A tipster sends in this video from Cass Elementary School in Livonia, MI. The video purportedly shows a dramatic and inspirational movie montage tribute to President Barack Obama displayed to the assembled children as part of the school's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Most of the school children appear to be less than inspired.
"Republicans spent too much money, borrowed too much money, earmarked too much, and Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have to be held accountable."
Mara Liasson of NPR asked Press Secretary Jay Carney if insider trading was currently illegal for members of congress. Carney refused to answer completely, saying only "I think it is not banned." Liasson was visibly confused as to why an illegal activity would not be illegal for members of congress.
The horrifying 911 call from the social worker outside of Josh Powell's house as he killed his two sons inside reveals that Elizabeth Griffin-Hall, a contracted care worker for the Foster Care Resource Network could not have done anything else to save them. Josh Powell slammed the door in Griffin-Hall's face seconds after 5-year-old Braden and 7-year-old Charles entered the home. She immediately made the 911 call.
Romney camp businessman Donald Trump went on a youtube rant Wednesday saying he had nothing against Rick Santorum, but that he needs someone to explain exactly why Senator Santorum is running for President.
CNN reports that the Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command have begun a preliminary internal review of U.S. military options in Syria.
“The Pentagon is closely monitoring developments in Syria. It wouldn’t be doing its job if it didn’t put some ideas on the table,” one of the senior U.S. officials told CNN. “But absolutely no decisions have been made on military support for Syria.”
Despite reported plans to pull fire alarms and throw glitter bombs, #OccupyDC members insist their protest against the Conservative Political Action Conference will be lawful and that they are unaware of any plans to the contrary.
The first gay couple to legally wed in Los Angeles, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, have spent years fighting for gay marriage -- but that was before they got married and started fighting amongst themselves. After 40 years of knowing each other and 18 of being together, marriage changed everything and the couple divorced after four years -- just in time for Prop 8 to be repealed.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews, guest hosting on Andrea Mitchell Reports, revealed that he has access to briefings by the highest level of the Obama Administration where he learned they are afraid the Republicans will intentionally block legislation to damage an economic recovery.
Speaking with Salem Radio's Hugh Hewitt, Catholic Bishop Thomas Olmsted from the Phoenix Archdiocese explained that American Catholics will be instructed on how to vote for President in relation to the recent rule set forth by the Obama Administration forcing religious hospitals to pay for contraception to patients.
On Wednesday, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) took to the floor of the Senate to condemn a recent Health and Human Services rule that forces Catholic hospitals, colleges and charitable organizations to offer health insurance coverage that includes abortion-inducing drugs and contraception, a direct assault on the right of Roman Catholics to practice their faith as they see fit.
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to announce that Congress will immediately address the Obama Administration's recent controversial ruling forcing religious hospitals to pay for contraception for patients even when the practice is in direct conflict with their church's teachings.
"I just want to point out that the Catholic Church hierarchy is male."
A man was rushed out of Mitt Romney's speech in Colorado tonight by Secret Service agents. Gov. Romney's was shaking hands with the crowd who had gathered to hear his speech when the Secret Service quickly moved him away from a man who they appeared to view as a threat. They then grabbed the man and swiftly rushed him out of the room.
UPDATE: Officials report the suspect attempted to throw glitter on Gov. Romney.
During his victory speech in Missouri, Rick Santorum spoke passionately about religious freedom and targeted the Obama Administration's controversial policy of forcing Catholic hospitals to purchase contraception for patients.
Rick Santorum scored a dramatic clean sweep Tuesday night in the Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado caucuses. His stunning win raises serious questions about Newt Gingrich's claim to be the "conservative alternative" to front-runner Mitt Romney.
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On Fox News' The Five, hosts Bob Beckel and Eric Bolling got into a strange back and forth debate using a particularity humorous drug analogy for Obama's latest hypocrisy on accepting SuperPac help in his upcoming 2012 re-election bid.
The conservative National Center for Public Policy Research group has obtained a city permit to share the un-Occupied half of Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. between Feb. 12 - March 15.
"It gets to that interesting point, to me, which is frightening, when the state starts telling the church what to do."
On MSNBC’s Jansing and Co. author Eric Metaxas compared the Obama's administration's encroachment on religious freedoms to Nazi Germany.
“I met the president. I gave him a copy of my book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which he said he’s going to read,” Metaxas said during the interview. “In that book, you read about what happened to an amazingly great country called Germany…”
“In the beginning, it always starts really, really small. We need to understand as Americans — if we do not see this as a bright line in the sand — if you’re not a Catholic, if you use contraception — doesn’t matter. Because eventually, this kind of government overreach will affect you.”
While debating the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that California’s same sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, Steele became visibly annoyed at the suggestion that African American rights are the same civil rights fight gays are facing today.
Chicago's Roosevelt University is now offering a course devoted to the "Occupy Movement" in their political science department. This is, of course, to complement their Tea Party 101 course.
Former U.S. Congressman and Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra defended his Super Bowl ad that has been dubbed "racist" and accused of "stereotyping Asians" (mostly by white liberal pundits).
"As I said repeatedly, I often make jokes about soccer in the U.S., and my crack about David Beckham’s commercial was related to that and not to anyone’s sexuality. To those who construed my comment as being anti-gay or homophobic or advancing violence, I’m truly sorry. I can certainly understand how someone could come to a different conclusion than the one I meant...
"As someone who has spoken out forcefully against bigotry against African Americans and other minorities, as well as sexism against women, I fully understand how a group who has been unfairly treated would be offended by such comments, and, again, I am sorry for any offense my remarks caused."
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell harshly berated an Asian actress for "stereotyping" Asians in an ad for senate candidate Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R- MI). The former screenwriter for the series "The West Wing" (which habitually demonized Republicans) also advised all actors to pledge never to play "dirty politics."
The Etter Health Center at Shippensburg, a public school of 8,300 students in Appalachia’s scenic Cumberland Valley, provides the Plan B One Step emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
Apparently, 30-year-old Erik Cain had first gotten into an argument with his mother over the fact that the brownie had been cut in half. Cain’s brother, Gene, then tried to break up the argument, which lead Erik to punch Gene in the face, then go for three steak knives in the kitchen which he used to slash his brother on the shoulder, wrist, and forearm, according to police.
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