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Jordanian Parliament member pulls gun on debate opponent
A member of Jordan’s parliament faces attempted murder charges after pulling a gun on his opponent in a televised debate. According to the Los Angeles Times, Mohammed Shawabka drew his weapon at former minister Mansour Murad Friday after Murad called him “a mafia thief” who “bought people’s votes.” The two…
Robert Gibbs: ‘Nobody knows’ if Romney is breaking tax laws
Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs sees a pattern in GOP hopeful Romney’s past of “outsourcing jobs” and offshoring his own personal investments — and the only way for the former Massachusetts governor to prove that he isn’t dodging tax laws is to release more tax returns. During a Sunday interview…
Allen West on ‘true racism’: White liberals want to be my ‘master’
Tea party darling Rep. Allen West (R-FL) on Saturday doubled down his suggestion that Democrats were racists by insisting that the “true racism” was that white liberals wanted to be the “masters” of black conservatives. West created a controversy last week when he said that President Barack Obama had proposed…
Gary Johnson: I crush Romney when it comes to civil liberties
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said Saturday that as president he would be more fiscally responsible and a greater defender of civil liberties than Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. “I think both parties are missing the boat,” he told The Shark Tank. “I think that Democrats have been historically good…
RNC chairman: Obama will ‘put an end to our way of life’
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday suggested that President Barack Obama would destroy “our way of life in America,” and “Mitt Romney has to win for liberty and freedom.” During an interview on Fox News, host John Roberts asked Priebus if Romney could win by attacking Obama on…
Maddow mourns ‘strange’ McCotter’s sudden exit from Congress
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow reacted to Congressional Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)’s abrupt resignation from Congress. Tonight, she said, Washington got a little less strange. “And if you’re like me and you like a little ‘strange’ in your politics, you may feel some sadness about…
NJ Gov. Christie freaks out at Jersey Shore heckler
In a scene that could have come from outtakes of MTV’s popular reality series “Jersey Shore,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was caught by cameras bellowing and storming up the boardwalk in the popular vacation town Seaside Heights, NJ after a man in the crowd insulted him. The footage,…
Bill Moyers asks activists: Is Labor a lost cause?
Last week, as Americans focused on the Supreme Court’s rulings on the Affordable Care Act and Arizona’s new anti-immigrant law, a “disturbing” decision got lost in the shuffle. Knox v. Service Employees International Union [SEIU], Local 1000 restricts the financial power of organized labor by restricting union dues used for…
Utah mayor puts fate of his amazing mustache in hands of the voters
Mayor Dan Snarr of Murray, Utah loves his perfect handlebar mustache, but his wife thinks it’s gone too far and should be trimmed back. “I’m a little bit different, a little bit strange. I admit it,” Snarr says. He told the Los Angeles Times that his love of handlebar mustaches…
Chomsky: Occupy movement can’t compete with ‘massive corporate propaganda’
In an interview with The Guardian’s Gary Younge, veteran activist Noam Chomsky expressed his thoughts about the Occupy movement and whether it can be expected to have any impact on United States politics. “It was a great surprise,” said of Occupy Wall Street’s explosion on the scene last fall. “There…
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