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Howard Dean says Tea Partiers have been smoking their tea instead of drinking it
Following the recent downgrade of the U.S.'s triple-A credit rating by Standard & Poor's (who was looking for a $4… | 08.8.2011 | Comments (11)
Man with breast cancer denied Medicaid coverage because of his gender
Breast cancer is not commonly associated with men, but according to CDC statistics, over 2,000 men, representing about one percent of cases, are… | 08.6.2011 | Comments (101)
Jimmy McMillan might get evicted from his cheap apartment
Jimmy McMillan, the self-styled icon of cheap New York real estate, may soon be evicted from his own (relatively) cheap apartment in lower… | 08.5.2011 | Comments (6)
You'll never guess how Fox News covered Obama's birthday
Unless you thought, "with out-of-left-field accusations and unfortunate racial coding that should be really, really embarrassing for whoever was… | 08.5.2011 | Comments (42)
Rick Santorum: "Schools indoctrinate our children"
After apparently being bullied into leaving gay people alone for the time being by Dan Savage, Rick Santorum has a new pet topic: schools… | 08.5.2011 | Comments (43)
New Mexico mayor says contracts he signed should be voided because he was drunk
Martin Resendiz, the mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, maintains that he was drunk when he signed nine contracts with California… | 08.5.2011 | Comments (12)
University of Tennessee bookstore forced to pull snarky Obama mints from shelves
A bookstore at the University of Tennessee has voluntarily pulled boxes of mints from their shelves that depict President Obama in an… | 08.4.2011 | Comments (15)
Jon Huntsman dazzles would-be voters with his keyboard skills
Jon Huntsman seems like kind of a weird Republican. We only know a few things about him: he worked for a Democratic president, he has more fans in… | 08.4.2011 | Comments (3)
Mubarak trial begins, he pleads not guilty
Today marks the beginning of the trial of ex-president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak. The trial will be televised. Viewers were shocked to watch the… | 08.3.2011 | Comments (0)
Watch: Matt Damon pontificates on education and politics
Over the weekend, in-between Bieber and Cyrus stories, you may have seen that Matt Damon flew in from a Canadian film set to support his… | 08.3.2011 | Comments (9)
Colorado congressman apologizes for calling President Obama a "tar baby"
Republican congressman Doug Lamborn, representing the fifth congressional district in Colorado Springs, was forced to apologize after referring… | 08.2.2011 | Comments (90)
Kansas law limiting women's access to healthcare foiled again
Planned Parenthood isn't having the best year — threats to their funding, and even their right to stay open, have been hitting them… | 08.2.2011 | Comments (10)
New sign of the apocalypse: Texas lake turns blood-red
In the opening of the above video, Indiana preacher Paul Begley eloquently screams, "The water's turning red! The water's turning… | 08.2.2011 | Comments (13)
Obama to require insurers to cover birth control
The Obama administration announced today that all health plans beginning in August 2012 or later will be required to cover birth control without… | 08.2.2011 | Comments (17)
80 percent of Newt Gingrich's Twitter followers are fake
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich went on a tirade about how he should be the GOP's presidential candidate because of his prodigious Twitter… | 08.1.2011 | Comments (9)
Tim Gunn accuses Hillary Clinton of being "confused about her gender"
Tim Gunn, everyone's favorite super-gay fashionista, sat down with George Lopez to discuss some serious threats to our government. Just… | 07.28.2011 | Comments (9)
Rachel Maddow gets sued by anti-gay Christian rocker
Christian-heavy-metal rocker Bradlee Dean's menacingly-named You Can Run But You Can't Hide ministry is suing Rachel Maddow and MSNBC for… | 07.27.2011 | Comments (13)
Atheist group suing to prevent display of World Trade Center cross at 9/11 Memorial
The secular organization American Atheists filed a lawsuit on Monday, protesting the display of the World Trade Center cross — consisting… | 07.27.2011 | Comments (73)
The Heritage Foundation: Poor people today aren't really poor enough
The U.S. Census reports that over thirty-million Americans live in poverty. Which sounds terrible, until you realize that poor people really… | 07.27.2011 | Comments (26)
Tiger-suit-wearing Congressman David Wu resigns
Democratic Congressman David Wu of Oregon is packing up his tiger suit and going home. The Representative, whose penchant for looking both… | 07.26.2011 | Comments (7)
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