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Harris-Perry: We should be discussing the political questions raised by Aurora
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” guest host Melissa Harris-Perry discussed the question of whether or not it is appropriate to politicize the tragedy that took place when a gunman opened fire late Thursday night on a crowd of theater-goers in Aurora, Colorado. Both presidential campaigns suspended operations on…
CNN: Cantor’s office wrote loophole into insider trading bill
CNN is reporting that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) office wrote a loophole into the House version of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK) exempting Congress members’ spouses and children from having to report stock market transactions over $1,000 in a timely manner. The Senate version of…
Bachmann: Rep. Ellison has ‘long record’ with Muslim Brotherhood
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday responded to criticism over her attacks on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, by claiming that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) also had a “long record” of association with radical Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood. Last week, the St. Cloud…
O’Reilly: Obama wants to ‘restrain capitalism’ because of slavery ‘grievances’
Fox News opinion host Bill O’Reilly says that President Barack Obama’s misguided disdain for capitalism is a reaction to “historical grievances” about slavery. During his Thursday “Talking Points” segment, O’Reilly said that footage of president’s comments about business, which critics say were deceptively edited by both Fox News and Mitt…
O’Donnell rips Romney’s promise to put porn filters on every computer
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday called out presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney over his promise to put a “filter to block pornography” on every new computer in the U.S. “Mitt Romney talks about freedom a lot these days,” but there is “one economic freedom that he wants to…
Maddow blasts Romney for ‘brazenly empirically false’ ads
On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tore into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for blatantly distorting comments made by the President. “This is not typical political practice,” she said. “There is a lot to debate here in terms of the substance. But there is also the question…
Rep. Steve King pushes to ban same sex marriages on military bases
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Thursday pushed for legislation that would prohibit same sex couples from having wedding ceremonies at military facilities. He said on the House floor that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prohibited such ceremonies and accused the Obama administration of trying to undermine “marriage between one…
Rep. Speier blasts ‘cancer’ of unaddressed military rapes
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Thursday said she was “sick of waiting for action” while she delivered her 23rd speech on the House floor condemning sexual harassment and rape in the U.S. military. “I rise again today to talk about military sexual trauma,” she said. “It’s a cancer, it’s ubiquitous,…
Rep. McCaul warns domestic drones could be terrorist threat
The use aerial drones within the United States could pose a terrorist threat, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management. “The Department of Homeland Security’s mission is to protect the homeland,” he said at a hearing on Thursday. “Unfortunately, DHS seems…
Science guy Bill Nye endorses President Obama
Children’s television host Bill Nye, better known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” has formally endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection in 2012. Appearing at a press conference this week with Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) at the Seacoast Science Center, Nye told a reporter for Foster’s Daily Democrat that the…
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