It was November 7, 1938. A 17-year-old ethnically Polish Jew living in France named Herschel Grynszpan had learned the Nazi party had exiled his parents to Poland from their home in Hanover, Germany. Enraged, Grynszpan retaliated by shooting Ernst vom Rath, a...
Reasons I'm done talking to conservative friends and family members
I'm a Southern girl. Born in the South, raised in the South, and have rarely lived anywhere BUT the South. I actually love the South. I'll die in the South. Being a Southern girl, I...
Studies correlate low IQ with rabidly racist and right-wing views Does talking to a Teabully leave you asking: What's wrong with this person??Do Teabully posts and memes make you wonder if people, who believe those things,...
Last week, USA Today published an opinion editorial column attributed to Donald Trump titled "Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors." Immediately, Washington Post fact-checkers got to work. And what they found was nothing short of astounding. It turns...
We know that more than half of the U. S. population is convinced that Donald Trump is a loose cannon on the deck of the ship of state. Now we know that some of our...
OK you guys know what that headline probably was implying even though your amazing liberal brains were saying "WTF????" Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the AP that he is thinking about seeking the Republican presidential nomination....
Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) admitted he faked evidence to portray former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) as guilty of breaking the law, according to Occupy Democrats. Democratic leaders and the American public are calling on the...
Donald Trump and those who support him always say they aren't racist in the least, they just want to "make America great again." But then you see the video below of a truck convoy of Trump...
Just so we're being completely transparent here, you should know this: This is being written under duress because I don't have enough money to fight a legal battle against the Trump machine. Yesterday, I wrote a...
Senator Bernie Sanders 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee
Even with the lead Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) has in the polls, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has continued to garner support from small donors at an historical pace not seen in any previous election –...
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The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights has filed a criminal complaint against U.S. torture program architects and members of the Bush Administration. The organization has accused CIA director George Tenet and Defense Secretary...
What's going on, America? How did we come to this? How is the most vile, bombastic candidate to ever run on the Republican ticket besting the Democrats? In case you've been hiding in a cave...
Donald Trump at podium
Trump is gaining a large group of supporters... for some strange reason... But that does not include too many millennials (people around ages 18 to 33). When Trump announced he was running in June, it seemed so...
After a tumultuous few days, the Republican National Committee, or RNC, has reached out to various mail vendors through email and requested they put a stop to all Donald Trump “Victory” programs. The email, initially reported...
2018 mid-term elections are weeks away. Are you registered to vote? Do you know where your polling place is? Why don't you take a moment to check. Ten years ago the Republican party was licking its wounds after the...
Now that the 2016 nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties are a foregone conclusion, it seems a good time to take a look at who may wind up being the running mates for Hillary...
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When college student Lauren Batchelder asked President-elect Donald Trump about his record with women last year, she never thought her simple question would turn her life upside-down. Trump Called College Student An 'Arrogant Young Woman' Lauren Batchelder...
Last week's New York Times piece debunking Donald Trump's oft-repeated lie “I built what I built myself” may have gotten somewhat buried amid the coverage frenzy surrounding Brett Kavanaugh's hearing and eventual confirmation. Even though Trump and the...
Do you know the tale of King Midas? Everything he touched turned to gold. Life was great until he tried to eat and turned his food gold. Then he tried hugging his daughter and wound up...
For the first time as President of the United States, Donald J. Trump is going to have to answer questions under oath. But this doesn't have to do with former campaign manager Paul Manafort or Russian...