St. Louis Cardinals remove religious symbols from mound, right-wingers complain
The St. Louis Cardinals (my favorite baseball team) have removed the Christian Cross from the pitching mound at Busch Stadium over the weekend, which is the correct decision as I understand that...
View ArticleMissouri: Who is behind the #GrowMO movement?
If you've seen the #GrowMO ads on your TV recently in the State Of Missouri (and surrounding states that have a portion of Missouri in their media markets in them), then you'll be not surprised to...
View ArticleMissouri the next state to go RTWFL? It will likely be on the ballot next year
Missouri the next state to join the right-to-work for less club? That could be a real possibility, according to the state's Lt. Gov Peter Kinder (R) at the ALEC meeting in Chicago this week.If it...
View ArticleIslamophobe Sandy Rios opposes 1st Amendment Rights for Muslim-Americans
On today's edition of American Family Radio's Sandy Rios In The Morning, hatemonger and Fixed Noise "contributor"Sandy Rios offensively declared that "Muslim-Americans do not have 1st Amendment...
View Article#IL4M: The battle for marriage equality in Illinois continues
As of this past August, I have decided to volunteer for Illinois Unites for Marriage in an effort to get marriage equality (or freedom to marry) passed in Illinois later this fall, either via a court...
View ArticleRabid Islamophobe Jan Markell fearmongers about a possible Westgate...
Rabid far-rightIslamophobicbigotJan Markell, the head of Maple Grove-based Olive Tree Ministries and host of OTM's Understanding The Times, demonizes Minnesota's Somali Americanimmigrant community...
View ArticleThe US Government is shut down for 1st time since 1995-96, and it's 100% the...
For the first time since 1995-1996, when the corrupt and delusional sleazeball Newt Gingrich (R) was Speaker of the House (and was the chief instigator of that shutdown), the United States Government...
View ArticleAFA Radio host Bryan Fischer supports allowing corporal punishment in schools
Ahh. AFA Radio host Bryan Fischer is on a roll of stupidity, and on today's edition of Focal Point, he strongly defended spanking as an "effective discipline method for children," when...
View Article#IL4M: Marriage Equality will likely be coming up for a vote in Illinois next...
Next week, as the veto session resumes in Illinois, a very important bill will be up for a vote in Springfield. That bill is the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act (IL SB10), which if passed,...
View ArticleDuck Dynasty star Phil Robertson makes vile homophobic comments about LGBTQ...
Phil Robertson, the founder of Duck Commander and one of the stars of A&E's hit show Duck Dynasty, is in some really hot water over vile homophobic comments made in an interview with GQ magazine....
View ArticleDespicable bigot Allen West says that Obama and Holder are "vile and...
Former 1-term Tea Party-aligned Congresscritter and Faux News spokesbigot commentator Allen West, in response to Holder's decision to focus on ending harmful zero tolerance school policies that are...
View ArticleMizzou DE and NFL Draft prospect Michael Sam comes out as openly gay
Mizzou Defensive End and NFL Draft prospect Michael Sam has comeout as openly gay, and could be the first active openly gay player in the NFL if he is drafted or signed this year. GLAAD:University of...
View ArticleKansas DINO Gail Finney proposes bill that would allow spanking children w/...
More bad news out of Kansas, as a proposedbill (HB 2699)that permits teachers, parents, and caregivers to spank childrenĀ to the point of leaving bruises is being proposed by Gail Finney, a Kansas...
View ArticleTea Party 5 Years Later: Part 1 (Beginnings)
Welcome to the 6-part series on how the Tea Party has impacted America for the worse in the past 5 years. First, we will focus on how the destructive far-right astroturfed movement began.Five years ago...
View ArticleTea Party 5 Years Later: Part 2 (Who's Who)
Welcome to the 6-part series on how the Tea Party has impacted America for the worse in the past 5 years. We're now on the 2nd part of the series: the faces of the movement who damaged America for...
View ArticleTea Party 5 Years Later: Part 3 (Issues It Advocates)
Welcome to the 6-part series on how the Tea Party has impacted America for the worse in the past 5 years. We're now on the 3rd part of the series: the issues that defined the Tea Party Movement over...
View ArticleTea Party 5 Years Later: Part 4 (2010 and 2012 Elections Impact)
Welcome to the 6-part series on how the Tea Party has impacted America for the worse in the past 5 years. We're now on the 4th part of the series: the impact that the Tea Party made in the 2010 and...
View ArticleFar-Right Ohio State Rep. Andrew Brenner says that public schools should be...
Far-Right dingbat Ohio State House Representative Andrew Brenner (R), the husband of Tea Party smear merchant editor Sara Marie Brenner,wrote in a Brenner Brief (run by his wife Sara) columnadvocating...
View ArticleMy Illinois Primary Primer: 2014 Edition
The Primaries will be held tomorrow, March 18th, in the Land of Lincoln (my home state). Before we go any further, there is one major change to the electing of our Lieutenant Governor to know about:...
View Article#MOLeg: Right To Work For Less gets stopped in Missouri House
Today, there is great news for Missourians and union members alike (and not-so-good news for folks like Dana Loesch, Peter Kinder, Rex Sinquefield, Grover Norquist, ALEC, and the Koch Brothers): The...
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