Earlier this month, acting Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf released his department’s annual assessment of violent threats to the nation.
If we listen to the rhetoric coming out of the White House, its...
You may recall that several members of the University of Missouri's football team announced that they're going on strike from all team activities in protest of how officials at the main campus in Columbia and...
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly was considered the sane one in Trump's cabinet.
That was until he defended Trump's attack on Rep. Frederica Wilson when...
You can have the biggest signs. You can have the most volunteers. You can even have the most money. Even with all of that, at?the end of the day only one thing really wins elections:...
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to confirm if reports about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's departure are true.
Instead, as if often the case, she couched her response in vagueries:
"We've said many times...
Not since he backed his brother up on 9/11 and the Iraq War has Jeb Bush gone and said something so bone-headed that he risks what little is left of his chances at a successful...
Now that “repeal and replace Obamacare” has moved from Republican mantra to near-inevitability, it’s becoming clear that repealing the landmark healthcare legislation will be disastrous on many levels.
The first issue at stake is the cost...
In 10 days, we will be swearing in Donald Trump as our next president (gag). A large group of celebrities are having a telethon that day to raise money for many charities such as Planned...
Bernie Sanders headed to North Dakota on Friday, and addressed about 2,000 people in a speech at Fargo's Ramada Plaza & Suites.
The rally received headlines in media because of the way Sanders responded to a...
Know anyone who still thinks elections don't matter?
If so, ask that person why right-wing billionaires like the notorious Koch brothers are prepared to spend up to $400 million on upcoming mid-term congressional races, 60 percent more than...
Republicans jumped at the opportunity this week to cite a Koch Brothers-funded Mercatus Center study to prove once and for all what they have been claiming all along--Medicare-for-All (aka "single-payer health care") is too expensive, despite its economic...
Even in the face of mounting concerns that Donald Trump's actions have strayed into impeachable offenses, most federal lawmakers have been wary about calling for the House to impeach him. However, a number of elected...
Boycott Israel, go to prison.
You read that right.
If a bill introduced on March 23 goes through the legislative process, and President Donald Trump signs it, the federal government would then have full authority to prosecute...
As a son of the Southeast, I've been drinking Coca-Cola since I was a little kid. Though I have to admit that I almost never drink any kind of carbonated soda anymore, mainly because diabetes...
There are some badass women with amazing histories in Washington, D.C. Whether we acknowledge it or not, women have added struggles rising to places of prominence in our male-dominated society. When they succeed, we should celebrate...
I was an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter almost from the start of the Democratic primary. But for most of the primary season and for a good part of the campaign, I've found it hard to...
If you’ve heard the term “Alt-right,” but have only a vague knowledge of what it is, you’re not alone. Not only is the movement fairly new, but it’s not represented by popular, mainstream media.
Essentially, it's...
A leading pro-life activist told a radio audience earlier this week that if anyone should bear responsibility for last month's massacre at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, it's the pro-choice movement.
Father Frank Pavone, national director...
Health and fitness trackers have basically become a way of life for many. People track what they eat, how many steps they take, how long they sleep, how good their sleep was, and the list...
Of course you're not a climate change denier. You wouldn't be reading this on this site if you were.
You realize, of course, though, here in the United States of America, we are in the unique...
