Politics

It's been a pretty contentious election season so far, and there's still months to go. Wouldn't it be great if, instead of all of the rancor, the candidates all got along?

The Washington D.C. council has put forth a measure that the city would pay its 50 most troubles young residents to stay out of trouble. The measure states that if they stick with programs to turn their lives around, they can make as much as $9,000.

Here’s a political statement commercial by AARP on Social Security. It is clever the way the use the political symbols for each party. The elephant for the Republicans, and the donkey for the Democrats.  

MSNBC host, Rachel Maddow, and her staff reached out to Gov. LePage's office regarding his recent comments about not delivering a State of the State Address in person.  But instead, providing it in writing and going about his usual business.  The interaction between both MSNBC and LePage's staff is just too comical not to share.

Maybe this petition doesn't effect you directly, maybe it does.  Nonetheless, it is an important issue that needs to be addressed.  I've shared stories about my mom, who is blind.  President Obama planned to make it a requirement for websites to be accessible to those with disabilities, such as the blind and visually impaired.  He said that this would be “the most important updates to the ADA sinc

President Barack Obama is set to unveil some executive actions that he plans to take on guns.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has kicked into high gear.

The license plate that was attached to the limousine that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in just sold at auction for $100,000. The plate was expected to go for $40,000.

This is bad bad lip reading at its finest and at the expense of these Republican candidates.  Empty your bladder and grab some tissues...this is how my brain processes the debates.

Deez Nuts, Independent Candidate for the Presidential race, has received 9% of the votes according to Public Policy Polling.  Someone named Deez Nuts has filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to run for president.  Not only is he running, he’s actually gaining supporters, earning 9% of the vote in a poll against Trump and Hillary Clinton in North Carolina. He has similar numbers in Iow

If you have watched the news at all since the first Republican debate last week, you've heard about the showdown between Donald Trump and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. Two ladies who are big Donald Trump fans took to YouTube to let off some steam on Megyn Kelly.

There are 17 candidates for the Republican nomination for President. So many, that Fox News, had to have two separate debates yesterday. The first debate was at 5pm, with no audience, and featured those who were ranked 11th thru 17th in the latest polls. Then the top ten rated in the polls debated at 9pm.

There are rallies today at the State House in Augusta in both support and opposition of Gov. LePage. The governor recently admitted that he threatened to withhold more than $500,000 in funding for a charter school operated by Good-Will Hinckley, if they did not reverse a decision made last month to hire Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves as their new president.

Rick Santorum, Republican hopeful for the nomination for President, held a campaign event in Hamlin, Iowa at Darrell’s Place. Only four people showed up.

The Maine State Senate voted along party lines and gave initial approval to a bill that would require Maine voters to show a photo ID when voting.

The University of Maryland has announced that it will postpone indefinitely an upcoming screening of the popular movie 'American Sniper' after Muslim students protested.