During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union this morning, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R), who criticized President Obama in 2014 for exhibiting what she called “failed leadership” on Ebola, was…
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Podcast: LGBTs Notch Historic Wins In Political Races; George Takei Accused Of Sexual Misconduct
In this week’s podcast: • Political history was made in elections across the country this week by LGBT candidates • A new poll in the UK shows gay men have an issue…
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Political Cartoon Of The Day
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Fox News Tries To Whip Up Controversy Over Nancy Reagan Funeral
Via Occupy Democrats
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Radio Show: Looking Back At The Wild Week In Politics
Check out my latest radio show on BlogTalkRadio. This episode I look back on the week’s biggest political campaign stories – from the Nevada Caucuses to the South Carolina Primaries to the…
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Politics: The New McCarthyism
This new ad from The Agenda Project asks, “Is this what we can expect when Representative Kevin McCarthy is Speaker of the House?” Last week, McCarthy admitted in a TV interview that…
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Maryland Sen. Mikulski Becomes 34th Vote For President Obama’s Iran/Nuclear Agreement
With the announcement by Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who says she will be the 34th U.S. Senator to vote for President Obama’s Iran/Nuclear deal, Obama gets his foreign policy legacy.…
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The United States Officially Reestablishes Diplomatic Relations With Cuba
This includes reopening the US embassy in Havana. For 50 years the embargo and nonexistent relations did not help the people of Cuba. Here’s hoping this progress keeps talks moving forward in…
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Rand Paul Staffer Licks Camera Lens
I really have no idea why this guy LICKED the lens of a camera, but it’s funny that he does it so earnestly. Via Towleroad: Democratic trackers typically follow rival candidates to…
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Dr. Ben Carson Apologizes For Saying Homosexuality Is A “Choice”
As I reported yesterday, retired neurosurgeon (and probable GOP candidate for president in 2016) Dr. Ben Carson claimed on CNN that homosexuality is definitely a choice and he could prove it because…
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House Speaker John Boehner Relents – Allows Clean Vote On Homeland Security Funding
And it would seem the game playing with the security of the United States is over. According to NBC News, the House of Representative has passed a bill to fund the Department…
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Mother To Political Sons: “I Would Really Like A Peaceful Christmas”
Brad Woodhouse (former DNC communications director) and his brother Dallas (who worked for a Koch brothers-funded group in North Carolina) – appeared on C-SPAN Tuesday promoting a documentary about their political work…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham: “White Men In Male-Only Clubs Are Going To Do Great In My Presidency”
Sen. Lindsey Graham has admitted in an interview to making eye-raising comments last month at a meeting of the Hibernian Society of Charleston. From a recording made at the meeting which was…
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Alaska: Sarah Palin Endorses The Opponent Of Her Former Lt. Governor
Gov. Sean Parnell (L) and Bill Walker (R) In an interesting bit of news, it seems the Sarah Palin, the former half-term governor of Alaska, has endorsed not her former Lt. Governor…
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GOP Campaign Ads and The Modern Family
You’ll never guess what hit TV show seems to attract GOP campaign ads. And guess which television genre seems to be the most apolitical when it comes to advertising? MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell…
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Workaholic John Boehner on his 113 days on the job this year
Via Daily Kos