Category: liberal

Pakman: Have You Ever Been Suspended From School?

Liberal radio talk show host and commentator David Pakman answers the question “Were you ever suspended from school?”

Pakman and his producer Lewis were both suspended from school.  Here, they tell their stories.

David Pakman

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Rachel Maddow Looks At Possible Threats Made By Bill O’Reilly Towards Other Reporters


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Recently, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow took on Bill O’Reilly and Fox News for O’Reilly taking his bombast to the point of directly threatening reporters for reporting. She also looks at the recent series of revelations about uncorrected false claims O’Reilly has made on Fox News.

Video: Right-Wing Radio Host Limbaugh Gets Punk’d By Liberal


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Here is vintage video of Majority Report discussing the right-wing radio show host Rush Limbaugh getting confused by a liberal caller…

On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck separate barracks housing United States and French military forces in Lebanon, killing 299 American and French servicemen. An obscure group calling itself ‘Islamic Jihad’ claimed responsibility for the bombings.

Why does the caller say that Reagan “cut and run?”

Wikipedia: “On February 7, 1984, President Reagan ordered the Marines to begin withdrawing from Lebanon largely because of waning congressional support for the mission after the attacks on the barracks. The withdrawal of the 22d MAU from the BIA was completed 12:37 PM on February 26, 1984. Fighting between the Lebanese Army and Druze militia in the nearby Shouf mountains provided a noisy backdrop to the Marine evacuation. One officer commented: ‘This ceasefire is getting louder.'”

Can A Liberal Have Conservative Qualities?

Kyle Kulinski explains that liberals can also have some conservative qualities. For example, some liberals may not really like change; at the same time, they do want health insurance.

Kyle Kulinski video.

TYT: Proof That The Media Isn’t Liberal

When the media is wrong, do they correct their mistakes?

Did the media report on lower gas prices or lowering unemployment and deficits?

The federal loan program that helped fund now-defunct Solyndra is now doing well and turning a profit.  Does the media report that the program is now doing well?

Dr. Craig Spencer had the last case of Ebola in the U.S.  Does the media report that the CDC has done a good job at stopping the spread of Ebola in the U.S.?

Cenk Uygur takes a look at the false assessment of “liberal bias” in the media.

GOP Mailer Intimidates & Threatens To Out Liberals

The Republican Party in Iowa sent out flyers to people reading “Notice: all voting is public,” and attempted to convince the reader that people who did not vote for the GOP would be outed and revealed.

The ad tell voters that “In a few months, Iowa will release the list of individual who voted in this election.” Most troublingly, the ad includes an aerial view of a neighborhood with checkmarks indicating that “These People Voted GOP.”

Long story short, it seemed like an attempt to bully people into voting for the GOP.

While information on who voted is public, how a person voted, including what party they voted for, is not.

Cenk Uygur discusses it.

Chuck Todd In Mitch McConnell Commercial

The fact that some of journalist Chuck Todd’s statements seemed biased enough to appear in a Mitch McConnell campaign ad might cause some to question his objectivity. It also causes one to wonder about copyright laws and whether Todd allowed the advertisement.

Morning Joe: Who Will Have The Better Legacy, Bush Or Obama?

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough recently said that historians would put together George W. Bush and Barack Obama over their inability to successfully manage the government.

Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk disagrees.

Secular Talk video.

Is A U.S. Catholic Group Going ‘Liberal?’

According to the right-wing publication Breitbart, the Sisters of Mercy of Silver Spring, Maryland, have released a 2014 midterm election guide that urges voters to favor candidates who support amnesty, climate change, gun control, and Pentagon budget cuts.

The election guide states:

“As sisters, associates, companions, co-workers, students, volunteers and friends of the Sisters of Mercy, we have an opportunity and a responsibility to vote for those candidates who share our concern for people who suffer from poverty, sickness and lack of education; candidates who share the Sisters of Mercy’s Critical Concerns of Earth, immigration, nonviolence, racism and women. While this is not a presidential election year, the voice of Mercy is needed to inject compassion into conversations on policy and on national priorities during Senate, congressional, state and local races that will shape our nation for years to come.

“We are called to vote for those who are equally scandalized by these ills and who have a vision for addressing them,” the Sisters write. “And we are called to help shape that vision.”

The nuns’ election guide is geared to “U.S. residents,” rather than “U.S. citizens,” and it features a series of questions that the nuns say “will help those U.S. residents listen to candidates with an ear attuned to the Sisters of Mercy’s over-arching mission.”

The Sisters’ questions address how candidates address the “need for poverty reduction programs,” or welfare programs, what they refer to as “the wealth gap,” and the federal minimum wage. They also emphasize the Obama administration’s talking point that 8 million people have enrolled in the healthcare exchanges created by the new law.

Regarding climate change, the Sisters of Mercy suggest voters should note whether candidates speak about the issue with “urgency.”

“How will the candidates work with the world community to address climate change, the impact of mining, the loss of important ecosystems and biodiversity, and the human right to safe food, safe water and sanitation?” the nuns ask.

According to Breitbart, “the Sisters list as a ‘fact’ in their guide:”

“Climate change is already affecting the American people in far-reaching ways. Certain types of extreme weather events with links to climate change have become more frequent and/or intense, including prolonged periods of heat, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts. In addition, warming is causing sea level to rise and glaciers and Arctic sea ice to melt, and oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb carbon dioxide. These and other aspects of climate change are disrupting people’s lives and damaging some sectors of our economy (2014 National Climate Assessment).”

Writing that their order recognizes “an urgent duty and challenge to stand in solidarity with immigrants seeking fullness of life,” the Sisters are critical of what they believe to be “President Obama’s record mass deportations…”