“These men that voted to strip the Voting Rights Act of its power, they never stood in unmovable lines. They never had to pass a so-called literacy test. It took us almost 100 years to get...
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Video: President Obama’s Full Speech on Climate Change
In case you missed it (which you probably did if your TV was locked to cable news), here’s President Obama’s full speech on climate change which he delivered today at Georgetown. Visit...
Voter ID Coming to North Carolina, Mississippi
In Mississippi, Voter ID starts today. JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights...
Voter ID Coming to Alabama
In addition to Texas, the attorney general of Alabama is also moving up his plans to implement voter ID following today’s Supreme Court ruling. MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Alabama Attorney...
Chart of the Day
via ThinkProgress, here’s how long each cable news network devoted to carrying President Obama’s major speech on climate change which he delivered today at Georgetown. This is...
Voter ID Coming to Texas on Thursday
According to the Dallas Morning News, the state of Texas is moving swiftly to implement elements of a 2011 law that was blocked by the Department of Justice. An obstacle that was removed today by the...
No More Pre-Clearance
After today’s ruling at the Supreme Court on Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, certain states will no longer be required to seek pre-clearance from the Department of Justice before they...
Freak Show
Artist – Randall Enos I find this to be particularly appalling. Goodwill stores in Pennsylvania are employing some disabled workers at rates of 22, 38, and 41 cents per hour, according to NBC...
“Undisputed” SNAP Challenge Champion Actually Failed the Challenge
An aide to Rep. Steve “If Only Babies Had Guns” Stockman recently failed the SNAP challenge to live on $31.50 per week, and I find his excuse for failing (and why he’s actually a...
Chart of the Day
Mother Jones has compiled this handy chart for comparing the relative level of free speech, civil liberties, and journalistic freedom one can expect in each country currently reported to be part of...
Wait, What?
“In the emergency room they have what’s called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out” -Texas Rep. Jody Laubenberg (R) on exceptions for rape and incest What? No. No. Rape kits...
Privilege is a Hell of a Drug
It has been my suspicion, since it was revealed that he initiated contact with writers at The Guardian as early as January, that Edward Snowden sought the job at Booz Allen Hamilton as a means of...
Yak Studies
Artist – Jen Sorensen In other news, Congress is all over the map on student loan rates which are set to double on July 1st without congressional action. The president has threatened to veto...
Old MacBoehner
Still laughing. Artist – Nate Beeler In other news, The Food Network has announced that they will not renew Paula Deen’s contract (read: she’s fired) at the end of this month...
Snowden Officially Charged
Edward Snowden has been officially charged by the Department of Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia where Booz Allen Hamilton is headquartered. From the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)...
Excavation
Artist – Rob Rogers In other news, a day after mocking his state legislature with an anal rape joke, Maine Governor Paul LePage has indicted that he may run for Congress because “it...
Egg McMansions
Stephen Colbert checks in with Iowa congressman and man-trying-to-forget-what-he-buried-in-that-corn-field Steve King. I bet those California chickens don’t even have to be married before they...
Keeping Up With The Gohmert
While our attention may have been temporarily directed elsewhere, The Gohmert does not rest, and during a heartfelt speech on the floor of the House yesterday, Gohmert elaborated on why he is...
Snowden May Have Lied About His Education, Got Hired Anyway
The possibility that Edward Snowden may have lied to Booz Allen Hamiliton about his level of education and then proceeded to be hired anyway is not the only interesting bit of information buried in...
Top Scandal
Artist – Tim Eagan In other news, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) has introduced an amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill that would provide provisional legal status to persons who have...