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The Grand Theft Auto Tax: Biden Calls For New Tax On Violent Video Games

6 days agoNews : Jonathan Turley

Yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden stated publicly again that he wants violent video games to be taxed and sees “no legal reason” why we should not move forward with a new tax. The story was telling in two respects. First, there is no evidence that such games produce the type of attacks seen at the […]

PHOTO: ‘If We Had Guns That Shot Chocolate…’ Biden Responds To 2nd-Grader With Handwritten Note

last weekNews : Mediaite

A 7-year-old second-grader from Wisconsin wrote a letter to Vice President Joe Biden several months ago following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and just this week got a very personal response. The student, named Myles, sent his letter to Biden and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI), suggesting, "if we have chocolate bullets, nobody would get hurt and nobody would be sad."

7 highlights from Joe Biden's Rolling Stone interview

Rolling Stone's Douglas Brinkley recently sat down for an hourlong interview with Vice President Joe Biden, who Brinkley says "rambles like Thomas Wolfe" in contrast to President Obama's "Hemingway-esque sparseness." Brinkley says he...Show More Summary

Prince Harry Joins Michelle Obama For Mother’s Day Tea [Video]

Michelle Obama had a surprise visit from a British royal on Thursday, as Prince Harry made an appearance at the first lady’s Mother’s Day Tea event. Michelle Obama hosted the event with Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden. The event was held in the State Dining Room in the White House as [...]Show More Summary

Biden Wandering Off the Reservation

Vice President Joe Biden is already staking out his own territory apart from the Obama White House, ground he will need to occupy if he wants to have a chance to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2016. Biden, a longtime liberal firebrand, will...

Chris Matthews: Biden Predicting Democrat Win in South Carolina Tuesday Could Be a Jinx

It’s not often that people on MSNBC have anything bad to say about a Democrat, especially a member of the Obama administration. That’s why it was odd to see Hardball’s Chris Matthews Monday wonder if Vice President Joe Biden predic....

Joe Biden Dirty Joke Targets Julia Louis-Dreyfuss And The Irish [Video]

The Joe Biden dirty joke is making waves for the way the vice president of the United States represented himself at a reception for the Irish prime minister. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the Joe Biden dirty joke is quite an improvement over the usual foot in mouth disease. MSNBC was recently forced to [...]Show More Summary

SC Democrat Suggests Indian-American Nikki Haley Go ‘Back To Wherever The Hell She Came From’

2 weeks agoNews : Mediaite

South Carolina Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian is getting some heat today for a comment he made about that state's Republican governor at Friday night's Jefferson-Jackson dinner, shortly before Vice President Joe Biden took the stage. Show More Summary

MSNBC ‘Forced’ To Apologize Over Selectively Editing Joe Biden Speech [Video]

MSNBC’s habit of selectively editing video clips has gotten them into trouble yet again, forcing the network to apologize to its viewers for taking quotes from Vice President Joe Biden out of context. Biden was giving a speech dedicated to the Americans who died in the Benghazi consulate attack last year, but the network used [...]Show More Summary

MSNBC Forced To Apologize After Misleading Edit Of Biden Benghazi Speech

2 weeks agoNews : Mediaite

MSNBC's saga of high-profile video editing screw-ups continues, as earlier Friday host Thomas Roberts aired a clip of Vice President Joe Biden at a memorial service and plaque dedication for Americans who died in the attack last September in Benghazi. Show More Summary

Can Joe Biden save gun control?

Vice President Joe Biden says he's going to launch a fresh push for tougher gun control laws. Just over two weeks ago, a GOP-led filibuster blocked legislation that would have expanded federal background checks on firearm buyers. The...Show More Summary

The Calendar Says 2013, but It Feels Like 2016

Is Vice President Joe Biden contemplating a run for the White House in 2016? There are still roughly 1,000 days before voting gets underway in the 2016 presidential primary process, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the...

A.M. Links: Biden Still Scheming for Gun Restrictions, Europe's Economy Even Lousier Than Anticipated, Benghazi Panel Under Investigation

2 weeks agoNews : Reason

A new, undisclosed gun control strategy is being worked up by Vice President Joe Biden. He'll let us know when it's ready by stepping onto the porch and firing two shots into the air. Europe's economy will be even suckier this year than anticipated, says the European Commission. Show More Summary

Biden Weighs In on Torture Report, Senators Face Backlash Over Vote, and More

3 weeks agoNews : Truthdig

Full Disclosure: Vice President Joe Biden thinks the classified Senate Intelligence Committee report on the use of torture and enhanced interrogation by the United States should be made available to the public. “The internal debate that...Show More Summary

Joe Biden To Lindsey Graham: ‘I Will Rip Your Skin Off,’ ‘And I Expect A Thank-You Note’

3 weeks agoNews : Mediaite

In an April 26 forum at The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Vice President Joe Biden expressed his admiration for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in his own irreverent fashion. Biden said he would be happy to campaign for him...Show More Summary

Biden Says McCain Would’ve Won 2008 If Not For Economic Collapse, Senator Responds On Meet The Press

3 weeks agoNews : Mediaite

During a forum event in Sedona, Ariz., on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden told Senator John McCain (R-AZ) that had it not been for the economic downturn five years ago, the 2008 McCain/Palin ticket would have won the election, or at least gave the Obama team a harder run for its money.

Biden: Economy kept McCain from victory over Obama

Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that Arizona Sen. John McCain probably would have beat his boss in the 2008 presidential election had the economy not collapsed.

Sen. Gillibrand on Gun Control: Ineffectiveness + Redundancy = Synergy

3 weeks agoNews : Reason

The New York Times reports that supporters of new gun controls are quietly regrouping after this month's Senate defeat. Their task, according to an unnamed participant in a meeting between Vice President Joe Biden and gun control activists,...Show More Summary

Joan Walsh Defends Biden’s ‘Knock-Off Jihadi’ Remark: Suspects Also Products Of ‘American Alienation’

3 weeks agoNews : Mediaite

Salon editor and MSNBC contributor Joan Walsh joined Joy Behar on Current TV tonight to discuss, among other things, Vice President Joe Biden's speech at a memorial service yesterday for the MIT police officer killed by the Boston bombing suspects.

Joe Biden Calls Boston Bombing Suspects ‘Two Twisted, Perverted, Cowardly Knock-Off Jihadists’

3 weeks agoNews : Mediaite

Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the memorial service for Sean Collier, the M.I.T. police officer whose slaying last week touched off the manhunt for the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, and spoke with fiery disdain about the brothers suspected in the killing. Show More Summary

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