Today marks an important day for marriage equality in the United States as the Supreme Court refused to review several circuit court rulings that strike down state bans on same sex marriage.
Illinois Republicans are stooping particularly low with their support for a candidate who admitted she was registered to vote in two states and voted in both states during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles.
A militia group in Wisconsin is planning to target African-American Democrats at polling places in order to suppress the vote and keep Republican governor Scott Walker in office.
A poll released by WeAskAmerica on Thursday reveals that Scott Walker, the incumbent Republican Governor of Wisconsin, trails Democratic challenger Mary Burke by four points.
Court documents were unsealed today in Wisconsin that reveal prosecutors alleging that Scott Walker, the state’s Republican Governor, was at the center of a “criminal scheme” to illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups – including Karl Rove – during 2011 and 2012.
The fact that not adhering to regulations kills workers never seems to bother Republicans, or their business sector supporters which is why they vehemently oppose regulations; especially those enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Fresh on the heels of the last John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s administration, which resulted in convictions for three former Walker aides, comes the revelation of yet another probe surrounding the Wisconsin Republican Governor.
The further we go along into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and more people see what it offers them, the less likely the GOP is going to be able to do anything about the law and will have to accept it.
They will reduce working class Americans to serfs, put our children to work, rape our wives, sisters, and daughters, and let us die when we get too sick to be of any further use for them.
It is no surprise that Rick Perry now finds himself being investigated for abuse of office charges and coercion revolving around the Texas Public Integrity Unit.
The Chamber invited Scott Walker to represent ‘enterprising states’, even though their own study placed Wisconsin dead last for short term job growth from September 2010 and November 2012.
15 states with Republican governors are refusing to expand Medicaid even though the first 3 years are free and never more than 10% in state costs.
The Tea Party’s actions in Wisconsin and Michigan show them to owe their inspiration not to the Patriots of 1776 but to King George III
Governor Walker is very serious about cracking down on protests. For example, three Capitol Police issued a citation to a 69-year-old retired woman for participating in a sing-a-long at the Capitol.
In spite of Governor Walker’s ‘open for business’ slogan, Wisconsin is bad for business, according to Forbes magazine, with job growth projected to be second worst in the country.
School privatization is the new Gold Rush. There is money to be made in them there hills. And charter schools are the the Republican hammer to be used to prise it out of our hands.
Governor Scott Walker has been implicated as not only knowing about but participating in illegal campaigning activity on the taxpayer dime.
On Meet The Press, Chuck Todd debunked Romney’s Pennsylvania spin by pointing out that the Republican is going there because he is losing Ohio and Wisconsin.
With Hurricane Sandy, Republican fantasy met the facts on the ground and lost; our shared reality is more potent than wishful thinking
President Obama returning the campaign trail in Wisconsin with a blistering attack on the kind of change Mitt Romney would bring, and making his case for what real change will look like if he is reelected.
The swing state of Nevada is pumped up. 11,200 people waited in line during 90 degree heat to see Obama yesterday in Las Vegas.
Seven new swing state polls released today all came to the same conclusion. President Obama has at least a four point lead in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
If Romney loses Michigan or Massachusetts and wins the White House, he will be the first candidate since 1916 to lose his home state and win the presidency. He’s not only losing his two home states, but Ryan’s as well.
Deceptively named front groups, posing as grassroots organizations while actually representing corporate interests, are becoming rampant.
A judge struck down essential parts of Walker’s 2011 law killing collective bargaining, noting that it violated freedoms protected by both the state and US Constitution.
Proving he can’t speak without lying, Paul Ryan defended his previous lies about the Janesville GM plant closure being Obama’s fault by lying some more on NBC’s Today.
Instead of calling out Paul Ryan’s GM plant closing lie, CNN asked if Ryan was fibbing on the campaign trail about Obama.
Just like Sarah Palin’s bridge to nowhere, Paul Ryan is a secret pork lover who blames President Obama for his own federal spending on camera.
After Paul Ryan was caught lying about requesting stimulus money, he dug himself in even deeper while trying to cover his tracks.
Rachel Maddow shows us what a monumental mistake the Romney Campaign made in selecting the Kill Medicare Guy as his running mate
The right is heralding Paul Ryan as a policy wonk, but a closer look at his ideas and where they come from reveals that he is anything but.
Rather than reaching out to the Sikhs with love for love’s sake, the Southern Baptists have chosen to use love as a means of conversion
Mitt Romney’s gift for gaffe has struck again. On campaign trail, Romney confused his anti-Muslim rhetoric with the Sikh temple shooting. The end result was sikhs becoming sheiks.
While most of the media interrupted regular programming to cover the tragic shooting at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, Fox News continued with its regularly scheduled hate campaign.
Americans for Prosperity are hauling their boy Scott Walker to D.C. to do some public Koch-sucking and World Net Daily will live-stream it
The war on public transportation is in full swing, like the war on all things public waged by the right. Like so many of their offensives, the motivations include racism and hatred toward the poor.
Ignoring the looming November 16 deadline for states to submit plans for their health insurance exchanges, Walker is going to wait for the ‘next president’ and Congress to repeal it.
The right wing has been winning over Americans for decades by framing the political debate so liberals must reclaim the language of politics.
That’s right, a bill that was supposed to save money because Wisconsin was broke, will actually increase the state’s expenses by eighty seven million dollars. Nice going Scott.
Wisconsin state Sen. Lena Taylor is calling on the GAB to investigate two pro-Walker groups who are spreading false information to keep voters from voting in the recall.
The ghost of Christmas past haunted Ebeneezer Scrooge, and was 1/3 of the spirit that changed Scrooge around and it scared the Hell out of him, and apparently, the same is happening with Scott Walker.
Chuck Norris takes to WND to display comedic talents in support of Scott Walker, and badly misrepresenting Ronald Reagan in the process
The Scott Walker John Doe investigation takes a serious turn as prosecutors look into potential bid rigging surrounding a land lease.
Romney and Walker each pushed austerity politics only to end up with abysmal job records, yet polls say gullible voters keep supporting them.
Chaos via fake Democrats and delays in printing ballots didn’t matter, as in the end Wisconsin Democrats selected Tom Barrett to rematch with Scott Walker and right the great Wisconsin wrong.
In a desperate attempt to raise cash, the Tea Party Patriots tell it if Wisconsites succeed in the recall effort it would mean the end of their ‘liberty loving’ organization.
On the basis of GOP legislation since 2010, it is an inescapable conclusion that Republican governance is bad governance as it consistently violates the democratic process
Who will Romney pick as his running mate? He seemed to warm up to budget nut Wisconsin Representative, Paul Ryan while in Wisconsin. Sincere or just a ploy to get Ryan’s local support?
It’s almost as if the stars are out to get Governor Scott Walker. First, his recall election gets certified and then part of his infamous union busting bill gets thrown out.
The media wants Gov Scott Walker to answer their questions about his legal defense fund, but he only wants to talk about the dairy industry and deny that he’s being investigating.
Scott Walker has had a nightmare of a Friday. He’s has been running around the state spinning his bum off to no avail. He has admitted starting a legal defense fund, which one can only do if one is under investigation in the state of Wisconsin. But Scott is saying he’s doing it save everyone…
A Wisconsin high school student condemned gay adoption in his school paper, reminding the students that God wants gay people to be killed
The organizers of the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker have submitted almost as many petition signatures for recall as Walker received in the 2010 election.
President Obama continues to raise huge sums of money, but he is also mobilizing supporters to do battle against the GOP’s 2012 voter suppression campaign.
Tim Russell, a Scott Walker aide, was arrested for charges of embezzling money meant for families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.