POLITICUS USA writer Jason Easley and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow destroy Republican talking points from foreign policy and immigration, to the size and role of our government, helping put things into perspective with new reports of President Obama calling on Congress for the authority to streamline and consolidate government, bringing the question if whether or not Republicans are going to continue playing the same games this time around.

Liberal activist, political satirist and MAD MIKE'S AMERICA contributor Erin Nanasi shares her thoughts and opinions pertaining to the ugly and inherent double standard among critics of the Obama administration who unfairly and discriminantly treat First Lady Michelle Obama like daily cannon fodder.

ALTERNET has a new article out this week that lambasts Republican sentiments against social programs structured and maintained under the Obama administration to benefit the poor and middle class families who have been struggling since the Great Recession.

John Nichols has a new piece at THE NATION which talks about the epic, long-standing failure of Republican Presidential Candidate Willard M. Romney, INC. to live up to the legacy of the Republican brand that acknowledged civil rights in the life of activism of his father George Romney.

A recent court ruling is at the center of a new follow up blog entry at HOLY BULLIES AND HEADLESS MONSTERS which quotes a BBC report, and a newly uploaded anti-gay propaganda video discussing the ruling of independent social worker, Jenny Shaw, who observed a British couple's religious, vaguely expressed anti-equality views as discerning factor in filing to adopt a child.

Self-proclaimed anti-racist, essayist and author Tim Wise shares an interesting perspective for outreach intervention, targeting progressives at bliss with confusing themselves between one president doing job and a politician among many whose shared vision among his constituents leave a lot to be desired.

Matt Taibbi has a newly written article at ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE telling one story (of many) about how Jeffery Verschleiser's greedy vision working on Wall Street, from his tenure at Bear Stearns to his current executiveship a Goldman Sachs, paved the way for bad investments and millions of wasted dollars, leaving him standing high above the fallout long after the economic meltdown in 2007.

American veteran, lifelong Republican and resident Wisconsinite Scott Olsen takes to the press to express his concerns shared by many this year of Senator Scott Fitzgerald, who is also a target of grassroots efforts by Wisconsin voters this year to recall Tea Party-backed Republican Governor Scott Walker.

And finally, martial arts instructor & vlogger Sifu Freddie Lee and NEW YORK MAGAZINE columnist Jennifer Gonnermann share their thoughts on the ensuing fallout from the suicide death of U.S. Army Private Danny Chen, sparked a major outcry against racial discrimination and bullying, and all forms of military hazing, illuminating the issue of embedded racist and hate culture in today's society.