“Some unelected, activist judge has rejected Stop and Frisk on the bizarre theory that minorities have the constitutional right not to be stopped at random and manhandled by strangers. Despite the fact that when the Constitution was written, minorities weren’t even invented yet.” – Stephen Colbert “Sixty-two percent of New Yorkers say they are embarrassed […]
Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for being a whistleblower. The prosecution argued for a 60 year sentence, specifically to make an example of him to deter others from leaking classified information. Ironically, the example they are actually making is that being a whistleblower is considered as bad as being an […]
Meet Clint Murphy. Last week, while Newt Gingrich was explaining why Republicans couldn’t repeal Obamacare unless they came up with a better replacement, Murphy showed a more direct example of why they can’t repeal Obamacare. Murphy is a Republican foot soldier. The kind of party activist who has worked on Republican campaigns including Casey Cagle, […]
© Tom Tomorrow You know, I don’t blame Obama for all of this. After all, the Patriot Act was enacted before he was even elected, and anyone who voted against it was practically branded a traitor. We are paying dearly for our idiotic knee-jerk fear-ridden reaction to 9/11. But Obama sure seems to be doing […]
“The new iPhone is coming soon. The new iPhone is going to have a new feature that actually keeps track of your every movement. Then President Obama was like, ‘Right. NEW feature’.” – Jimmy Fallon “Yesterday, President Obama met with the Greek prime minister to discuss reforming Greece’s economy. President Obama talked with the prime […]
“A man in Colorado wants marijuana to be classified as a vegetable. I just have to say that that’s an ingenious way to get Americans to stop smoking pot.” – Conan O’Brien “The New York City Department of Education says that only 26 percent of the city’s students passed the English portion on a recent […]
We have been reassured repeatedly that the three branches of government all have exercised extensive and rigorous oversight over the NSA spying program. Obama repeated this claim just last week: As President, I’ve taken steps to make sure they have strong oversight by all three branches of government and clear safeguards to prevent abuse and […]
“During a fundraiser last night, Mitt Romney told Republicans that they need to pick a candidate for 2016 who can actually win. And Republicans said, ‘Yeah, I wish you told us that last year. But hey, thanks a lot.’” – Jimmy Fallon “The Republican National Committee now says if NBC and CNN don’t pull plans […]
© Jen Sorensen The real situation is even more bizarre than the comic suggests. The state’s top insurance regulator isn’t even allowed to be interviewed by the media about this. Also, the person responsible for implementing the Affordable Care Act in Missouri is not allowed to be paid by the state, so he is being […]
“Welcome to a very special edition of ‘The Tonight Show.’ The White House announced that in the coming days, President Obama will be reaching out to Americans who have lost their jobs. In fact, that’s why he’s here with me tonight. He’s talking to me personally.” – Jay Leno “As our studio audience knows, the […]
Lesley Stahl explains the big problem with our political system in one minute. Network responds by queueing the “we gotta go now” music. It is amazing of how ingrained money is in our political system. The next time you hear someone in the news say that so-and-so is not a serious political candidate, that is […]
“Happy birthday to President Obama! He will be 52 years old on Sunday. I bet he can’t wait for Michelle to wheel out that tofu cake with the broccoli icing.” – Jay Leno “If you’d like to get the president a gift, you can’t go wrong with Edward Snowden. He would love that.” – Jay […]
[These are excerpts from an AP story. You can’t make up stuff like this.] A northern Arizona family that was lost at sea for weeks in an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion will fly back home Sunday. Hannah Gastonguay said her family was fed up with […]
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