Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz recently ended a seven-stop tour of Iowa in lieu of its caucus next week, assuring voters of his stances against marriage equality and transgender-inclusive policies, which he said represented a great ‘crisis’ facing America today. Via Think Progress: His remarks came in response to a …
Read More »Prominent Tennessee GOP Lawmaker Resigns After Outed As A Serial Sexual Harasser
The Republican Majority Whip for the Tennessee House Of Representatives has agreed to resign his title – but not his seat – after being exposed sexually harassing three different women. Via Raw Story: State Rep. Jeremy Durham officially stepped down hours after the GOP leadership released a statement saying he was …
Read More »North Carolina GOP Are Intentionally Suppressing Black Votes To Maintain Their Majority In State Legislature
This morning, residents of North Carolina are taking the state to court, arguing that GOP legislators in the state have intentionally designed a new voter ID law to marginalize the growing presence of minority turnout, which increasingly threatens the Republican majority in Raleigh. Via Think Progress: The state is claiming …
Read More »In The Wake Of Governor Flynn’s Apology, Some GOP Lawmakers Call Crisis ‘Vastly Overstated’
Despite overwhelming evidence of lead contamination and a timeline of evidence dating nearly two years, some GOP legislators and public figures are still not convinced that it isn’t all just one big charade by the residents of Flint to garner national attention. Via Raw Story: L. Brooks Patterson, an Oakland …
Read More »What is a “complementarian” and why are women concerned about Marco Rubio’s new advisor?
Last week Marco Rubio announced the formation of a new religious liberty advisory board in his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. Among the fifteen members, Wayne Grudem stands out as the leader of “complementarianism,” a movement he created. Slate: “Within American evangelicalism, there are two broad camps when it …
Read More »Time-warp? GOP’s Rhetoric On Race and Diversity Hearkens Back To 1964, Further Isolates Them In A Changing America
Time and again, we’ve heard prominent members of the GOP make racially charged comments when discussing crime, gun violence, immigration, and social policies. We roll our eyes, we laugh, we look the other way, or most typically, we subvert a combination of all three. It’s the GOP’s awkward elephant (pun …
Read More »Media Silent as Trump Supporter Arrested Stockpiling Arsenal of Bombs to Kill Muslims
The media loves covering Trump. And they love covering terrorism. Why have they completely ignored this story? Full Story – US Uncut
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