Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke on the Senate floor Wednesday against the nomination of David Barron to be a judge for the First Circuit Court. Senator Paul talked about his concerns with Mr. Barron’s views on drone policy, due process and the right to trial. In the course of his 30+ minute speech, Rand Paul cited […]
Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick suggested President Barack Obama believes he is God and can control weather patterns. Patrick is running for lieutenant governor and in a debate in Texas on Tuesday with current Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, an audience member asked him if he supported Obama’s plan to spend $1.2 billion to change […]
Actor Martin Sheen discusses a lifetime of activism in this touching and fun talk from We Day 2010. For those of you unfamiliar, We Day is an annual “youth empowerment” event organized by the Free the Children charity. Held in cities across Canada and the United States, We Day motivates youth to take action on […]
Attorney General Eric Holder announced a 31-count indictment against members of the Chinese military for allegedly hacking American businesses. Time reports, the indictment, handed down by a Pennsylvania grand jury, alleges the hackers stole trade secrets that would have been “particularly beneficial to Chinese companies at the time that they were stolen,” according to Holder. […]
In light of General Motors’ recall of 11 million vehicles and recently-leaked public relations memo, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver made a new, honest ad for their cars. Oliver sets up the video by talking about “Judgment Word” that General Motors is advising employees not to use, according to internal memos (wink wink). Words […]