!['Above The Game' creator Ken Hoinsky [Kickstarter]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Above-The-Game-creator-Ken-Hoinsky-223x105.jpg "'Above The Game' creator Ken Hoinsky [Kickstarter]")
Home » Archives » Video » Politics (Page 313)
Maddow: Tea Party backlash could hurt GOP in November
On Tuesday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow brought up what could be an important factor in the 2012 election, a topic that has not thus far been discussed a great deal. The fact is that the repercussions from the last major election cycle in 2010…
Palin: ‘Frack, baby, frack’ a ‘very important’ policy
Half-term Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday blasted President Barack Obama as “ignorant” on energy policy, saying he wasn’t doing enough to support “drill, baby, drill” and “frack, baby, frack.” During a Tuesday interview on Fox News, Palin avoided praising Obama’s efforts to crack down on oil speculators, while…
NH GOP-er: Equal pay is really about workers ‘suing their employers unnecessarily’
A top figure for the New Hampshire Republicans felt Tuesday that the push for equal pay for female employees is actually just a Democratic plot to help lawyers make money. New Hampshire GOP spokesperson Tory Mazzola told WBIN-TV dismissed the thought of any legislation, such as the Lilly Ledbetter Act,…
Ted Nugent defends remarks: ‘I’m a black Jew at a Nazi-Klan rally’
Conservative rocker Ted Nugent on Tuesday defended his violent remarks against Democrats and President Barack Obama that have gotten the attention of the Secret Service and prompted the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman to call on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speak out. “This is the Saul Alinsky ‘Rules…
Rep. Allen West: Thin line between communism and progressivism
Rep. Allen West, a tea party Republican from Florida, said Tuesday that he did not regret describing the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus as communists. At a forum, he called on journalists to study the political spectrum of ideologies and claimed that in the early 1900s, American communists called…
Author Chris Mooney explains conflict between science and ‘the Republican brain’
Journalist and author Chris Mooney explained his new book Tuesday on MSNBC, which examines the psychological reasons behind the clash between conservatives and modern science. America is extraordinarily divided today over reality and what’s factually true in a left, right way,” he explained. “I show evidence suggesting that liberals tend…
Hate group leader: ‘Open homosexuality’ caused Secret Service scandal
The leader of an anti-LGBT rights group on Monday said a scandal where Secret Service agents were caught with female prostitutes in Columbia was actually the fault of “open homosexuality in our military.” Speaking to conservative radio host Janet Mefferd, Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council — a…
Fox News contributor blames Obama’s ‘disdain’ for women on ‘Marxist’ father
A conservative Fox News contributor insisted on Monday that President Barack Obama had a “disdain” for women that he learned from his “Marxist” father and “communist” mentor. Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, who is vice president of the conservative political action committee Family-PAC Federal, told host Sean Hannity that Obama…
Ann Romney explains dog on roof: ‘He had the runs’
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he wouldn’t put his dog his car roof again “with the attention it’s received.” According to a 2007 Boston Globe profile of the Massachusetts Republican, Romney’s oldest son, Tagg, yelled, “Gross!” as he noticed a brown liquid flowing down the back window from…
Sen. Bernie Sanders blasts economic inequality: This is not what democracy looks like
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) railed against the growing economic inequality in the United States during a Senate speech in support of the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012. “It is absurd that at a time when our country has a $15 trillion national debt and enormous unmet needs, the…
Brand new on Raw Story
- ‘Spanking for Jesus’ combines Christian fundamentalism and sadomasochism
- Dianne Feinstein: Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners
- Actor James Gandolfini of ‘The Sopranos’ dies in Italy
- Warren on Trans-Pacific Partnership: If people knew what was going on, they would stop it
- Tesla Motors recalls some Model S cars over problem weld
- Where immigration policy intersects with government surveillance
- Watch: Hilarious NSFW video ruthlessly mocks Republicans over masturbating fetuses
- FBI director admits using surveillance drones on U.S. soil
- Three U.S. Naval Academy football players charged with raping unconscious woman
- Head of ‘ex-gay therapy’ group apologizes for causing the suffering of LGBT people
Commentary
Where immigration policy intersects with government surveillance
By Moyers & Company
Parents must teach their children about porn and consent
By Suzanne Moore, The Guardian
Republicans’ latest abortion ban is staggeringly stupid
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
