Republican Motto 2015

LOBBY FIRM BEHIND MAJOR SUPER PACS ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL KICKBACK SCHEME
Clark Hill, a legal and lobbying firm that manages many of the largest Super PACs in the country, including the Jeb Bush group known as Right to Rise, is accused of engaging in an illegal kickback scheme with one of its clients, according to a recently filed lawsuit.




Obamacare is now more popular than any of the Republican candidates for president.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Two air strikes in Yemen kill at least 40 people, mostly civilians
• Syrian Kurds see Islamic State threat to city in northeast
• Convoy of Iranian Ships Parked in Arabian Sea, US Officials Say
• US sending carrier to Yemen coast as civilian casualties mount
• Government spokesman says Libya chaos spurs human smuggling
• Egyptian Court Sentences Mohamed Morsi to 20 Years in Prison
• South African troops to help police stem immigrant attacks

Obamacare has not cured my compulsion to always include "Hussein" when I say the president's name. - LOLGOP

The Rapture Is Coming! The Rapture Is Coming!
Michele Bachmann says the rapture is coming, thanks to President Barack Obama’s policies on Iran’s nuclear program and marriage equality.

NEW COMMANDMENT:
Thou shalt not pass laws prohibiting people from feeding the homeless! What the hell is wrong with you humans??- GoodGodAbove Tweet





Republican Shenanigans

• David Koch Praises Scott Walker But Says It's No Endorsement
• McCain Mocks Cruz over Comments About Guns on Military Bases
• Roger Ailes: Why Fox News Will Never Hire Jon Stewart
• Lawyer defending Utah equality ban warns: Gays will cause 900,000 abortions if they marry
• Some GOPers Talk ‘Like They Think the Base Is Wearing Sheets’
• Michael Brown Memorial Tree Vandalized a Day After Its Dedication

In the Bible God admits to giving humans diseases so they will love and need Him. He's history's best-documented case of Munchausen-by-Proxy. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

Lobbyists: GOP's Best Friends
K Street’s largest firms are starting to reap the rewards of the new GOP-controlled Congress, leaving lobbyists bullish about 2015.
Nearly all of two-dozen firms that provided their first-quarter earnings totals to The Hill on Monday — the deadline to report the figures to the House and Senate — saw their revenues increase.

Supreme Court rules 5-4 that per the Citizens United decision, corporations may now buy elections, thus eliminating the need for voters.- Tea Party Cat





Rock The Voter News

• Obama administration sets agenda to modernize energy infrastructure
• Hillary Clinton crushes Republican rivals in new poll
• Clinton floats tax-code changes as she campaigns in New Hampshire

Mitch McConnell says he will agree to a vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch before the end of 2019 if Hillary agrees to only serve one term. - Daily Edge Tweet

“A study out of Duke University came out this week that said nine percent of Americans have both anger issues and a gun. Yeah, they’re called cops.” – Bill Maher

Business/Tech News

• Oil prices 'will hit optimum level'
• Blue Bell Creameries issues recall of all products
• New life-like robot in Japan
• Mystery of China’s Gold Stash May Soon Be Solved as IMF Beckons

You can take drugs to treat your depression, or you can google ‘Rick Perry eats a corn dog in front of a painting.- John Fugelsang

As California Goes, So Do Most States
With all the attention focused on California’s water woes, an observer might conclude that the Golden State’s drought is the exception. It isn’t. Forty states expect to see water shortages in at least some areas in the next decade, according to a government watchdog agency.






Roman Catholics are the Roman Polanski of faiths.  Mormons are the Victoria's Secret of Faiths.- Mrs. Betty Bowers

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Odd News

• Long Island commuter snaps photo of quadruple rainbow
• Before 1951, Giant Marijuana Plants Grew All Over Brooklyn
• Replacing carpet at Jerusalem shrine reveals religious rift
• Here's How To Make Bacon Fried Oreos, Because YOLO
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal over Arizona 'fish pedicures'

Time To Deflate Photo

The stairway to Butchart Gardens. It is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island.

Peace.

NY Times Reporter Confronts Judith Miller: 'Your Stories Were Wrong'

NY Times Reporter Confronts Judith Miller: 'Your Stories Were Wrong'
Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller appeared on Morning Joe Monday morning to defend her coverage in the run-up to the Iraq War, arguing there was a consensus at the time around the existence of WMDs and that the Grey Lady had made her a scapegoat.





Democracy and freedom will be the theme of every broadcast and editorial—but Democracy and freedom in a strictly Pickwickian sense. Meanwhile the ruling oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen, thought-manufacturers and mind-manipulators will quietly run the show as they see fit. – Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited, published 1958

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Islamic State shoots and beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya
• Iran still respecting terms of interim nuclear deal: U.N. report
• Large explosions from airstrikes rock Yemeni capital
• Poles wait for FBI chief to apologize over Holocaust remarks
• Russia says kills head of North Caucasus Islamist insurgency

"Muslims abusing Christians in the Middle East? How barbaric!" cried the respectable Christian who cheered for Shock & Awe back in '03.- John Fugelsang

Pilot Has No Regrets
The pilot of a small helicopter arrested last week after flying near the U.S. Capitol said on Monday he had no regrets about his flight aimed at protesting current campaign financing rules and had alerted authorities ahead of time.







A gyrocopter landing on The Capitol lawn to protest a bought-off Congress gets more news coverage than America having a bought-off Congress.- John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

• Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush Beating Hillary Clinton in New Florida Poll
• Republican Graham says '91 percent' chance he'll run for president
• Review Ordered for Republican-Drawn North Carolina Voting Maps
• Top Republican: Senate to vote on Loretta Lynch soon
• Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans' to-do list as law takes hold
• Huckabee warns against bloody Republican primary in 2016
• State Newspapers Chastise Gov. Rick Scott and Republican Legislators Over ...

With so many people on Social Security voting for someone promising to end it, I realize why the aliens haven't landed.- Kona Lowell

Republican Rapist Rights
 Iowa Republican has held up legislation that would prevent convicted rapists from claiming parental rights to children conceived during the assault, dismissing the bill as “feel-good” legislation.








Sen. Claire McCaskill on Sen. Marco Rubio: He "folded like a cheap shotgun" on immigration reform. 

Rock The Voter News

• Obama commemorates Oklahoma City bombing
• Obama to press climate change agenda with trip to Everglades on Earth Day
• Michelle Obama, Jill Biden to visit New Orleans Monday
• Obama Voices Support for Medical Marijuana in Cable News Interview

Hey remember when RollingStone helped lie us into war? Oh wait, that was those all those other publications now criticizing RollingStone.- John Fugelsang

Abortion: #1 To GOP
When it came to his plans to back a controversial abortion bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham showed no signs of skittishness before a crowd of conservative activists Thursday:

"I am dying to have this debate" the South Carolina Republican and potential presidential candidate said.

A House version of the proposal – a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks – became mired in controversy before an embarrassed leadership had to pull it from the floor.

Hillary's answer on her age: "Republicans think I'm too old to be president but not old enough for Social Security." - LOLGOP

Hillary Clinton is making income inequality a central theme in her campaign. Yeah, for example, today she pointed out that her husband makes $300 million a year. She has to get by on $200 million a year, and that's not fair.- Conan O'Brien

GOP Has Alernative To Obamacare? God Help Us All.
If the U.S. Supreme Court blows up the tax subsidies at the heart of Obamacare in June, Republicans hope to deliver on their promise to offer an alternative healthcare plan.





The Hillary team is driving around in a van. Sometimes people get those gag bumper stickers put on their van. Hillary has one on her van, and it says, "If this van's rockin', I'm deleting emails." - Dave Letterman

Business/Tech News

• Oil prices pushing up the cost of gasoline
• U.S. ports prepare for Panama Canal expansion
• Republican hopefuls target middle-class insecurity as economy improves
• George Lucas to build affordable housing in one of the richest parts of America

We can't end poverty in this country! Who would we blame for all our problems?- Kona Lowell

No Municipal Fracking Rights In Texas
The Texas House overwhelmingly approved a bill on Friday that would give the state the exclusive right to regulate the oil and gas industry, and gut the power of municipalities to pass anti-fracking rules.

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Odd News

• White House fence jumper to face charges: Secret Service
• Handcuffed suspect steals police car; doesn't get far
• LeBron James Or Michael Jordan? Heated Basketball Argument Sends Man To Jail
• Ohio woman's search for birth mother leads to co-worker
• 120-Pound Woman Devours Three 72-Ounce Steaks (Plus Sides) In 20 Minutes

Time To Deflate Photo

A red lipped Batfish.


Peace.

Gov. Rick Scott sues feds over health care money, Medicaid expansion

Gov. Rick Scott sues feds over health care money, Medicaid expansion
Republican Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday he will sue the federal government for allegedly coercing Florida to expand Medicaid.





Rick Scott promises all you low-wage sick people of Florida that he'll never stop fighting for govt to serve you less.- John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Islamic State, security forces clash in Iraq's largest refinery
• North Korea warns U.S. envoy of 'bigger mishap' than a knife attack
• Migrants 'thrown overboard' in religious row as toll climbs
• Images show rapid Chinese progress on new South China Sea airstrip
• Oklahoma City bombing survivors mark 20th anniversary

Amateur watercolorist who said Iraq would be a cakewalk and tax cuts would create jobs now says his brother would be a good president.- John Fugelsang





Putin Is Pointing Fingers Again
The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival of about 300 U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev's National Guard could destabilize the situation in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting Ukrainian government forces.

"The top 15 contenders for the Republican nomination own at least 40 guns among them. If we elect a Republican president no one is hopping over the White House fence ever again." –Conan O'Brien





Republican Shenanigans

• GOP Transportation Chair Admits To Romantic Relationship With Airline Lobbyist
• GOP summit kicks off primary season in Nashua
• Jeb Bush Wants To Gradually Raise The Retirement Age
• New Jersey deli owner’s online fundraiser tanks after failed ‘White History Month’ promotion
• Pat Robertson: ‘Smack’ your children to protect them from ‘evil’ devil music in iPods
• Ted Cruz loves the Simpsons, but the feeling isn’t mutual
• Tea party state Rep. Cindy Gamrat kicked from House Republican caucus

"Rand Paul announced he is running for president and bloggers pointed out that his campaign symbol, a small flame, looks nearly identical to the logo for the dating app Tinder. It's appropriate because in either case you have no idea what you're getting into and it probably won't work out." –Seth Meyers




Cruzin' For Cash
Ted Cruz is raising money for his presidential campaign at a significantly faster rate than Mitt Romney did four years ago, eclipsing the early total raised by the former Massachusetts governor who went on to win the Republican nomination in 2012.

Rock The Voter News

• Obama's Immigration Overhaul, Halted by Judge, Comes Before Appeals Court
• Obama's climate change policy appears to survive early court challenge

Ted Nugent publicly says he'd 'shoot' Harry Reid.  FOX responds by demanding Barack Obama renounce his association w/Rev. Wright.  Again.- John Fugelsang

Democrat Giving Ammo To The GOP
Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley had some sharp words Thursday evening for Hillary Clinton, who in the first week of her campaign has taken a more liberal stance on same-sex marriage and immigration.

Thanks, Cliven Bundy & Sean Hannity, for teaching us that 'patriot' means 'armed guy who doesn't like paying for stuff.'- John Fugelsang

Business/Tech News

• Americans' economic confidence on the rise
• Fox Business Host Thinks Obama Will Back Reparations For Slavery In 2016 (VIDEO) 
• WikiLeaks posts searchable database of Sony e-mails, documents
• A Japanese train just broke the world's speed record

Being a liberal in America is like going thru life with a violently ignorant conjoined twin.- Kona Lowell

Obama Wants To Pay First Ladies
President Barack Obama used anecdotal evidence of his female-dominated household to connect with women during a town hall Wednesday, adding that "there is clearly not equal pay in the White House."




"Governor Chris Christie says if he's president, he will crack down on the sale of marijuana. However, that was before he was told it also comes in a brownie." – Conan O'Brien

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Odd News

• Homeless man discovers forgotten bank account
• Mystery Man Who Rescued Driver From Cliff's Edge
• Airline flight delayed when snoring passenger poked with pen
• ESPN's Britt McHenry Suspended After Rant at Towing Firm
• Police: 'Tree Ninja' caught chopping down tree with a hammer

Time To Deflate Photo

Holy cow! A massive boulder sitting on U.S. 52 in Lawrence County, Ohio, east of the Ashland, Kentucky twin bridges. (Photo: Ohio Dept. of Transportation)

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