The internet exploded on Tuesday when Pope Francis said God is not “a magician with a magic wand,” and that the Big Bang and the theory of evolution were not inconsistent with the Catholic Church's principles. Sure, evolution has been accepted by the Church for more than 60 ...read more
The Republican Party has a long history of putting its foot in its collective mouth when it comes to basically any issue concerning women. So, it’s pretty troubling that the leader of their young people is already calling dibs on that problem — especially since that leader ...read more
“Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his mugshot?” This is the question we’ve been asking ourselves since the indictment dropped, and we finally have an answer: No. It turns out county rules require that you take your glasses off. Too bad. Perry arrived at the ...read more
I get that a lot of people want Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be convicted and see the bespectacled buffoon go straight to jail, not pass go, and not collect $200. But here’s the thing: That’s not going to happen. He’s not going to jail. And no amount of internet-fueled hatred of the ...read more
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was indicted on two (thankfully not three) felony counts of abuse of power Friday by a Texas grand jury. The indictment is the latest move in a long-running dispute between the state’s outgoing governor and his Democratic rivals, who allege he illegally ...read more
In further proof that 2016 will be very embarrassing for Republicans, rising conservative star Dr. Ben Carson is moving closer to a presidential bid. The pediatric neurosurgeon, who once called Obamacare the worst thing “since slavery” and looped in bestiality and pedophilia ...read more
Only two hours after the federal appeals court in D.C. ruled that the subsidies under Obamacare were unconstitutional, the Fourth Circuit issued a unanimous opinion upholding the same subsidies. So where’s the confusion? Both cases hinge on what Think Progress calls “a glorified ...read more
On Tuesday morning, a U.S. appeals court tossed out the IRS regulation that governs subsidies, dealing a huge blow to the Affordable Care Act. In effect, the court overruled the subsidies in the 36 states that chose not to set up their own insurance exchanges, meaning that ...read more
Movies like The Purge: Anarchy are meant for high school students. They use the scare-factor as an excuse to touch each other, but then be able to sound smart by dissecting the political nature of the movie afterwards over milkshakes spiked with some Bailey’s they stole from ...read more
Thursday was the one-year anniversary of Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis’ famous filibuster against the enactment of abortion restrictions in the state. While the 11-hour protest made her a national darling of the Democratic Party, you won’t find language about abortion anywhere on ...read more
So there's this brand-spanking new phenomenon rolling around the internet and it's white, suburban teenagers bitching about things. And while that broad idea is probably as old as the creation of the party-line telephone, the topic of conversation has notably turned away from, ...read more