Former Interrogators Call On Presidential Candidates to ‘Unequivocally’ Reject Torture

Semantics aside, the group of former intelligence professionals points out that waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation” techniques simply don’t produce good intelligence...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/18/3750553/torture-interrogators-letter-to-candidates/

History Wars Exposed: Right-Wing Influence in APUSH Curriculum Update | Political Research Associates

“At the root of current objections to this highly regarded process is a blatant disregard for the facts.”
and ...

Who, you may ask, is leading this blatant disregard for the facts?  Note especially (with my emphasis added):

The American Principles Project (APP), which has been advocating against APUSH since at least the Jefferson County protests, was founded in 2009 by Princeton University professor and Catholic neoconservative Robert P. George in order to ensure that the “dignity of the person” is reflected in local and national policies. Some of the APP’s best-known work has been produced in the fight against Common Core, but its leadership is invested in a broader slate of culture war issues. After the publication of the Manhattan Declaration in 2009, The New York Times called George “the country’s most influential conservative Christian thinker.”29 George was the primary author of the Declaration—part of an effort to unify conservative Catholics and evangelicals around a three-part agenda, which they described as “life, marriage, and religious liberty”30—but other APP figures are also proven culture warriors. APP chairman Sean Fieler also heads the Chiaroscuro Group, whose radio ads attacking a pro-choice politician once featured a talking fetus; the APP’s board president, Francis Cannon, coauthored a post-2012 report on “Building a Winning GOP Coalition”;31 and other board members include anti-marriage equality activist Maggie Gallagher and Luiz Tellez, cofounder of the anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion legal advocacy group the Witherspoon Institute (which helped fund a thoroughly debunked 2012 study by conservative sociologist Mark Regnerus suggesting negative outcomes for children of same-sex couples32). 

http://www.politicalresearch.org/2015/10/19/history-wars-exposed-right-wing-influence-in-apush-curriculum-update/#sthash.FFnZcPRr.Qzcb35Zb.dpuf

Moses did NOT inspire the Constitution!

Promoting religion as if it were history is outrageous.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/nZUiV1MfZcI

Real Time with Bill Maher: Putin’s Hard Truths (HBO)

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the UN and the big story is how, right here on American soil, he told America the hard truth about how we’ve totally screwed up the Middle East. Well, it turns out that wasn’t the only dose of reality Putin had for America…
https://youtu.be/TYMaaB9iLSw

The American Idea and Today’s G.O.P. - The New York Times

Today there are some conservative commentators and Republican politicians who talk a lot about American exceptionalism. But when they use the phrase they mean the exact opposite of its original meaning. In fact, they are effectively destroying American exceptionalism...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/opinion/david-brooks-the-american-idea-and-todays-gop.html

I Finally Understand Trump's Appeal After Going To His Iran Rally

Speaking at the Stop the Iran Deal Rally with the U.S. Capitol as his backdrop, Donald Trump at first made the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran se... Read more

Walker Calls On Obama To Cancel Chinese President's Trip Amid Market Woes

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called on President Obama to cancel Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.S. next month after a tough day fo... Read more

How History Textbooks Got Whitewashed (Aron Ra)

https://youtu.be/b7ISMI7JrLE

Ben Carson On Stopping ISIS: I Would Send Ground Troops If Needed To 'Take The Land'

Donald Trump wasn't the only one spouting offensive nonsense at this weekend's Family Leadership Summit in Iowa. Here's his fellow 2016 GOP clown car ...  Read more