In an announcement on Friday, Congressman Lamar Smith, the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) officially killed the bill after a day of massive protests that saw Wikipedia and Reddit go dark.
Carlson apparently moderated a panel on Newsweek's controversial cover story, 'Why Are Obama's Critics So Dumb?' Springer, a former mayor of Cincinnati and longtime Democrat, naturally praised the article and defended Obama's accomplishments.
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NBC's Chuck Todd, best know as 'not Tim Russert,' criticized Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for their publicized attempts to expose the inequities of post-Citizens United campaign laws.
The pepper spraying incident at UC Davis is still fresh in all of our minds yet police in California decided to one-up themselves at UC Riverside on Thursday, where...
Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius announced today that birth control will now be required coverage in the vast majority of employer sponsored health insurance plans.
PIPA, the Protect IP Act, along with SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act, burned brightly throughout the halls of Congress for a little while, but after mass protest, they...
If we cannot love the stranger in our own self we cannot love the stranger in society. When we begin welcoming the stranger individually we can welcome the strangers...
During the GOP Debate in South Carolina on Thursday night, the audience booed Mit Romney after he danced around whether he would release 12 years worth of tax returns...
The appropriately named Newt Gingrich is the political personification of slime. His sociopathic selfishness is the product of blind ambition driven by a reptilian lust for power and revenge.
By a six to two vote on Thursday, the city council of Portland, Maine passed a resolution calling for a Constitutional Amendment to end corporate personhood which has existed...
Apparently being on food stamps is part of the black experience, so put down your basketballs and turntables and listen to the crusty,old white guy. Oh, and guess what?...
In the next few months you will be offered opportunities to write a book, maybe. If that happens, can you make sure you tell us how your ending 'Obamaâs...
Lamda Legal, a national organization that works tirelessly on behalf of the LGBT community, ratcheted up their outreach and appeal by releasing a viral video that's aptly entitled 'Sh*t...
Fox News' hosts are known for insensitive remarks, and yesterday was no exception. During Fox News' 'The Five,' co-host Andrea Tantaros described why she believes the recession was...
Since the beginning of the Republican primary season, one fact has remained steady, it's Mitt Romney's to lose. That's not saying he'll absolutely win. There's a chance that as...
Poor Mitt, why doesn't anyone like him? Oh right, because he's a zillioniare jerk living in an Ivory Tower lacking in anything resembling ethics, integrity or a conscience.
Isn't it funny when a Republican calls for a law against something only for them to get caught doing what the new law punishes? The latest Republican to commit...
When Sarah Palin declared that she would vote for presidential nominee Newt Gingrich in this week's South Carolina Primaryâprompting him to say that she could play a âmajor roleâ...
There's a fine line between disappointment and throwing a temper tantrum. Why is it that understanding that Obama is not perfect makes one an "Obot Apologist?"
What if you woke up to find that every single government service had been privatized overnight and that the prices for those services had skyrocketed because of corporate greed?...
Newt Gingrich may still be fighting to be the republican presidential nominee, but we all know heâs not really in the running anymore. Thatâs why itâs come as little...
The Obama Administration today called the GOP's bluff by rejecting the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, a 1,750 mile, $7 billion proposed pipeline that would carry more than...
On the same day that Wikipedia turned off their lights for 24 hours to protest the proposed 'Stop Online Piracy Act' or SOPA as it is better known, the...
The overwhelming point of these videos is that SOPA/PIPA isn't just a threat to the people who use content that could be considered infringing, it's a threat to the...
School sponsored prayer has been unconstitutional for years, but a new bill in the Florida Senate would circumvent the Constitution by allowing student government to vote for the kind...
According to WESH , Middendorf kicked Flowers in the groin, then slammed his head into the ground. He then threw himself on top of the old man and punched...
Now that Democrats have secured more than enough signatures to trigger a recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the real test is coming down the road. Getting...
A growing number of people have been expressing concern with many aspects of modern medicine, especially corruption on the part of the FDA and the over medicating of American...
One of the watermarks of every campaign is going negative. Itâs a huge step, itâs a step almost everyone has to take, and itâs one of literally thousands of...
Only in the mind of a Republican could the dominate race and religion in the United States be a "persecuted minority" for not being allowed to lord it over...
When the people collect almost double the required signatures to get you out of office, you should be concerned. Walker and his cronies better hope that sweet, sweet Koch...
When a teenager stands up for her Constitutional right to not have Christianity forced on her, the all too predictable out pour of hate and rage from those that...
The Associated Press has revealed that Paul wastes a lot of taxpayer money on first-class airfares, even when they aren't needed. From the Washington Post:
Love the President or hate him (or more likely, somewhere in between), you have to appreciate a man, who while under constant attack from the right and the left,...
This is why we see no real harm in the legions of Paulbots that charge daily like a horde of angry libertarian lawn gnomes onto Facebook, Twitter, every blog...
Back in 1996, the ruling mullahs of Iran's theocratic government ruled that the Mattel Toy Company's Barbie and Ken dolls were 'un-Islamic.' In spite of that decision, Barbie...
One of the most interesting, entertaining and even game-changing aspects of this year's election season will be the activities of Stephen Colbert's (er, sorry, FEC), Jon Stewart's Super PAC....
October 1, 2011, came and went without any debate and almost no discussion regarding a missed deadline of a low profile but consumer friendly provision in the Affordable Heath...
The Building Trades is an organization that is composed of Construction Local Unions such as Electricians, Plumbers & Steamfitters, Sheet Metal Workers, Roofers, Elevator Constructors, Boilermakers, Painters, Carpenters,...
Why is it that food and clothing for the poor is 'wasteful spending' but needlessly invading other countries on the other side of the world is considered 'vital to...
Just one day after we celebrated the birthday of the greatest Civil Rights leader in American history, we have occasion to honor another hero of that movement, Muhammad Ali....
Which party prides itself in being the party of business? The party that pushes for deregulation, the easing of wage costs, and environmental and safety concerns in the interest...
As if the Republican Party hadn't already damaged itself enough since August, the audience of yet another GOP Debate has booed something that seriously questions their claims of being...
Based on the limited conversations I have overheard in truckstop diners, auto service center waiting rooms, and gas station checkout lines, this is what Occupy's message sounds like to...
I am in favor of the Rosemont Copper open-pit mine because despite the incomplete environmental impact draft study by the U.S. Forest Service, I am sure that we can...
People who are categorized as psychopaths, which are approximately 1% of the population, have no conscience or empathy and do not care for anyone other than themselves. And when...
Mitt Romney has chosen this day, a day when we reflect and remember King's message, a day when we measure the progress toward King's dream, to campaign to society's...
Rep. Kip Smith, the Georgian Republican sponsor of Georgia House Bill 464, which would 'require random drug testing' for citizens on public assistance, found himself drunker than Lindsey Lohan...
Apostle Claver is the leader of a group named Raging Elephants, and he is charged with bringing more diversity to the GOP. Claver spoke to a mostly white Tea...
The fight for equality began in North Carolina, in 1961, at a Woolworth. That day, four young black men demanded to be served lunch at a whites-only counter.
On Saturday, a driver kicked 13 passengers off his Greyhound bus after discovering that they were Occupy protesters from San Diego en route to Washington DC. The driver, Don...
As if one creationism bill wasn't enough already, Missouri Republicans have introduced a second one in an attempt to force Christianity on schools one way or another.