Rachel Maddow reports on the rare instance in which President Barack Obama is seeking credit for a political victory – the successful implementation of Obamacare as Democrats realize the program is a potential campaign asset. Maddow points out that “Armageddon” was not brought on by the success of the Affordable Care Act. You can watch […]
President Obama traveled to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on Wednesday and delivered remarks explaining the critical importance of raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10. In the course of the speech, the President addressed Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare and talked about the Paul Ryan’s new budget plan, saying “it’s like that […]
Vladimir Putin calls Sarah Palin to chat about her prediction that he’d invade Ukraine. Jimmy Fallon set the skit up by reminding viewers about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s phone call to President Obama over the weekend to discuss the Ukraine, noting the little known fact that shortly afterwards he called Sarah Palin, or so the […]
Governor Perry has formally notified Attorney General Eric Holder that Texas will not be implementing provisions required by the new Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The law was unanimously approved by Congress and signed into law over a decade ago, but federal standards for its implementation were not completed until 2012 and states have been […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: I am guessing, but obviously cannot say for sure, that the timing of all this was planned to coincide with the Hobby Lobby birth control case, currently being considered by the Supreme Court. Tea Party favorite Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) claimed Monday that the Constitutional mandated separation between church and state meant “the […]