President Obama’s weekend unveiling of tax cut proposals for the middle class was a much welcomed surprise – unless you were the Republican Party, who exhibited a similar reaction to that of a bull meeting a matador in the arena.
In the past two months, President Obama has issued an Executive Order on immigration, unveiled a partnership with China to curb pollution and most recently proposed making the first two years of community college free for qualifying participants. This is why the man has an action figure.
How did the Republican-led 114th Congress begin 2015? Well, the House celebrated by passing dynamic scoring.
On Wednesday, a New York Grand Jury made the decision to not indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner. Pantaleo’s use of an NYPD prohibited choke-hold resulted in the death of the unarmed African-American Garner in July.
On the same day, NYPD Police Chief Joanne Jaffe tweeted #Wehearyou, a new hashtag aimed at strengthening community and police relations.
They are clearly having difficulty with hearing the words “I can’t breathe.”
While President Obama advocated for net neutrality this week, the Republican Party seemingly worked overtime to prove this meme may be accurate.
This November, all eyes will be focused on the Senate. The Republicans only need to win six seats to take control from the Democratic majority, one of which happens to be in my beautiful home state of Iowa. Unfortunately, the Iowa race also features one of the nation’s most insane candidates: Republican Joni Ernst.
It is that time of year again when the things of nightmares haunt the days of the living. Of course I’m not not talking about Halloween, but the Values Voter Summit!
Since the shooting death of unarmed 18 year-old black male Michael Brown by a white police officer on August 09, the local police wasted no time in turning a small Missouri town into a scene worthy of a Hollywood filming crew.
In response to critics about his refusal to visit the border while in the Lone Star state, President Obama said: “I’m not interested in photo-ops. I’m interested in solving a problem.” Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry cashed in a Glamour Shots gift card.
I like to think this is how Tuesday night’s election results were revealed to Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor.
Like the extreme Christians who make battle cries of “persecution” when one counters their oppression of equality for the LGBT community, gun zealots are again playing the victim in the wake of another mass shooting.
Drinks and Wings 