Republicans in the U.S. Senate just killed a bill that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $10.10 over two and a half years. Every Senate...
The U.S. Senate worked into the early hours in the New Year and overwhelmingly passed  a measure in a deal crafted between the White House and...
Mitt Romney “won” the presidential debate last night — no doubt, by most accounts, but most also agree he did so by lying. A lot. The...
Congress engages in political brinksmanship on making a deal as the fiscal cliff looms within hours of the New Year On the eve of the New...
President Barack Obama has done so much more than most Americans know. Call it humility. Call it the GOP stealing the spotlight. Call it Obama not...
Subverting a democracy already pushed and pulled into something stranger than a Doctor Dolittle Push-Me–Pull-You, more tenuous than Fred MacMurray’s “Flubber,” and more falsehoods-filled than Pinocchio,...
President Obama this morning addressed the United Nations on Palestinian statehood, and discussed the importance of supporting human and civil rights for gays and lesbians, and...
If you have had sex with Rick Perry and you can prove it, Larry Flynt is willing to pay you $1 million. It doesn’t matter if...
On August 8, 1974, thirty-seven years ago, Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States. “Good evening: This is the 37th time I have...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release                                                          April 20, 2011   REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT A FACEBOOK TOWN HALL  ...
Mike Pence (R-IN) last week introduced a bill currently titled, “To amend the Federal Reserve Act to remove the mandate on the Board of Governors of...
In the past six months, the “brave new world” of the 21st century has erupted  into massive and immediate political, social, economic, and environmental change, foisting...