House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is joining the call for hearings on funding of public health agencies. On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce oversight committee held a hearing that essentially amounted to Republican political grandstanding over a proposed, and counter-productive travel ban, but so far no Republican in Congress is talking about how to […]

Just moments ago, Michael Dunn, who shot and killed 17-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, high school student Jordan Davis at a local gas station in November 2012 during an argument over loud music, was sentenced to life in prison without parole. When given a chance to admit that he was wrong during his sentencing, Dunn continued to […]

Mike Huckabee has no remaining shame. Good. The parents of an American journalist beheaded by ISIS militants in a video in August are asking for [a political ad showing images of their son] to be pulled and an apology. […] The advertisements targeted Democrats running for the Senate in competitive midterm election races. “I think […]

Ebola panic, thy name be Rand Paul: Rand Paul had a message for students at Plymouth State University who had gathered for a pizza party with the Kentucky senator on Thursday: Ebola is coming for us all and the government is hiding the truth about the deadly disease. “This thing is incredibly contagious,” Paul said. […]

Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) sets the tone. Republicans have really sunk their teeth into Ebola, banking on panic taking them to victory in November. They’ve also coalesced on a travel ban as their demand. The number of lawmakers supporting travel restrictions surged Thursday to more than 70, according to a tally by The Hill. The […]

A federal judge has struck down Arizona’s prohibitions on marriage equality. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge John Sedwick didn’t bother pretending that this was a unique case, making clear that the time for hesitation has passed: Sedwick said in his ruling that because the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had already ruled against gay […]

CNN is reporting that President Obama will name Ron Klain to be his “Ebola czar.” The president on Thursday signaled his openness to the idea to have one individual coordinating the entire federal response to any threat of an outbreak in the United States. “It may make sense for us to have one person … […]

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Rep. Louie Gohmert (of course), speaking to Glenn Beck (of course), is angry that the CDC said the Texas nurses who contracted Ebola had violated protocols: “It’s a shame that the CDC head, Frieden, is apparently the new commander of the Democrats’ war on women nurses,” Gohmert told Beck. “Because, goodnight, […]

Joni Ernst and Sarah Palin, because of course. Iowa Republican and U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst has been very clear about her opposition to raising the minimum wage, and now audio has surfaced from a 2013 radio interview that reveals an Ernst close to Mitt Romney’s 47 percent territory: “What we have to do a […]