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In one of the most unprofessional acts in Congressional history, 97 Republicans saw fit to waste the taxpayer’s dime by lambasting America’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, and signing a letter declaring their opposition to her appointment as Secretary of State. The only problem is, Ms. Rice has not been nominated to be Secretary of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday, praising the courage of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi while also providing a symbolic nod to initial reforms in a nation once notorious for political repression. Read more at CNN
“Ask powerful people about U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice and certain words keep coming up: “Incredibly effective,” Vice President Joe Biden tells Glamour; “tough,” says former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; “brilliant” from Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine)… The first-ever African American female in her position, she has called out Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As election returns came in Tuesday night, it was clear that records were being set. Women, who make up 50.7% of the U.S. population, added 5 new members bringing their total to 20% of the U.S. Senate. The second big milestone was reached when Jeff Flake became the 7th Mormon to win a Senate seat. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Afghanistan is broken; the Soviet Union broke it, we broke it, the Taliban broke it, al-Qaeda broke it, Pakistan broke it, everyone’s broke it and no one knows how to fix it. Something radical needs to be done, and I’m not talking about bombing it into smaller and smaller rubble, or paying off corrupt Afghan families […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ted Kennedy is smiling, his old senate seat is in good hands. On Tuesday Elizabeth Warren defeated Scott Brown and became the first woman to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. Warren’s win marks a return to the robust liberalism espoused by the late Edward M. Kennedy, who held the seat for 4½ decades before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Obama was in New Jersey this week comforting those unfortunate people who had to endure Hurricane Sandy. This is not the first time Mr. Obama has responded to a nation in crisis. When confronted with an economy spitting away 800,000 jobs a month, with a stock market careening downward, President Obama provided leadership that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What will you tell a young black boy if someone who headed a white supremacist organization for most of his life replaces the first non-white President? What will you tell sane people that after Wall Street and the big banks crippled the world economy, Republicans nominate a hedge fund leverage buy-out specialist as their candidate? What […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, threatened to arrest U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder after voting to hold him in contempt of congress, the first such vote in American history. Mitt Romney, himself, called for Holder to resign. “Either Mr. Holder himself should resign, or the president should ask for his resignation or remove him,” Romney said in December 2011. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe a candidate who takes the advice and money of billionaires and right wing nuts really will give them the keys to the White House. Maybe a super-rich aristocrat pushing policies that benefit the rich and punish the poor really is trying to divide America. Maybe a guy who wears brownface, feels Mexicans mistreated him, and opposes the Dream Act […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While Mormons like to say they’re no crazier than other religions, it’s apparent that when you actually compare them, Mormons have them beat by a mile. Mormons like to shine the light at other religions when they’re questioned, and traditional religions do believe in some pretty outrageous things, but they are distinguished from cults in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t believe me, just watch his movies. High Plains Drifter 1973 Clint rapes a woman who ends up liking it. The Gauntlet 1977 Very vulgar and sexually explicit dialogue. One woman in film is a prostitute, another is in Hell’s Angels with lesbian tendencies. Lots of prostitutes in Eastwood movies. Flags of Our Fathers 2006 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twelve days ago, Mitt Romney looked like a sure loser, a severe conservative vulture capitalist who only cared about the rich. Romney was reeling from foreign policy mistakes and strident positions on immigration, he was tied to extremist Republicans on women’s issues and strangled by a secret video where he blasted 47% of the country […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is not a new phenomenon. Dwight Eisenhower famously picked red-baiting Richard Nixon as his VP. Asked if he could say something good that Nixon had done after he left office, Ike said, “If you give me a week, I might think of one.” Tricky Dick went on to gain the presidency, and, before he […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney prematurely jumped on the violence in Libya so that he could blame President Obama and score political points. He was severely chastised for his panicked overreaction before all the facts were in, and even conservatives called him “unfit for command.” Four people died in the attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking at a campaign event in King’s 5th Congressional District, Romney excitedly expressed his support for the 5-term congressman. ”I’m looking here at Steve King,” Romney said, according to BuzzFeed. “He needs to be your Congressman again. I want him as my partner in Washington!” Read more at the Huffington Post
In 2010, she received a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; is a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, an organization promoting AIDS prevention and treatment; and is a regular fixture at pro-choice events. She recently penned an eloquent open letter to the media about their misogynistic treatment of women […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the weekend, Martin O’Malley, David Axelrod, and David Plouffe got into trouble for not being able to give a clean answer to the question, are you better off now than you were four years ago. The obvious answer is, of course we’re better off– the stock market has doubled, we’ve created millions more jobs […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sonia Johnson was a PhD college professor, mother of four, active in the Mormon Church, and a strong proponent for the Equal Rights Amendment. According to the book, The Mormon Corporate Empire, ”Her refusal to toe the Church’s anti-ERA policy eventually brought charges that she had spread false doctrine and worked against Church leadership.” The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Equal Rights Amendment sought to protect women from discrimination. It was a simple statement that guaranteed women equal treatment under the law. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. It was passed by Congress in 1972 and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney doesn’t want to talk about religion. No, not because Mormonism is so controversial, but because religion is at the heart of his campaign, and he wants to keep that fact a secret. Mitt Romney plans to use religion more than any other presidential candidate in history. While most political analysts predicted Romney would […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1977 Mitt Romney was part of an organization that discriminated against African Americans and women, barring these groups from leadership positions, and denying them access to benefits and privileges. He wasn’t just a loyal trooper, however, Romney was a top administrative official, an adviser and a deputy. This is all according to the book, The Real Romney, p. 113 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
All of Mitt Romney’s aids seem to lurk in the shadows, and Peter Flaherty is no exception. Flaherty avoids the public eye like a man in the witness protection program. As a senior advisor and a close confidant to Romney, few men are closer. Part of the Shawmut Group, Flaherty is a lawyer who went from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bill Koch isn’t as well known as his other two brothers, Charles and David (they had a falling out a few years back when they were fighting over their billion dollar inheritances) but he does share similar extremist views. William I. Koch, the Osterville summer resident and fossil fuel magnate who helped bankroll the opposition […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know, I know, Campbell Brown worked at CNN, she can’t be a Republican. Tell that to Greta Sustern, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, Pat Buchanan, Ed Henry, John Roberts, and Bill Hemmer, all of whom have jumped to Fox News. CNN isn’t Fox News’ competitor, they’re it’s farm team. Then there’s the fact that Campbell […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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