harming he lives of millions of Americans.
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Report Shows The Oil Industry Benefits From $5.3 Trillion in Subsidies Annually
In a new and disturbing report from researchers at the International Monetary Fund, the world’s governments are providing subsidies to the highly profitable oil industry to the tune of an astonishing $5.3 trillion in benefits per year.
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Senate Democrats Have The Upper Hand And They Are About To Make Mitch McConnell Pay
Senate Democrats are getting ready to fire up the filibuster and make Mitch McConnell’s life miserable, as they are determined to make the Senate Majority Leader pay for trying to bully them into accepting the unpopular Republican agenda.
41
Ann Coulter Says Immigrants Will Rape and Impregnate Your Little Girls
Apparently, women are not already sexually abused in Ann Coulter’s America. Maybe she needs to get out more.
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Republican Controlled Kansas Senate Passes Largest Tax Increase In State’s History
On Sunday, the Republican controlled Kansas Senate passed a 471 million dollar tax increase that will disproportionately hurt the poor.
42
New Poll Shows Liberals Making A Huge Comeback As Conservatives Plummet In US
An analysis of polling data has revealed that the number of liberals in America is growing while the number of self-identified conservatives has dropped in 2015.
16
Obama Is About To Take Action To Double The Wages Of Millions Of American Workers
President Obama is on the cusp of taking action alone that be the most aggressive move to help workers in decades. Obama is about to double the wages of millions of American workers by closing a loophole that employers have been using to avoid paying overtime.
14
The American People Send A Message To The Supreme Court: Don’t Mess With Our Obamacare
A Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that 55 percent of Americans want the Supreme Court to preserve federal Obamacare subsidies.
17
Obama Drives a Stake Through GOP Hearts By Dropping A Fact Bomb About His Economic Success
President Obama drove a stake through Republican narratives about him at the G-7 Summit on Monday, pointing out that since he took office, the United States cut our deficit by two-thirds. A fact you would not know if you only listened to Republicans or the media.
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Bernie Sanders’ Momentum Is Growing As He Gets 41% Support In Wisconsin Straw Poll
The growing momentum surrounding the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign took another step forward over the weekend. In a display of strength, Sanders got 41% of support in the Wisconsin Democratic Party straw poll to 49% for Hillary Clinton.
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61 House Democrats Are Taking A Stand Against Corporate America
The 61 House Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva are demanding a new funding mechanism for the cost of TAA for displaced workers; but they did not call for a corporate tax hike to cover the cost. Why? Because this is America and corporations get a free ride which is precisely why Washington politicians let corporations write the trade agreement in secret.
28
Rick Santorum – Pope Has More Important Things to Worry About Than the Earth
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
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The Last Nail in the Duggar Media Coffin. Gimme the Hammer!
The parents and the church are enablers in this case through their naive belief that all is well. It’s not, and if I were in the vicinity of the Duggar clan and the parent of a small child, I wouldn’t buddy up with Josh or, frankly, his parents.
25
Texas Police Under Investigation For Seizing Phone and Pepper Spraying Innocent Bystander
A second incident of inappropriate police behavior has sparked an investigation as a police officer in Austin is being investigated for seizing a phone and pepper spraying an innocent bystander who was recording their behavior.
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Chris Christie Claims That Hillary Clinton Is Trying To Steal The Election
Republicans are already making excuses for losing the 2016 election, as Chris Christie claimed that Hillary Clinton is trying to increase voter fraud.
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Scott Walker Insults Bernie Sanders By Suggesting He Isn’t A Real Presidential Candidate
On ABC’s This Week, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) suggested that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) isn’t a real presidential candidate by saying that Hillary Clinton isn’t facing a “real” primary challenge.
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President Obama Is More Popular Than Bobby Jindal In Deep Red Louisiana
Gov. Bobby Jindal is going to be running for President, but his approval rating has sunk so low that President Obama is more popular than the Republican in deep red Louisiana.
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Ann Coulter’s Appalling Demographic Engineering
Ann Coulter thinks it’s “Adios America” unless we can keep out overweight women, the physically disabled, and the visually impaired
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GOP Has Reason To Fret As Clinton Leads Bush 47-40 In North Carolina
A PPP poll found Democrat Hillary Clinton enjoying a modest 47-40 lead over Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush in North Carolina.
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Yale Instructor David Brooks Says “Campus Crusaders” Are Moral Zealots, Anti-Free Speech
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…
15
Republican Heads Explode As Obama Vows To Keep Fighting For Undocumented Immigrants
As Republicans become more anti-immigrant, President Obama repeated his pledge to fight to bring undocumented immigrants out of the shadows during his weekly address.
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Bill Maher Rips The Duggars And Republicans For Brushing Off Child Molestation
On Real Time, Bill Maher ripped conservatives for brushing off child molestation while calling out the Duggars for being a freak show.
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President Obama Chokes Up While Delivering A Moving and Somber Eulogy To Beau Biden
President Obama choked up several times while delivering a deeply moving eulogy to Beau Biden today.
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The Wheels Are Falling Off Of Ben Carson’s Campaign As Four Senior Advisers Quit
Barely over a month after launching his presidential campaign, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has lost four senior campaign advisers.
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Reject the Absolute Moral Corruption of the Republican Cult
The GOP is nothing more than a modern, reactionary cult designed to give religious justification for willful ignorance,bigotry, and bad behavior
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Friday Fox Follies – Dysfunctional Duggar Defense
This week, Friday Fox Follies has been thinking about the golden days of Yellow Journalism when newspapers took circulation wars to new heights with lurid stories. Proving only the technology has changed, Jim Bob, Michelle Duggar Open Up to Megyn Kelly About Their Son Josh Molesting His Sisters is fishing for ratings, as opposed to any truth.
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72 Percent Of Americans Support Allowing Undocumented Immigrants To Stay in US
Almost 3 in 4 Americans think undocumented immigrants should be able to remain in the country legally if they meet certain requirements.
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Duggar Defense Falls Apart As City Attorney Says Josh Duggar’s Police Report Release Was Legal
During their interview with Megyn Kelly on Fox News, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar claimed that the release of their son’s police report was illegal, but City of Springdale City Attorney explained why the release was completely legal.
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Sister of Victim Steps Forward And Reveals Her Brother Was Sexually Abused By Hastert
In an ABC News interview, Steve Reinboldt’s sister identified her brother as one of Hastert’s teen victims of sex abuse.
28
Mitch McConnell Admits That Obama Will Veto Any Obamacare Repeal That Republicans Pass
During a radio interview today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted that Republicans are wasting their time with trying to repeal Obamacare because President Obama will veto any bill that they pass.
46
Rush Limbaugh In Free Fall As His Show Gets Demoted To A Low Rated Station
Things have gone from bad to worse for Rush Limbaugh. Not only are radio stations looking to dump him, but his show is being forced to move to smaller lower-rated stations in an attempt to prevent a mass exodus of stations that carry his show.
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The Obama Economy Sets A New Record: 63rd Consecutive Month of Private Sector Job Growth
May marks a new record for President Obama’s private sector job growth record, with the private sector adding 12.6 million jobs over 63 straight months of job growth.
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Smacks Down Anti-Union ‘Right To Work’ Bill With His Veto Pen
Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a controversial right to work bill (House Bill No. 116) on Thursday.
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With His Mocking of Joe Biden, Ted Cruz Proves That He Isn’t Fit to Govern
Our politics are centered on policy, but there is a line that should not be crossed and Senator Ted Cruz has officially crossed it. He is not only not fit to be president, he isn’t fit to be a sitting senator.
29
Mike Huckabee Cuts Bait, Removes Duggar Endorsement From Campaign Website
Huckabee has pulled the Duggar endorsements from his website, but he cannot undo the damage done from his connection to the Duggars.
59
Hillary Clinton Terrifies Republicans By Calling For Automatic Voter Registration
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did more than call out Republicans for trying to suppress the vote. She offered a proposal that would terrify Republicans to their very core. Hillary Clinton wants every American to be automatically registered to vote at age 18.
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Republican Nightmare Bernie Sanders Exposes GOP Social Security Killing Dreams on National TV
Bernie Sanders is becoming a daily nightmare for Republicans. Sen. Sanders went on CNN today and cut through the Republican double talk by letting the entire country know the GOP plan for killing Social Security.
60
Why Rick Perry Is More Likely To End Up In Prison Than Be Elected President
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his 2016 presidential candidacy today as he is currently facing 109 years in prison for abusing his power as governor. Perry is more likely to end up in prison than be elected president.
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Huckabee Thinks One Beheading Is Worse Than 17 Texans Killed In Record Floods
Huckabee raged and attempted to contradict the President telling Fox News that, “I assure you that one beheading is much worse than a sunburn.”
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Right Wing Media Loses it Over Idea of Obama as Jewish President
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
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Fox News Interview Backfires Instead Shows Why Duggars Should Never Be Allowed Back On TV
The Duggars interview on Fox News backfired. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar showed no remorse, claimed that they were victims of the police and media and revealed to the world why they should never be allowed back on television.
20
Residents Of Poor Michigan Town Forced To Pay For Police Brutality Settlement
Inkster, Michigan homeowners will bear the costs of a 1.38 million dollar settlement reached between the city of Inkster and Floyd Dent.
25
Bernie Sanders Beats Down Jeb Bush For Proposing Massive Cuts To Social Security
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took down Jeb Bush for proposing massive cuts to Social Security.
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If The Supreme Court Guts Obamacare, Republicans Can Kiss Their Senate Majority Goodbye
The state’s that would be most affected by ending Obamacare subsidies, also states the GOP needs to win, to keep control of the Senate.
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A New Low: Scott Walker Ready to Sign Abortion Bill That Is Even Worse Than No Exceptions
You might have thought it was bad enough that 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker is going to sign a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks with no exceptions for incest or life of the mother. But it gets worse.
22
Solidly Republican Town Enrolls More People in Obamacare Than Anywhere in the Country
The town that signed up the most people for Obamacare is a “solidly Republican working-class town” in Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio’s “stomping grounds”.
39
Despicable Fox News Gives The Duggars A Primetime Special To Cover Up Child Molestation
Fox News has managed to go even lower than giving Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar a favorable interview. The network is giving the Duggars an hour-long primetime special to explain away why they covered up their son’s child molestation crimes.
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Karma Strikes Back: Man Who Shot At George Zimmerman Is Using Stand Your Ground
Call it karma or irony or kismet or fate. Or call it obscenely predictable. The man who shot at George Zimmerman is claiming self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.
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According To Polls Most Americans Are Socialists Like Bernie Sanders
It is glaringly obvious that for regardless the reason Senator Sanders self-labels himself as a “democratic socialist,” or whatever negative connotations that label socialist has according to constant harping by Republicans, most Americans support Mr. Sanders’ policies.
22
Clueless Scott Walker Gets The Patriot Act Wrong While Lying About President Obama
During an appearance on Fox and Friends, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) got the status of the Patriot Act wrong and launched into a new big lie while blaming President Obama for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s crushing defeat on renewing provisions of the Patriot Act.
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Lindsey Graham Says Rand Paul Nomination Would Put Him Into a Coma
With an almost comedic and absolute lack of self-awareness, Lindsey Graham claims Rand Paul is the GOP’s looming disaster
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Scott Walker And ALEC Allow High School Dropouts To Teach High School
Of course, anything ‘stupid’ Republicans conceive of is always at the behest of their funding machine the Koch brothers and their legislative arm the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): the latest Wisconsin stupidity is no exception.
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Draft Elizabeth Warren Group ‘Run Warren Run’ Gives Up And Suspends Campaign
The draft Elizabeth Warren group “Run Warren Run” announced Tuesday that it would be suspending their efforts on June 8th.
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Poll Finds 80% Of REPUBLICANS Agree With Bernie Sanders On Citizens United
Sen. Bernie Sanders is often characterized by the media as an out of the mainstream presidential candidate, but a new CBS/New York Times poll revealed that 80% of Republicans agree with Sanders on the issue of getting money out of politics.
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NSA Critics Get A Historic Win As Senate Passes USA Freedom Act
History was made today, as the Senate voted 67-32 to reform a key provision of the Patriot Act by scrapping the NSA’s controversial phone metadata collection program.
