Tag Archives: 2015

Politico Magazine: Tom Keane: Elizabeth Warren Meets The Ted Kennedy Myth

Politico Magazine We should be really careful to comparing people who are very new to elected office like Senator Elizabeth Warren, just elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, after never holding a seat in Congress before, or ever in … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine:: Nick Gillespie: ‘Penn Jillette on Indiana RFRA: You’re Not Being Forced to Have Gay Sex’

Source:Reason Magazine– Penn Jillette, on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. “Via Mediaite comes footage from CNN last night in which hardcore libertarian and atheist Penn Jillette weights in on the Indiana RFRA hoohah. Given his libertarian bona fides, many folks … Continue reading

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The Onion: ‘Indiana Governor Insists Religious Freedom Law Has Nothing To Do With Thing it Explicitly Intended To Do’

Source:The Onion– Governor Mike Pence (Republican, Indiana) refusing to answer George Stephanopoulos questions about whether Hoosiers get to discriminate against gay or not. “INDIANAPOLIS—Addressing the controversy surrounding his state’s recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Indiana governor Mike Pence forcefully … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: This Week, Governor Mike Pence- Doesn’t Understand Discrimination

Source:Thom Hartmann If a church whatever the church decided not perform gay weddings or inter-racial weddings or inter-ethnic weddings, they would be perfectly within their rights. Remember, Separation of Church and State goes both ways. Government won’t endorse religion or … Continue reading

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Washington Examiner: Stephen R. Smith: ‘How to Make Retirement More Secure & Make Capitalism Work For All’

Source:Washington Examiner How about instead of justing giving big successful companies and corporations subsidies for being successful and wealthy, which is what corporate welfare is, we put that taxpayer money to good use. We convert corporate welfare into corporate workfare. … Continue reading

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The Week: Ryan Cooper: ‘The Beginning of The End of The War on Drugs’

Source:The Week– illegal narcotic in America. “One of the many depressing aspects of the 2004 election was the crushing defeat of pro-gay marriage forces. Republican operatives, cynically stoking turnout with outright lies, put gay marriage bans on the ballot in … Continue reading

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Lyle Denniston: Did The Founders Want Term Limits For Supreme Court Justices?

Source:Constitution Daily Damn! I found something that I agree with Mike Huckabee on. And perhaps tomorrow I’ll find something that I agree with Michael Moore on, but don’t hold your breath. I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: Interviewing Mike Huckabee

Source:Real Time With Bill Maher– interviewing Governor Mike Huckabee (Republican, Arkansas) “Bill speaks with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee about his political aspirations and his new book, “God, Guns, Grits and Gravy.” From Real Time With Bill Maher Is it just … Continue reading

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CNN Politics: Mark Preston- Can This Democrat Really Beat Hillary Clinton?

Source:CNN Politics No one is saying that Martin O’Malley is going to win the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. Governor O’Malley knows that he’s a long shot. But so was Governor Jimmy Carter in 1975, Governor Bill Clinton in … Continue reading

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The Nation: George Zornick: ‘Lets Just Get Rid of The Hyde Amendment’

Source:The Nation I going to get to The Hyde Amendment and why I support that and why I’m against public funding for abortions. But I also want to use this opportunity to explain what freedom of choice or pro-choice means … Continue reading

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