The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis’ meeting with embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was not an endorsement of her views. The New York Times reports that, although many interpreted the encounter between Pope Francis and Kim Davis last week to be a “subtle intervention in the United States’ same-sex marriage debate,” in fact, it […]
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz lashed out a outgoing Speaker of the House John Boehner in the wake of the Friday announcement of his retirement at the end of October. According to conservative website The Blaze, Cruz told reporters at the conservative Values Voter Summit in Washington that he had heard rumors that Boehner had […]
Ted Cruz was smacked with a healthy dose of reality during his Monday appearance on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show.” Colbert began by ripping Cruz over the ideological divide between Ronald Reagan and Cruz’s own political beliefs. “Let me ask about Reagan for a second,” Colbert began, adding: “Reagan raised taxes, okay. Reagan actually had an […]
A known white supremacist and former correctional officer posted a six-minute video rant on Tuesday calling for violence against black anti-police activists. Nathan Ener, who worked as a Texas Department of Criminal Justice officer until 1999, encouraged viewers to attack black protesters with firearms, rocks and slingshots and promised to hunt them down to their […]
UPDATE, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015: NBC News reports that Davis was found to be in contempt of court Thursdays morning. District Court Judge David Bunning has said Davis is bound by an oath of office to perform her duties under the law, and ordered that she be jailed until she complied with his order to […]