Jason Clausen, a Mason City, Iowa, man featured in Mitt Romney's new video featuring unemployed people has a lengthy rap sheet and served ten days in jail for "assault on a peace officer," public records show. Clause[n] is seen in the video "A few of the 23 million" saying, "W …
The tea party movement is kicking into gear again, buoyed by the success of Richard Mourdock in defeating longtime Sen. Richard Lugar in Indiana's GOP primary. They're intent on proving that the movement is not dead, as so many commentators have declared. To that …
Rep. Joe Pitts (R-[Of Course].) is seeing his foreign policy credentials come under fire after calling for Middle East peace negotiations between deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006. Pitts' …
As I've written before, Bayer's neonicotinoid pesticides, which now coat upwards of 90 percent of US corn seeds and seeds of increasing portions of other major crops like soy, have emerged as a likely trigger for colony collapse disorder One of my biggest comp …
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On the vast list of right-wing conspiracy theories about President Obama—he's Malcolm X'sillegitimate son; he was photoshopped into the iconic Situation Room photo; his memoir wasghost-written by Bill Ayers; he's people!—this new bit of …
Michelle Obama prepared divorce papers to separate from Barack Obama in 2000 following his disastrous attempt to win a House seat in Chicago, according to a new book. When he lost miserably the future First Lady was supposedly disgusted that her husband had ignored her warning …
The Young Turks host Ana Kasparian explained Tuesday how Louisiana sheriffs had an incentive to keep the inmate population high.
Before the St. Petersburg speech, reporters covering it were told there were to be no questions asked of Romney as he greeted voters afterward. Those who attempted to do so were barred by Secret Service representatives and campaign volunteers who said they were told no media we …
Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists: Lobbyists who circumvent normal lobbying regulations and procedures to advance the corporate agenda in statehouses nationwide on the taxpayer dime. If Washington DC is the new Versailles, run by corporate overlords and their lobbyist-hired …