Thanks to the Conservative controlled Supreme Court, some southern states can now legally take away the voting rights of some of their residents. The Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, the provision of…
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A new Pentagon report shows that most of the sexual assault in the military are against men. In its latest report on sexual assault, the Pentagon estimated that 26,000 service members experienced unwanted sexual contact in 2012, up from 19,000…
Calling all those “concerned” Tea Partiers and Republicans who cried foul that the IRS targeted Conservative groups. Can you hear me? Are you out there? Here’s another bit of news for you to cry about. Documents released today revealed that…
Apparently, the NSA snitch didn’t board his flight to Havana Cuba. Boarding is over. Aeroflot agent says Snowden not on plane. — Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) June 24, 2013 11:18pm BST—Max Seddon of the Associated Press says that he is standing…
The screams are clearly coming from a distraught male, whose repeated cries for help end abruptly with a gunshot. What is not clear from a recording of a 911 call, however, is the identity of the screamer: George Zimmerman, the…
Shocking, yea, I know. But it’s only shocking to you because you are thinking as a logical person. If you watched Fox News however, you might believe that Trayvon Martin caused his own murder. That is the kind of information…
The Texas senator credits his father with shaping his views on immigration, and talks about following the rules: ”In my opinion, if we allow those who are here illegally to be put on a path to citizenship, that is incredibly unfair…
Michele Bachmann today said that she was an “insurgent” in the IRS after graduating from school, and her purpose there was to learn about the “enemy from the inside” so that she could take them down. Speaking to a group…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a bill on Friday that blocks local governments from implementing paid sick leave legislation, the Orlando Sentinel reports. He made his decision quickly, only taking four of the 15 days he legally had to…
I bet you didn’t know that masturbation began before birth. It’s okay, like you, I didn’t know this either. But thanks to the wonderful information provided by our friendly Republicans – you know, the same folks who taught us about…
Strategists dream, a country’s nightmare. By now President Obama’s Administration is well aware that the people of the United States do not want to become embroiled in another war in the Middle East. Or anywhere else in the world for that matter….
After 29 years in the classroom, and with a pretty savvy political sense, if I may be so bold, I consider myself a keen observer of most things educational, but this story about Philadelphia’s schools made me shiver with anger…