The October jobs report is out—the chance for President Obama to see how good he was able to do, and for Congressional Republicans to see how much bad they were able to do. This time, Obama wins, but not by much. Private payrolls rose by 104,000 jobs last month—not bad, and more importantly, not nearly as bad as Republicans were shooting for.
Yesterday the Senate killed yet another part of President Obama’s jobs plan. The Democrats have broken the jobs plan out into separate bills. Now the Republicans can’t just be jobs killers, they have to be serial jobs killers. The infrastructure bill would have been funded by a 0.7 percent surtax on people who make over a million per year. Republicans would rather see our bridges go down than to see the income of billionaires go down, even by a tiny amount.
Herman Cain has actually risen in the polls after the sexual harassment scandal broke. Wow. The Republicans not only have bad candidates, they actually like it when their candidates get worse. 7 in 10 Republicans say the allegations of sexual harassment don’t matter when it comes to picking a candidate. Here’s a news flash, people—they WILL matter when it comes to running that candidate. What sells in the Republican primaries doesn’t necessarily sell when you get to the general election. It’s kind of like the Republican primaries are the worst focus group of all time.
Ann Coulter says “our blacks are better than their blacks.” I don’t think so. And if it seems that way, it’s only because Republicans have so few blacks that they can lavish extra care and attention on them. It’s true. Take a look at Republican Allen West—every hair in place, all of his clothing immaculately pressed. Then take a look at Cornell West. He always looks like he rode to the interview on the roof of the car. So yes, their blacks might win the evening gown competition. But when it comes down to the part where they have to answer questions, our blacks come out on top.
Listen to me Monday through Friday from 6 PM to 8 PM on WWRL AM 1600.
It seems that everybody wants to know what's been going on at the NSA. Everybody, that is, except for 53 US Senators. Last week Senators were given a briefing by high-ranking intelligence officials about the surveillance programs. Only 47...
Tea Party senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that "restoring faith in government" is "the wrong solution." Well then by all means, keep talking, Senator. Instead, Johnson says "we need to engender that healthy distrust, that healthy...
Senator Elizabeth Warren is fighting hard for government transparency, and it has nothing to do with the NSA. On Thursday, Senator Warren sent a letter to President Obama's U.S. trade negotiations nominee, calling on the Administration to...
While signing a Merry Christmas bill in June, legalizing usage of phrases like 'Merry Christmas' on school property, Texas Governor Rick Perry took the opportunity to appeal to his evangelical base. "I'm proud we are standing up for...
The Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented, because they are a product of nature. However, the offered a compromise which allowed synthetic, complementary DNA, known as cDNA, to be protected by patent law, because it is not...
Before last week, very few people knew the name Edward Snowden. Not the case now. It seems he's either a hero or traitor, depending on who you talk to and their political ideology. No matter what you think of him, however, we owe him a...
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will do anything to avoid getting any actual work done. As if 37 votes to repeal Obamacare didn't waste enough taxpayer time and money, the House GOP has decided to vote on a...
We need to have a debate over surveillance. Even more, we need to have a debate over exactly who is doing the surveilling. Government surveillance can be worrisome, but it's much more worrisome when the surveillance is being done by private...
Today, the United States Senate will begin debate on the so-called comprehensive immigration plan. Senators will consider the overall legislation, and dozens of amendments, before a final vote can be reached. The debate is likely to last...
Is Edward Snowden a whistleblower or a leaker? This story still has a lot of gray areas. For now, he's something like a whistle-leaker. To some people, Snowden is a hero, to others he is a traitor. To most Americans, he's the guy whose face in...
