Maine Governor Paul LePage has no problem with BPA, a chemical that is released from plastic bottles when they’re microwaved. In fact, he’s quoted as saying “if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards.”
Mike Stark from the Daily Kos recently called in to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show, to ask him why modern-day conservatives idolize Reagan. After Stark gave several examples of things that Reagan did that modern-day conservatives would oppose, Limbaugh was at…
The controversial part of Governor Scott Walker’s proposed plan that cuts the budget, the part that strips collective bargaining rights from unions, could actually end up costing the state millions of dollars in federal transportation funds.
Governor Scott Walker is being investigated because a non-partisan Government watchdog group, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), believe he violated state law by sending the Wisconsin State Patrol to the home of the Democratic Senate Leader, Mark Miller.
Despite thousands of supporters protesting in the Capitol, The Wisconsin Assembly passed legislation that will strip workers of collective bargaining rights. No one knows when it will be voted on in the Wisconsin Senate, since Senate Democrats have fled to prevent a vote.
Despite George W. Bush’s effort to bring Democracy to Iraq, Iraqi citizens this week are rebelling against the corruption in their own Government, and poverty. Iraq had a surplus of 52.1 billion through then end of 2009, but many Iraqi citizens live in poverty.
So much for supporting smaller Government, these are just 9 of the causes that tea party backed candidates support, including a bill making it mandatory for citizens to purchase a gun within 6 months of turning 21.
A U.S. military general deployed “psychological operatives” to manipulate senators into more funding and troops for the war in Afghanistan, which is becoming increasingly unpopular among the American public.
Governor Scott Walker has already threatened to call in the National Guard against protesters. Now he’s threatening them with violent force, and a high ranking officer says they won’t hesitate to use it.
In what many are seeing as an obvious admittance of guilt on Sarah Palin’s part, the account “Lou Sarah” which Wonkette exposed as Sarah Palin’s personal facebook account, has been taken down.
Despite the alarming rise in gay teen suicides, a high school in Kansas allowed one of their students to publish an article that says that “[same-sex] relationships just are not normal” and also states “same sex dating should be frowned upon”. It also cites a biblical verse calling for the death penalty for same-sex couples.
Fox has been known in the past to distort the truth, but today they actually reversed poll data to falsely claim that America supports what Fox News believes on this issue.
A deputy Attorney General tweeted that he believes “live ammunition” should be used against the protesters in Wisconsin. What happened to toning down the rhetoric? Via Indiana News; A deputy in the Indiana Attorney General’s Office is no longer employed…
In red states laden with debt, Republican Governor’s see fit to cut money from programs that help the poor, yet continue to champion and sign into law NEW tax cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations. What are…
The Congressman who wants to redefine rape victims as “accusers” now wants investigations into miscarriages. Shouldn’t that be considered wasteful, unnecessary, Government spending? Via Raw Story: Legislation recently introduced to the Georgia legislature by House Republican Bobby Franklin would make abortion…
Huh? That’s right, Michele Bachmann thinks that self-proclaimed ‘rodeo-clown’ Glenn Beck is qualified to solve the Budget Deficit.
Via The Huffington Post: “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” the 8-part TLC reality show, is set to receive $1.2 million in tax credits, helping the program’s producers recoup a third of the $3.6 million they spent filming in the Frontier State. According to…
Via The Wall Street Journal: MADISON, Wis.—State Democratic senators, holed up in out-of-state hotels, gave no timetable for a return to the capital, putting on hold a fiscal bill that would limit collective-bargaining rights for most state workers. “When we…
These are just 10 examples from the GOP’s war on women, I’m sure you can find many more.
Via Care2: Conservative politicians in the House have accomplished their goal of voting to defund Planned Parenthood, a move that could leave tens of thousands without access to affordable birth control, health screenings and STI prevention and treatment. But don’t worry,…
