Category Archives: Conservatives

The Election of 2016 is a remake of Arsenic and Old Lace

Posted on August 8, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers What if Strindberg wrote Hellzapoppin’ or as we’ve seen, 10 Downing Street wrote a memo about WMDs or President Obama gave Syria away like the Sudetenland with the current Iran Nuke deal? With all due respect to … Continue reading →

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Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Has Reportedly Asked the FBI to Investigate a Threatening Tweet He Allegedly Received from the Son of a Mexican Drug Lord Who Escaped from Prison

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro John Santucci of ABC News reported yesterday that presidential candidate Donald Trump had asked the FBI “to look into a threatening tweet he received in the wake of a post on the social network he wrote about … Continue reading →

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Justice Antonin Scalia: The Bard of the Bench? (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said that it only seemed fitting “to use Antonin Scalia’s own words for a poetry slam, since the justice’s snarky dissents are filled with so many poetic gems.”  Fiore noted that the … Continue reading →

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New Texas Social Studies Textbooks Whitewash and Rewrite American History

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Sunday, Emma Brown (Washington Post) reported that millions of public school students in Texas “will begin using new social studies textbooks this fall based on state academic standards that barely address racial segregation.” In addition, she … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for July 2, 2015: On the Subject of Scott Walker Running for President

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro The Chicago Tribune reported today that Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin plans to officially enter the presidential race on July 13th with a campaign announcement in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. For joy!  

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Larry Wilmore Says that South Carolina Should “Take the Damn Confederate Flag Down Right Now” (VIDEO)

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last week on The Nightly Show, comedian Larry Wilmore did a segment on South Carolina and the Confederate flag. Included in the segment was a bit he called “For the Record”—during “which he tore down the widely … Continue reading →

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Lacking Grace: Flag mania trumps loss of Faith in a free market for symbols

Posted on June 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

By: Ann Summers “They got a goddamn day for Confederate flags. This is some bullshit!” says the (presumably black) man filming this video And just when you’re wondering how long this line of assholes in lifted trucks can possibly be, … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for June 29, 2015: How “Incentives” Work for the Rich and Poor

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Click here to view more political cartoons by Steve Sack.

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Pope Francis, Republicans, and the Gospel of Climate Change Denial (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore noted that since Pope Francis came “out on the side of acknowledging human-caused global warming, Republican presidential contenders are suddenly on the side of ‘science’ not religion.” Fiore: Thanks to the … Continue reading →

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Bill Maher on Republicans, Country-of-Origin Meat Labeling, and the United States of You Don’t Wanna Know

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last night, Bill  Maher did a funny “New Rules” segment about the Republican party’s “fondness for axing both country-of-origin meat labeling and the estate tax…” He talked about House Republicans pushing “for a measure that would ban meat … Continue reading →

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