MSNBC Interrupts NSA Report for 'Breaking' Bieber News
Stephen C. WebsterMSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell was forced to interrupt a former Congresswoman, in the midst of explaining a report about the National Security Agency's mass surveillance program, to...
View ArticleBig Banks Prepare to Get High on Marijuana Profits
Stephen C. WebsterPot purveyors in states that permit adults to use marijuana for medical or recreational purposes will soon be able to deposit their money in bank accounts, Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleRNC Votes to Investigate the Bush Administration
Stephen C. WebsterIn an amazing turn of events, the Republican National Committee (RNC) passed a resolution on Friday calling for a thorough investigation of the NSA's dragnet surveillance program and...
View ArticleReality is Crushing the GOP's Biggest Obamacare Fantasy
Stephen C. WebsterThe Republican myth that providing better healthcare to more people would somehow "kill jobs" and destroy America's middle class has finally been smothered to death.A poll of...
View ArticleObama Calls on Congress to Decriminalize Marijuana
Stephen C. WebsterPresident Barack Obama said Friday that he would like Congress to undo "the incarceration model" that American law enforcement has applied to marijuana users for decades, in hopes...
View ArticleWalker's Death Toll: Study Calls Medicaid Refusal a Killer
Stephen C. WebsterGovernor Scott Walker's decision to deny federal health care funds for more than 150,000 low-income Wisconsinites will result in up to 671 deaths that could otherwise be prevented, a...
View ArticleObama Laughs Off O'Reilly's Pre-Game Conspiracy Theories
Stephen C. WebsterThis year's Super Bowl was a rout, both for Denver and the rightwing spin machine.Fox News quarterback Bill O'Reilly did his best on Sunday to crack President Barack Obama's ironclad...
View ArticleTop Drug Warrior Unsure if Meth is Worse Than Marijuana
Stephen C. WebsterAppearing at a House hearing on Tuesday, President Obama's deputy drug czar refused to directly answer a question on whether marijuana is more dangerous and addictive than...
View ArticleVeterans Turn to Gardening
Stephen C. WebsterThis article originally appeared in the December 2013/January 2014 double issue of The Progressive. For more great content like this, subscribe today and get one full year of the...
View ArticleRepublicans Are Lying About the CBO's Obamacare Report
Stephen C. WebsterThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a new report on the Affordable Care Act (PDF) this week that, for better or worse, immediately became fodder for the Republican Party's...
View ArticleThe Internet Fights Back Against Mass Surveillance
Stephen C. WebsterToday is the day that activists around the world are staging a mass demonstration against the NSA's surveillance dragnet. Hundreds of organizations are joining with millions of...
View ArticleRepublicans Finally Admit There's No Scandal in Benghazi
Stephen C. WebsterA report issued Monday (PDF) by the House Armed Services Committee, chaired by Republicans, puts to rest many popular conspiracy theories about the attack on America's embassy in...
View Article18 Members of Congress Call for Executive Action on Marijuana
Stephen C. WebsterEighteen members of Congress wrote to President Obama on Wednesday (PDF) urging him to take executive action to change the classification of marijuana under the DEA's schedule of...
View ArticleBillionaire Investor: The Rich Should Get More Votes
Stephen C. WebsterBillionaire tech investor Tom Perkins has been defending his recent comment that being rich in America is similar to being a Jew in Nazi Germany. Along the way, Perkins also said that...
View ArticleWalker's Greatest Challenge: Spinning Wisconsin's Horrible Jobs Numbers
Stephen C. WebsterWisconsin Governor Scott Walker may have a slight edge on his 2014 opponent, but he's got a long road ahead if the latest polling data is any indication.According to the survey firm...
View ArticleReminder: Walker Is Being Investigated by Republicans
Stephen C. WebsterAppearing on "All In with Chris Hayes" on Wednesday night, The Progressive's editor Ruth Conniff reminded the liberal network's viewers that the John Doe probe in Wisconsin isn't just...
View ArticleProgressive Editor to MSNBC: ‘Walker is Clearly at the Center’
Stephen C. WebsterAppearing on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Thursday night, The Progressive's editor Ruth Conniff sounded off on what Ed's calling "Badgergate," telling viewers that Gov. Scott Walker appears...
View ArticleWalker Ducks Fox News Softballs and Bails on CPAC
Stephen C. WebsterJust how bad is it getting for embattled Governor Scott Walker? Bad enough that he spent Sunday morning refusing to answer softball questions from Fox News and making excuses for why...
View ArticleNew Film Puts TransCanada’s ‘PipeLIES’ Under the Microscope
Stephen C. WebsterA short film released Tuesday by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) dissects the oil industry's claims of how America will benefit from the Keystone XL project."PipeLIES...
View ArticleFederal Judge Kicks Over Texas Same Sex Marriage Ban
Stephen C. WebsterA federal judge in San Antonio ruled Wednesday (PDF) that the same sex marriage ban in Texas violates the Constitution by depriving the LGBT community of equal protection under the...
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