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Maddow blasts GOP for talking about jobs while legislating against women
In an unusually blunt and plain-spoken segment on Friday night’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow tore into Republicans for claiming that they care about jobs numbers when all they actually do on Capitol Hill is try to pass more and more laws restricting abortion, even when they know…
Maher to ‘Family Guy’ creator: Is it possible for an atheist to win an Emmy?
Friday night, “Real Time with Bill Maher” host Bill Maher subbed for Piers Morgan on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.” The outspoken HBO host’s guest was “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane. Maher and MacFarlane are apparently close friends and the interview had the easy rhythm of two people who are are…
Jay Smooth decries ‘slut-shaming by association’ of Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama surprised observers this week when she answered a question from People Magazine about who she would be if she could be anyone in the world by replaying, “Beyonce.” Loop21 lit into Obama for her remark, claiming that even the comments on African-American websites found it”embarrassing,” apparently…
Jeb Bush slams Norquist’s tax pledge: Don’t ‘outsource your principles’
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday suggested that Republicans were outsourcing their “principles and convictions” by signing Grover Norquist’s pledge to never raise taxes. During a House Budget Committee hearing, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asked the former governor if he agreed with the Americans for Tax Reform…
CNN host clarifies ‘lifestyle’ comment: ‘Being gay is not a choice’
CNN host Ashleigh Banfield on Friday awkwardly explained that she had misspoken when she said that “homosexuality is a lifestyle choice.” During a Thursday segment about Kansas Pastor Curtis Knapp, who believes that LGBT people should be executed by the government, Banfield attempted to address his comparison between homosexuality and…
Conservative editor: Young Americans ‘so frickin’ stupid’ they shouldn’t get to vote
Appearing in a video published online on Thursday, Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large for the neoconservative National Review Online website, explains that he believes letting 18-year-old Americans vote is a big mistake that should be taken back. Advocating that conservatives should “literally” beat young people into political submission, Goldberg said that young…
WATCH LIVE: Bill Clinton campaigns for Walker opponent Tom Barrett
Former president Bill Clinton campaigns in Milwaukee for Democrat Tom Barrett in the Wisconsin recall election. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast June 1, 2012. Photo: Anthony Correia / Shutterstock.com…
Bill Clinton: Romney had a ‘sterling business career’
Former President Bill Clinton has become the latest high-profile Democrat to undermine the Obama campaign’s message that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be bad for the economy because he had a record of killing jobs as the CEO of Bain Capital. “I don’t think that we ought to…
Geraldo defends Obama on drones: ‘A dead terrorist is a good terrorist’
Someone on Fox News is finally standing up for President Barack Obama. Appearing Friday morning on the Republican opinion show Fox & Friends, network host Geraldo Rivera appeared to endorse President Obama’s use of a “kill list” to target and systematically eradicate suspected terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. After…
Barrett to Walker: ‘You should be ashamed’ of ‘dead baby’ commercial
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett (D) on Thursday blasted current Gov. Scott Walker (R) for using “Willie Horton” style tactics by running a commercial that includes pictures of a dead toddler. “He’s running a commercial right now that shows a dead baby,” Barrett charged during the final debate before voters…
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