Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who complained of not being able to breath while in a police chokehold, died as the result of compression of the neck according to the medical examiner. The New York City Medical Examiner issued their finding on Friday. The Washington Post reports: He died because of “compression of chest […]
Tom Foley, candidate for governor of Connecticut, scheduled a campaign stop/press conference at the gate of a doomed paper mill hoping to spotlight the failed economic policies of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. However, things quickly became ugly when First Selectwoman Cathy Osten, a Democratic state senator and Malloy supporter, confronted Foley, along with soon-to-be unemployed […]
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) took to the Senate floor on Thursday, blocking a resolution that “would have acknowledged the reality of climate change.” The resolution required a unanimous vote in order to pass, but Inhofe wanted no part of if because 9,000 so-called scientists had signed a petition expressing doubt that greenhouse gases cause global […]
Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes has a new political ad that chronicles Senator Mitch McConnell’s anti-women voting record – and it isn’t pretty. From Grimes’ website: After becoming an international laughingstock with the McConnelling phenomenon, Mitch McConnell is at it again in another awkward attempt to connect with voters. Today, Alison for Kentucky announces an aggressive new […]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric on Wednesday that she believes the male Supreme Court justices who voted against her in the Hobby Lobby case have a “blind spot” when it comes to women. Couric asked Ginsburg whether she “believed the five male justices truly understood the ramifications of their […]