“Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Tuesday called on President Obama to block Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from speaking at the United Nations – a violation of long-standing international treaty obligations. [ READ MORE ] At this juncture the Republican presidential nomination process is a two-man race between former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and [...]

   By: Harold MeyersonLike Poe’s purloined letter, the Republican plan to heist the 2012 presidential election sits before us in plain view. And going Poe one better, it is perfectly legal. Rigging the already anti-democratic electoral college should not become the way to win the White House, says Harold Meyerson The first part of the strategy [...]

MMFA: Fox Attacks Obama For Pushing Back Against Fox-Led “Class Warfare” Attack — It’s no surprise by now that Fox News has staked out its position as the “voice of the opposition” against President Obama’s policies. It’s also no surprise that Fox is the home of some of the most outrageous and false attacks — [...]

   By: Crispy KaheruWe are fortunate to live in Uganda, a country where it is easy to take the right to vote for granted. Uganda has conducted eight direct general elections at both presidential and parliamentary levels from 1961. Elections conducted between 1961 and 1980 all had a common red thread – perceptions or realities of [...]

The literal embrace of death by the Tea Party Republicans works as follows. When supporters of the Republican Party howl that they “want to take their America back” they are signaling to an America that is dead and gone. Their halcyon Leave it to Beaver dreams of a country where whiteness was unchallenged and central [...]