By Kimberley Johnson on
feminist, FOX, mansplainer
Economics, Feminism, Fox News, Women's Issues

A Sean Hannity panel got rather heated when mansplainer Gavin McInnes asserted that women in America are unhappy because they “put work over family.” Of course he blamed feminism – because that’s what conservatives do, particularly on Fox News. McInnes parroted the GOP talking point that women earn less than men because they “choose to” […]
By Samuel Warde on
Big Business, Corruption, politics, Social Justice
Corruption, Economics, Politics, Social Justice, Videos

A recent study by Princeton University shows that American democracy is under attack by rich people and corporate interests that have an ever increasingly powerful grip on U.S. government policy, that public opinion has “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. The study, entitled Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, was published […]
By Samuel Warde on
Alan Grayson, Smackdowns, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Videos
Controversy, Economics, Foreign Policy, Smackdowns, Videos

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has been speaking out against the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade promotion authority bill since its inception. He thoroughly destroyed the legislation while speaking on Friday April 10, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, calling the bill “the fast track to hell.” In the clip, below, Grayson explains that: The Fast […]
By Samuel Warde on
Barack Obama, Budget, Budget Proposal, Economics, Republican Logic, Republicans, The Economy, Videos
Barack Obama, Economics, Republican Logic, Speeches

President Obama thoroughly destroyed the latest Republican budget proposal during a speech on Wednesday while speaking in Ohio at the City Club of Cleveland. You can watch the segment of the president’s speech, below, followed by a transcript of the relevant portion. TRANSCRIPT: Now, a good place to start down a stronger path involves America’s […]
By Samuel Warde on
Economics, energy, Healthcare, President Obama, Speeches, The Economy, Videos
Barack Obama, Economics, Energy, Healthcare, Smackdowns, Speeches, Videos

President Obama took a “well-deserved victory lap” on Wednesday while speaking in Ohio at the City Club of Cleveland. As John Cassidy of The New Yorker wrote, “let’s be up front about this, he sounded a little cocky. … He had some fun at the expense of his Republican critics and their alarmist predictions about […]