Limbaugh: No one willing to impeach the first black president

Rush announced on Monday that Obama is not in "any jeopardy" of impeachment -- but only because he is black VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 9:24 PM UTC 56
Video, Benghazi, Barack Obama

Top White House aides knew about IRS probe but didn’t tell Obama

Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other senior White House aides knew about the report last month

Monday, May 20, 2013 8:51 PM UTC
Barack Obama, White House, IRS

Gohmert: IRS would’ve “probably shot the Boston Tea Party participants”

"They would have killed off over half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence," he added VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 8:33 PM UTC 27
Video, Louie Gohmert, Texas

Oregon senator proposes appeal to Monsanto Protection Act

Following outcry, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced that he would put forward an amendment to Senate farm bill

Monday, May 20, 2013 8:26 PM UTC
monsanto protection act

Supreme Court to rule on prayer at government meetings

The justices agreed to determine if Christian prayer at a town council meeting violated the Establishment Clause

Monday, May 20, 2013 8:22 PM UTC

Beltway scandal machine breaks, knows nothing about America

While DC fixates on whether Obama is worse than Nixon, polls show the public likes the president more and more

Monday, May 20, 2013 8:02 PM UTC 120
Benghazi, IRS investigation

Top GOP official: “Sometimes our party does not value” women “as much”

“It’s not hard to recruit women to run; they are running,” said the Republican State Leadership Committee president

Monday, May 20, 2013 8:01 PM UTC 10
Chris Jankowski

Colorado Dems fight back against GOP’s Voter ID measures

State Democrats passed legislation to allow voter registration up until Election Day

Monday, May 20, 2013 7:58 PM UTC
Colorado, Democrats, Voter ID

Watchdogs: ABC “in danger of losing a lot of credibility” on Benghazi saga

After inaccurate reporting transformed the trajectory of the story, the network doubles down and denies culpability

Monday, May 20, 2013 7:15 PM UTC 19
ABC, Jon Karl, Benghazi, Media

Father of gay high school student arrested for dating classmate speaks out

An 18-year-old high school senior is facing felony charges for a consensual, same-sex relationship with a classmate

Monday, May 20, 2013 7:04 PM UTC 112
LGBT Rights, Gay Rights

IRS meltdown was long overdue

Its Exempt Organizations division has been horribly dysfunctional since the agency was restructured in 1998

and , ProPublica Monday, May 20, 2013 6:55 PM UTC
ProPublica, IRS, Tea Party

Can a liberal wonk save the Senate?

Ron Wyden believes sequestration is a blessing in disguise, giving Congress a chance to reevaluate its priorities

, AlterNet Monday, May 20, 2013 6:17 PM UTC
AlterNet, Senate, Oregon, Ron Wyden

Arkansas treasurer charged with extortion

Martha Shoffner is accused of taking at least $36,000 from a broker who invested state money

Monday, May 20, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
Arkansas, Martha Shoffner

Corporate greed is poisoning America — literally

Thank lax regulations for increased levels of arsenic in our chicken and unsafe conditions in our plants

and , BillMoyers.com Monday, May 20, 2013 5:04 PM UTC
BillMoyers.com, New York Times

The new geography of poverty

A recent analysis of census data reveals that suburban poverty is growing faster than ever

Monday, May 20, 2013 5:01 PM UTC
suburbs, suburbia, poor, Poverty

Barack Obama: Incidental black man?

The president gets personal at Morehouse College, as hard questions loom for black men and his presidency

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:58 PM UTC 48
Black, Race

Obama to all-male university graduates: Be the best husband to “your boyfriend or partner”

The president's inclusive remarks were about "setting an example for what it means to be a man," Obama said VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:36 PM UTC
Video, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage

Big Soda SNAP-ing up billions off government programs

Federal aid like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is proving to be a sweet deal for softdrink groups

, AlterNet Monday, May 20, 2013 4:15 PM UTC
AlterNet, Soda, SNAP

The truth in Kanye’s anti-prison rap

The rapper's incendiary "SNL" performance delivered condemnations of the prison industrial complex worth unpacking VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:10 PM UTC 21
Video, SNL, Kanye West

Tea Party Patriots push nationwide anti-IRS rallies

On Tuesday, Tea Partiers are planning "to protest the IRS’ complete abuse of power"

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:03 PM UTC 15
Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots

GOP attorney general candidate tried to force women to report miscarriages to police

Virginia Sen. Mark Obenshain wanted to send women to jail who failed to report their miscarriages to the police

Monday, May 20, 2013 3:24 PM UTC 39
Reproductive Rights, Virginia

Marijuana opponents’ new plan: Kill First Amendment

After failing to stop Colorado from legalizing it, pot foes now want to criminalize drug images and media content

Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 26
marijuana, Colorado, Pot

Poll shows Bachmann trailing in 2014 reelection race

A new PPP poll shows her Democratic challenger with a slight lead

Monday, May 20, 2013 1:27 PM UTC
Michele Bachmann

White House lawyer reportedly knew of IRS findings in April

Weeks before an audit went public, the chief attorney knew about conservative targeting by the agency

Monday, May 20, 2013 1:20 PM UTC
Barack Obama, White House, IRS

There’s hope for progressivism yet

Ten years after America invaded Iraq, we're finally emerging from the dark shadow cast by the neocon movement

, TomDispatch.com Monday, May 20, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 13
TomDispatch.com, Barack Obama

McConnell: Obamacare will dominate 2014 midterms

“I think it’s coming back big-time," he said

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:57 PM UTC
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Georgian police slow to react to mob violence at gay rights march

No arrests have been made in a Friday attack that saw thousands hurl rocks and assault participants at a gay rally VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:55 PM UTC
Video, anti-gay violence

Xenophobia only benefits the 1 percent

"Giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom" as they squabble with each other

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:48 PM UTC
Robert Reich, Xenophobia

Three scandals, Beltway style

Sorry, AP phone logs. In DC's game of scandal, you lose to the IRS and Benghazi!

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:40 PM UTC 13
Opening Shot, Sunday shows

Meet GOP’s fringy new star, E. W. Jackson

10 deep, crazy thoughts from the minister -- and Virginia Lt. Gov. nominee -- who has lots to say on gays and KKK

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 35
Virginia, E.W. Jackson, GOP

Peggy Noonan hears a dog whistle

How desperate is GOP? It now fantasizes that Obama’s campaign was a coded order to the IRS to target the Tea Party

Monday, May 20, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 97
Peggy Noonan, Barack Obama, IRS

Report: Obama to make big speech about drones, Guantanamo

The President will reportedly address White House counterterrorism policy on Thursday

Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:44 PM UTC 13
Barack Obama, Benghazi

Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills

Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it

and Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 213
Austerity, Books, New Deal

Poll: Obama approval at 53 percent amid IRS, Benghazi controversies

The same poll showed Obama's approval at 51 percent in early April

Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:14 PM UTC 35
Barack Obama, Benghazi, Polling

Sunday shows round-up: All about the IRS and Benghazi

This week's Sunday shows were unsurprisingly dominated by the IRS and Benghazi controversies VIDEO

Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:16 PM UTC 10
Video, Dan Pfeiffer, White House

Colin Quinn’s “Unconstitutional” history lesson

In his new off-Broadway show, the SNL alumnus schools audiences with his irreverent take on the Founding Fathers

, International Business Times Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
History, Theater, colin quinn

Paul Ryan: “I don’t know” if there was a Benghazi cover-up

"We just need to investigate this for the sake of good government," he added

Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:37 PM UTC
Paul Ryan, Benghazi, Libya

Jon Karl makes things worse

He regrets “inaccurate” Benghazi email but says his story based on it “still entirely stands.” Really. ABC News?

Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:04 PM UTC 75
Jon Karl, ABC news, Benghazi

FBI reportedly joins Bachmann campaign finance probe

The agency is investigating alleged violations by Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign

Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:09 PM UTC 19
Michele Bachmann, Minnesota

How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies

The U.S. uses the ideology of human rights as a political tool, embracing -- or ignoring -- it when convenient

Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 20
China, Guantanamo, Cold War

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