A federal judge was less than amused when Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) requested that a lawsuit he filed two years ago be allowed to move forward in spite of the fact that federal courts have been immobilized by the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government. According to Think Progress, Judge Amy Berman Jackson refused to… Continue reading Judge Slaps Down Issa’s Request to Ignore the Shutdown and Pursue his Case
Year: 2013
MLK Breaking Bad on Economic Injustice
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4vdfugMFbg&w=549&h=389] You may have never heard Dr. King like this before. At a time like now, THIS VOICE is surely missed and needed. The Poor People’s Campaign, organized by the SCLC and Dr. Martin Luther King to take this message to Washington. Three weeks before it was to take place, King was assassinated on April… Continue reading MLK Breaking Bad on Economic Injustice
Lauryn Hill Released from Prison
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was released from federal prison Friday and will spend three months under home confinement under terms of her guilty plea to failing to pay taxes. Hill’s attorney, Nathan Hochman, said the former Fugees singer left the prison in Danbury, Conn., on Friday. She was sentenced in July to serve three months… Continue reading Lauryn Hill Released from Prison
President’s Weekly Address – End This Government Shutdown Now
In this week’s address, President Obama said that Republicans in the House of Representatives chose to shut down the government over a health care law they don’t like. He urged the Congress to pass a budget that funds our government, with no partisan strings attached. The President made clear he will work with anyone of… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – End This Government Shutdown Now
Miriam Carey Suffered From Postpartum Depression – Video
Idella Carey, mother of Miriam Carey killed at the hands of Washington police Thursday, said her daughter began suffering from postpartum depression after giving birth in August 2012. Mariam Carey was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier. Interviews with some of those… Continue reading Miriam Carey Suffered From Postpartum Depression – Video
Madonna Reveals She Was Raped in New York
Madonna seems to have it all when it comes to fame and her career. While she is living a lavish life these days, it turns out that she was taken to rock bottom when she was just 19 years old, right before her fame days came. In the newest issue of Harper’s Bazaar, Madonna opens… Continue reading Madonna Reveals She Was Raped in New York
Hundreds of Migrants Dead After Ship Sinks Off Italian Coast
The tragedy of African migrants who pay with their lives to reach Europe to escape poverty or some type of persecution or another occurring all around this great, big world of ours, became a human drama, as hundreds perished in a matter of hours off the Italian coast on Thursday. A 66-foot smuggler’s boat, carrying… Continue reading Hundreds of Migrants Dead After Ship Sinks Off Italian Coast
Crying Baby Throws Boehner Tantrum – Video
A new attack ad is out and it compares Republican House Speaker John Boehner to a crying baby. Although the ad is meant to be funny, it has some truth to it. John Boehner known, at least in my circle of friends, as the Washington cryer.
After Shutting Down The Government, This Republican Cried, “I Need My Paycheck!”
They all voted with joy to shut down the government – a move that amounted to yet another failed stunt to get rid of Obamacare. Their government shutdown move immediately caused 800,000 workers to be sent home without pay. But Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) told WTVD in Raleigh, N.C. that she won’t be giving up… Continue reading After Shutting Down The Government, This Republican Cried, “I Need My Paycheck!”
This Die-Hard Republican Fell In Love With ObamaCare
Butch Matthews is a 61-year-old former small business owner from Little Rock, Arkansas who used to wake up every morning at 4 A.M. to deliver canned beverages to retailers before retiring in 2010. A lifelong Republican, he was heavily skeptical of the Affordable Care Act when it first passed. “I did not think that Obamacare… Continue reading This Die-Hard Republican Fell In Love With ObamaCare
Republican Peter King – ‘I Honestly Don’t Know’ What GOP Wants From Shutdown
Yet another Republican who cannot figure out what they are trying to get from shutting down the government. We previously heard Marlin Stuzman of Indiana say he doesn’t know what Republicans want. And now Peter King of New York is joining that chorus. If these Republicans don’t know what they want, why are they insisting on… Continue reading Republican Peter King – ‘I Honestly Don’t Know’ What GOP Wants From Shutdown
Democrats to Start Discharge Petition to End GOP Shutdown
It’s all an effort to end the Republican government shutdown. House Democratic leaders will begin circulating a discharge petition Friday in hopes of forcing a vote on a “clean” spending bill. GOP leaders have so far refused to stage a vote on the Senate-passed continuing resolution (CR), insisting that the measure also include conservative provisions… Continue reading Democrats to Start Discharge Petition to End GOP Shutdown