By Samuel Warde on
Arizona, Bat-Shit Crazy, reproductive rights, Republican Logic, Videos, Women's issues
Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Politics, Reproductive Rights, Republican Logic, States Issues, Videos, Women's Issues
Many of us had hoped that Arizona might return to the lands of the rational after Janet Brewer backed off on efforts to run for Governor for a third term, despite a state constitutional prohibition against serving more than two consecutive terms. At first glance, although he is a Republican, Doug Ducey seemed like he […]
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Election 2016, Peter King, Smackdowns, Ted Cruz, Videos
Election 2016, Smackdowns, Videos
Rep. Pete King (R-NY) reacted swiftly to the announcement by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that he was running for the Republican presidential nomination, saying Cruz is closer to being a “sideshow entertainer” than “the leader of the free world: The Republican Party and the American people have to be able to find a more qualified […]
By Samuel Warde on
Climate change, Climate Change Denial, Interviews, Jerry Brown, Science Denial, Smackdowns, Ted Cruz, Videos
Climate/Nature, Interviews, Republican Logic, Smackdowns, The Tea Party, Videos
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) told NBC’s Chuck Todd that Sen. Ted Cruz’s views on climate change make him “absolutely unfit to be running” for the office of president. Discussing California’s dwindling water supply and issues surrounding climate change, Todd played a clip of Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaking to Seth Meyers: SETH […]
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Barack Obama, Budget, Budget Proposal, Economics, Republican Logic, Republicans, The Economy, Videos
Barack Obama, Economics, Republican Logic, Speeches
President Obama thoroughly destroyed the latest Republican budget proposal during a speech on Wednesday while speaking in Ohio at the City Club of Cleveland. You can watch the segment of the president’s speech, below, followed by a transcript of the relevant portion. TRANSCRIPT: Now, a good place to start down a stronger path involves America’s […]
By Samuel Warde on
Economics, energy, Healthcare, President Obama, Speeches, The Economy, Videos
Barack Obama, Economics, Energy, Healthcare, Smackdowns, Speeches, Videos
President Obama took a “well-deserved victory lap” on Wednesday while speaking in Ohio at the City Club of Cleveland. As John Cassidy of The New Yorker wrote, “let’s be up front about this, he sounded a little cocky. … He had some fun at the expense of his Republican critics and their alarmist predictions about […]