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Some Things You Should Know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Senator Elizabeth Warren and Others Have Major Concerns Regarding the Trade Pact That Is Being Negotiated in Secrecy

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In Ferbruary, I wrote a post about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) being another bad trade deal for the United States. (You can read that post here.) Many people—including some members of Congress—have complained about the “extreme” secrecy … Continue reading →

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BREAKING NEWS: Senator Tom Cotton Says That Iran Controls Its Capital City of Tehran (VIDEO)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Guess what? The country of Iran controls the city of Tehran. Ohmigod! Who knew? Say it ain’t so! Boy, I’m sure glad I learned that important bit of information when Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) was a guest on … Continue reading →

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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi, Republican Members of Congress…and “Netanyahu’s Greater Republica” (Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said that since Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has now given “his very own State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, the partisan colonization of the world is in full … Continue reading →

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Someone…Anyone…Please Tell the Dumbass Senator with the Snowball That the Route for the Iditarod Race Had to Be Changed Because of Alaska’s Warm Winter

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Over a week ago, I posted a column titled Dumbass Politician from Oklahoma Throws Snowball on the Senate Floor in an Effort to Prove That Climate Change Is a Hoax. That dumbass senator happens to be James … Continue reading →

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Dumbass Politician from Oklahoma Throws Snowball on the Senate Floor in an Effort to Prove That Climate Change Is a Hoax (VIDEOS)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In January, climate change denier Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) officially took the gavel as chairman of the Senate’s Environment Committee. Later in the day, “he took the Senate floor for a long speech about how human-caused climate … Continue reading →

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Confirms He Spoke at White Supremacist Conference in 2002

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro News broke this week that House majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), spoke at a conference hosted by the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO) twelve years ago. Huffington Post reported today that Louisiana political blogger Lamar … Continue reading →

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John McCain’s Senate Speech on the CIA Torture Report

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro I was impressed with John McCain’s reaction to the release of the CIA torture report on the floor of the Senate today. I believe it was his shining hour. John McCain CIA Torture Report Senate Speech. … Continue reading →

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Benghazi House Investigation Report Released in “Friday Document Dump”

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro The Associated Press reported on Friday that the House Intelligence Committee’s two-year investigation into what happened in Benghazi in 2012 found that the CIA and the military had acted properly when responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic … Continue reading →

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Senator Bernie Sanders Interviewed on Democracy Now!…Said He Fears That the United States Is on the Verge of Becoming an Oligarchy

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last Wednesday, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! interviewed Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, Vermont) via telephone. At the end of the interview, Sanders said, “I fear that we may be on the verge of becoming an … Continue reading →

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The Fifteenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Louie Gohmert Says the Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and Massages Will Make the Military “Vulnerable to Terrorism” (VIDEOS)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

  By Elaine Magliaro It was just a matter of time before Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas became the subject of one of my posts in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series. Gohmert—who, Charles Pierce once said, was “perhaps the … Continue reading →

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