Voter Suppression Group ‘True the Vote’ sues IRS Over Their Right To Victimize Others Tax-Free

The Houston-based group True the Vote, filed suit in federal court Tuesday against the Internal Revenue Service over the agency’s processing of its request for tax-exempt status and what they claim is heightened IRS scrutiny.  The lawsuit states $85,000 in damages.

But Why? Why can’t True the Vote get tax-exempt status to suppress the vote?

Alabama: 4 Teens shot after gunman opens fire in the crowd at a graduation party

In New Market, Alabama, four teenagers were hospitalized at a graduation party for Buckhorn High School late Tuesday when someone opened fire in the crowd. The shooting occurred  around 10:30 p.m. at a house party with students from several schools in attendance.

Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Would Force Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police

If a woman in Virginia has a miscarriage without a doctor present, they must report it within 24 hours to the police or risk going to jail for a full year. At least, that’s what would have happened if a bill introduced by Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain (R) had become law.

Video: Michele Bachmann already airing TV ads 17 months before the election to defend her seat

Even though the election is 17 months away, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is airing about $85,000 in TV ads in the Twin Cities area in order to defend her seat. In the ad, Bachmann touts as an achievement her attempts to repeal Obamacare.

Politicians typically do not begin running commercials until the year of the election

Minnesota State Rep Calls Climate Change ‘Complete United Nations Fraud And Lie’

On Wednesday night, Minnesota State Representative Glenn Gruenhagen (R-Glencoe) took to the House floor to talk about climate change and renewable energy.

Using sources such as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Gruenhagen told his colleagues that climate change is a “complete United Nations fraud and lie…. The latest facts from CPAC show that in the last sixteen years there’s been no global warming.”

While it is common practice among climate skeptics to claim that the Earth is no longer warming, the fact is global temperatures are rising. 2010 was the hottest year on record and every year of the 2000s was warmer than 1990s average. Over 30 million people were displaced by climate-related extreme weather events in 2012, and it is increasingly likely millions more will be displaced in the near  future.

Virginia GOP Nominee Believes Gays Are ‘Very Sick’ And Democrats Are Worse Than The KKK

The Virginia Republican Party this weekend nominated for lieutenant governor a minister who has a history of virulent anti-gay statements, accuses the Democratic Party of enslaving African Americans, and criticized President Obama for having “Muslim sensibilities.” The former Senate candidate ,who in 2012 garnered less than 5 percent of the vote in the Republican primary, bested six other candidates during the Virginia GOP convention, and will join conservative Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the Republican ticket. He is the first black candidate the state party has endorsed since 1988.