Unemployment benefits in Tennessee average about $285 a week, which over a month, equals rent and some food. Forget ‘extras’ like phone and internet, which could be required to find a job. And if you’re unemployed you’d better not even think about getting sick because insurance and the medical care are just luxuries you can’t afford.
The Guardian reports that a second Iraq War veteran is in intensive care in an Oakland hospital, thanks to injuries sustained from police during Occupy Oakland protests
As if we ever needed proof that the ‘family values’ party was blowing smoke up everyone’s you know what, the Family Research Council has awarded Congressman Joe Walsh (R-IL) its (apparently coveted) ‘True Blue’ designation for ‘unwavering support of the family.’
As a woman who has spent much of her life in male dominated industries, ‘Get a sense of humor’ and ‘Lighten up’ were phrases I avoided like the plague. How did I avoid them? By laughing.
According to KTVO News, police in Centerville, Iowa have arrested an 83 year old city council candidate for prostitution.
Ya’ gotta hand it to Rick Perry. He doesn’t even try to sugar coat his plutocratic views. In an interview Tuesday, he commented on the Occupy Wall Street movement by saying that they shouldn’t worry about it, that money is overrated.
On Tuesday, Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced a Constitutional amendment which would overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which gave corporations unlimited ability to influence elections.
Unfortunately for the safety of the United States, the fence between humorously gaffable and dangerous isn’t electrified, which might explain how easily Herman Cain crossed it on Bill O’Reilly’s show.
Sometimes, the best thing a Democrat can do it sit back and let the Republicans speak for themselves. Rick Perry is one of those Republicans. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that his speech in New Hampshire was a Saturday Night Live Sketch. Unfortunately, it wasn’t.
Ron Paul is vehemently against many of the progressive bedrock issues. One such issue is federal student loans.
Superficial qualities aside, it’s tough for even the most progressive among us, including myself, to resist the lure of some of Ron Paul’s words. The problem with Ron Paul is that he keeps speaking.
At Saturday night’s Occupy Denver protest, police fired pepper spray and pepper balls. 20 protesters were arrested and several were sent to the hospital. One man was shot in the face with pepper bullets. Another had his foot run over by a motorcycle cop.
Not to be outdone by Herman Cain and Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann revealed her ‘flat tax’ plan to Christiane Amanpour on ABC’s This Week. The thing about her flat tax plan is that the former IRS tax attorney seems to have no idea what a flat tax actually is.
The bill states that New Hampshire would only recognize a marriage between a man and a woman. It would, however allow civil unions for all adults, including relatives.
California Congresswoman, Jackie Speier, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, will participate in a food stamps challenge in which she will eat on a food budget of $4.50 a day for five days.
Thanks to the internet, the great equalizer, we do have such a situation, eBay. Three Yale and Harvard researchers conducted a study called, ‘Race Effects on Ebay.’ The results? Americans are racist.
Keller: ‘If you are a socialist liberal and or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class. You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision as under the law.’
Jon Huntsman, arguably the most progressive candidate in the GOP race, is barely making a blip on the radar with Republican voters. In an attempt to turn that around, he released his answer to Cain’s ‘smoking’ ad.
The vehemently ‘pro-life’ candidate told a group in South Carolina that it would be a ‘wonderful thing’ for Iranian nuclear scientists to turn up dead.
Some good news out of Occupy Oakland. Iraq war vet, Scott Olsen, who critically injured by police during the protest Tuesday night, has been upgraded from ‘critical’ to ‘fair’ condition.
