Author: MoveOn Staff
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 24 2011
Editor’s note: This originally ran in May of 2011, when Newt first struck out as a candidate. He wrote an epic speech then that the media absolutely skewered. Here is that original campaign-ending speech, courtesy of The Colbert Report and performed in grandiose fashion by the great John Lithgow.
–
In case you missed it last week, here’s John Lithgow on ‘The Colbert Report,’ performing a hysterical reading of Newt’s ‘my first week was a disaster but I’m not quitting yet’ press release. And yes, this is completely verbatim.
+Read More
Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 24 2011
What’s funny about malaria? Lots.
+Read More
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 24 2011
State Sen. Lena Taylor’s fiery defense of the right to vote in Wisconsin, which would be severely undercut by the Voter I.D. Bill, AKA “Voter Suppression Bill.”
+Read More
Civil Rights | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 24 2011
The omission of these four very large slices of pie chart.
+Read More
Economic Justice | Foreign Policy
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, May 23 2011
In one minute, this scene from “The West Wing” explains some of why D.C. gets crazy about the debt ceiling:
+Read More
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, May 23 2011
Wanda dishes out 30 seconds of sock-it-to-ya truthiness. Are you ready for this?
+Read More
LGBTQ+ Rights
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, May 23 2011
Less for everyone else means more for them.
+Read More
Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, May 23 2011
Dwindling for decades and missing since approximately 2008, it was last seen in a trickle-down fantasy spun for the middle class by the GOP.
+Read More
Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, May 23 2011
Robert Reich knows a thing or two about the economy, having served as labor secretary under Clinton. Check out his plan to fix the budget—without destroying the safety net that working Americans rely on.
+Read More
Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, May 23 2011
Tennessee tries to ban teachers from using the words “gay” or “homosexual.” Openly gay actor George Takei (Sulu, of the original “Star Trek” series) responds.
+Read More
Civil Rights | Education | LGBTQ+ Rights
