Monday, April 20, 2026

Politics

Mark Ruffalo, Natalie Merchant Will Lead Fracking Protest in Albany on Wednesday

The Incredible Hulk and the leader of 10,000 Maniacs are getting together to protest fracking. Actor Mark Ruffalo and singer Natalie Merchant are leading...

The Real Story of Kathleen McFarland Is Much Better Than The New Scandal

Kathleen "KT" McFarland's real story is much more interesting than the one Bob Woodward dug up about her, General Petraeus and Roger Ailes. Two...

Rolling Stones Not Participating in All Star Hurricane Sandy Concert

The announcement this week of the 12-12-12 concert for Hurricane Sandy relief included all the big rock star names--Springsteen, Joel, The Who, etc. But...

Rupert Murdoch: No Tweets on Election, But Now He Likes “Law Abiding” Hispanics

Rupert Murdoch has been Tweeting away since Election Day. But so far he has said not one word about the election, Obama, or Romney....

Rupert Murdoch Defeated: Why the Hands Off On Barack Obama?

The usually voluble Rupert Murdoch was curiously restrained on Twitter yesterday. His one Tweet: "Everybody searching for any scrap of news about election tomorrow.plenty...

New Barbra Streisand Video: “Mitt Romney Does Not Share Our Values”

Barbra Streisand has made a support video endorsing Barack Obama's re-election to Jewish Democrats. The video plays on our home page in the main...

Stevie Wonder Hosts 3 Hour Star Studded Birthday Bash for United Nations

Stevie Wonder showed just how wonderful and amazing he is last night. He hosted a three hour all star birthday bash for the United...

Exclusive: How George McGovern Became Politicized

I was lucky enough to have a little adventure with former senator George McGovern at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado. That was...