By Samuel Warde on January 14, 2015
Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Paris Solidarity March, Twitter, World News
Barack Obama, Controversy, Foreign Policy, World News
Add snubbing the French to the ever-expanding list of impeachable offenses conservatives are attempting to use against Obama in the court of public opinion. And we all know how much Republicans love the French, like the time the House of Representatives cafeterias switched the name of French Fries to FREEDOM Fries as part of a […]
By Samuel Warde on January 7, 2015
Humor, Republicans, Those Silly Republicans, Twitter
Controversy, Humor, Republicans, Twitter
A Republican councilman from Frederick County, Maryland, stepped in it when he posted a threat on his Facebook page regarding an alleged “hit piece” about him published by The Frederick News-Post. In the post, Kirby Delauter wrote that the author of the piece, Bethany Rodgers, had “absolutely no morals or journalistic ability,” threatening that if […]
By Samuel Warde on December 28, 2014
Bill de Blasio, Mayor de Blasio, NYPD, Police, Protests, WBC
Activism, Controversy, Human Interest, Videos, Weird News
I would like to begin by noting that while I would not ever call myself “pro-police,” I am certainly not anti-police. That being said, I am disgusted by this weekend’s spectacle by officers at the funeral of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos. We have written a lot about the Westboro Baptist Church since the creation […]
By Samuel Warde on November 20, 2014
Chief Justice John Roberts, Impeachment, SCOTUS
Controversy, The Courts
William Greider posted an interesting question in an article for The Nation on Wednesday: Should We Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts? Grieder points out that with all the talk floating around about impeaching President Obama, why not consider using the process for a “far more deserving candidate for impeachment—Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme […]
By Kimberley Johnson on November 17, 2014
accusations, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg
Controversy, Entertainment
The hosts of The View had a lot to say on Monday morning about the rape allegations mounting against Bill Cosby. Earlier this week, Cosby refused to address the accusations in a radio interview with NPR. Outspoken host Whoopi Goldberg isn’t convinced Cosby is guilty and invited his most vocal accuser, Barbara Bowman, to be […]