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Glenn Beck Compares Pro-Immigration Protesters To The Ku Klux Klan

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been a major influence on the Republican party's hard-line immigration stance, which played a major part in their defeat in the last presidential election. That hard line came home to roost over the weekend, as 300 protesters descended on Kobach's home for a peaceful, if loud, demonstration. Show More Summary

Republican Party Gets Major Backing from Walmart and Walton Family

Must Watch: Senator Explains Why He Changed From Being a Demcorat to Being a Republican

Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory has been a Democrat for most of his life. But after doing some research he's learned he was in the wrong party...

Black State Senator Leaves Dems and Explains, “Why I Am A Republican”

Had to pass on this video. Could it be that the blacks are finally opening their eyes and realizing that the Democrat Party in America has always historically been their worst enemy? And could it be that our first black president — Barack Hussain Obama — helped wake up the blacks by embarrassing them as they watched the most radical liberal push them further into | Read More »

Republican congresswoman pleased that her party is 'changing hearts and minds' on abortion

Please, GOP, keep on changing minds Well, I guess you could say that this is half right: “We are changing hearts and minds,” said Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo. “We hear more and more evidence that life begins at conception.” She said she covets...Show More Summary

Murkowski becomes third GOP senator to support same-sex marriage

Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Wednesday that she now supports allowing same-sex couples to legally marry, becoming the third U.S. senator in her party to change positions on the issue. "Countless Alaskans and Americans want to give themselves to one another and create a home together. I support marriage equality and support the government [...]

The Republican Party's clueless caucus is pretty much their entire caucus

Alexander Burns and Jake Sherman of Politico take a look at what they call the GOP's "clueless caucus" — the Todd Akins and Allen Wests and Steve Kings and Michele Bachmanns of the Republican Party who just can't stop saying stupid things. Show More Summary

GOP FAIL: The tax reform that didn't happen

For all their claims of effectiveness and efficiency, the North Carolina Republican Party has completely failed to do the one big thing they established as their top legislative priority for 2013. Rob Christiansen's column today at the N&O offers an excellent analysis of the Great GOP Tax Reform Fail.

TN IRS Victim: DC GOP Plays 'Tee Ball' While Dems Play 'Hardball'

The president of the Chattanooga Tea Party, who was targeted by the IRS, said establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C. are playing "Tee Ball" while Democrats are playing "hardball." Speaking on "The David Webb Show" on Sirius XM...Show More Summary

Louisiana Lawmaker Elbert Guillory Explains Party Switch In Viral Video

Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory has switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican and in so doing he becomes the first black Republican in the Louisiana legislature since Reconstruction. He explained his decision in a video that has since gone viral. Show More Summary

Elbert Guillory Gets Right With Lincoln and the Republican Party

It’s always interesting to watch politicians distort the past for their own purposes.  This week Elbert Guillory decided to switch from the Democrat to the Republican Party. As he explains in this short video, he did so based on his understanding of the broad political history of race. Why he only recently came to some [...]

Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: "Not so fast."

Conservative Republican At IRS Defends Tea Party Targeting

John Shafer, a self-described “conservative Republican,” says there was no political agenda and that he and a lower level worker first flagged a Tea Party group because of the high profile the Tea Party was getting. Shafer spoke to congressional investigators. Asked if the lower-level agent sought to elevate the case to Washington because he [...]

John Oliver Tears Into GOP Over Immigration Reform: A ‘Border Fence Built Out Of Ignorance And Spite’

John Oliver opened tonight's Daily Show tearing into the Republican party for their stubbornness in holding back immigration reform from becoming law. Congress, which Oliver said is in a "nail-biting three-way tie for least popular branch...Show More Summary

Maddow Tears Apart GOP Fringe Views, Fetal Masturbation Theory: They Keep Finding New Ways To Shock Us

Rachel Maddow opened her show tonight taking the Republican party to task again for their continuing insistence on fighting for stricter and stricter anti-abortion laws, culminating in the GOP-led House today passing a huge federal ban. Show More Summary

BOEHNER FOLDS TO CONSERVATIVE GOP PRESSURE ON IMMIGRATION BILL

The fate of the sprawling immigration reform proposal winding its way through Congress may now be in the hands of some of the most conservative members of the Republican Party. House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he will not advance any bill that did not have the support of a majority of [...]

Conservative Republican at IRS casts doubt on conspiracy to target tea party

Idaho Republicans Want to Protect Workplace From Gay Men In Tutus

In its unending quest to better society, the Idaho Republican party wants to void all local ordinances that offer LGBT workplace protections. OK, no surprise there. But here’s a new twist. According to one of the proponents of the idea, it would prevent the specter of gay men in tutus showing up on the job. [...]

Idaho Republicans: Void Anti-Discrimination Laws in Case 'Gay Guy' Works 'in a Tutu'

Click here to view this media Cornel Rasor, who chairs the Idaho Republican Party's resolutions committee, says that he pushed for a resolution to void all local ordinances banning discrimination against LGBT people because he wantsShow More Summary

Former Democrat Elbert Guillory: Why I am a Republican ‘Free At Last’ in Louisiana

Elbert Guillory – Why I am a Republican Free At Last in Louisiana. Former Democrat Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory tells why he switched parties. From the Video: Wow can you believe this democratic senator. Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory, … Continue reading ?