JUST TOPPED ‘magic number’ of 60 bipartisan cosponsors of my #VAWA legisl.; We’re moving briskly toward Senate vote on the Leahy-Crapo Bill — Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) January 31, 2013...
Not to be left out of the fruitless crusade to preemptively nullify federal law that does not yet exist, Alabama legislators are showing their hand. The Alabama legislature is considering an...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 14,000 today for the first time since before the recession and the 2008 financial crisis, and numbers released by the Labor Department bested forecasts...
You know how the saying goes -- if I had a dime for every time someone on the Left whined that John Kerry's nomination for Secretary of State would pave the way for a comeback for former Senator...
Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, the Senate voted today to suspend the national debt ceiling for three months, following in the footsteps of the House who, as you know, are very concerned...
What was just a proposal last week has now been passed by the Wyoming House of Representatives. via ThinkProgress On Thursday, members of the Wyoming state House gave initial approval to a bill that...
via CNN (CNN) -- A prosecutor was gunned down outside a Texas courthouse Thursday morning, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the shooting said. Mark Hasse is an assistant district attorney...
Alyssa Rosenberg makes excellent points on the idea that we should blame video game fantasies for violence but not the more consequential fantasies entertained by the likes of Gayle Trotter and Wayne...
Under current law, women in South Dakota must wait 72 hours between the time they request an abortion and the time they can legally have one, but that's not good enough for some Dakota Republicans...
artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has appointed Mo Cowan to former Senator John Kerry's seat on an interim basis.
With a cameo appearance of Herman Cain.
Earlier today I quipped that the man who shot a bus driver, kidnapped a child, and sought refuge inside an underground bunker sounded like a Doomsday Prepper, and it turns out I was more or less...
According to this report from Reuters, the primary backers of the California's gay marriage ban are close to financial ruin. (Reuters) - Foes of same-sex marriage are laboring to pay the tab for an...
A new provision added to Tennessee's proposed "Don't Say Gay" bill compels teachers to inform parents if they believe their child might be gay. The bill, SB 234, still bars Tennessee teachers from...
The National Review, a cornerstone of GOP "thinking," explains why going along with immigration reform is, in a word, pointless. And, if we are to take Hispanics at their word, conservative attitudes...
In Alabama. (CNN) -- A gunman boarded a school bus in Alabama, took a 6-year-old boy hostage and killed the driver who tried to save him, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday and...
There are no words for this. Less than two weeks ago, Hadiya Pendleton was leading her classmates in the King College Prep School Marching Band down Pennsylvania Avenue on the afternoon of President...
Artist - John Darkow In other news, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is completely batshit and dishonest. We know he judges based on personal belief. It's printed on his sleeve and drips from his...
This seems especially poignant as a significant portion of the country is currently feeling spring-time temperatures, to be followed by severe weather and Tornadoes, to be followed by ice and snow...
If Paul Clement is going to make arguments that are this idiotic in front of the Supreme Court as he defends DOMA on behalf of House Republicans, I believe he deserves a raise. Oh wait, they already...
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