Must-Watch: How President Bartlet Dealt With Shut-Down-y Republicans
The budget expires at midnight. Without a deal, the whole government shuts down. Who blinks first?
Tag: Democrats
The Funniest Congressman In The Room
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) stole the show at Wednesday night’s Congressional Correspondents Dinner. The routine included a jab at Sen. Rand Paul’s Aqua Buddhism and a few self-deprecating jokes about the sexy 1970s Jew-fro in his @repweiner Twitter profile picture, among other things.
GOP Attempting To Repeal The Law Of Gravity?
Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) takes a well-deserved jab at the Republicans’ Upton-Inhofe bill (the Energy Tax Prevention Act), which attempts to wipe away scientific consensus on climate change.
Indiana GOP Rep Thinks Women Will Fake Rape Or Incest To Get An Abortion
On March 29, Indiana Representative Eric Turner (R) introduced HB 1210, a bill that would make all abortions illegal after 20 weeks. Dismayed, Rep. Gail Riecken (D) offered an amendment that would exempt “women who became pregnant due to rape or incest for whom pregnancy threatens their life or could cause serious and irreversible physical harm” from being forced to carry to term. That’s when Rep. Turner claimed that women would use Riecken’s proposed amendment as a “giant loophole.”
Something 81% Of Americans Agree On
Stopping the war on the middle class, that’s what.
JFK: Nuclear Weapons Must Be Abolished
John F. Kennedy Jr.’s short, powerful speech before the UN General Assembly in 1961 still rings true today.
Daily Show: ‘Your Wisconsin Cheese Will Run Red With Blood!’
Intrepid reporter Jon Oliver travels to the far-flung land of northern Illinois—approximately 13 miles from the Wisconsin border and right off I-90—to track down the Wisconsin Democratic 14.
Shocking Video: WI Legislator Tackled Entering Capitol
Last night, Wisconsin State Rep. Nick Milroy (D) attempted to enter the Capitol building to pick up some clothes from his office. Here’s what happened:
Hillary Clinton Calls Al Jazeera ‘Real News,’ Slams U.S. Cable News
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made some news yesterday while saying that the U.S. is losing the information war globally.
“The Working Man Deserves a Fair Shake”
If you’ve been wondering why the protests in Wisconsin and Ohio are such a big deal, this video breaks it all down.