The Proposition 8 trial is the first gay marriage trial to be held in federal court. No matter what the outcome of the trial in California, the case is expected to make it to the Supreme Court and could determine if marriage is defined as between one man and one woman or if equal marriage [...]
President Obama is preparing a tax on the major banks to make them repay the money the government spent to keep them from going bankrupt. The president is using his authority to make sure the “Troubled Asset Relief Program does not add to the deficit or national debt.” Republicans and Michael Steele are siding with [...]
A bill introduced by Senator Al Franken will provide greater access to emergency contraceptives for women in the military. The bill has bipartisan support with Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) as a co-sponsor for the bill.
[Read More]
House Democrats are living up to their promise of a more open and transparent government by posting legislation of the final health care bill three days before the final vote. This will give the American people time to go through the bill before the vote occurs. Posting bills online allows anyone to quickly search through [...]
Paul Krugman explains why Europe still has a thriving economy even though it’s viewed as the conservative boogie man in economics.
[Read More]
Israeli and Obama administration officials have confirmed that the Bush administration sold weapons and other arms to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in violation of the agreement with Israel to maintain the Israel Defense Forces edge over the Arab countries. Haaretz reported, during George Bush’s last year in office his administration sold [...]
In an interview with George Stephanopoulos Rudy Giuliani attacked the Obama administration claiming that “we had no domestic attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama.”
Rudy Giuliani was the mayor of New York on 9/11. You would think that would be hard to forget for someone like that. Republicans also often forget who was the [...]
Want to know how far Joe Lieberman has fallen in the wake of the health care vote last month? Barack Obama’s approval rating with Connecticut Republicans is higher than Lieberman’s with the state’s Democrats.
81% of Democrats now disapprove of Lieberman’s job performance with only 14% approving, and he’s not real popular with Republicans who disapprove [...]
The overall media seems to be running the story that Democrats are headed to lose control of the Senate and House to the Republicans and that outcome is all but certain. It’s reminiscent of the stories that John McCain was on the verge of victory over Barrack Obama during the last election. Looking back on the election [...]
No, this is no joke. Rush Limbaugh was recently hospitalized in a Honolulu hospital after complaints of chest pains. You can watch him praising the hospital that he was admitted to here after his release. Rush Limbaugh said, “based on what happened to me here, I don’t think there is one thing wrong with the American [...]
