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In Selma, #GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don’t Support John Lewis’ Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act
Civil rights leaders Hosea Williams (wearing a suit) and John Lewis (on the ground) led the march on that Sunday afternoon. Lewis, who has been a congressman from Georgia since being elected in 1986, was badly injured in Selma, suffering a fractured skull after being...
Republicans Promise Smooth Transition of Hate from Obama to Clinton
By Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON - Republicans today promised that there will be a "seamless transition of hatred" if President Obama is succeeded in office by Hillary Clinton. "Like many Americans, we will be saddened to see our lawsuits, investigations, and general...
Unemployment at lowest in 7 years
The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, which crushed expectations. That beat the estimate from CNNMoney's survey of economists, who predicted 235,000 job gains. February's job growth shows how far the economy has come in a year. It's the 12th straight month...
Ferguson’s Conspiracy Against Black Citizens
So far, a disproportionate amount of press attention has focused on racist emails circulated by Ferguson officials, causing two to be fired and one to be placed on leave. While the correspondence in question is deeply offensive and worthy of condemnation, it is...
Netanyahu Undermines the President, Ignores the US Constitution and Urges US Into War
Netanyahu came to the United States and rebuked President Obama and US foreign policy and intelligence before a national audience (even though he tossed in some pro forma claims of respect for Obama), in order to sabotage foreign policy and ensure his own reelection....
Virginia’s toothless ethics reform
When the dust settled in the GOP-controlled legislature, the loopholes stayed wide open, and the action turned out to be mostly pantomime. https://www.facebook.com/Madison.Reporter/posts/894899947226820
Jones to step down as head of state Democratic Party
BY JIM NOLAN Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones is expected to step aside this weekend as chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia. Sources said Jones, who was appointed chairman by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, will formally step aside at a meeting of...
#Ferguson police routinely violate blacks’ rights, federal review finds
By Sari Horwitz The Justice Department will issue findings Wednesday that accuse the police department in Ferguson, Mo., of racial bias and routinely violating the constitutional rights of black citizens by stopping drivers without reasonable suspicion, making arrests...
Hypocrisy in the 17th
GERRYMANDERING is the deliberate manipulation of legislative district boundaries to advantage or benefit a particular party or group, or to cause disadvantage or harm to an opposing party or group. It distorts the electoral process, undermines democracy, and renders...
Libertarianism is for petulant children: Ayn Rand, Rand Paul and the movement’s sad “rebellion”
Libertarians fancy themselves radicals, and yet their rallying cry can be reduced to "You're not the boss of me!" Libertarians believe themselves controversial and cool. They’re desperate to package themselves as dangerous rebels, but in reality they are champions of...
