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Its crazy to think that a United States Senator, even one as creepy as Ted Cruz, would hop on a plane while their constituents freeze without power after a devastating winter storm. But thats exactly what the Texan did --- and proceeded to make a bad act even worse.

In Republican Resistance To Hurricane Relief, A Stink Of Hypocrisy — And Worse January 05 | 2013 Provoked by opposition to Hurricane Sandy relief among House Republicans – and the delay in voting the first tranche of aid by Speaker John Boehner – both New Jersey governor Chris Christie and representative  Peter King (R-NY) denounced the irresponsibility and cruelty of those betrayals. Even when that first bill passed, 67 Republicans voted no, in contra...

Reprinted with permission from Alternet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, long accused of mapping out a 2024 presidential run by using his office for political gain, kicked off the new year with a religion-tinged tribute to himself, and his "swagger," in a series of tweets. "My New Years Resolution: give the American people the full story about our foreign policy. You may not read it elsewhere," Pompeo tweeted in the first of more than a dozen tweets from his official U.S. government account."Wer...

Pompeo Accused Of Retaliating Against NPR After Barring Reporter Reprinted with permission from Alternet In her role as a pool reporter, Kelemen was to travel with Pompeo and share information as a representative of all radio news outlets, not just NPR. But last week, Pompeo ignited a feud with NPR when host Mary Louise Kelly pressed him on his failure to stand up for State Department officials who got wrapped up in the Ukraine impeachment scandal. Reporters need the departmentâ�...

May 27 | 2015 Texans don’t trust the federal government, and Texas politicians don’t like federal disaster relief. Until they do. As floodwaters ravaged Central Texas, President Obama reached out to the state Tuesday afternoon to pledge the full cooperation and support of the federal government, exactly the kind of aid Texas has desperately needed and vocally rejected for so long. Citylab has a comprehensive account of the Lone Star State’s tangled and troubled r...

In the 70s and 80s, the term "latchkey child" became popular. The phrase represents Generation X because many of them stayed home alone while their parents worked all day. Although the terminology can have a negative connotation, you shouldnt necessarily be scared to leave your child at home. (When they become a certain age, of course.) Unlike the movies, specifically Home Alone, most children do completely fine when theyre left unattended. Sure, you might be missing a few cookies from the jar...