2024-01-20 05:27
neil gorsuch's mom was smart. she graduated with a bachelors degree at just 19, and was the youngest woman admitted to the colorado bar. when she got into politics, she was voted outstanding… Read More
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2024-01-19 04:20
consumer reports has had an interesting life as an organization. they've gone from reviewing dishwashers and window cleaners to figuring out that an average of 2,230 companies send your pers… Read More
2024-01-12 07:28
in case you missed it, wayne lapierre, the head of the nra - which is categorized as a nonprofit entity - since the age of the dinosaurs, expensed his wardrobe, private jets, limousines, fiv… Read More
2024-01-11 07:42
currently in the u.s., the top 1% of wage earners pay less in state and local taxes than all other wage earners in 41 states.as an example, the richest 1% in florida have a 2.7% tax rate, bu… Read More
2024-01-03 06:39
so how did the u.s. go from being the 'good guys' of wwii to being reviled by most of the world? there are lots of reasons, but one of the big ones is the use of extraordinary rendition - ba… Read More
2023-12-21 06:31
the thing about recycling plastic is that it's a lie. oh, you likely spend time sorting out what stuff goes in which bin, good on you, but the truth is that once it's picked up, chances are… Read More
2023-12-21 05:57
since weapons manufacturers own congress and a sizable portion of the supreme court, guns are likely to remaion the number one killer of americans until there aren't any americans left. that… Read More
2023-11-04 05:10
in 2020, 60% of college loans had higher balances than when they started. unless the u.s. government changes this system, the majority of college student loans will never be repaid in the de… Read More
2023-10-13 04:08
ever wonder who or what is driving everything that's going wrong with our country?the following is a list of dark money organizations and the groups that fund them.do all of the funders only… Read More
2023-09-08 01:46
in case you think that removing books from libraries sounds all too familiar and not any better of an idea now than it ever was, you might wonder if there is something that can be done to ha… Read More
2023-09-05 05:29
2023-09-05 05:13
you may not be surprised to hear that many religious organizations are heavily involved in politics, and always have been.what may surprise you about it is that here in the united states, we… Read More
2023-09-05 05:00
it turns out that the american college of pediatrics took bribes to come out against the abortion drug mifepristone. they have also come out agains trans rights (especially for minors), sex… Read More
2023-09-05 04:35
well, everyone, obviously. at least, everyone is standing in line to, and that applies to the justices from both parties. which may or may not be why they made it harder to convict public of… Read More
2023-09-05 04:18
it's probably no secret to you that you're being watched. cctv cameras are everywhere, you use cards to shop and probably do a fair amount of that shopping online, plus social media, blah bl… Read More
2023-07-27 03:01
many of us - hell, maybe most of us - are dealing with some serious shit. pandemics, fascism... religious, sexual, gender, and racial discrimination and persecution... climate change and agi… Read More
2023-07-27 02:52
as long as we're digging into right-wing billionaire's political contributions, why not the couple who helped fund the january 6th insurrection, elizabeth and richard uihlein.along with fina… Read More
2023-07-27 02:44
welcome to our long-overdue 500th post.you know harlan crow, scotus judge clarence thomas's billionaire nazi-admiring buddy? ever wonder how much he's spent to get what he wants, where, and… Read More
2022-06-28 04:55
if you live in the u.s., chances are pretty good that you're furious about something right now. but why be angry when you can be politically effective?although only 24 states currently allow… Read More
2022-05-25 21:15
would you maybe like to stop by and visit your senators, maybe have a stern chat about your concerns? you can find the location of their offices HERE Read More
2022-05-25 21:12
you can tweet the 50 senators who are owned by the nra HERE Read More
2022-05-25 21:11
StateSenatorAnnual NRA DonationsAKLisa Murkowski$146,262ALRichard Shelby$258,514ARJohn Boozman$82,352ARTom Cotton$1,968,714AZMartha McSally$303,853COCory Gardner$3,939,199FLMarco Rubio$3,303… Read More
2022-05-18 05:01
according to the united states constitution, a supreme court justice has remarkable leeway when it comes to recusing themselves from cases or being removed from the bench.here are the parts… Read More
2022-04-17 21:05
at the time of this writing, not a single grade school in the united states teaches or has ever taught critical race theory (crt).to understand why some pundits, politicians, and funders of… Read More
2021-07-28 21:46
many companies still give money to the members of congress who disavowed the election loss of president trump. you can find the names of those members and those companies here: https://… Read More
2021-07-28 21:45
although political non-profits prevent us from seeing who they get their funding from, we can see which dark money groups those organizations donate to: http://www.opensecrets.org/dark… Read More
2020-07-06 04:29
by law, the white house has to let us know what it's up to, and you can follow that here.but it's easier to parse what it means if you divide it up into judicial appointments (many of which… Read More
2020-04-13 06:02
in years to come, donald trump will be labeled the worst president in history. while he has had more failures than we have time to list, the one that he will be best remembered for is allowi… Read More
2020-03-05 06:26
under current u.s. law, anyone who likes can create a superpac or other tax-exempt organization to funnel money to any politicians and/or causes , and remain completely anonymous about who i… Read More
2020-01-27 03:50
the u.s. bureau of labor statistics has troves of information about employment, unemployment, layoffs, and on and on.of particular interest to us this week is income disparity between men an… Read More
2019-11-09 05:26
lately, so many ridiculous things happen in american politics each day that important issues get lost in the noise. in the case of today's subject, that's often deliberate. that's right - to… Read More
2019-04-28 02:54
ever curious about why so many bad cops seem to keep finding jobs, even after they are convicted of crimes? it's often because it's difficult for police departments - especially small ones … Read More
2019-03-11 04:39
one of the things you learn in the news business is that, whenever the government doesn't really want us to know something, but they're required to make the information 'publicly available'… Read More
2019-03-11 04:33
by law, the government is required to publish certain information about what it's up to, including the election process. that doesn't mean that our political parties don't try and hide or sp… Read More
2019-03-11 04:30
politicians lie for a living - can we all agree on that? good.as congress becomes increasingly biased and stratified, it's important to know not just who the players are, but who owns t… Read More
2018-10-26 05:31
this is simple, and impossible to refute: trump himself calling for violence Read More
2018-09-26 04:01
despite the fact that exxon, in particular, has funded climate change denial on a global scale, the company's own scientists (and shell oil's) predicted catastrophic effects as a result of t… Read More
2018-07-28 03:59
more than 20 years ago, congress ordered the justice department to collect data on excessive use of force by police officers. it didn't actually occur until the obama administratio… Read More
2018-06-20 06:24
the reason that the current administration keeps getting away with things that would have been considered treasonous and impeachable just a year ago is that they have convinced many of us th… Read More
2018-06-06 05:21
south dakota legislator michael clark (referring to a supreme court case about a colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple): "it is his business. he should have the… Read More
2018-02-14 05:13
read the book that started it all, now in a handy paperback edition for just $9.95! Read More
2018-02-14 04:28
hey, do you ever wonder how many days our burger-king-commander has spent playing golf - plus how much it has cost us? especially since he said that, if elected president, he wouldn't have t… Read More
2017-12-01 04:39
the trouble with a word like 'truth' is that it is slippery; everyone has their own version of what constitutes 'truth', and many christians apply that principle regarding what they personal… Read More
2017-09-02 22:27
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2017-08-14 03:50
laws re: firing depend on the state. but let's suppose they are all fired. what do you think will happen next? what do you think they'll do? what do you think their families will do? do you… Read More
2017-07-01 18:29
are you a trivia buff? if so, our new book, fill my brain, is right up your alley! 499 pages of facts, quotes, bits of history, statistics, and the kind of snarky asides that you've come to… Read More
2017-07-01 18:20
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2017-05-19 05:07
handcuffed man repeatedly tasered by police in balch springs Read More
2017-04-21 02:40
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2017-02-21 07:01
it is possible to guarantee a jackpot-winning lottery ticket. here's how:at the time of this writing, the odds of winning the powerball jackpot are roughly 1 in 292,201,338 (that’s rig… Read More
2017-02-17 06:25
some states in the u.s. have instituted mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients, presumably to cut down on the amount that the states spend by removing drug abusers from the welfare ro… Read More
2017-01-29 22:50
legislation that seeks to limit abortions and defund planned parenthood is not really about abortion. thanks to easy access to contraceptives and effective (non-abstinence based) sex educati… Read More
2017-01-23 08:00
2016-12-15 06:46
2016-11-20 23:44
if you stand against the president-elect and what he represents, vote with your wallet. here is a list of retailers that sell trump products Read More
2016-11-10 06:51
tell your daughters - they, too, can grow up to be porn models who immigrate to another country and marry pompous con men who believe that women are property Read More
2016-09-17 05:29
... for the following word - 'trump' (noun): to take credit but not responsibility Read More
2016-08-31 05:20
senators who voted against an amendment that stated human beings are in large part a cause of climate change collected an average of us$467,000 from oil and coal industry groups. details aft… Read More
2016-06-23 02:27
2016-06-14 03:22
here are the members of congress who don't think so:senator:Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)Sen. Mike En… Read More
2016-06-13 03:31
if you're interested, you can find out here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/nra-donations/?tid=sm_fb Read More
2016-06-11 04:51
i'm waiting to hear the sanders supporters' reactions - much like the obama supporters when they learned that their candidate could not change the world single-handedly. it must be like waki… Read More
2016-05-01 04:08
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2015-12-08 04:49
when timothy mcveigh committed the oklahoma city bombing, we started asking everyone who bought lots of fertilizer if they actually had a farm. we have to present an i.d. when we buy cold me… Read More
2015-12-06 22:32
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2015-09-11 06:25
2015-08-08 15:51
"evil is painting people with a brush and pretending that they're not people anymore - no matter whether it's you holding the brush or someone else." (david patrick maurer) Read More
2015-07-31 04:31
"and when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.” Read More
2015-07-27 00:05
we are in the middle of the 6th mass extinction in the earth's history. here is a list of the animals that have gone extinct in just the last 100 years Read More
2015-07-24 20:38
roughly 32% of american households have guns. this is down significantly from 20 years ago, and follows a 3 decade drop in the u.s. crime rate. another interesting fact: the states with the… Read More
2015-05-17 19:58
"it’s white people who have made progress. to call it black progress suggests we deserved everything that happened to us. the kids my kids grow up with won’t have a hard time pic… Read More
2015-05-07 03:28
this is a poster in a new york city subway created and paid for by the same folks responsible for the 'cartoon mohammed' contest in texas that got 1 man wounded and 2 men killed (they… Read More
2015-05-07 03:25
2015-04-27 04:05
if superman or spiderman existed in real life, our government would know in just a few days who they really were. all that they would have to do is record the hero's voice, then run that for… Read More
2015-04-22 03:43
the article after the jump is depressing, but it's time to stop pretending that slavery in america is a thing of the past. literally thousands of american kids today are sex slaves, rented a… Read More
2015-04-14 04:15
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2015-03-03 05:23
"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. … Read More
2015-03-03 05:21
"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."-John Adams Read More
2015-02-15 05:18
update: each senator that voted for the pipeline received us$250,000 for doing so Read More
2015-02-15 05:15
duluth, minnesota 1920 Read More
2015-02-06 05:05
i don't for a moment believe that this article was written by a member of congress, but the points that the author makes are valid. where we differ is the last bit: in a time when everyone i… Read More
2015-01-25 01:45
2015-01-23 03:50
here are all of the senators who believe that climate change is primarily caused by human beings:Alexander, Lamar (R – TN)Ayotte, Kelly (R – NH)Baldwin, Tammy (D – WI)Benne… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/04/02/supreme-court-just-put-america-sale/ Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
2006-06-07 11:16
paul ryan has an interesting way of talking. almost every word that comes out of his mouth is fashioned to make you believe a lie. and his latest budget proposal is no exception. for a man i… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
warren buffet - at last count, the 3rd richest man on the planet - created an animated series to teach children how to do well in business. you can watch it free: http://www.smckids.com… Read More
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