Quote: But Trump insisted he and his lawyers have found some disturbing holes in the amendment, which unequivocally states that anyone born in the United States is in fact an American citizen. The Fourteenth Amendment is a few paragraphs long, but I’ll just cut and paste Section One, the relevant section for this discussion. Actually, only the first sentence is … Read More
The New Word For “RINO” (And What It Says About Republicans)
In the early 2000s, just as the wars in the Middle East were ramping up, a new word started appearing in the Internet lexicon: RINO. It stands for “Republican In Name Only”. It is an insult hurled from Republicans to any member of the GOP who’s more liberal than a Republican “should be”. Any politician tagged as a RINO — and many … Read More
So How’s That Presidential Race Thing Going, Donald?
What a trainwreck: Macy’s is pulling Donald Trump brand merchandise from its stores after the Republican presidential candidate’s recent controversial remarks created a public uproar. The department store has come under intense pressure to cut ties with the real estate magnate and businessman after he referred to immigrants from Mexico and other countries “killers and rapists.” In a statement Wednesday … Read More
NBC To Trump: Bub-bye!
I have never seen such bad fallout from a friggin’ 2016 presidential bid announcement! RT @MeredithBlake: NBC announces it’s ending its business relationship with @realDonaldTrump . pic.twitter.com/Xsi17CerOn — Breaking TV News (@breakingTVnews) June 29, 2015
Religious Bigots Use First Amendment Protections To Spew Hate…. Again
Another crazed anti-Muslim right winger — this one in Phoenix — is planning to hold a ‘Draw Muhammad’ Contest right in front of the Islamic Community Center. The organizer of the event, Jon Ritzheimer, has held two protests in Phoenix since the Texas shootings. The chants and slogans at the protests are brash and hateful. Some supporters wear t-shirts that … Read More
Empty Threat
John Boehner, at a presser today, warned that if President Obama moves forward with executive action on deportations, Republicans will never, ever, ever act on the legislative immigration reform that Republicans have refused to act on for the last 18 months: “I’ve made clear to the president that if he acts unilaterally on his own outside of his authority, he … Read More
No Danger At All
So a bunch of children from Central America are trying to enter this country, and of course, the right wing is throwing fit because 'Merica. The real issue is whether they are seeking asylum from persecution, in which case we have to, by law, let them into the country. As opposed to them just being some lazy Spanish types who … Read More
Bi-Culturalism and the Right
It was just last week when RNC chairman Reince Priebus threw a huge fit of fake outrage and got MSNBC president Phil Griffin to apologize and fire a staffer who tweeted "maybe the rightwing will hate it" about that new Cheerios ad with a biracial family. How dare MSNBC imply that the right wing doesn't support bi-culturalism, screamed the wounded right wing. Flash forward … Read More
Why The Tea Party Is Against Immigration Reform
In their own words: This is Ken Crow, who used to be president of Tea Party of America until he bungled logistics of a Sarah Palin speech and is now affiliated with Tea Party Community. He got up and started talking about "well-bred Americans." Here is some video of what followed, in which he made a straightforward case for … Read More
Jan Brewer Is Too Crazy Even For Scalia
In an opinion by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, a 7-2 Supreme Court held this morning that an Arizona law requiring voting officials to reject voter registration forms that are “not accompanied by concrete evidence of citizenship” conflicts with a federal law requiring states to use a uniform voter registration form for federal elections. Scalia once justified an anti-immigrant opinion with … Read More
How’s That Hispanic Outreach Going, GOP?
Pablo Pantoja has an impressive resume. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, on tours with the National Guard. Since then, he's climbed the ladder of Republican politics. Most recently, he was the State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee. Until yesterday. Yesterday, he became a Democrat. Why? Here's an excerpt from his explanation: Yes, I have … Read More
Bachmann Too Crazy For GOP?
Is it possible that Michelle Bachmann may have jumped the shark, even with Republicans? Bachmann has been going around muttering about how Hillary Clinton's Dep. Chief of Staff Huma Abedin is probably in league with Muslim extremists. This is a bit much for even John Boehner: I don’t know Huma, but from everything I do know of her, she has a … Read More
Judge Posner Sticks It To Scalia
Posner, as you may know, is generally regarded even by people who disagree with him often as one of America's great legal thinkers. He was appointed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals by none other than Ronald Reagan shortly thereafter, and has been there ever since, where he has usually enlightened and sometimes maddened just about everybody with his … Read More
I Love Soledad
The Romney campaign thinks they can talk about immigration by not talking about it. Soledad O’Brien isn’t buying what this guy is selling. This is typical of the Romney campaign — don't answer, don't stick your neck out, don't say what you would do for president.
Campos On Scalia
From Salon, law professor Paul Campos writes about Scalia: Newt Gingrich has been described as a dumb person’s idea of a smart person. I’ve heard the same remark made about Antonin Scalia, and until today I would have said that was unfair. Scalia has always had a taste for over-the-top rhetorical flourishes, as well as an unnecessarily high opinion of … Read More