Cosmic Irony: States That Didn't Expand Medicaid Paying More For The Program

States that refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are now paying the price, literally. A new Kaiser Family Foundation report relea... Read more

Wilmore: If We Blame Obama For Benghazi, We Have To Blame Bush For 9/11 (VIDEO)

Following the dueling jabs between Republican presidential candidates about who was really to blame for 9/11, Larry Wilmore said on Monday's episode o... Read more

Heritage Action Warns GOPers NOT To Vote For Partial Obamacare Repeal

A GOP effort to repeal part of Obamacare that could get farther than any prior attempt is being opposed by the major conservative group for not going ... Read more

Club For Growth Wants To Lead GOP Movement To Stop Trump At Any Cost

Without an end to Donald Trump's presidential bid in sight, Republicans are panicking and prepping for a centralized anti-Trump campaign, according to... Read more

Ferguson Traffic Fines Reform Is Having A Surprising Side Effect

Some of the St. Louis County towns that used traffic court to raise money from impoverished black people are now shutting down ... Read more

Exxon’s Climate Cover-Up Should Be Investigated By DOJ, Tobacco Prosecutor Says

"I think a RICO action is plausible and should be considered," she said. ... Read more

LGBTQ Prisoners Are Routinely Targeted For Beatings, Rape, And Harassment, Report Finds

How LGBT people are treated in correctional facilities throughout the country. .. Read more

After Claiming His Brother ‘Kept Us Safe,’ Jeb Bush Tries To Blame Bill Clinton For 9/11

"I think the Clinton administration made a mistake of thinking bin Laden had to be viewed from a law enforcement perspective. ... Read more

World Leaders Come Together To Call For A Price On Carbon

It's an "essential tool" for nations to meet their emissions reduction pledges, while bolstering the economy. ... Read more

Bernie Sanders To Feds: Investigate Exxon For Climate Change Cover-Up

"It appears that Exxon knew its product was causing harm to the public, and spent millions of dollars to obfuscate the facts in ... Read more

Texas Congressman Says We Should Take In Christian Refugees, Avoid Muslims

Many humanitarian advocates have criticized prioritizing one religious group for resettlement over another. ... Read more

Palestinian youth: Choosing death over occupation

Al Jazeera speaks to some of the families and friends of Palestinian youth who died while launching attacks on Israelis.  Read more

Shot, shattered and bloody at Ramallah's hospital

Repairing the wounds from Israeli rubber-coated steel bullets, live ammunition and tear gas  Read more

A closer look at America’s rapidly growing religious ‘nones’

Religiously unaffiliated people have been growing as a share of all Americans for some time. Pew Research Center’s massive 2014 Religious Landscape Study makes clear just how quickly this is happening, and also shows that the trend is occurring within a variety of demographic groups – across genders, generations and racial and ethnic groups, to name a few...
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/13/a-closer-look-at-americas-rapidly-growing-religious-nones/

7 reasons Catholics leave church (in Trenton, #1 is sex abuse crisis)

Washington (CNN) – Even though Roman Catholics are the second-largest religious group in the United States, the tradition has seen an exodus of members in recent decades. One in ten Americans is an ex-Catholic...
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/30/7-reasons-catholics-leave-church-in-trenton-1-is-sex-abuse-crisis/

Restoring the Balance

A Progressive Vision of Religious Liberty Preserves the Rights and Freedoms of All Americans...
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/report/2015/10/20/123623/restoring-the-balance/

How a few scientists transformed the way we think about disease - Tien Nguyen

For several centuries, people though diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. We now know that this theory is pretty ridiculous, and that diseases are caused by specific bacteria. But how did we get to this new idea of germ theory? Tien Nguyen describes the work of several scientists who discredited a widely accepted theory in a way that was beneficial to human health.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/N9LC-3ZKiok

GOP Vs. Dem Debates, Side By Side

I don't think much needs to be said about this. The contrast speaks for itself. (h/t Media Matters) ... Read more
https://youtu.be/6gyw2OiLGmk

Saudi Arabia “defends” Human Rights on Monday, beheads a man on Thursday

The country chairs a consultative panel in the UN Council on Human Rights. Today, Ali Mohammed Al-Nimhr, 21 years old, was to be beheaded and crucified.
See more:
http://evangelicalfocus.com/world/1002/Saudi_Arabia_defends_Human_Rights_on_Monday_beheads_a_man_on_Thursday_

16 Times the Onion Brilliantly Skewered Our Insane Politics

Here are some of the satire site's greatest hits.
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