Friday, April 05, 2013

Top Dem on Gun Control Says She's Working With GOPers—But Won't Give Names or Numbers | Mother Jones

Top Dem on Gun Control Says She's Working With GOPers—But Won't Give Names or Numbers | Mother Jones

Obama Seeks Deal, Proposes Cuts to Social Security

Obama Seeks Deal, Proposes Cuts to Social Security: 

Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs. The plan, if ever enacted, could touch almost all...

House liberal leader: Say No to the Grand Bargain

House liberal leader: Say No to the Grand Bargain

7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote | The Nation

7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote | The Nation

Will Obama Defend Media Democracy? | The Nation

Will Obama Defend Media Democracy? | The Nation: 

Obama's next appointee for FCC chair could determine whether robber barons consolidate their domination of the public discourse. Will Obama Defend Media Democracy?

Ohio State Senator Leading Review of "Stalinist" Renewable Energy Standards | Mother Jones

Ohio State Senator Leading Review of "Stalinist" Renewable Energy Standards | Mother Jones

Keep Your Paper Insurance Card in Your Wallet, Most States Don’t Accept Electronic Ones Yet

Keep Your Paper Insurance Card in Your Wallet, Most States Don’t Accept Electronic Ones Yet

Daily Kos: Boehner: Obama is holding entitlement cuts 'hostage for more tax hikes'

Daily Kos: Boehner: Obama is holding entitlement cuts 'hostage for more tax hikes'

"Once again, Obama offers what the Republicans say they want, beginning another round of negotiations on their ground. Once again Republicans reject it, up the ante, and get the added benefit of having Obama officially on the record behind Social Security and Medicare cuts."

Show Me Da Money | TPM Editors Blog

Show Me Da Money | TPM Editors Blog

When there's a question of 'why' in politics, the answer is always money. (Actually, the "politics" in that sentence can be replaced with ANY business or organization...)

NC GOP pushing poll tax to stop college kids from voting

NC GOP pushing poll tax to stop college kids from voting

Rachel Maddow Show

Rachel Maddow Show: 

Rachel Maddow hosts MSNBC’s top-rated primetime show, The Rachel Maddow Show. The show features Maddow’s take on the biggest stories of the day, including issues in the news that most of the media may have underplayed or overlooked. The show airs 9 p.m. ET weeknights on MSNBC.

When the Oil Biz > Congress in making plans for oil spills, there's a problem.

How Big Data Is Changing the Whole Equation for Business - WSJ.com

How Big Data Is Changing the Whole Equation for Business - WSJ.com

Modern-day debtors' prison alleged in Ohio - U.S. News

Modern-day debtors' prison alleged in Ohio - U.S. News

Paging Mr Dickens.... Paging Mr Dickens...

Peter King Says He'll Never Forgive Rubio, Republicans For Opposing Sandy Aid (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire

Peter King Says He'll Never Forgive Rubio, Republicans For Opposing Sandy Aid (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire

"Like Romney, DeMint expands the idea of dependent people beyond “welfare” — the usual target of conservatives — to include many other Americans who benefit from federal programs. Tellingly, this doesn’t include homeowners, small business owners, or corporate executives, who receive huge benefits from the federal government in the form of tax breaks, subsidies, and tax preferences. It’s only dependency, it seems, when your income is less than six-figures."

Peter King Says He'll Never Forgive Rubio, Republicans For Opposing Sandy Aid (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire

Peter King Says He'll Never Forgive Rubio, Republicans For Opposing Sandy Aid (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire

Inverse NIMBYism? King voted AGAINST Katrina relief, but who cares about helping crackers and niggers, right, Pete? Shut up, you moronic motherfucker!

Fox Smears Striking NYC Fast Food Workers While Pushing Minimum Wage Myths | Blog | Media Matters for America

Fox Smears Striking NYC Fast Food Workers While Pushing Minimum Wage Myths | Blog | Media Matters for America

Speaking of people on whom I would wish a slow agonizingly painful death...