Author: Anne Schultz

GOP candidate Jeb Bush’s newly outline social policies propose huge cuts to social welfare programs, leaving a massive number of Americans in danger of losing their homes and going hungry. If elected, Bush plans to end food stamps, housing, and cash welfare programs and reroute the money toward individual states for “Right to Rise Grants.” These grants would include requirements for working and time availability limitations for able-bodied adults. But don’t worry, though he’d be cutting programs like SNAP and TANF that help thousands feed themselves and their families, Jeb’s found a solution to economic stability for struggling families: Marriage....

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, has proposed a series of nine constitutional amendments that would allow states the power to ignore federal laws and overrule the Supreme Court. It’s not secession, but it’s a close second. The projected amendments would allow for a two-thirds majority vote to override federal regulations and Supreme Court decisions while banning Congress from “regulating activity that occurs wholly within one state,” and requiring seven Supreme Court votes to overturn a “democratically enacted law.” Naturally, the Republican’s call to action was motivated by personal opposition to recent federal action regarding same-sex marriage and immigration, but...

In yet another insult on common sense, GOP candidate Donald Trump has declared that in a measure to protect citizens from gun violence, he wants guns in schools. During a recent campaign rally in Vermont, Trump addressed gun-free zones on US military bases and in schools stating, “I will get rid of gun-free zones on schools – you have to – and on military bases on my first day. You know what a gun-free zone is to a sicko?  That’s bait.” Believing that the answer to curbing violence is further arming the general public in any and all environments,...

In an ill-fated attempt to take a digital dig at President Obama, Kansas lawmaker John Bradford stirred up controversy and revealed the true depths of his ignorant bigotry when he shared an offensive meme on his Facebook page. The image pictures a Latino man with a mustache and sombrero, overlaid with a poorly photoshopped image of Obama. The caption reads, “MEXICAN WORDS OF THE DAY: PIZZA CHIP & BELIEVING. THIS PIZZA CHIP WILL BELIEVING THE WHITE HOUSE SOON.” As if the republican representative’s choice to make a political statement through lowbrow humor on the internet wasn’t bad enough, the shameless...