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As the 2016 presidential race kicks into high-gear we decided to get in the groove by helping candidates pick their campaign theme songs.

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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz found himself in hot water after making insensitive remarks about Vice President Joe Biden just days after his son passed away. During a Livingston County, Michigan Republican Party dinner on Wednesday, he shared the distasteful joke about Biden before a crowd of 650 GOP members. “Vice President Joe Biden, you know […]

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday became the first Republican presidential candidate to declare himself in the race. The declaration is not much to snuff at because of ideas peddled by the Tea Party darling, which are nothing short of xenophobic. You may remember how he and his henchmen held federal workers hostage for nearly […]

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According to reports (and his Twitter account), Senator Ted Cruz will run for president of the United States. Cruz is slated to make an official announcement sometime today. He is expected to launch a presidential bid and become the first Republican presidential candidate without creating an exploratory committee. According to his senior advisors, Cruz will […]

Rejoice! The centuries-old ban that has blocked gay groups from marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC has been lifted. The group, which appears to be an ally group between LGBT and straight employees at NBC Universal, applied to march and was approved by parade officials. The parade, which falls on March 17, was […]

But…why? Just in time for the holiday season, St. Louis publisher Really Big Coloring Books Inc. has released an activity and coloring book featuring who else, but Texas Tea Party darling Ted Cruz. And surprisingly, it’s selling like hot cakes. Company founder Wayne Bell said Thursday the book is already in its third printing after just […]

This is scary. The National Transportation Safety Board has released new footage of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport in July. In the raw footage, you can see the Boeing 777 skidding down the runway before tumbling up into the air in a cloud of smoke. Watch above. [NDN] Bad teacher? Michael […]

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Ted Cruz deserves some credit. It has been easy to criticize his actions of late and his allies in the Tea Party have certainly contributed greatly to the gridlock in Washington, but this time he deserves some credit. As the only United States Senator to attend Tuesday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela, he did the […]

A video of Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s father calling for President Obama to go back to Africa has surfaced and needless to say, Cruz’s team isn’t happy. During a speaking event in Fort Worth, Texas during his son’s 2012 Senate campaign, Rafael Cruz bashes the Obama administration before launching into a full-out birther conspiracy rant […]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is, once again, proving that he’s out of touch with reality…and in a big way. During yesterday’s Stand Your Ground Senate panel, the Tea Party favorite sat across from the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis and argued that the Florida law that might allow Davis’ killer to go free […]

It’s almost Halloween and the scariest thing on the block isn’t a movie about the zombie apocalypse. It’s politics and the 113th Congress. For starters, our country was on the brink of financial collapse. The Republicans were holding us hostage and not giving us our paychecks. It was hurricane season and NOAA employees were furloughed. […]