According to a report from Think Progress, Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk is facing backlash over his donation of $38,900 to a Republican Political Action Committee. According to recently released FEC disclosure forms, Musk donated to a group called Protect the House which seeks to help campaigns of GOP House members in danger […]
According to a Gallup poll released last week, a majority of Republicans are in favor of the legalization of marijuana for the first time on record. According to the poll, 51% of Republicans polled think that marijuana should be legal. This is likely due to the increasing public popularity of legalizing marijuana and many successes […]
Rep. Steve Scalise and three others were shot early this morning in Virginia in what is being reported as a “deliberate attack.” The gunman opened fire during practice for an annual congressional baseball game.Â
America is really losing right now when it comes to politics. One thing that hasn’t changed is how a bunch of [mostly straight, white] men come together and think they can speak for everyone. Congress recently voted along party lines to take away Title X funding from Planned Parenthood and other clinics that offer a variety of […]
News stories about GOP women feeling “betrayed” by the Republican Party have been breaking since late 2016. Sometimes the breakups come with drama and fanfare. At other times, GOP women, like Hawaiian Rep. Beth Fukumoto, choose clear and measurable actions that inevitably lead them to seek political asylum with the Democratic Party. But, what do […]
If you were asked to list places where you’d expect to find Donald Trump supporters, how long would it take to get to Howard University?
In the past week since he has assumed office, Donald Trump has signed several major executive orders shaking the very foundations of American immigration and foreign policy, without a stamp of Congressional approval. But, why is no one complaining about it?
Republicans have started the new year taking the first steps to dismantle the health care system in the United States. The scary part? They don’t yet have a replacement for it.
Congressional Republicans have closed a year-long investigation into the events that resulted in tens of thousands in being exposed to lead in their water supply. But the investigation failed to result in any new information that wasn’t already presented in the high profile hearings that found both the local government and the EPA responsible.
During a presidential election cycle, it’s common practice for potential candidates on both sides to criticize the sitting head of state to show what they’d do differently. But this cycle in particular has brought out some non-stop claims by Republican candidates that question pretty much every move President Barack Obama has made in his presidency. […]
This presidential election season has consistently brought up the conversation of race, as it should, and right now, the conversation has turned into a debate, thanks to the award-winning poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou.
There were several important political issues missing from Tuesday night’s Republican debate in Las Vegas. Most noticeable was the repeated overlooking of recent acts of terror in this country committed by White men, namely the mass killing last month at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood, and the murder of nine Black congregants at Emanuel AME this summer. This is […]
