“Because what good is being the first female president if you still have to be a dick?” – Bill Maher EVERYONE is a Clinton critic, Bill Maher one of the most offensive in past years. Bill Maher worrying that Hillary might “still have to be a dick,” like any man has done over two hundred [...]
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Obama Keeps Pushing for Gun Safety
GO TO the White House website and you’ll see the continued push for gun safety, here and here. The hastag on Twitter is #NowIsTheTime. Senators Manchin and Toomey got the job done in the Senate, with their legislation online. Speaker Boehner initially threatened this week to only “review” the gun measure, because of the Hastert [...]
Israeli Police Detain Women for Worshiping at Western Wall
IF THERE is anything more authoritarian than refusing women the right to worship equal to men, I haven’t read it. Organized religions of all faiths have been the structure for ancient society. However, it’s now the 21st century modern era, so with this things must change. The latest story is more evidence of the ultra-Orthodox [...]
Top Techs Act on Immigration Reform
With a bipartisan group of senators expected to unveil immigration-reform legislation in the next few days, a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans – including eight-in-10 Latinos – support giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. – [NBC FirstRead] THE RELEASE of the latest polling on immigration reform comes [...]
Top Story — Obama Moves Grand Bargain Into the Budget, and Women Will Be Hurt the Most
“You can’t call yourself a Democrat and support Social Security benefit cuts. The president is proposing to steal thousands of dollars from grandparents and veterans by cutting cost of living adjustments, and any congressional Democrat who votes for such a plan should be ready for a primary challenge. Social Security is the core of the [...]
Judge Charges Federal Government with “Bad Faith,” Legalizes Plan B Over-the-Counter for All Ages
A federal judge ruled Friday that the government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger. In his ruling, he also accused the federal government of “bad faith” in dealing with the requests to make the pill universally available, [...]
Obama in the Middle East, aka “Operation Desert Schmooze” [Photobomb - Video]
… Any serious analysis of Obama’s policies must begin with his pragmatism. That’s how he functioned throughout his political career, and especially over the last four years. Despite his vision of change, he is a realist to the core. He sounds like an idealist but leads pragmatically. [...] Be that as it may, Obama’s visit [...]
Use Your Imagination [VIDEO]
The video below is from the Anti-Defamation League: Take just 80 seconds of your time to watch this powerful video, which imagines a world without racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism — a world in which the hate violence that took the lives of Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, Daniel Pearl, Matthew Shepard and others did [...]
The Legacy of George W. Bush *Updated*
Also see Showtime’s Dick Cheney Doc Reveals What Obama and Hillary Clinton Did in Resurrecting America’s Foreign Policy Brand. Even though the benefits outweighed the costs, that does not mean we simply leave Iraq once we depose the Husseins. The legal system in such situations might still require a benefiting party to compensate a harmed [...]
Biggest Loser: Reince Priebus, but Also the Christian Right?
“I know our party believes marriage is between one man and one woman.” – Reince Priebus THIS IS just pathetic. Lose on, Republicans. But yet, somebody deep in the bowels of the old boys’ club seem to be getting a clue. From Buzzfeed: Specifically, the word “Christian” does not appear once in the party’s 50,000-word [...]
Top Story — Queer Talk: Hillary Clinton Supports Marriage Equality [VIDEO] *UPDATED*
UPDATE BELOW Via the Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign is honored to have Secretary Clinton’s moving statement as part of our Americans for Marriage Equality series. Now that she has left office and can speak publicly about the issue that is so important to all of us, Hillary shares her experience as Secretary [...]
Another Reason the Pope is a Bigot: Rob Portman’s Gay Son Moves Him on Gay Marriage
I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn’t deny them the opportunity to get married. That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I [...]
It’s the 21st Century, But New Pope Francis Another Pick Out of Ancient Era [Video] *Updated*
“Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.” – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now [...]
Rand Paul Earns Spot as Serious Political Player
Steve Schmidt, the Republican strategist who ran John McCain’s 2008 effort, said Paul could be a formidable 2016 opponent because he is a “conviction” candidate. “I can’t tell you how many hours and meetings are devoted to discussing the candidates vision in a campaign,” said Schmidt. “Well, you wouldn’t have to do that with him. [...]
The Sheer Ineptitude of Eric Holder
“I’m quite happy with the answer and I’m disappointed it took a month and a half and a root canal to get it.” – Senator Rand Paul on CNN WHY DIDN’T Attorney General Eric Holder just send this letter out earlier? I guess the White House wasn’t expecting Senator Rand Paul to pitch a filibuster [...]
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