Republican Party

New Year Wishes and a Warning: Stay Vigilant!

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…

8 years ago

The Low Information Republican Party is Wrong About Everything

The Republican Party has made politics a celebration of literally knowing nothing about anything, but feeling very strongly about it

8 years ago

Reagan Started the GOP’s Fascism Destroying America From Within

Reagan ushered in the first step of fascism, economic stagnation, when his extremist trickle down economic theory was imposed on…

8 years ago

The Liberal Project Goes into Another Year, Weathered but Unbeaten

The liberal project's foe is a conservative ideology that de-legitimizes other modes of thought, compromise and a thought for the…

8 years ago

Donald Trump Dishonestly Claims Obama Won’t Deport Criminals

Trump claims Obama isn't deporting criminals, but this is a Republican lie often told, and often refuted

8 years ago

A Desperate Mike Huckabee Lambastes Ted Cruz as Inauthentic

Mike Huckabee grasps like a sinking man to the missteps of Ted Cruz, but even Ted Cruz could never be…

8 years ago

The So-Called First Amendment Defense Act Will Destroy the First Amendment

Feeling persecuted by people suddenly having equal rights, GOP bigots developed legislation protecting just one set of beliefs - their…

8 years ago

Paul Ryan Brags Up GOP Priorities – Not the Middle Class, But Big Oil and Corporations

Ryan says he wants to protect us from the overreach of intrusive government bureaucracies but he really wants to protect…

8 years ago

House Republicans Introduce A War on Christmas Resolution

It was inevitable that at some point, the radicalized United States House of Representatives would become involved in an official…

8 years ago

Donald Trump Freaks Out Because Syrian Refugees Have Cell Phones

Donald Trump wants to know why Syrian refugees have cell phones, who they might be calling, and who is paying…

8 years ago

Trump Supporter Shouts “Sieg Heil” As African American Protester Is Removed

It was bound to happen sooner rather than later, but although everyone knew it was coming it was still a…

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Takes to Twitter and Owns the Republican Debaters

While the Republican candidates were embarrassing themselves on CNN, Hillary Clinton was busy embarrassing them on Twitter

8 years ago

Republican Latest Top Four Poll Presidential Favorites: Ho Hum!

Trump, Cruz, Carson and Rubio are the latest poll summit occupiers representing a weak slate of the best the Republicans…

8 years ago

The GOP’s Reaction to Climate Change and Islam Has Created a Vortex of Stupidity

That Republicans focus on the idea of an "Islamic problem" shows us how catastrophically insufficient is their understand of the…

8 years ago

Debunking the GOP’s Obamacare Tax Meme Again

An old Republican lie about Obamacare and taxes is making the rounds again, so as a public service, here is…

8 years ago

Republican Rhetoric of 2015 is Centuries out of Date – Like their Thinking

The GOP talks about "taking our country back" and "making America great again" but they propose to do this by…

8 years ago

Radicalized Muslims? It’s Time to Speak of the Radicalization of Christians

The war on terror is not a simple matter of "us" versus "them" (radicalized Muslims) when so many of "us"…

8 years ago

England Not Alone as Some in Israel Want Trump Banned from Upcoming Visit

Donald Trump plans to visit Israel at the end of the year, but some in Israel are not happy at…

8 years ago

House Legislates Muslim Profiling with Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act

The House voted to legalize the profiling of Muslims as part of HR 158 - a revision of the Visa…

8 years ago

ISIS and Another Silly Donald Trump Non-Solution

Trump is ahead in the Republican presidential race because he spares supporters from having to learn about the subject matter…

8 years ago

The Republican Plan to Defeat the Islamic State is More Empty Bluster

The Republicans are whining a lot about the president's address Sunday night, but they're not offering useful ideas, just whine…

8 years ago

Paul Ryan’s Response: Less American Values and More Assault Weapons to Terrorists

Responding to Obama Sunday, Ryan said nothing about gun sales to terrorists or the dangers of radicalizing Muslims with more…

8 years ago

Strategic Analyst Claims Trump’s Popularity is Founded on His Authenticity

In a deeply flawed analysis, George Friedman claims that Trump's popularity stems less from ideology and more from an imagined…

8 years ago

Sarah Palin Claims Obama’s Response to Threat of ISIL is Too ‘Namby-Pamby’

Palin said Hillary Clinton is naive in thinking we're not at war with Islam and claimed Obama is being too…

8 years ago

CNN’s Sally Kohn Calls Trump a Fascist, Invokes Hitler

The media has increasingly called out Trump rhetoric, with the Times calling him a demagogue and Sally Kohn invoking Hitler…

8 years ago

The World Can’t Afford Donald Trump: Narcissist-in-Chief

The world has many conflict hotspots, but a narcissist like Donald Trump would make them about himself, rather than what's…

8 years ago

It Is Time To Officially Label the GOP A Hate Group

The SPLC says hate groups "have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people,..for their immutable…

8 years ago

Donald Trump’s Black Publicity Stunt Draws Fifty, Including Trump Staffers

Trump claims the meeting, to which he allowed no witnesses, was a huge success, but has been unable to provide…

8 years ago

Corporate Health Care Giants Make Their Move

These are the halcyon days for PoliticusUSA. Staff writers and contributors have an endless smorgasbord of Republican rubbish to expose.…

8 years ago

Ben Carson Dishonestly Claims Both Sides to Blame for Abortion Extremism

Carson got extreme as he tried to blame both sides for abortion extremism, saying women are being manipulated but conservatives…

8 years ago

Trump’s Big Endorsement From Black Leaders Now a Way-Stop on the Road to Georgia Rally

Trump is trying to quietly slip by today's meeting without mentioning the endorsement that never was. A Georgia rally is…

8 years ago

Black Religious Leaders Are Saying No to Endorsing Trump

One black religious leader says Trump flaunts "a ticket of unbridled bigotry, sexism, racism and everything that is wrong with…

8 years ago

Clinton, Sanders Stand With Planned Parenthood. Republicans Stand Silent After Shooting

The Democratic candidates stood with Planned Parenthood on Twitter, while Republicans mostly tried to ignore the shooting.

8 years ago

President Obama Responds To Planned Parenthood Shooting With Call To Action

"We have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have…

8 years ago

Trump Claims 100 Black Religious Leaders Will Endorse Him Monday

Donald Trump has shown what he thinks of African-Americans, yet he claims to have 100 black religious leaders lined up…

8 years ago

GOP Voters Are Encouraging Trump’s Mean-Spirited Campaign So Expect It To Continue

Trump has tapped into the resentment of angry voters who above all else, are mad that they have to apologize…

8 years ago

Marco Rubio Says to Ignore SCOTUS Decision and First Amendment

Marco Rubio continues the Republican narrative that the Bible they haven't read trumps the Constitution they haven't read

8 years ago

Donald Trump Wants Americans to Denounce their Neighbors, Gestapo-Style

Trump went all Third Reich this weekend by calling on neighbors to denounce neighbors to the police, and not to…

8 years ago

Americans Trust Hillary Clinton Over Any Republican To Handle Terrorism

According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, Americans trust Hillary Clinton more than any Republican "to handle the threat of…

8 years ago

Marco Rubio Calls Paris Terrorist Attacks “A Positive Development” For Americans

On Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Senator Marco Rubio referred to the deadly Paris terrorist attacks as "a positive…

8 years ago

Trump Hints He Will Run as Independent if Treated Unfairly at Convention

The GOP thought they had Trump boxed, but Trump is showing he thinks agreements are as meaningless as the truth

8 years ago

Pew Shows Muslims Hate ISIL – So Hannity Claims Pew Shows They Love ISIL

Pew says Muslims have "overwhelmingly expressed negative views of ISIS" so Hannity says the poll shows "significant levels of support"

8 years ago

Rep. Steve King Compares Syrian Refugees to Poisonous Grapes

The Iowa Republican insists treating Syrian refugees with indifference is in keeping with American values

8 years ago

Ted Cruz Says ‘Greatest Moral Threat’ Facing America is Assault on Judeo-Christian Values

We can do better than a presidential candidate who embraces a fictional set of values and the need to send…

8 years ago

Republicans Wrong Again: More Mexican Immigrants Leaving Than Coming To The US

From 2009 to 2014, 140,000 more Mexican nationals left the United States than the number who entered.

8 years ago

Republicans Are So Detached From Reality, They Think Unemployment Has Risen Under Obama

The unemployment rate has not only dropped since Obama took office, it has dropped dramatically.

8 years ago

Donald Trump Wants to Register Muslims Like the Nazis Registered Jews

Donald Trump is determined to keep the dream of the Reich alive by registering and identifying Muslims in public with…

8 years ago

GOP Voters Continue Their Flight From Reason As Trump And Carson Lead The Republican Field

Donald Trump and Ben Carson remain resilient as the leaders in the GOP field.

8 years ago

Hysterical GOP Blows A Gasket In Response To Syrian Refugee Crisis

A Rhode Island GOP lawmaker wants Syrian refugees placed in internment camps where they would be segregated from the general…

8 years ago

GOP Collapse: 84% Of Latino Voters Say Republicans Are Hostile And Don’t Care About Them

In a new poll, 45 percent of Latino voters said the GOP was hostile towards Latinos, and 39 percent said…

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Hateful Republicans, Says They Have Sunk To A New Low

She tweeted: We've seen a lot of hateful rhetoric from the GOP. But the idea that we'd turn away refugees…

8 years ago

Paul Ryan and House Use NDAA to Hijack the President’s Response to ISIL

Obama has a strategy for defeating ISIL so of course Paul Ryan demands that the he submit to Congress a…

8 years ago

Rand Paul Says You Don’t Have a Right to Pants

If that's true, what Paul is saying is that I DO have the right to pursue happiness without my pants.

8 years ago

President Obama Vows Not To Slam The Door On Syrian Refugees Seeking Safety In America

President Obama vowed to continue supporting the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

8 years ago

Jeb Says Term “Islamic Terrorism” is not About Islam but Says “No” to Muslim Refugees

Jeb Bush says "Islamic terrorism" isn't really about religion but he sure doesn't want any Muslims in this country -…

8 years ago

The Democratic Response to GOP Debates “Stop Hillary” Password

Do you remember the GOP's password for their last debate? For the Republicans as we all know, the Benghazi hoax,…

8 years ago

Republicans Try To Rewrite History And Blame Obama And Hillary For Creating ISIS

The Islamic State grew out of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and of course, Al Qaeda was not IN Iraq until…

8 years ago

Paris Terror Attacks Will Trigger Weekend-Long Republican War-gasms

The Islamic State counts on the response they're going to get from Republicans this weekend, and GOP leaders will be…

8 years ago

American Public Disagrees With Republicans On The Need for a Bible-Believing President

It turns out the American people don't agree with Republicans that it's all that important what candidates believe about the…

8 years ago

The End May Be Near For Trump After 95 Minute Unhinged Rant Bored Supporters

Trump may have a dug a hole to deep to climb out of after raging against Ben Carson and "stupid"…

8 years ago

Democratic Candidate John Bel Edwards Unloads On David Vitter During Louisiana Debate

Telling the truth about Republican David Vitter is Democrat John Bel Edwards' best weapon in the Louisiana Governor's race.

8 years ago

Republican Debate Sends The Message That Statesmen & Stateswomen Need Not Apply

Entitlements were under siege last night, as were any services to the poor. It wasn't a debate; it was an…

8 years ago

Style Over Substance As Republican Primary Voters Say Trump Won GOP Debate

28 percent of Republican primary voters felt Trump won the debate. The next closest candidate was Marco Rubio with 23…

8 years ago

Trump Latches Onto The War On Christmas In Starbuck’s Coffee Cup Kerfuffle

Donald Trump hints at boycotting Starbucks and he asserts that he will be having Americans saying "Merry Christmas" again.

8 years ago

Chris Christie Nixes 1.6 Million New Voters by Vetoing Democracy Act

Chris Christie just denied voter registration to 1.6 million people, claiming not letting people vote as a remedy for voter…

8 years ago

Beware: Conservatives, Republicans And Seniors Are Most Motivated To Vote In 2016 Election

Democrats had better recognize that the GOP threat to win in 2016 is real if Democrats don't get out and…

8 years ago

Michele Bachmann Says “Jesus is Coming Soon” and it’s Time to Convert the Jews

MIchele Bachmann shows what a true friend of Israel she is by calling for the conversion of the Jews as…

8 years ago

Bill O’Reilly Warns Republicans There is no Statute of Limitations on “Foolish Statements”

Ben Carson has fallen so low that he is being lectured on the dangers of lying by one of the…

8 years ago

SCOTUS Be D*mned – Bobby Jindal Says No Earthly Court Can Redefine Marriage

Jindal insists he just wants the right to live his Christian faith, but what he really wants is to force…

8 years ago

Sanders Rightfully Called Republicans Un-American Cowards For Trying To Suppress The Vote

Sanders said "What the Republicans are doing is so un-American, it is so outrageous, that it is literally beyond belief."

8 years ago

Huckabee and Christie Get Bumped Down To The ‘Children’s Debate’ Table

Huckabee and Christie have been pushed to the undercard debate. George Pataki and Lindsey Graham have been removed from the…

8 years ago

Louisiana’s GOP Lt. Governor Endorses Democrat Edwards – Not David Vitter

Reince Priebus says David Vitter is the exemplar of Louisiana principles; Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne says that man is Democrat…

8 years ago

The Religiously Unaffiliated are Now the Largest Single Group Among Democrats

Pew has announced that the religiously unaffiliated (or "nones") are "now the largest single religious group among Democrats."

8 years ago

Huckabee Wants to Thank SCOTUS for Their “Thoughts and Opinions” And Ignore Them

Mike Huckabee says he gets to decide what is constitutional or not, not the Supreme Court, which is given that…

9 years ago

Democrats And Liberals Scored Significant Victories On Election Night 2015

For Democrats, election night began poorly with Matt Bevin's surprise victory over Jack Conway, followed by the disappointing defeat of…

9 years ago

Marco Rubio Doesn’t Know the Difference Between A GOP AmEX Card and His Personal MasterCard

Rubio claims that for two years as Speaker of the Florida House, he couldn't tell the difference between the GOP…

9 years ago

Times Editorial Mocks ‘Daffy’ Republican Debate Demands While NBC Grabs its Ankles

The response of the mainstream media to Republican debate demands is varied, from the Times' mocking to NBC's offer to…

9 years ago

3 GOP Presidential Candidates To Speak At Conference Hosted By Pastor Who Supports Killing Gays

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will be featured speakers at the…

9 years ago

Jeb Bush’s “I Eat Nails When I Wake Up” Tough Talk Just Reinforces His Weaknesses

Jeb Bush is trying to sound tough on the campaign trail, but the more he tries to project strength, the…

9 years ago

Glenn Beck Wants to Host a GOP Debate and Bill O’Reilly Hopes They Let Him

Glenn Beck offers to give the RNC what it wants: a debate in the form of a Republican infomercial, free…

9 years ago

David Barton Claims Conservatives Want to Know All the Facts Before They Speak

David Barton who invents fact like nobody else, claims conservatives like him don't open their mouths unless they know all…

9 years ago

Democrats Lead In 2 Of 3 Southern Governor’s Races At Stake in 2015

Three Southern U.S. states have Governors races in 2015, and Democrats are poised to win two of them.

9 years ago

Paul Ryan To Spew More of the Same Old on Five Sunday News Shows

"We are wiping the slate clean," we are told by Paul Ryan, which means the same "screw America" agenda advanced…

9 years ago

Looking For The Perfect Puppet, Billionaire Paul Singer Invests In Marco Rubio

Billionaire Paul Singer is trying to buy influence, and in Rubio, he has found the perfect puppet to promote his…

9 years ago

Hypocritical Chris Christie Questions President Obama’s Faith

Chris Christie, who has repeatedly told others its none of their business what he believes, demands to know what Obama…

9 years ago

Conservatives Revolt And Say RNC Chair Reince Priebus Needs To Go

Right-wing talk radio show host Mark Levin is calling for Republican National Committee Chair (RNC) Reince Priebus' ouster.

9 years ago

Ted Cruz Says ‘Climate Change Is Not Science, It’s Religion’

Drowning in evidence, Cruz denies there is evidence, and then claims if we say he "denies" it we're proving climate…

9 years ago

Political Prediction Guru Nate Silver Thinks Jeb Bush Is Toast

Political blogger and prognosticator Nate Silver declared Thursday morning that Jeb Bush is "probably toast".

9 years ago

A Farewell to Boehner

There is plenty of blame to go around. No small share of it attaches itself to Boehner, who let the…

9 years ago

Paul Ryan Spurns Conservatives On Budget Deal But They Still Agree To Make Him Speaker

Paul Ryan, who is likely to become the next House Speaker, announced his support for a two-year debt and budget…

9 years ago

Sean Hannity Gets a “Pants on Fire” From PolitiFact for Lie About Syrian Refugees

Fox News is in cahoots with Republican candidates Jeb Bush and Donald Trump, inventing inflated numbers of Syrian refugees to…

9 years ago

Facing Tough Re-Election Fight, GOP Senator Ayotte Breaks Ranks With GOP On Clean Power

On Sunday, New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) announced that she will support the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

9 years ago

GOP Extremism Is Not Palin’s Fault – Former W.H. Chief of Staff Is Mistaken

William M. Daly mistakenly claims the GOP's "insanity" began when Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin to be his running…

9 years ago

Jeb Is His “Own Man” But He Must Lean On His Daddy And His Big Bro To Save His Campaign

Bush's family gathering is a last ditch effort to save Jeb's under-performing campaign, but the optics couldn't be worse.

9 years ago

Kansans Despise Gov. Sam Brownback’s Policies But They Voted For Him Anyway

Only 18 percent of Kansans are satisfied with Governor Sam Brownback, despite electing him twice to be their governor.

9 years ago

Can Trump Be Tea Party Savior as Support for Tea Party Reaches New Low?

Donald Trump is popular, he calls himself a Tea Partier, but the Tea Party is less popular today than ever…

9 years ago

Bill O’Reilly Says Benghazi Committee Should Have Listened to Him

Bill O'Reilly thinks he knows how to question Hillary Clinton, as though he is any better with facts than the…

9 years ago

GOP Ready For Another Defeat as Rep. Blackburn Will Lead Abortion Investigation

U.S. GOP Rep Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) will head a select investigative panel on "big abortion providers".

9 years ago

Ben Carson Reassures the Faithful He’ll Only Screw Over Liberal Colleges When He’s President

Carson said "it's not appropriate for public funding to be used to indoctrinate students in one direction" but it apparently…

9 years ago

Facing 65 Criminal Charges, New Mexico’s GOP Secretary Of State Cops A Guilty Plea On 6

New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran (R) resigned early Friday morning, and she pleaded guilty to 6 of the…

9 years ago