Best of the worst: Right-wing tweets on the Texas abortion battle

Conservatives' most discordant responses to Wendy Davis

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:30 PM UTC 77
best of the worst

Fox News adopts George Zimmerman

Outside his legal team, few have done more to help Trayvon Martin's shooter than Sean Hannity. Here's why

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:11 PM UTC 353
Trayvon Martin

We must hate our children

We crush them with debt to go to college -- and today, rates are actually set to double. Are we out of our minds?

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 555
Student loan interest rates

Edward Snowden has nowhere to go

The leaker has almost 20 asylum applications outstanding

Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 10:49 AM UTC
Edward Snowden, India, Russia

Six amazing signs from the “Stand with Texas Women” rally

Thousands of Texans turned out on Monday to support reproductive rights -- and get cheeky with some poster board SLIDE SHOW

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:53 PM UTC
slideshow, Texas, Wendy Davis

Edward Snowden releases statement from Moscow

The NSA whistle-blower says he left Hong Kong once it "became clear my freedom and safety were under threat"

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:26 PM UTC 20
Edward Snowden, Russia

Dark money group lies to IRS about being dark money group

A Better America Now is the latest right-wing nonprofit to fail to report millions spent on campaign ads

, ProPublica Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:27 PM UTC
ProPublca, election

Report: Computer user believed to be Adam Lanza discovered

He had a "fetish" for a certain type of bullet and obsessively corrected Wikipedia articles about killers

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 14
Adam Lanza, Newtown, Sandy Hook

House GOPer introduces constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

Rep. Tim Huelskamp's amendment will fail, but it did pick up 28 co-sponsors

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:41 PM UTC
House Republicans, DoMA

Hey, GOP: Mexican immigrants aren’t necessarily Democrats

New research suggests they're all over the political spectrum -- and that right-wingers are more likely to vote

, Pacific Standard Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:30 PM UTC
Pacific Standard

Alison Lundergan Grimes will challenge Mitch McConnell

"Kentucky is tired of a senior senator that has lost touch with Kentucky issues, voters and their values," she said

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:51 PM UTC
Alison Lundergan Grimes

Koch brothers helped derail climate change with lawmaker pledge

Through Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs pushed a pledge to vote against any legislation not offset by tax cut

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 30
Koch Brothers, David Koch

Ohio governor signs budget laced with antiabortion provisions

The two-year budget also includes amendments to defund Planned Parenthood and cut funding to rape crisis centers

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:14 PM UTC 21
Rape, rape crisis centers

James Clapper is still lying to America

A smoking gun shows Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is a big liar -- and it's not the first time

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:02 PM UTC 89
James Clapper, NSA

Dem rep. calls for new probe of Jill Kelley, Gen. Allen emails

Rep. Jackie Speier says the Pentagon inspector general did not thoroughly investigate the thousands of exchanges

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:52 PM UTC
Jill Kelley, Jackie Speier

Putin: Russia won’t turn over Snowden

But the leaker should stop harming "our American partners"

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:37 PM UTC
Putin, Vladimir Putin

Bush defends his surveillance program: “Civil liberties were guaranteed”

"I put that program in place to protect the country," he said of the NSA's surveillance program VIDEO

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 1:08 PM UTC 12
Video, George W. Bush

Anthony Weiner makes jokes about his name at NYC pride

“You guys know that’s my name right?” Weiner said as people chanted "Weiner." “We’re not just saying that.”

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:59 PM UTC
Anthony Weiner, New York City

CBO says GOP abortion bill would raise the deficit

Federal deficits would increase by an estimated $75 million between 2014 and 2018, according to the CBO

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:55 PM UTC 12
Trent Franks, Abortion

Wendy Davis gears up for round two of Texas abortion battle

Davis and her Democratic colleagues prepare for the second special session on Monday afternoon

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:53 PM UTC 16
Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion

Report: NSA spied on European diplomats

Der Spiegel says that secret NSA documents show that the US bugged offices in Washington, New York and Brussels

, GlobalPost Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:39 PM UTC
NSA, Spying, Europe

How do you like my money now, liberals?

Mayor Bloomberg now plans to spend big bucks to defeat lawmakers trying to rein in stop-and-frisk and the NYPD

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:36 PM UTC 52
Opening Shot, Michael Bloomberg

3 biggest myths about immigration reform

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why naturalizing more immigrants will stimulate economic growth VIDEO

, ROBERTREICH.org Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:08 PM UTC
Video, RobertReich.org

I know what Snowden’s feeling right now

When I blew the whistle on the State Department, I knew my life would never be the same. The fear was overwhelming

, TomDispatch.com Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:36 AM UTC
TomDispatch.com, NSA

Thanks for nothing, college!

The studies extolling college's virtues are outdated and misguided. Here's what's really happening to Millennials

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:30 PM UTC 308
College, College tuition

Jennifer Lopez apologizes for Turkmenistan show

The singer performed "Happy Birthday" for the country's dictator, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 9:01 PM UTC 22
Turkmenistan, Jennifer Lopez

Wendy Davis: Battle isn’t over on Texas abortion bill

"We will fight as we begin the session again on Monday," she said

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 7:16 PM UTC 10
Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion

Prop 8 backers lose another challenge

Justice Anthony Kennedy declined the request to halt same-sex marriages in California

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 16
Proposition 8, Anthony Kennedy

Sunday shows: What you missed

Punditry experts this week ended racism, fomented homophobia and grew mustaches

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:43 PM UTC 53
Sunday shows, Bob Schieffer

Pelosi: GOP needs immigration reform to win the presidency again

"It’s certainly right for the Republicans if they ever want to win a presidential race," she said

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 11
Nancy Pelosi, California

NYT columnist Michael Powell slams NYT columnist Thomas Friedman

Friedman wrote a column on why there are "so many popular street revolts in democracies"

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:03 PM UTC 90
Michael Powell, Thomas Friedman

David Boies: Goal is marriage equality “in every single state”

The attorney who challenged Proposition 8 says that gay marriage advocates will target all 50 states

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:46 PM UTC
Proposition 8

NOM lawyer: Prop 8, DOMA decisions were “judicial tyranny”

“We are manufacturing the right to redefine marriage,” said John Eastman VIDEO

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:34 PM UTC 31
Video

Neo-Nazi group to receive million-dollar coin collection

The National Alliance is set to inherit the assets of former member Robert Harry McCorkell, who died in 2004

, Southern Poverty Law Center Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 10
Southern Poverty Law Center

DOMA isn’t dead yet

This week's rulings were a welcome first step, but marriage laws have still been left in the hands of the states

, The Weeklings Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 13
The Weeklings, Supreme Court

RNC Chair: GOP has been “lousy” at outreach to Latinos

"But that’s going to change," promised Reince Priebus

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:32 PM UTC 16
Reince Priebus

Prop 8 backers ask SCOTUS to halt California marriages

Same-sex couples have been getting married since Friday, when the Ninth Circuit lifted its stay on gay marriage

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:20 PM UTC
Proposition 8, Supreme Court

New York legislation will never be progressive

Given Albany's dysfunction, it's no wonder state officials blew it on campaign finance reform and legalized pot

, AlterNet Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
AlterNet, Cuomo

Why is the Department of Justice not paying its assistant attorneys?

In order to manage its post-sequester budget, the government is keeping 96 unpaid trained employees on staff

, ProPublica Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:30 PM UTC
ProPublica

Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Female farmworkers sexually abused

From exploited American field hands to helpless Mexican journalists, a look at the finest docs YouTube has to offer VIDEO

, The I Files Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Video