FBI agents raid Jewish schools that got millions from gov’t to get students internet access, but prohibited internet use.

Last updated on: March 17, 2016 at 8:32 am By JT Eberhard

Yesterday FBI agents raided several Jewish schools in Ramapo, New Jersey on suspicion that the schools had misappropriated millions of dollars in federal money given to them for computers and infrastructure to allow students to use the internet: FBI agents and Rockland district attorney’s office detectives fanned out across Ramapo on Wednesday with search warrants demanding that vendors and yeshivas provide records and account for equipment allegedly bought by religious schools with millions in federal education technology dollars. Agents descended around 1:30 p.m. on vendors at... Read more

Made it to Colorado.

Last updated on: March 17, 2016 at 8:09 am By JT Eberhard

Man, was yesterday an adventure. So from now til Sunday I’m in Steamboat Springs, Colorado celebrating the 40th birthdays of two old friends. A contingent from Arkansas and Mississippi met up at my house yesterday and we hit the 12 hour road. It went pretty smoothly until the last three hours when we got hit with a surprise blizzard up in the mountains: I was at the wheel at that point and there was simply no way to safely get... Read more

BREAKING: Marco Rubio drops out of the presidential race.

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 at 6:26 pm By JT Eberhard

So long, and thanks for all the fishy statements: Marco Rubio dropped out of the Republican presidential race on Tuesday night after losing badly to Donald Trump in his home state of Florida. For Rubio, it was a disappointing finish to a campaign that never delivered on its potential. The loss will raise questions about his political future, especially since he will now return to the Senate as a lame-duck senator. The Republicans are either getting Trump or Cruz and I... Read more

Religion on an incredibly steep decline in the Netherlands (less than half of Catholics believe Jesus is the son of god).

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 at 1:47 pm By JT Eberhard

While religion is slowly on the decline in the USA, we’ve got nothing on the progress the Dutch are making: More than 68 percent of the Dutch say they do not follow a specific church, 25 percent are Christian, 5 percent are Muslim and 2 percent follow other non-Christian beliefs. Almost a quarter of the population are atheists, compared to 14 percent in 2006. 31 percent consider themselves spiritual, compared to 40 percent ten years ago. And the people who believe... Read more

Kevin Swanson thinks leaders of the Girl Scouts should be killed for “promoting lesbianism.”

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 at 11:17 am By JT Eberhard

Anti-gay pastor Kevin Swanson, whose support Ted Cruz happily accepts, is back to calling for the deaths of more people he doesn’t like: the leaders of the Girl Scouts: Last week, the ruinously antigay pastor Kevin Swanson — who’s made a career out of calling for the execution of gay people — dedicated a radio show to attacking Girl Scouts leaders for supporting LGBTQ rights and the rights of women. These efforts, he feels, are worthy of death. … Criticizing... Read more

Samantha Bee goes HAM on Ted Cruz.

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 at 10:40 am By JT Eberhard

The Daily Show has truly given us some gems over the years. Samantha Bee gives John Oliver a run for his money in this clip: Read more

MORNING HAPPINESS: The face of regret.

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 at 9:22 am By JT Eberhard

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David Barton: “biblical teaching” dropped the Las Vegas crime rate by 75%.

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 at 1:38 pm By JT Eberhard

David Barton is at it again. Barton showed up last month on a radio show called “The Patriot and The Preacher” and claimed that “biblical teaching” caused the crime rate in Las Vegas to drop 75%: Last month, right-wing psuedo-historian David Barton appeared on “The Patriot and The Preacher” radio program, where he claimed that “biblical teaching” were responsible for a 75 percent reduction in violent crime in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Here’s the audio: Right Wing Watch... Read more

Michigan officials tried to make emails about Flint water crisis immune to FOIA requests via the dumbest means possible.

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 at 11:51 am By JT Eberhard

So…you know that whole lead in the water health crisis thing in Flint, MI? Then remember when a bunch of emails were released showing that many government officials knew about it but, to say the least, didn’t make it a priority? Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s then-chief of staff wrote an email in September that expressed concern the water crisis in Flint was being politicized, and argued the issue was not primarily the state’s problem. So that’s all super shitty. But... Read more

Louisiana massively increases taxes to fix years of Republican control.

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 at 11:10 am By JT Eberhard

It turns out that the tax cut like mad approach of Republicans economics, like in Kansas, has totally tanked the economy in Louisiana: A new Louisiana governor inherits a massive budget mess, a state struggling with years of red ink that his predecessor patched through rather than fixing. Now, government services are on the chopping block, threatened with hefty reductions. … [Governor] Edwards is grappling with an $850 million gap in this year’s $25 billion budget, which must be rebalanced... Read more

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