About 600 people turned out Monday in Elwood, Illinois for a sit-in protest against alleged mistreatment of warehouse workers employed by Walmart contractor RoadLink. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that 17 peaceful protesters were arrested by police in riot gear after they sat in the middle of a road and blocked…
Stephen Colbert took a break from his Comedy Central show on Tuesday to guest host ABC’s Good Morning America and performed a duet with country star Kenny Rogers while he was there. “The fact that I’m going to sing a duet with Stephen Colbert just really wraps up my life,”…
Former Speaker of the House and erstwhile presidential candidate Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) accused President Barack Obama of having “almost a psychological need” to ignore “the realities of Islamic extremism.” In an appearance on “The Sean Hannity Show,” Gingrich made the case that Obama is failing to rise to the…
Employees at a Microsoft store in Atlanta were reportedly forced to call police on Friday after a rapper hired to perform for The Source magazine’s Power 30 Issue jumped on tables with laptops and tablets, while telling the audience, “Fuck these computers!” In a video posted on YouTube, Machine Gun…
Stephen Colbert started the week on The Colbert Report enraged at the “liberal hacks” at Fox News for their treatment of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday. Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice-president, had a contentious interview with Chris Wallace over the 20 percent across-the-board tax cut he and GOP…
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday hammered the Obama administration and the President himself for providing an incoherent response to the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. The Obama administration had initially said the attack was part of a mob action, but later admitted it was a…
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained why the Republican Party had halted its voter registration efforts in five major swing states. Republicans had hired Strategic Allied Consulting to run voter registration drives in Florida, Virginia, Colorado, North Carolina and Nevada. But RNC severed ties with Strategic…
David Pickup of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality on Monday blasted California Gov. Jerry Brown for signing a bill that prohibits mental health providers in the state from attempting to change the sexual orientation of minors. Speaking to CNN, Pickup disclosed that he himself underwent such…
Republican Sen. Scott Brown faces his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren during a second televised debate on Monday night. Watch live video, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…