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WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks at Air Force Academy graduation
President Barack Obama delivered a speech to the Air Force Academy graduation Wednesday in Colorado Springs. His speech to the military college comes just after the NATO summit in Chicago, which was plagued by protests, where leaders voted to conclude military action in Afganistan starting in mid-2013 with a full…
Powell calls out Hannity over obsession with Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright
Retired Gen. Colin Powell is encouraging Fox News host Sean Hannity to give up his obsession about President Barack Obama’s former relationships with Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “I find him one of the most divisive figures in — that I’ve witnessed in politics today,” Hannity told Powell during…
Church member defends NC pastor: LGBT people ‘worthy of death’
Members of Providence Road Baptist Church in North Carolina are speaking out in defense their pastor after he called for “lesbians and queers” to be detained inside electric fences until they all die. Geneva Sims told WCNC that she had been listening to Pastor Charles Worley’s sermon’s since the 1970s…
Granholm: Republicans’ voter suppression drive is ‘treasonous’
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm said on her Current TV show Tuesday evening that voter suppression efforts across the country could be considered as “treasonous” acts. Granholm took a swipe at the Republican Party, feeling their push for tougher voter eligibility laws and limiting early voting is an obvious attack…
Rep. Steve King on immigrants: Get ‘pick of the litter’ like dogs
If Republicans wonder why they are losing the Latino vote, they should consider comments like Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) latest sentiment comparing immigrants to hunting dogs. King on Monday told a crowd in Pocahontas, Iowa that the U.S. should only allow the “pick of the litter” when selecting immigrants. “You…
Maddow: Republicans keep making big laugh out loud errors
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday night explained how Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and national Republicans kept making relatively unnoticed gaffes. “This really is what national Republicans and what the Mitt Romney campaign have been like right now,” she said. “They keep making errors like this.” Maddow noted that the…
California lawmakers decry ‘shameful’ federal assault on medical marijuana
California Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher (R) and Sam Farr (D), and state Assembly member Tom Ammiano (D) and state Sen. Mark Leno (D) addressed pro-marijuana activists on Tuesday, urging them to help reform the nation’s drug laws by lobbying their lawmakers. As part of the California Unity Conference & Citizen Lobby…
Biden rips Romney’s social policy: ‘We will not go back to the 1950s!’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s social polices would take the U.S. back to the 1950s. Speaking to supporters in Keene, New Hampshire, Biden noted that his speech would focus on the economy but he also wanted to make a point about…
Sen. Cardin: We must stop ‘Citizens United’
Appearing on Current TV’s Full Court Press on Tuesday morning, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) warned that unless Americans can undo the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, the most narrow special interests will end up running the country. “The super PACs, to me, are stealth funds that com…
Clyburn: Romney was ‘raping companies’ at Bain
House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) on Tuesday said that it was fair for the Obama campaign to go after presumptive Republican presidential Mitt Romney’s record of “raping companies” and then setting up Swiss bank accounts while he was the head of a private equity firm. Appearing on NBC’s…
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