The mayor of Hammond, Indiana is calling on Governor Mike Pence to step down over the state’s anti-gay “religious freedom” law and the ensuing national firestorm. “I woke up this morning to the nation and world taking our state to task again for a measure signed into law by our governor that should have never…
Richard Mourdock resigned today from the office of Indiana Treasurer. Mourdock had served as Treasurer since 2007. Mourdock was re-elected in November 2010 against Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg, who had never served in elected office before, went on to become South Bend’s mayor following the 2011 municipal elections. Mourdock’s resignation came with no notice. As the…
Stephen Colbert spoke to two former Nixon White House officials during the week of the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office following the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up. Pat Buchanan, a former Nixon speech writer and now a political commentator, has gone on to run for president himself twice as an arch-conservative,…