There have been two more mass shootings in America in under a day. Yesterday, a 21-year-old gunman from the Allen, Texas (identified but who shall remain nameless) killed 20 when he opened fire at an El...
153. That's how many days have passed so far in 2019. 156. That's how many mass shootings there have been in America in those 153 days. On Friday Virginia Beach surpassed in infamy Virginia Tech, Newtown, Orlando, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, Parkland,...
"I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump–I have the tough people, but they don't play it tough—until they go...
Back in October, the FBI arrested a Florida Donald Trump supporter named Cesar Sayoc for mailing pipe bombs to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rep. Maxine Waters, Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, CNN, comedian Bill Maher, and six other...
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...
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The last year-plus has seen the beginnings of a long-overdue national conversation on how we respond to domestic violence and sexual assault. One big reason why this conversation didn't start sooner is that a significant...
Sandy Rios with Tom Cotton at the 2016 Value Voters Summit (image courtesy Rios' Facebook)
If you listen to Christian conservative radio and television long enough, you can take it to the bank that most of what you hear will be tone-deaf and unhinged. But even with those low expectations...
Trey Gowdy speaking at Lander University's 2016 commencement (image from Gowdy's Twitter)
Based on what we heard on Saturday from Judge Jeanine Pirro and Sebastian Gorka, the official line in Deplorable Land is that the scandal surrounding former White House staff secretary Rob Porter is all the...
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This week, a conservative guest on MSNBC's AM Joy had a very tough time spinning out a defense for Donald Trump's record on women's issues after host Joy Reid stumped her with just a straightforward...
Rob Porter walking with Sarah Huckabee Sanders (screengrab courtesy MSNBC)
Last week, White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned in the wake of what seem to be very credible accusations that he physically abused his first wife and emotionally abused his second wife. In the...
John Kelly being sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security (image courtesy Department of Homeland Security, part of public domain)
John Kelly was supposedly brought on as White House chief of staff to bring a semblance of order to the Donald Trump White House. But it's possible that one of Trump's habits has rubbed off...
From Harvey Weinstein to Charlie Rose, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), recent workplace sexual misconduct allegations have dominated daily headlines. Amid all the high-profile accusations, though, it's easy to forget one environment...
John Conyers at the 2017 National Action Network Legislative and Policy Conference (image courtesy Conyers' Facebook)
In a sane world, Donald Trump's presidency should have ended on Wednesday afternoon, when he declared that he would rather have a suspected sexual harasser and child molester in the Senate than a Democrat. He made...
Roy Moore on the campaign trail for Senate (image courtesy Moore's Facebook)
Even if the jury is theoretically still out on whether Roy Moore is a serial philanderer and sexual harasser, it is already clear beyond all doubt that the former Alabama chief justice is not fit...
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It's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 24 hours for former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore and his bid to take the old Senate seat of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Tuesday, his...
Tessa Brennaman, first wife of the Texas church shooter (screenshot courtesy Inside Edition via CBS News)
Most of the questions about last week's grisly shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas center around how the gunman was even able to get his hands on a gun in the first place....
Tessa Brennaman, first wife of the Texas church shooter (screenshot courtesy Inside Edition via CBS News)
The biggest question about last Sunday's horrific shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas has been how the shooter was able to legally buy a gun. In case you missed it, the gunman, Devin...
First Baptist Church of Sunderland Springs (image courtesy church Facebook)
By now, it is clear not just beyond reasonable doubt, but beyond all doubt, that Sunday's grisly shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas was directly caused by a complete breakdown in the military...
The United States of America made history again last weekend. With two more months left in the year, we experienced our 308 mass shooting. On Sunday, a gunman walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland, Texas and...
First Baptist Church of Sunderland Springs (image courtesy church Facebook)
On Monday night, we learned beyond any doubt that Sunday's horrific shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas was completely preventable. The gunman, Devin Patrick Kelley, had been court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his...