by Terrance Heath | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Today, President Obama is visiting Flint, Michigan for the first time since state officials revealed that the city’s water was contained with lead. The president was invited to Flint not by Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder, but by eight-year-old Mari...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog, This Is The GOP
Nobody but nobody drops an album like Beyoncé. The lady single-handedly changed the game on how albums are released, and showed herself to be a savvy marketer. This week, after dropping multiple hints, Beyoncé finally dropped her latest, a 13-track collection called...
by Martha Burk | Apr 27, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
We heard a lot about the “war on women” during the 2012 election cycle — mostly over Republican attacks on abortion rights and birth control. While the phrase has faded in this election year go-round, the war on women has not. The only change is that now we’re...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
Alan White couldn’t shout jubilation from the rooftop on March 25 when he heard that the U.S. Department of Labor, after decades of trying, had finally issued a stricter rule to limit exposure to potentially deadly silica dust in workplaces. He was happy, all right....
by Terrance Heath | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
For eight years, wingnuts had to deal with the reality of a black man in the White House. Now, it looks like there will be a black woman in their wallets. They’re not taking it well. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that former slave Harriet Tubman,...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Governor Pat McCrory’s sleight of hand won’t fix North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, save his political career, or keep his state from hemorrhaging jobs and money. If it isn't repealed, the state might find itself literally "out of business." To hear Republican North...