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Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts
Image: Getty Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a fiscal conservative and critic of federal handouts, has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion of food stamps, stimulus...
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Brian Williams Eviscerates Limbaugh And Former FEMA Director ‘Brownie’ For...
During Thursday night’s broadcast of NBC’sRock Center, anchor Brian Williams took shots at both former FEMA head Michael Brown and conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for what Williams...
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US conservatives ring in Gun Appreciation Day
Gun-lovers in the US can finally let their enthusiasm show without fear – on Gun Appreciation Day, which a coalition of right-wing organizations has designated as January 19. Image: AFP/ Karen Bleier...
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Immigration’s latest ally: Christian right
The usual suspects pushing immigration reform have a new ally in the fight this time — the religious right. Christian conservatives, who stayed on the sidelines in 2006 or opposed reform outright,...
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Sarah Palin’s next act: Candidate or ‘Kardashian’?
Image: Reuters She’s not EVEN as popular as a Kardashian, her ship has sailed IMO. LG —————————————————————————————— In January 2009, Sarah Palin had the world on a string. A potential Republican...
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CPAC Event On Racial Tolerance Turns To Chaos As ‘Disenfranchised’ Whites Arrive
A CPAC session sponsored by Tea Party Patriots and billed as a primer on teaching activists how to court black voters devolved into a shouting match as some attendees demanded justice for white voters...
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Anti-Immigration Conservatives Get Silly After Boston Bombings
Remember the story about the drunk who loses his car keys in the forest but looks for them under a lamp post because that’s where the light is? Conservative calls to fight terrorism in the wake of the...
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McConnell: IRS Case Is Proof Obama Administration Is Silencing Critics...
Image: AP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in calling for the resignation of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner after the agency admitted to...
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IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo
Image: Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images In February 2010, the Champaign Tea Party in Illinois received approval of its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 90 days, no questions asked. That was the...
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NSA Confidential: We Love Big Brother If He’s Got the Right Party Affiliation
Image: Reason Magazine In the first flush of stories about how the National Security Agency is surveilling American citizens, one stomach-turning revelation hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves: we...
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Ex-Miss America called ‘street walker’ by GOP chair
Image: Lawrence Jackson, AP A former Miss America who is black and running for Congress has been called a “street walker,” “love child” and other names by a Republican Party chairman in Illinois. Erika...
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Opinion: Cowboy Rick Perry will ride again — in 2016
In most of the old TV Westerns, there was a moment at the end where the cowboy rode away. He’s delivered justice, empowered the townsfolk and ended the crisis. The good guy knows he will be needed...
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O’Reilly blames unwed black mothers for violent crimes
Image: Raw Story The panacea to this douchebag… read a newspaper, buy a book… get more than just his side of the story. BTW Billo, lots of babies born to and raised by single mothers turn out just...
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Conservatives Used to Mock Ayn Rand — How Did She Become a Hero to Right-Wing...
Today’s doltish conservatives, like Paul Ryan, worship her. But their forebears called Rand’s work “preposterous” The growing influence on the American right of Ayn Rand, the libertarian right’s answer...
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Every Top Republican Invited to MLK Anniversary Event Said No
Conservative commentators have had a lot to say over the last 24 hours about the fact that Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the only African-American in the Senate, was not invited to yesterday’s March on...
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Fox News host: new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, doesn’t ‘represent American...
The crowning of Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, as Miss America should have been, to paraphrase her platform, a celebration of diversity through cultural competency. But in the hours after her victory,...
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How Christian Delusions Are Driving the GOP Insane
Why aren’t Republicans more frightened of the consequences of a shutdown and default? Part of the reason is magical religious thinking. Why aren’t Republicans more afraid? The entire premise of both...
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The Myth Of The $634 Million Obamacare Website
Image: Media Matters When he announced hearings this week into the troubled launch and implementation of President Obama’s health care reform, Rep. David Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Committee on...
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DeLay: ‘God Created This Nation And God Created The Constitution’
Image: Raw Story During a service last weekend, John Hagee spent a half hour interviewing former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay during which DeLay revealed that God has commissioned him to write a...
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Meet the ‘Hip’ Christian Right-Wingers Trying to Make Conservative...
Young people are leaving the church in droves. Enter the hipster Christian leader intended to pull them back in. Image: rookerville.com It’s no secret in Christian circles that young people are leaving...
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