Thom Hartmann, host of the Big Picture, is joined by economics professor Richard Wolff to discuss the disastrous effects of Reaganomics. During their discussion, Hartmann and Wolff outline how the political right blindly follow and believe in economic policies that history has shown are a wrecking ball to the lives of American workers....
Read MoreThe social provocateur behind the Starbucks holiday cup fiasco isn’t backing down from his insanity. Now the conservative nut job Josh Feuerstein claims that the bitterness of their coffee comes from ‘a touch of abortion.’ According to Feuerstein, somehow Starbucks is directly tied to Planned Parenthood and the price of the coffee and its taste are tied directly to the “murder of innocent babies.” Feuerstein is spreading absolute insanity but it is catching on with the far-right who listen to him. Even Donald Trump has taken heed of Feuerstein’s opinions and mentioned the need to boycott Starbucks....
Read MoreRepublicans have a captive in their ranks. It’s time to free Jeb Bush from his campaign. It’s obvious that he doesn’t want to be here anymore. It’s time for us to all come together and let Jeb go. His campaign is dead and at this point, the Republicans are just abusing him. Trevor Noah, host of the Daily Show, discusses the inhumane tragedy that Jeb Bush’s campaign has become....
Read MoreDuring Tuesday night’s debate, Ted Cruz made it abundantly clear how much of an idiot he really is. While discussing the branches of government that Cruz believes should be eliminated, Cruz, in a moment very reminiscent of Rick Perry’s gaffe, could not remember the names of all the agencies he wants to get rid of. Later, while being interviewed by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, Cruz tried to address his failure to name the agencies. “I just think the Department of Commerce is such a base of cronyism, we need to eliminate it twice,” he said. He also noted that...
Read MoreJeb! made headlines recently when he made the bold claim that he would go back in time and kill baby Hitler. It’s exactly that kind of decisive leadership that America needs. The commander in chief must be prepared to wield the power of time travel responsibly and, apparently, for infanticide. Stephen Colbert, on the other hand, sees another option for history, one that does assume violence is the immediate answer....
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