Author: Joshua De Leon

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie (R) unveiled his proposal to deal with immigration, reported the Huffington Post. He wants to track undocumented immigrants like a FedEx package. “So here’s what I’m gonna do if I’m president,” said Christie. “I’m gonna ask Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, come work with the government for three months. Just come for three months to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and show these people.” “We need to have a system that tracks you from the moment you come in,” he added. “And then when your time is up . . . then we get...

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that American colleges increase tuition and fees to get more available money from federal grants, reported Forbes. On average, the annual cost of tuition, fees, and room and board is $11,052 at a public two-year school, and $18,943 for a four-year school, if the student lives in-state. Out-of-state cost is $32,762 annually. Private non-profit tuition is much higher at $42,419 a year. Researchers with the New York Federal Reserve found a direct connection between these inflated tuition costs and available federal aid. They found that “institutions more...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump definitely knows how to market himself. In order to appeal to the conservative masses, Trump has been passing himself off as a God-fearing man. “I love the Bible,” said Trump. “I’m a Protestant. I’m a Presbyterian. I went to Sunday School.” However, he couldn’t even recall a single Biblical verse he liked, when asked by Bloomberg Managing Editor Mark Halperin. As rumors emerge that Trump may seek former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate, it’s only fitting that we’re reminded of this blunder from 2008 when Palin couldn’t recall a single newspaper...

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson denied his party’s war on women, reported The Hill. However, anyone with a working set of eyes and a brain can realize that GOP policies are discriminatory against minorities, gays, and women. “They tell you there’s a war on women,” said Carson at an event in Little Rock, AK. “There is no war on women – there may be a war on what’s inside of women, but there is no war on women in this country.” “What’s inside of women” is likely his unclever way of saying pro-choice people are waging a war on...