Controversy continues to rage on Tuesday over an open-letter by Republicans to Iran that threatens to undermine nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, Russia and China. Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), the letter was signed by the entire party leadership in the chamber and by potential presidential candidates Marco Rubio, Ted […]
It’s only the first part of March, yet Republicans have launched two unprecedented attacks against President Obama so far this year – placing politics ahead of foreign policy and national security. Republicans won both houses of Congress during the 2014 mid term elections and as Think Progress reported at the time Republicans were careful not […]
The New York Times and other sources are reporting that Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York Assembly for the past 20 years, has been arrested on federal corruption charges, “sending shock waves through the political establishment and upending the new legislative session.” According to The New York Times, Silver, a Democrat, surrendered […]
BuzzFeed News is reporting that possible 2016 presidential candidate and Tea Party favorite, Dr. Ben Carson, was caught plagiarizing from a variety of sources in his book America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great. One of the un-cited sources he lifted word for word came from a site, which no longer exists, called […]
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough came out in defense of comedian Bill Cosby on Tuesday morning and said the media should not report on the women who are accusing Cosby of drugging and raping them until he is officially charged. Cohost Mika Brzezinski said several of the women “do not seem credible,” and Scarborough reminded […]