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‘Gang of 8′ immigration proposal includes 5-year citizenship process for DREAMers

Undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. would have a 13-year process toward citizenship, but younger immigrants could apply to become citizens in as little as five years as part of the immigration proposal designed by the Senate’s “Gang of 8″ and released late Tuesday. Reuters reported that young immigrants…

Man with high-powered rifles and ‘tank buster’ bullets arrested for posting liberal ‘hit list’

Police in Clarkstown, New York have confiscated a cache of high-powered weapons and body armor from a man who was arrested for posting death threats against against many Democratic politicians and every liberal supporter of President Barack Obama. According to WCBS, 49-year-old Larry Mulqueen was arraigned on Thursday on charges…

Same sex couples demand Sen. Chuck Schumer support immigration equality

A dozen same sex binational couples from New York — who, because of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) are not allowed green cards when they marry — dropped in on Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Manhattan offices on January 15, 2013 to thank him for his support and ask him…

Moulitsas: Democrats ‘incredibly stupid’ for still backing SOPA

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas on Wednesday blasted the Democrats who continue to support the House’s Stop Online Piracy and the Senate’s Protect IP Act. Although a number of Republican lawmakers dropped their support of the anti-piracy bills after the largest online protest in history on Wednesday, some prominent Democrats…