The President said that Labor Day belongs to the “working folks who are here today, and the unions who’ve always had your back,” and emphasized the importance of building our economy from the middle class out: I didn’t run for President to double down on top-down economics. I ran for President because I believed in […]
President Obama Weekly Address – American Operations in Iraq
In this week’s address, the President detailed why he authorized two operations in Iraq—targeted military strikes to protect Americans serving in Iraq and humanitarian airdrops of food and water to help Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by terrorists. The President saluted America’s brave men and women in uniform for protecting our fellow Americans and […]
President Obama’s weekly address invokes necessity for corporate patriotism
President Obama’s weekly address has a patriotic plea for corporations on tax loopholes Weekly Address: Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President continued his call for our nation to rally around an economic patriotism that says rather than protecting wasteful tax loopholes for a few at the top, we […]
Counting on Accountability by Niko Letsos, Democratic Candidate
Niko Letsos is the Democratic Candidate in Texas’s 2nd Congressional District. What is the best case scenario for Democrats in 2014? Is it holding on for dear life in the Senate? Shocking pollsters and picking up a few governorships here or there? Seeing moderate Republicans make a comeback and coming to terms with the Affordable […]
Obama Meets With President Park Geun-Hye to Honor Ferry Victims
Presidents Obama and Geun-Hye The South Korean ferry incident that occurred on April 16th has been all but hopeful. The ferry, called the Sewol, flipped over and sunk into the icy waters of the yellow sea, leaving no survivors behind. The ferry was carrying 476 people on board, most of them students that were from […]
GOP Rep Says Sick Leave & Equal Pay Bills Make Women Look Like Whiners (VIDEO)
There is an omnibus bill, The Minnesota Women’s Economic Security Act that is intended to correcting systemic barriers to economic progress. The bill closes the gender pay gap, increases the minimum wage to $9.50, expands access to high-quality education, expands family and sick leave for working families, protects women against discrimination in the workplace, encourages […]
Texas GOP Executive Director Blames Women For Lower Pay (VIDEO)
The Executive Director of the Texas Republican Party and chief Greg Abbott ally Beth Cubriel appeared on YNN’s Capitol Tonight program. Beth Cubriel was there to explain the GOP’s alternative to a Texas Lilly Ledbetter Act. Beth Cubriel blames the aggrieved It should be noted that Texas women make 82 cents for every dollar a […]
Texas GOP Operative: Women Too Busy for Equal Pay Legislation (VIDEO)
RedState Women is a new Republican PAC in Texas aimed at changing the earned GOP anti-women narrative. According to Politico, The organization will offer web-based videos featuring both elected officials and voters that are designed to show that Democrats don’t have a monopoly on women in politics, according to the PAC’s executive director, Cari Christman. […]
Watch Rachel Maddow destroy media hypocrisy on Obama appearance on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Rachel Maddow scorns media reaction to Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis There is a narrative within many circles that attempt to equate MSNBC as the polar opposite of Fox News. Fox News is decidedly the mouthpiece of the Right. MSNBC is decidedly the mouthpiece of the left. All the other channels are right of […]
Greg Abbott Pocketed $6 Million From Suit Over His Disabling Accident
 A 27 year old Greg Abbott was jogging in the upscale River Oaks Houston neighborhood in 1986. It was a windy day. A limb fell off of a tree and hurt him. The limb sadly crushed Greg Abbott’s spine and damaged his kidneys. After the accident Greg Abbott sued both the homeowner and the […]
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