Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touched off a firestorm last week when he announced his support for a local alderman’s attempt to prevent a Chick-Fil-A franchise from opening in his upscale neighborhood. “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” Emanuel said in a statement, referring to the company’s opposition to same-sex marriage.…
The New York Police Department will not defend a 29-year veteran of the force being sued by Occupy Wall Street protesters, according to The Wall Street Journal. The department’s rare move means Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna could be personally liable for damages that are awarded to Chelsea Elliott of Brooklyn…
The wife of a New York man accused of faking his own death says he has been threatening her since being found several states away earlier this week. According to The Village Voice, Evana Roth has received hostile text messages after her husband, Raymond, was caught speeding by police in…
Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow asked some probing questions about Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s relationship with his wife Ann’s Olympic dressage horse, Rafalca. The Republican presidential candidate has played an interesting shell game with his knowledge of the event that the horse is competing in,…
A Fox News contributor on Thursday explained that people who support Christian restaurant chain Chick-fil-A were different from Occupy Wall Street protesters because liberals “maim and rape” each other. During a segment on Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked comedian Steven Crowder to compare Chick-fil-A customers to “violent confrontations…
Conservative columnist Ann Coulter says she is just “stating facts” by saying that it doesn’t matter that John Kerry released 20 years worth of returns by the time he ran for president in 2004 because he was just a “gigolo” who who was supported by his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.…
On Thursday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert welcomed up-and-coming political commentator, author and host of MSNBC’s “Up with Chris Hayes,” Chris Hayes, who has recently released his first book, Twilight of the Elites. Colbert began the interview by bringing up “the elephant in the room,” the…
An Arizona man has been fired as the as the chief financial officer and treasurer of a medical equipment manufacturer in Tucson after he posted video of himself telling a Chick-fil-A drive-thru employee that she worked a “horrible company.” In a statement released on Thursday, Vante said that it respected…
Thursday night on “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart examined the controversy around “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.” The national day of fast food consumption, which Stewart called a “million mouth march,” was inspired by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s decision to support the controversial chicken chain’s stance on LGBT issues. “What…
Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that Senate Republicans killed the Cybersecurity Act because it provided too many online privacy protections. The ACLU had originally opposed the bill, warning that it would give federal agencies easy access to private online communications and other personal Internet data.…