Latino Community Holds Funeral For The Death of The Republican party

“The Republican Party is essentially dead to our community. They have killed the dreams of thousands of people,” said Greisa Martinez, an organizer with United We Dream, the youth-led immigration advocacy network that organized the event. Explaining that her mother is undocumented, Martinez said, “They have killed the dreams of my mother for not moving… Continue reading Latino Community Holds Funeral For The Death of The Republican party

New CNN Poll – Majority of Americans Believe Obamacare is Working

The newly released poll conducted by CNN comes a day after duelling court decisions, one striking down the subsidies in the law that helps with policy payments and the other decision upholding them. The poll, which surveyed 1012 people and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points found, that 53%… Continue reading New CNN Poll – Majority of Americans Believe Obamacare is Working

MH17 Black Boxes Arrive in Britain

The Independent reports that the black boxes recovered from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site have arrived in Britain and handed to investigators, it has been confirmed. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the flight recorders have been delivered to their headquarters in Farnborough, Hampshire on Wednesday, where experts will attempt to retrieve… Continue reading MH17 Black Boxes Arrive in Britain

Here’s What Some Cops Are Saying About the Death of Eric Garner

Emotions are running high over the case of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died last week while under the restraint of NYPD officers. Social media activist have mobilized under the #JusticeForEricGarner hashtag. There is, however, another community online expressing their feelings about the case: police, and what many have to say is chilling. NYmag.com has… Continue reading Here’s What Some Cops Are Saying About the Death of Eric Garner

The Silly Season Gets Serious

I took my talents to South Beach over the weekend for a relative’s surprise birthday party, and on the plane to and fro I had the opportunity to…think. Love airplane mode. Phones and tablets should have other modes, such as marriage mode, play-with-children mode, just-watch-one-screen mode, or perhaps physical media mode, where you would be… Continue reading The Silly Season Gets Serious

This Republican Said “being hung, drawn and quartered is probably too good” For Obama

Another Republican, or Teaparty mamber, or right-wing wacko, has decided to take his hate for our Democratically elected, Constitutionally approved President, to a whole new level.  Stephen Steinlight, a Senior policy analyst for the Center for Immigration Studies, told a group of Teaparty members in Florida that being impeached is not enough for our President. According… Continue reading This Republican Said “being hung, drawn and quartered is probably too good” For Obama

A Modern Day Lynching in Staten Island

There is a reason I read The Rude Pundit. Most of the time, Rude zooms in on things the other so-called pundits either willfully or accidentally miss. Rude’s most recent piece focused on the killing of a Staten Island man named Eric Garner. Garner was killed when New York Police applied an illegal chokehold on… Continue reading A Modern Day Lynching in Staten Island

More Impeachment Noise from Republican Mouthpiece Sarah Palin – Video

Sarah Palin and the Republicans are continuing to sing the impeachment song. Over the weekend, Palin once again floated the idea of impeaching President Obama because… well, because she says so. And the Republicans at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver loved it! “There’s only one remedy for a president who commits high crimes and… Continue reading More Impeachment Noise from Republican Mouthpiece Sarah Palin – Video

GOP’s Obamacare Talking-Points Fall Flat – Court Rules In favor of Subsidies

The New York Times reports that two federal appeals court panels issued conflicting rulings Tuesday on whether the government could subsidize health insurance premiums for people in three dozen states that use the federal insurance exchange. The decisions are the latest in a series of legal challenges to central components of President Obama’s health care… Continue reading GOP’s Obamacare Talking-Points Fall Flat – Court Rules In favor of Subsidies

Poll: Republicans Admit Minimum Wage is Too Low, Yet Refused Raising It

In the poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, the majority of Republicans admitted they would not be able to live on today’s minimum wage, but when the question of raising it was asked, the majority of Republicans refused. The poll found that 69 percent of Republican respondents said they don’t think they could live off… Continue reading Poll: Republicans Admit Minimum Wage is Too Low, Yet Refused Raising It

MSNBC Contributor Who Spoke Out Against MSNBC Bias, Gets “Cancelled”

Yesterday, a paid MSNBC contributor spoke out against her network’s apparent bias in the way it reported the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. According to Rula Jebreal, MSNBC showed clear favoritism in their reporting to Isreal, and disregarded the other part of the story – the suffering being caused by Israeli bombs in Palestine. “Because of AIPAC, and… Continue reading MSNBC Contributor Who Spoke Out Against MSNBC Bias, Gets “Cancelled”