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Colin Powell: Same sex couples should be allowed to marry
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that he had “no problem” with President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of same sex marriage. “I have no problem with it,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “And it was the Congress that imposed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ It was certainly my position,…
Conservative nonprofit outraged Obama volunteer taught striptease
A conservative nonprofit website on Wednesday revealed the “breaking” news that one of President Barack Obama’s volunteer fundraisers made a 2004 video about exotic dancing — with her clothes on. A report by The Washington Free Beacon, a project of the 501(c)4 Center for American Freedom, uncovered that Stacii Jae…
Florida man to plead guilty after threatening to ‘put a bullet through’ Obama’s head
A Miami-Dade College student is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday of threatening to assassinate President Barack Obama. Court records obtained by The Associated Press indicated that 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. will enter a plea of guilty after initially telling the court he was not guilty. A Secret Service…
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…
Arizona Secretary of State apologizes for embarrassing state with birther questions
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has backed off of his threat to keep President Barack Obama off of the state’s ballot in November and apologized for embarrassing the state with his questions about the president’s citizenship, according to Talking Points Memo. Bennett and his office have come under heavy…
Romney slams U.S. visa for Castro daughter visit
WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney said he was “greatly disturbed” that President Barack Obama’s administration had granted a visitor’s visa to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro. Mariela Castro, a sexologist who supports gay rights, was granted the visa to attend the annual conference of the Latin American Studies…
Hawaii turns tables on Arizona Secretary of State’s birther requests
Hawaiian officials have apparently had enough of your requests for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate and they’re not afraid to tell you where to get off, even if you are Arizona’s Secretary of State Ken Bennett or a special delegation sent by Maricopa County’s controversial “Sheriff Joe.” Talking Points Memo…
Newark Mayor Cory Booker ‘very upset’ he is being ‘used by the GOP’
Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) appeared Monday night on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show after describing the negative campaigning by President Barack Obama as “nauseating” the previous day. Republicans quickly took advantage of the incident, buying online ads to highlight his comments and launching an “I Stand with Cory” petition.…
Proposed Iowa Republican Party platform contains ‘birther’ language
A section in the proposed platform of the Republican Party of Iowa requires candidates to prove they are a natural born citizen of the United States, according to Radio Iowa. Don Racheter, chairman of the Iowa GOP’s 2012 platform committee, told Radio Iowa that the section was directly aimed at…
Cheney to host Romney fundraiser in July
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pulling out the big guns in an effort to catch up with President Barack Obama’s fundraising. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that former Vice President Dick Cheney will host a July 12 fundraiser for the GOP hopeful in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.…
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