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Does #DonaldTrump even understand the oath of office he took to protect the Constitution? Does he understand what the Constitution says? Will #TrumpNation mind that he's eroding the separation of powers and attacking and equal branch of government? For three years he's been de-legitimizing the press, now he's threatened to go after the newly elected Democratic House and turning his gaze upon the Supreme Court. When will the #GOP believe enough is enough? When will they stand for America over their demagogue? “This is like the low a country has hit because this is not just a president who continuously attacks the independence of the judiciary, he consistently attacks the independence of any institution that suggests he can’t do whatever he wants when he wants,” she explained. via Joseph Milan Originally shared by Political News #politics #Democrats #Resist #TheResistance #NotMyPresident #NeverTrump The White House thinks they can beat John Roberts using Twitter: MSNBC analys...

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ~ Pericles When people ask me why I studied Political Science in College I always give some long-winded answer regarding politics touching each and every aspect of our lives, but I'll have to remember this thousands year old quote going forward. It's much more succinct and to the point than any answer I've ever give. Oddly enough, it also parallels that other saying about the Devil (if you believe in such things): you may not believe in the Devil, but he believes in you . Of course, this also applies to your particular god or prophet, as well: You may not believe in/love Jesus, but he loves you . Or, you may not believe in Buddha, but he believes in you.

Where #art and #politics meet. #CSPG http://www.politicalgraphics.org/

What a great gif! Originally shared by Ole Olson Senate Political Polarization by Year This GIF animates how often US Senators vote together from 1989-2013. Methodology explained here: Senate Voting Relationships http://www.renzolucioni.com/senate-voting-relationships/ Each frame in greater detail http://imgur.com/a/Wmoex/all United States of Amoeba http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21591190-united-states-amoeba While it is tempting to fall for the "both sides are equally guilty" False Equivalence Logical Fallacy here, remember that it was conservative Republicans that embarked on literally the worst campaign of obstruction in our nation's history starting in 2009 when the organelles really start to separate.  More Information Partisan polarization, in Congress and among public, is greater than ever http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/07/17/partisan-polarization-in-congress-and-among-public-is-greater-than-ever/ Polarization in Congress has risen sharply. ...

Want to see something to make your stomach churn? Next time the GOP and their tea party affiliates want to talk about voter fraud they need to look within, not at others. Originally shared by Ole Olson Just when you think Republicans can't get any lower they pull something like this. The GOP has distributed fliers to Dem neighborhoods literally stating "Democrats vote on Wednesday." They've sent out fundraising letters that look like official Census forms, sent out ballots to Dems with late return date, cheated district boundaries to stack the deck, and tried to disqualify eligible voters. There is no dirty trick conservative Republicans won't try to cheat democracy with. This might take the cake though. #Democracy #Phoenix #Politics http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/06/02/Tea-partier-legally-changes-name-to-Cesar-Chavez-and-switches-party-affiliation-to-run-in-Hispanic-district/4721401744886/

Take one asshat who thinks children should be murdered if they're unruly , add one moron who thinks parents of  illegitimate children should be murdered and their children should be adopted out to "legitimate" families and you have yourself a nice foundation for theocracy in America that would rival the wackos over in Pakistan , Afghanistan and Iran (istan). People like these, people who believe in Biblical law over secular law are the exact reason the founders of this nation put the separation of church and state into the very first of the Bill of Rights. Deuteronomy 21:18-21 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and...

Campaign season is in full swing. We know this because of the commercials, the watercooler-talk and the meme after meme after chain-emails that are being passed around the aethyr known as cyberspace. In 2008 I volunteered with the Obama campaign because I believed in his vision of an American where the Patriot Act wasn't taking away individual liberties, where due process wasn't a pipe dream to the accused and conservative ideology of voodoo economics wouldn't be tearing the economy apart. However, Obama has continued to disappoint. . And while I don't agree with all of these items Obama has failed to accomplish, many of them were needed to ensure equal protections, equal rights and equal playing fields under the law. But it didn't stop there. Obama, when he wasn't turning a blind eye to Bush-era violations of the Bill of Rights, was expanding on them . But his silence might have been the most deafening roar. His silence during the Occupy Wall Street move...

Social Media Etiquette If Person A blocks you and Person B, whom you're still connected with, shares Person A's posts, is it a violation of some etiquette rule to comment on the shared post? Is it unethical to show your disdain for the person who blocked you? I know people get blocked for a lot of reasons, but there seems to be a lot of blocking on social media sites currently based on political beliefs and around political discussion. People who are posting pro-political beliefs (or, pro-party, pro-policy) are blocking others who debate the essence of those beliefs. Those same people who are posting anti-political beliefs (or anti political party, policy) again are blocking people who want to discuss the hows and whys of those beliefs. In real life it's not uncommon to tell one set of friends that you're not speaking with another friend over an argument or disagreement, so why should it be different on social media? A couple of weeks ago I had di...

I was blocked my Bryan Foster , whom I've been connected to since the days of Google Buzz, because he cannot handle opinions or beliefs contrary to his own. What really annoys me is when people get their "final word" in and prevent you from responding. It's childish. Addendum: I just went to his profile and I can still see it, so I didn't get blocked. Looks like he figured out how to lock his posts. So, this falls under: I have my opinion, and no you're not allowed to disagree with me and no we cannot discuss how I might be wrong. However, now that I look at this again, it looks like he might have blocked me. Or, at least he deleted my comments in this post. My first, right after his original post, was something along the lines of, The President can't buy anything. It's a condition of his office. If you believe otherwise it just shows that you don't know what you're talking about. To which I also posted a link to this article in FOR...

PBS NewsHour Aug 28, 2012 (edited)   -   Public Join us at 5 p.m. ET for a  + Google+  Hangout w/  + Hari Sreenivasan , Mark Shields and David Brooks, where they'll discuss the sport of politics and the politics of sport. (  #gop2012     #election2012     #RNC     #Romney  )  1 +5 18  comments Jason ON Aug 28, 2012 Edit So, is this a sports broadcast? I don't care one iota about sports. Hari Sreenivasan Aug 28, 2012 + Jason ON  its an online only segment we've been doing for a couple of years now- where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sport. Partly because it is a side of these two political analysts you have never seen before.  Jason ON Aug 28, 2012 Edit Okay, so this has nothing to do with sports? That was my initial question and all you seemed to do was restate what the original post sta...

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt