Multiple supporters of GOP candidate Donald Trump were given airtime in the media to argue in support of his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Fortunately, CNN invited someone on to their cable news network to explain how supporters of Trump have been scared into thinking “crazy Muslims” are going to kill […]
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The Israeli American Council, a right-wing Israel advocacy organization, kicked off its first ever national conference in Washington, DC this weekend. Big name speakers included Republican hot shots like former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney as well as hawkish neoconservative warmonger Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. As was predicted, the mostly rightwing speakers capitalized on […]
Last night, House Republicans passed a bill that cuts $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps, one of the few safety nets available to the 47 million Americans living below the poverty line. Nevertheless, a majority of our elected representatives seem to view food as a luxury that the […]
For a state with 24 death row exonerations under its belt (the highest in the country), you would think Florida might want to slow down its execution process to avoid putting innocent people to death. But Florida lawmakers are doing just the opposite
Republicans have renewed their calls for drug testing welfare recipients, this time at the federal level despite failed attempts to do so in states across the country, most recently in Florida. Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn) has introduced legislation mandating random drug testing of 20 percent of recipients of Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF). He’s […]
In the wake of the catastrophic tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri, the likes of which has not been seen in the 61 years since record-keeping began, areas that have been affected are in desperate need of disaster relief. You would think the party that so vehemently claims the title of “pro-life” would be first […]
Remember the nonstop, 24/7 coverage of the coordinated disruption at town hall meetings by tea-partiers in the Summer of 2009 during healthcare reform? Of course you do, since the media gave it wall to wall coverage for months. Now fast forward to this month, when angry constituents are loudly protesting Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposal to privatize […]
Title X Grants, which fund family planning and other preventive health services, are already prohibited from being used to fund abortions by the Hyde Amendment. Yet, in the face of reality, the GOP and right-wing media continue to trumpet the notion that defunding Planned Parenthood will prevent tax dollars from being spent on abortions. This has […]
In light of the anti-choice legislation popping up in states like South Dakota, Iowa, Florida, and Texas (to name a few), I want to highlight what is rarely discussed in the abortion debate: the deceptive, duplicitous hypocrisy of the “pro-life” agenda. For starters, “pro-life” is an inaccurate term to use when describing those who want to […]
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