“I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home.” ~Ronald Reagan, at his birthday celebration in 1989. Having grown […]
“The West Wing” blends drama with reality in this groundbreaking documentary episode that includes interviews with former Presidents and White House figures. Paying tribute to the real-life counterparts of the show’s fictional Bartlet administration, the documentary also features U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, White House staffers David Gergen, Dee Dee Myers and Leon […]
Republican presidents have raised the debt ceiling 49 times, while Democratic presidents have raised it only 30 times. Can you guess which president raised the debt ceiling the most? Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols breaks down the numbers that make up the debt ceiling and looks at how many times it has been raised through the years.
“I’m against having a king,” Paul said. “I think having a monarch is what we fought the American Revolution over and someone who wants to bypass the Constitution, bypass Congress — that’s someone who wants to act like a king or a monarch.” “I’ve been opposed to executive orders, even with Republican presidents. But one […]
Known hate group Westboro Baptist Church announced on Sunday their plans to protest the funeral of Reddit co-founder and Internet activist Aaron Swartz in a press release entitled “GOD H8S Cyber Criminal THUGS.” “Cyber criminals are the latest face of this nation’s and this world’s raging at God and His Servants at WBC,” reads the […]