Bill Maher talks with right-wing pundit Ann Coulter about her latest book, Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama, in which she claims that “real racism” ended after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Bill Maher mocked her noting rehtorically, “Who would know better about that than a blonde girl from Conneticut?”.
Wayne Swan, who also serves as treasurer and is his center-left Labor Party government’s ranking finance minister, says the “cranks and crazies that have taken over the Republican Party” are the greatest threat to the U.S. economy. You can watch an excerpt of his speech below. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news […]
Tom Engelhardt discusses how the United States president has become the “Assassin-in-Chief” in this video presented by The Nation. Assassination has always been a tool of the American state, but before the “War on Terror” it was not something our leaders bragged about. As TomDispatch.com’s Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse explain in their new book, […]
So how did Mitt Romney get so obscenely rich? Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains the magic of private equity in 8 easy steps in the video below. According to Reich: “Now that Mitt Romney is the presumed Republican candidate, it’s fair to ask how he made so much money ($21 million in 2010 […]
Clint Eastwood’s confusing speech at the Republican National Convention has people talking – and not always in the nicest of terms. [Watch the video below] Celebrities are reacting today to the speech including President Obama. According to NBC: “This seat’s taken,” Obama tweeted shortly afterward and attached a photo showing the back of his noggin as […]