Author: Justin Lane

Kentucky Firmly Joins the Ranks as a REGRESSIVE RIGHT WING HELL HOLE

Kentucky has just elected a right-wing extremist for the governorship. Matt Bevin has been announced by the Associated Press as winning in an upset. From the Daily Kos: But given the sharp rightward trend in the Bluegrass State in recent years, Republicans always had an excellent chance to pick up this seat, particularly because popular Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear was forced out by term limits. Bevin, however, did everything he could to piss away his chances. A lazy fundraiser with a thin skin, even the Republican Governors Association temporarily abandoned him an effort to whip him into shape with some...

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TYT: Charles Koch Can’t Understand Why He’s So Hated

Despite pumping unimaginable sums of money into the American political system in an effort to gain influence for billionaire-class interests at the expense of working Americans, Charles Koch simply does not understand why the public doesn’t like him. Cenk Uygur, host of the Young Turks, discusses a recent MSNBC interview where Charles Koch bemoaned the hatred the public has for him....

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TYT: Carly Fiorina Can’t Stop Lying

During the Republican debate, Carly Fiorina made a ridiculous claim that got her busted by fact-checkers. After going on for days defending her idiotic statements, Fiorina finally admitted that the fact-checkers were right: she was wrong. Yet, even while admitting she was wrong, while trying to come clean for lying and then defending the lie, Fiorina managed to lie. Cenk Uygur, host of the Young Turks, discusses in this segment....

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Obama Still Will Not Release the Text of the TPP Secret Trade Deal

Despite calls from the public and Congress, President Obama’s administration refuses to release the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The terms of the deal have been negotiated in secret and what few details that have been leaked to the public have been cause for alarm and concern for Americans. Thom Hartmann discusses the TPP and the president’s efforts to keep the public from knowing what it means, in this segment....

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