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Busted: Hate-fest Breaks Out After John Boehner Gets Called Out For Lying On His Own Website

Busted: Hate-fest Breaks Out After John Boehner Gets Called Out For Lying On His Own Website

Speaker John Boehner is claiming a “1998 memo written by President Clinton’s economic advisor proves that the facts about raising the minimum wage haven’t changed” in a Facebook post leading to an article on his website. The article Republicans’ Real Solutions For Creating Jobs & Boosting Wagesmakes several misrepresentations of fact and gets called out […]

Wendy Davis to Greg Abbott: “This Texas gal is calling you out”

Wendy Davis to Greg Abbott: “This Texas gal is calling you out”

Democrat Wendy Davis blasted her Republican rival in the Texas governor’s race last Monday for saying he would veto a law that would make it easier for women to sue their employers over pay discrimination. “This Texas gal is calling you out,” she told about 160 cheering supporters at Scholz’s Beer Garden in Austin. She […]

Obama Calls For Equal Pay For Women: ‘This isn’t 1958 — it’s 2014’ (VIDEO)

Obama Calls For Equal Pay For Women: ‘This isn’t 1958 — it’s 2014’ (VIDEO)

President Obama spoke at Orlando’s Valencia College on Thursday, calling for equal pay for women. “Women are still earning just 77 cents on every dollar that a man does. Women with college degrees may earn hundreds of thousands of dollars less over the course of her career than a man at the same educational level, […]