I Love her!:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren isn't approaching her new job with the customary comity and caution you see from a lot of brand-new senators. She's not pulling any punches, even when it comes to her new ...
Friday, March 15, 2013
Mitt Romney gets B-list treatment at CPAC - James Hohmann
Mitt Romney gets B-list treatment at CPAC - James Hohmann:
Indifference awaits Mitt Romney Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference as he delivers his first public speech since election night. The base moved on four months ago, and most Republican activists don’t really care what their failed nominee thinks any more. The apathy that pervades the halls at the Maryland resort hosting the...
Indifference awaits Mitt Romney Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference as he delivers his first public speech since election night. The base moved on four months ago, and most Republican activists don’t really care what their failed nominee thinks any more. The apathy that pervades the halls at the Maryland resort hosting the...
Inside Game: Creating PACs and then Spending Their Money
Gosh! Repugs stealing (from other Repugs!) Whodathunkit!?!?!:
The California consulting firm Russo, Marsh and Associates has tapped into Tea Party true believers, and made millions as a result.
The California consulting firm Russo, Marsh and Associates has tapped into Tea Party true believers, and made millions as a result.
Cable News Obsessively Covers Cuts To White House Tours, Virtually Ignores Cuts To Programs For The Poor
Cable News Obsessively Covers Cuts To White House Tours, Virtually Ignores Cuts To Programs For The Poor:
Thanks to Congressional gridlock, automatic budget cuts took effect 14 days ago, threatening 700,000 jobs and gutting funds for vital programs in housing assistance, early childhood education, disaster relief, and national security. Secret Service staffing was also impacted, prompting the cancellation of White House tours last week. Republicans immediately attacked the decision as a political [...]
Thanks to Congressional gridlock, automatic budget cuts took effect 14 days ago, threatening 700,000 jobs and gutting funds for vital programs in housing assistance, early childhood education, disaster relief, and national security. Secret Service staffing was also impacted, prompting the cancellation of White House tours last week. Republicans immediately attacked the decision as a political [...]
Tell Eric Holder: Nobody is above the law
Tell Eric Holder: Nobody is above the law:
Sign the petition. It reads: "Attorney General Holder: Treating powerful individuals and institutions as 'too big to jail' is fundamentally wrong. It's your job to prosecute criminals. If you can't bring yourself to prosecute Wall Street crooks, you should resign."
Sign the petition. It reads: "Attorney General Holder: Treating powerful individuals and institutions as 'too big to jail' is fundamentally wrong. It's your job to prosecute criminals. If you can't bring yourself to prosecute Wall Street crooks, you should resign."
Worst Supremes since the reunion without Diana Ross :)
6 Ways the US Supreme Court Has Trashed and Rewritten Our Constitution:
What a sorry state the Supreme Court is in, with a creep like Scalia attacking the Voting Rights Act as a “phenomenon that is called racial entitlement.”
What a sorry state the Supreme Court is in, with a creep like Scalia attacking the Voting Rights Act as a “phenomenon that is called racial entitlement.”
Why Students Learn Better in a Playful Environment
Why Students Learn Better in a Playful Environment: Learning, creativity, and problem solving are facilitated by anything that promotes a playful state of mind.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Associated Press: Conservative leader says GOP must broaden appeal
"I'm a firm believer that if the Republican Party is going to have some success, it's going to do so by being a conservative party and not a home for everybody. That's how you grow,"
One of these things is not like the other. Which is it. Stupid fucking idiot media. Article completely contradicts the sunny, feel-good headline.
One of these things is not like the other. Which is it. Stupid fucking idiot media. Article completely contradicts the sunny, feel-good headline.
MSNBC ending Ed Schultz's weekday show
BAH! We love Ed!:
MSNBC host Ed Schultz announced tonight that, as of April, he will no longer host his weeknight primetime show. But Schultz will stay with the network, hosting a two-hour program on Saturday and Sunday nights, he said. "And in the big finish tonight, a big personal and professional announcement. MSNBC will be expanding its weekend programming...
MSNBC host Ed Schultz announced tonight that, as of April, he will no longer host his weeknight primetime show. But Schultz will stay with the network, hosting a two-hour program on Saturday and Sunday nights, he said. "And in the big finish tonight, a big personal and professional announcement. MSNBC will be expanding its weekend programming...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Viewpoint: The Millennial Generation Can Lead Us Out of Gridlock
Viewpoint: The Millennial Generation Can Lead Us Out of Gridlock:
If there's one thing college kids know how to do it's how to bypass conventional institutions and their bureaucracies
If there's one thing college kids know how to do it's how to bypass conventional institutions and their bureaucracies
Once Upon a Time, Corporations Paid Taxes
And when they paid taxes, we had job growth, economic growth, and income growth. Once they stopped, we had corporate profit growth, but not much of the others...
A Smart and Principled Plan to End "Too Big to Fail"
A Smart and Principled Plan to End "Too Big to Fail"
The CEO and Research Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas have written a clear, smart, and principled proposal for reforming our banking system, and for managing the moral and financial crises our too-big-to-fail banks have caused and perpetrated.
The CEO and Research Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas have written a clear, smart, and principled proposal for reforming our banking system, and for managing the moral and financial crises our too-big-to-fail banks have caused and perpetrated.
Will The Media Cover The "Back To Work" Budget?
Will The Media Cover The "Back To Work" Budget?:
For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s fine; it’s not the media’s job to short-circuit debate. It’s the media’s job to report factually on the ideas proposed in Congress...
For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s fine; it’s not the media’s job to short-circuit debate. It’s the media’s job to report factually on the ideas proposed in Congress...
Waking From My Moral Coma
Waking From My Moral Coma:
I am finished with the moral geometry that says this is better than that, which makes this good.
John Brennan's Heavy Baggage
John Brennan's Heavy Baggage: John Brennan's past may not be so easily forgotten in a world looking for accountability.
The Worst of Paul Ryan’s Budgets
The Worst of Paul Ryan’s Budgets:
President Obama is trying to charm a party that clings to calcified ideas on spending and taxes. Just look at the latest from Representative Paul Ryan.
President Obama is trying to charm a party that clings to calcified ideas on spending and taxes. Just look at the latest from Representative Paul Ryan.
Costco's Profit Soars Days After CEO Endorses Minimum Wage Increase
Eat dirt, WalMart!
Less than a week after Costco CEO Craig Jelinek spoke out in favor of raising the minimum wage, the big-box retailer’s earnings showed that paying workers a living wage doesn’t always hurt business.
Less than a week after Costco CEO Craig Jelinek spoke out in favor of raising the minimum wage, the big-box retailer’s earnings showed that paying workers a living wage doesn’t always hurt business.
Pretty Much Nation’s Only Black Lady Republican Official Resigns For Being The Griftiest
Wow! You have to really try to out-crooked the Guv in FL. She must be as good (bad?) as Madoff to get booted out of office :):
That is too bad that Florida’s Lieutenant Governor, Jennifer Carroll, had to resign for being sooooo shady. She is pretty! And sometime we get lesby-rumors and accusations (lesbysations) about her! Those are both good things! But, wah-wah, unfortunately Jennifer Carroll
That is too bad that Florida’s Lieutenant Governor, Jennifer Carroll, had to resign for being sooooo shady. She is pretty! And sometime we get lesby-rumors and accusations (lesbysations) about her! Those are both good things! But, wah-wah, unfortunately Jennifer Carroll
O'Reilly Defends His Lie-Filled Attack on Colmes With Claim He 'Elevated' Political Debate
WOW! The RWNJ bubble REALLY is Cloud Cuckooland!:
It looks like Bill O'Reilly still isn't finished spreading the same lies he was telling when he had his meltdown on air with Alan Colmes last week, because he decided to devote his Talking Points Memo and the opening segment of his show this Monday to defending and repeating those same lies -- and as Media Matters noted, despite getting his facts wrong again, O'Reilly claimed his 'righteous anger' elevated the conversation about the debt.
It looks like Bill O'Reilly still isn't finished spreading the same lies he was telling when he had his meltdown on air with Alan Colmes last week, because he decided to devote his Talking Points Memo and the opening segment of his show this Monday to defending and repeating those same lies -- and as Media Matters noted, despite getting his facts wrong again, O'Reilly claimed his 'righteous anger' elevated the conversation about the debt.
Scum Floats
Lawrence O’Donnell Rewrites Scott Brown’s Political Future After He Joins Wall Street Lobbying Firm: MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell declared former Sen. Scott Brown's political career officially deceased during his Rewrite segment that Monday evening now that Brown had decided to give it the kiss of death and take a job as a lobbyist:
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Can You Spell DOA?
GOP budget takes aim again at Obamacare, Medicaid: WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program's cost.
Corporations Evade At Least $400 Billion A Year In Taxes -- 4 Times The Size Of The Sequester | Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)
Corporations Evade At Least $400 Billion A Year In Taxes -- 4 Times The Size Of The Sequester | Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC): You pay your taxes, so why don't corporations? The sequester continues to harm important investments in America, with the latest casualty being the Nat
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