When New York City Police Walk Off the Job  —  Many members of the New York Police Department are furious at Mayor Bill de Blasio and, by extension, the city that elected him.  They have expressed this anger with a solidarity tantrum, repeatedly turning their backs to show their collective contempt.

Pope Francis splits with GOP  —  Pope Francis is increasingly driving a wedge between conservatives and the Catholic Church.  —  The magnetic pope has sparked new enthusiasm around the world for the church and has flexed his political muscles internationally, most recently by helping …

Steve Scalise Falls Prey to Scandal Politics He Once Practiced  —  Steve Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in the House, knows well how the Washington game of target and destroy is played.  —  Long before he admitted on Monday to accidentally speaking before a 2002 conference organized …

Governor O'Malley Issues Statement on the Four Remaining Inmates Sentenced to Death in Maryland  —  ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor O'Malley today issued the following statement on the sentences of the four remaining inmates sentenced to death in Maryland:

A Year of Liberal Double Standards  —  Many conservatives finished the year angry about the same thing they were angry about at the beginning of the year: liberal double standards.  —  As I write this, GOP House whip Steve Scalise is in hot water over reports that he spoke to a group of racist poltroons in Louisiana twelve years ago.

Dumb Fox News Hashtag Generates Predictably Sarcastic Replies  —  On Tuesday, the account for 19th-century opinion program Fox & Friends asked Twitter users what stuff from 2014 they were “over,” kicking things off with the above (apparently un-ironic) image and the hashtag #OverIt2014.

Who Is Lena Dunham's Alleged Rapist?  —  Since its publication this fall, Lena Dunham's bestselling essay collection, Not That Kind of Girl, has inspired her fans and offered a different kind of inspiration to her foes.  The right-wing press, in particular, has taken Dunham's discursive set …

The inside story of how an Idaho toddler shot his mom at Wal-Mart  —  Veronica Rutledge and her husband loved everything about guns.  They practiced at shooting ranges.  They hunted.  And both of them, relatives and friends say, had permits to carry concealed firearms.

‘CIA fingerprints’ all over Kiev massacre - Oliver Stone  —  The armed coup in Kiev is painfully similar to CIA operations to oust unwanted foreign leaders in Iran, Chile and Venezuela, said US filmmaker Oliver Stone after interviewing Ukraine's ousted president for a documentary.

If He Does Run, Marco Rubio Won't Let Friendship Get in His Way  —  I just read your new book, “American Dreams.”  In one passage, you write about how the Republicans tend to harm themselves with talk about takers.  Was that a subtle rebuke of Mitt Romney's comment about the “47 percent”?

Michelle Duggar's Lesbian Secret: Bigoted Reality Star Has A Gay Sister! … Jim Bob, Michelle, and the infamously large Duggar brood are staunchly against gay rights.  In November, the couple deleted photos of same-sex couples kissing from their official Facebook page, and later that month …

Obama approval at highest in over a year  —  President Obama's approval rating is at its highest in over a year, according to new Gallup polling.  —  The latest three-day polling average, from Dec. 27-29, puts Obama's approval at 48 percent, the highest it has been since August 2013.