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Trump filmed unaired ‘you’re fired’ video with Obama impersonator for RNC
Real estate mogul Donald Trump was planning a “big surprise” for the Republican National Convention in Tampa this year, but it was called off at the last minute and blamed on Hurricane Isaac. Appearing on NBC’s “Today” on Tuesday, the reality show host and scorned potential Romney running mate confirmed…
Romney: My comments at fundraiser were ‘not elegantly stated’
During a press conference on Monday night, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney admitted remarks he made in a recently published video were “not elegantly stated.” Romney said he was just talking “off the cuff” when he described President Barack Obama’s supporters as people “who believe that they are victims, who…
Justice Scalia: It really enrages me to hear criticism of ‘politicized court’
Justice Antonin Scalia insisted Monday that the Supreme Court had not succumb to partisan politics. “Look, some people in recent months have criticized the court as being a politicized court because all the Republican appointees vote one way and all the Democrat appointees vote the other way — and that…
Former Justice Souter: ‘Pervasive civic ignorance’ in U.S. could bring dictatorship
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter thinks the decline of civic education is putting the United States in danger. During a question and answer session last week at University of New Hampshire School of Law, Souter described “pervasive civic ignorance” as one of the biggest problems in the…
Akin’s wife says pressure to quit over ‘legitimate rape’ comment is also like getting raped
The wife of Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) is comparing Republicans who are trying to force her husband out of the Missouri Senate race over his “legitimate rape” comment to British soldiers who raped the daughters and wives of American colonists in 1776. In a recently published profile, Lulli Akin told…
Don Lemon: Romney throws around ‘patriot’ but lies about Libya attacks
CNN host Don Lemon is calling out Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for “lying” to cover up his initial reaction to the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Libya, that President Barack Obama had “sympathized” with the attackers. “A rush to judgment, and then lying to cover it up,” Lemon…
Fox News host aborts bizarre interview with ‘former Obama supporter’
Update (below): Fox’s ‘former Obama supporter’ actually an aspiring comedian who joked about raping children Second update (below): Max Rice tells Raw Story he wanted to prove that ‘Fox News is a fake news organization’ Fox News host Gretchen Carlson cut an interview short on Monday morning after her guest,…
Paul Ryan: Congress will handle the details of Romney’s tax plan
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that President Mitt Romney would be leading from behind and letting Congress fill in the details of his tax plan. During a recent interview with the Christian Broadcast Network, Ryan refused to say which specific tax loopholes would have to be closed to…
Soledad O’Brien calls out Peter King over Obama ‘apology tour’ myth
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) found himself being grilled by CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Monday about the claim President Barack Obama had gone on an “apology tour” — and the congressman was unable to name a single instance in which the president had apologized for the United States. After the…
Libyan president contradicts U.S.: ‘No doubt’ embassy attack was preplanned
The president of Libya said this weekend that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi was carefully planned for months, contradicting a U.S. official’s assurance that there was no prior knowledge of the plot. “The way these perpetrators acted and moved, and their choosing the specific date…
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