Comcast Screws Up: Tells Truth About Time Warner Merger Comcast’s bid to acquire Time Warner Cable, if allowed to occur, would be the 10th largest corporate merger in American history. The company is seeking approval from the FCC and the Department of Justice, who are charged with making sure the giant corporations aren’t breaking any […]
Cody Pogue: They hate Obama, but can they help Texas?
The Dallas Morning News had a fantastic letter to the editor this morning from a lady named Catherine Portele. It was entitled, “Choose Texas Over Party.” http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/choose-texas-over-party.html/. Her article was about the current batch of Republican politicians running for office in Texas. Concerning them, she states: “Would someone tell them they cannot impeach President Obama, […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership A Fast Track To Eroding Our Rights
Trans-Pacific Partnership A Fast Track To Eroding Our Rights Remember the term, ‘big sucking sound”, Presidential Candidate Ross Perot used to describe what we’d hear in America were our government to adopt NAFTA? Well, President Clinton did adopt the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) and what Perot described so eloquently, is exactly what American workers heard […]
The Resistance Report Week In Review 02.08.14 Keystone XL
Dennis Trainor’s Resistance Report – Keystone XL In this week’s Resistance Report- What Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Can Teach Us About Climate Change | 00:50 of this video or watch as a stand alone segment here | To suggest that the Keystone XL pipeline will not have a negative impact on the environment is like […]
The Chris Christie Story? Just the Tip of the GOP’s Scandal Iceberg
The Chris Christie Story Bridgegate? Sandygate? We know these revelations are the tip of the GOP’s scandal iceberg. It would be a mistake to treat this as just one scandal that involves only NJ Governor Chris Christie. These acts were done in secret by the Christie Administration. The irony , is that the media is […]
Open Letter to The 85 Richest People on The Planet (cc: Kevin O’Leary)
Responding to the Oxfam report that concluded that the world’s 85 richest people own the same amount as the bottom half of the entire global population, self appointed spokesperson for the global elite, and celebrity Judge on the reality show The Shark Tank Kevin O’Leary, applauded the news, stating that is “fantastic news (…) […]
Reproductive Rights in a State of Emergency
This Wednesday marked the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which protected a women’s decision to have an abortion was marked by thousands of anti-abortion activists taking part in a march for life in Washington, D.C. Carrying signs saying “I AM the pro-life generation”, and “conceived from rape, I love my […]
Verizon v. FCC just crushed democracy, Net Neutrality
SIGN THE PETITION TO UPHOLD NET NEUTRALITY: http://www.freepress.net/ Absurdity Today is the award winning, independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano. SUPPORT THIS SHOW FOR JUST $1! Go to: SUPPORT.AbsurdityToday.com or http://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=441… Follow Julianna on Twitter: @JuliannaForlano On Facebook: Facebook.com/AbsurdityToday SIGN THE PETITION TO UPHOLD NET NEUTRALITY: http://www.freepress.net/ Source Links: Shepard Smith […]
Students Rally To Topple The TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Former US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that if the people knew what was in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it would be impossible to get it signed. The Obama administration is going to great lengths to make sure that people do not know what is in the TPP before it gets signed into […]
The Toxic Chemical Spill Crisis in West Virginia Will Happen Again. Here’s Why (video)
When a massive chemical spill happens that contaminates the water supply and leaves over 300,00 people in West Virginia without water to drink, bathe or even brush their teeth – when a dangerous event that throws a whole area of the country into an existential crisis happens, one wants to believe that state and local […]