The Obituary For Barack Obama's Great-Aunt Handles Her Famous Relation Perfectly
Margaret Payne’s obituary tells of a pioneering University researcher and mentions in the last paragraph the famous relationship she kept proudly to herself. Via newsobserver.com Payne's sister was...
View ArticleProgressives Are Complaining About CAP's Embrace Of Military Action In Iraq
“It’s hard to see this as anything other than Washington’s leading Democratic Party-aligned think tank advocating for a re-engagement,” says a former CAP staffer. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Wants A Female President In The USA "As Soon As Possible"
“I think we have some options, don’t we?” View Video › While speaking to ABC's Robin Roberts at the White House Summit on Working Families, First Lady Michelle Obama treated the audience to a bit of...
View ArticleDid This Happen In The Mississippi Senate Primary, Scooby Doo, Or A John...
If you come through, you’re gonna have yourself a Scooby Snack.
View ArticleU.S. Archivist Tells Oversight Committee The IRS "Did Not Follow The Law"
“They did not follow the law.” View Video › Speaking at an Oversight and Investigations Committee hearing Tuesday on missing emails related to the IRS scandal, Archivist of the United States David...
View ArticleKey Ruling On New Standard For Review Of Anti-Gay Laws Will Stand
The 9th Circuit won’t give further review to an earlier decision that gives laws that treat people differently based on sexual orientation additional scrutiny. An important ruling for pending marriage...
View Article5 Articles On Hillary Clinton From 1969
“Spunky Wellesley Grad Visits for Wedding Tonight.” Then 21, Hillary Rodham made national news in 1969 when speaking at her college commencement, she delivered a dramatic rebuke to Sen. Edward Brooke,...
View ArticleThis Video Of Congressional Leaders Singing "We Shall Overcome" Is...
A Tuesday event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King with the Congressional Gold Medal gets awkward. View Video › Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell C-SPAN Michigan...
View ArticleListen To Tea Party Candidate Chris McDaniel Go On An Extended Riff About...
“There’s going to be a lesbian Brokeback Mountain and it’s going to star Beyonce and Eva Longoria.” View Video › Mississippi Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel went on an extended rift about lesbians...
View ArticleScott Brown Trades In The Truck In New Hampshire
A tracker filmed him riding around in an SUV. Gretchen Ertl / Reuters / Reuters Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown still talks a lot about his old pickup. The truck starred in his first TV ad of...
View ArticleWoman At Center Of NSA Defender's Twitter Scandal Apologizes
“I was a willing participant.” WASHINGTON — The woman who says she received explicit photos and messages from a well-known former intelligence officer and defender of NSA surveillance policies has...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Is House Republicans' Last, Best Hope On The Contraceptive...
The Hobby Lobby case is expected to come down in the next few days. If the court rules against the business, there’s no clear next step for Republicans save for the election. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry...
View ArticleThe Old Guard And Thad Cochran Hang On In Mississippi Republican Primary
Sen. Thad Cochran won — surprise! — in round two of a nasty Senate battle and will be the Republican nominee. John Fitzhugh/Biloxi Sun Herald / MCT Thad Cochran isn't done in the U.S. Senate after...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Cell Phones Generally Are Protected From Police Searches...
“Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple — get a warrant,” the chief justice says. © Gary Cameron / Reuters /...
View ArticleHouse Intelligence Chair: Iraq Crisis "Not An Intelligence Failure"
“This is a result of indecision, which is a policy failure.” Gary Cameron / Reuters WASHINGTON — The Obama administration had specific intelligence about the terror group ISIS' activities and...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Says Utah Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional
“A state may not deny the issuance of a marriage license to two persons, or refuse to recognize their marriage, based solely upon the sex of the persons in the marriage union,” the court concludes. An...
View ArticleSenator Tim Kaine Argues Congress Needs To Approve Military Action In Iraq
The former DNC chair and close ally of Obama took to the floor of the senate to demand that the White House seek an update to the post-9/11 laws that authorized military action in Afghanistan and...
View ArticleBill Clinton: "Refreshing Virtue Of Candor" In GOP Trying To Deny...
Talking about House Republicans’ immigration principles. View Video › Former President Bill Clinton said the House Republicans' principles on immigration policy have a "refreshing virtue of candor" in...
View ArticleAnderson Cooper Is Not A Vagina Expert
The CNN producer who got this segment on the air deserves a raise. "I'm certainly no expert on the topic of... vaginas." — CNN's Anderson Cooper
View ArticleColorado County Issues Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Even Though State Official...
Same-sex marriages began in Boulder County, Colorado, Wednesday even though the attorney general said they were in violation of court orders. View Entire List ›
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