- 22 Million Children Could Be Left Without Food Stamps Due to Budget Cuts on Tue May 15, 2012 2:23 PM PDT
Some 22 million children who depend on the federal nutrition assistance program that replaced food stamps could lose their benefits under a 2013 budget resolution recently approved by the House Agricultural Committee. The budget, approved in April, would cut more than $33 billi …
- GOP Lawmaker: Coat Hanger Abortions Support 'Moral Values' on Tue May 15, 2012 1:52 PM PDT
A GOP lawmaker in Mississippi says that coat hanger abortions support “moral values,” and brags that his state was able to defeat Roe v. Wade, acknowledging their efforts are probably unconstitutional, but, “hey, you have to have moral values,” Mississip …
- Gay top Romney donor pulls support and backs Obama over same sex marriage on Tue May 15, 2012 8:55 AM PDT
A gay supporter of former Massachusetts governor and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney (R) has pulled his support and asked for his contribution back, the maximum allowed by law, over the candidate’s stance on same sex marriage, according to CNN. Bill Whit …
- That's A New One -- Now, Discredited Anti-Choice Researchers Claim Abortion Causes Child Abuse on Mon May 14, 2012 1:03 PM PDT
First, we learned that being a single mother causes child abuse. But wait, that's not right. Turns out, abortion is a risk factor instead.
An Illinois letter writer explains how this works. Via the Peoria Journal Star:
- Pat Robertson: Vote Romney because 'you don't have Jesus running' on Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 PM PDT
Televangelist Pat Robertson may think Mormonism is a cult, but he has given his most vocal endorsement of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yet because “you don’t have Jesus running.”
Robertson began Monday’s edition of CBN&rsquo …
- Conservative Writer Declares White Supremacy 'One Of The Best Arrangements In History' on Mon May 14, 2012 12:07 PM PDT
Former National Review writer John Derbyshire has been a disgrace to his profession and his country for over a decade. He wrote for the conservative publication for 12 years until he was fired for publishing a piece in Taki’s Magazine. The article served as a guide f …
- Romney Campaign Massively Downgrades The Number Of Jobs It Claims He Created From 100,000 'Thousands' on Mon May 14, 2012 9:43 AM PDT
n its effort to sell Mitt Romney as someone who understands the economy and knows how to create jobs, one of his campaign’s early talking points was that he helped create 100,000 jobs during his tenure at Bain Capital. The campaign repeated the claim throughout the primar …