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American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

• Teabagger Popularity Still Dropping

  

  (The cartoon image of teabaggers above is by Chris Britt at Creators.com.) Since the government shutdown engineered by the congressional Republicans, the polls... Read more

  The 24 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Green Party Wants A Debate On Capitalism

  

  The current "third rail" of American politics is capitalism. The Republicans want an unregulated version of capitalism, and the Democrats want some regulation o... Read more

  The 24 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• This Is How Extreme The GOP Is

  

  This Democracy Corps Poll (conducted between October 6th and 8th of 950 nationwide adults) gives us an idea of just how extreme the Republican Party has become. Read more

  The 24 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Tips For Democrats On Taking Back The House

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. To get alerts on our newest... Read more

  The 23 october 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Politico.com Covers .GOP Without Talking About .Republican

  Politico.com just covered the .Gop new gTLD which is being run by the Republican State Leadership Committee, a group that focuses on electing Republicans to... Read more

  The 23 october 2013 by   Worldwide
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• Riley and Garrison Lawsuits Against Legal Schnauzer Feature Fraudulent Conduct...

  

  Jessica Medeiros GarrisonTwo prominent Alabama Republicans--Rob Riley and Jessica Medeiros Garrison--have filed lawsuits against me in recent weeks, claiming... Read more

  The 23 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Another Devastating Poll For The GOP

  

  Poll after poll has showed the public opinion of the GOP dropped as a result of their shutting down the government. But this Washington Post / ABC News Poll is... Read more

  The 23 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Tx Voter Suppression (aka Voter ID Law)

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News.) Texas is one of the states with a Voter ID law. It was pushed through the legislature a while... Read more

  The 23 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• A Shrinking Middle Class Is Unacceptable

  

  The congressional Republicans continue to repeat their mantra of government cuts and tax cuts for the rich. Unfortunately, neither of those addresses one of... Read more

  The 23 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• PPP: Minnesota Could Be One of the Swing States in 2014, Ousting the GOP from...

  

  The image at right is a play on words -- a play on swing state, and a play on the conservatives styling the Tea Party caucus as the suicide caucus. Read more

  The 22 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Rob Riley Is Writing Court Orders To Benefit Himself In Lawsuit Designed To...

  

  Judge Claud D. NeilsonPublic documents indicate Alabama Republican Rob Riley is preparing court orders that wind up with a judge's signature and then are... Read more

  The 22 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Public Doesn't Like GOP Control Of House

  

  Republicans like to talk these days about the approval rating of President Obama (which is currently 8 points under his disapproval). Read more

  The 22 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Would Rob Social Security/Medicare

  

  (This image above is from the Facebook page United Progressives.) The Republicans love to use the word "entitlements" when they are talking about Social Securit... Read more

  The 22 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Consumer Reports: Stay Away from Lucifercare Website!

  

  Cheryl K. Chumley reports for The Washington Times, Oct. 21, 2013, that Consumer Reports — the magazine that tests and rates products — has harsh words of advic... Read more

  The 21 october 2013 by   Eowyn
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• The Afforable Care Act and Hypocritical Republicans

  

  Marco Rubio, a member of the U.S. Senate, elected to that august body by ignorant and angry Floridians, has publicly stated that he did not support the recent... Read more

  The 21 october 2013 by   Lowell
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• When Welcome Doesn't Mean Welcome: Catholic Church in Charlotte Refuses to Host...

  

  As October began, I noted that the two Catholic bishops of North Carolina, Peter Jugis of Charlotte and Michael Burbidge of Raleigh, had recently announced... Read more

  The 21 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Alabama Republican Rob Riley Seeks Blogger's Arrest Over Series Of Posts About...

  

  Rob RileyAlabama Republican Rob Riley has filed a proposed court order that seeks the arrest of my wife and me for reporting here at Legal Schnauzer on Riley's... Read more

  The 21 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Education Matters In An Unfair Economy

  

  As the chart above shows, since about 1980 (when the GOP instituted its "trickle-down" economic policy) the income growth in the United States has gone mostly t... Read more

  The 21 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• How's That Shutdown Thing Playing in the Heartland? I Have a Story for You

  "Lost, and unable to say what it was that oppressed them" (James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time [1962, repr. NY: Random House, 1993]). Read more

  The 20 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Michele Bachmann - Lest We Forget...

  Michele Bachmann is not running for re-election. Whether that has to do with the recent ethics complaint/investigation or not is irrelevant. She's going to be... Read more

  The 20 october 2013 by   Lowell
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• Confusing Himself with God - Ted Cruz

  

  There is a difference between spirituality and ego - unless you are Cruz, or Bachmann, or one of the other religious right nut jobs. Read more

  The 19 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Did The GOP Learn Its Lesson ?

  

  The Democracy Corps Poll was conducted between October 6th and 8th of 950 2012 voters nationwide (with a 3.18 point margin of error). Read more

  The 19 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Public Views GOP As Being Too Partisan

  

  The congressional Republicans want Americans to think their fight with President Obama and the Democrats is over policy. While that may have been true in the... Read more

  The 19 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Fear and Loathing and the Future of Government

  

  The Hollywood ideologue and right-wing conservative, "B" grade movie actor turned politician, known in some circles as "The Gipper," and elsewhere as Ronnie... Read more

  The 18 october 2013 by   Lowell
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• Rob Riley's Efforts To Silence Legal Schnauzer Posts Draw Comparison to Hee Haw'...

  

  Wayne MadsenRepublican Rob Riley's efforts to silence our reporting on his extramarital affair with lobbyist Liberty Duke are akin to what one might expect to... Read more

  The 18 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• What Public Really Thinks Of Obamacare

  

  For the last couple of weeks we have heard the teabaggers in Congress claim they are just doing what the American people want them to do by shutting down the... Read more

  The 18 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Shutdown Decreases Teabagger Popularity

  

  The government shutdown is over -- at least for the next three months. But those that caused that shutdown have paid a price, and the primary creators of the... Read more

  The 18 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Barack Obama's Diary: Gloatin' with Putin

  

  Dear Diary: Bwaaaaha!ha! I won! I won! I had called Pootin on my iPresidentophone to gloat. It was late at night in Moscow but that only made it more... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Politics: False Centrism, False Centrism, False Centrism and the GOP Agenda of...

  

  And political commentary that has caught my eye as the inglorious Republican shutdown of the U.S. government ends ingloriously: For Common Dreams, Richard... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• This is What Losing Looks Like

  A certain sitcom actor made a lot of noise a while back about 'winning'... which was a lot more like whining, and losing. It sounds remarkably like the current... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Thursday Threat Level Reduced: Debt Deal Reached – 90 Days Until Next Crisis

  

  As I told you yesterday, the damage is done. Extending the crisis past Christmas doesn't make it go away and the Dollar fell 1% today on the "great' news that w... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Congress Kicks The Can Down The Road

  There was a time in which it was possible to govern the United States without having to battle, threaten and negotiate with your opponents every few months in... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   Thepoliticalidealist
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• Government Will Re-Open As GOP Blinks

  

  It was only a matter of time, and on Wednesday night it happened -- the congressional Republicans blinked. They had painted themselves into a corner by... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The GOP's Government Shutdown Has Hurt Their Chances Of Taking The Senate

  

  Just a few weeks ago, the Republicans were still talking about their chances of flipping the U.S. Senate in the 2014 election, and taking control of both parts... Read more

  The 17 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Bil Maher on Wingnuts Bachmann and Scalia

  [Our thanks to Crooks Liars. The commentary below is by Heather.] Bill Maher had a few words for wingnut Michele Bachmann and her counterpart on the Supreme... Read more

  The 16 october 2013 by   Lowell
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• Can American Democracy Survive the Madness?

  

  By Alan BeanLast Tuesday night, David Dewhurst called for Barack Obama’s impeachment.  Like most politicians on the right, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas... Read more

  The 16 october 2013 by   Alanbean
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• Low Info Voters Blame Bush For Gov't Shutdown, College Students Blame Obama &...

  

  By Susan Duclos Not much needs to be said because the two compare and contrast videos below pretty much say it all. So a quick recap... Read more

  The 16 october 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Politics: Dueling Hymns in Congress, Paul Ryan and Contraception, Pat Buchanan o...

  

  1. As Peter Montgomery notes, yesterday appears to have been dueling hymn day in the U.S. Congress: House Republicans sang "Amazing Grace" as their latest plan... Read more

  The 16 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Will We Hold It Wednesday – Congressional Edition

  

  Watching this Daily Show interview with a GOP strategist, I still have my doubts. Once again the House of Representatives dropped the ball and once again the... Read more

  The 16 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Shutdown Is Hurting The Economy Through Reduced Consumer Spending

  

  Although the rich and the corporations have recovered from the recession (and are making record-breaking profits), most Americans have not -- and the economy... Read more

  The 16 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Time for Tough Love

  cross-posted from MNPP: Revenge….or Rescue? Neither. It’s time for tough love! I have been participating in both sides of an internal debate, arguing with mysel... Read more

  The 15 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Disapproval Of GOP Actions Still Rising

  

  The congressional Republicans made a bad miscalculation. They thought the American people (or at least a significant portion of them) would back their action... Read more

  The 15 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Kinky To Run For Ag. Commissioner In 2014

  

  Kinky Friedman is running again for Texas Agriculture Commissioner on the Democratic ticket. And I'll probably make some of my liberal friends mad by doing it,... Read more

  The 15 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• ObamaCare: GOP's Big Chance to Seize Young Vote

  Focusing on Obamacare in general, and mandatory coverage in particular, could prove a plausible GOP strategy for broadening the anti-Obama coalition to include... Read more

  The 15 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Monday Market Meltdown – Again

  

  This is how we began last Monday's post as the House failed to pass a debt deal and the markets begain to panic after having popped 100 points on Friday in... Read more

  The 14 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• GOP Lies - They Lie Big, They Lie Often; They Lie by Omission and by Comission

  

  Conservatives have to lie, because the facts are not their friends. They choose to believe things which are not true, WHICH THEY KNOW, ON SOME LEVEL OF THEIR... Read more

  The 14 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Obama's Games Could Destroy The World (Video)

  

  By Susan Duclos The RT video below explains clearly how a US default could be catastrophic globally, yet Barack Obama's political games and his refusal to... Read more

  The 14 october 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Independents Are GOP's Biggest Problem

  

  The congressional Republicans have created a lot of problems for themselves with their shutting down of the federal government (and their threat to let the... Read more

  The 14 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Why Are We Throwing Money Away On Useless Wars While Americans Suffer ?

  

  (This chart is from the National Priorities Project website.) The chart above shows the amount of United States money spent on the unnecessary and useless wars... Read more

  The 14 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Bernie Blasts GOP Threats To S.S./Medicare

  

  [This image of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was found at Daily Kos.] The Republican shutdown of the federal government continues with no end in sight.... Read more

  The 14 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Penny For The Person Who Misspelled Jesus On The Vatican’s Medals Thoughts

  Reuters reports that the Vatican has withdrawn thousands of Papal medals after realizing inscriptions on them misspelled “Jesus” as “Lesus. Read more

  The 13 october 2013 by   Nottheworstnews
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• Now It's Ted Cruz Who is Poll Dancing

  

  One of the biggest problems with the right is that they are reality deniers. They go through intellectual contortions that are far less graceful than those in... Read more

  The 13 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• When Will The Rich "Share The Pain" ?

  

  (Political Cartoon pictured above is by Matt Wuerker at Politico.com.) Republicans have told us that this country is in dire financial straits, and that to get... Read more

  The 13 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Cruz Wins 'Baggers Presidential Straw Poll

  

  Some of the nastiest and meanest teabaggers in this country held their annual "Values Voter Summit" this last weekend. They must have a rather loose definition... Read more

  The 13 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Early Donations Show Many Want Change

  

  If you listen to most political pundits, then you might think that the states of Texas and Georgia are far too red for any Democrat to have a chance in a... Read more

  The 13 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Americans in Five States Want to Secede

  

  Pat Buchanan writes for WND, Oct. 10, 2013, that not only many red state Americans moving away from blue state America to seek kindred souls among whom to... Read more

  The 12 october 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Chris Hedges on Theological Roots of Tea Party Extermism: "I Think It's a Kind o...

  

  At Truthdig, Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer discuss the theological roots of the radical wing now controlling the Republican party, which is responsible for... Read more

  The 12 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Is Max Hastings Right? Will America Shut Down for REAL?

  A very interesting article by Max Hastings in today's Mail which I would urge my American e-pals to read and comment upon. In essence, Hastings suggests that... Read more

  The 12 october 2013 by   Davidduff
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• Highway Hubris, and Gross Political Miscalculation

  

  The organizers of the big trucker protest in D.C. made a lot of delusional noise about the support they had, claiming millions would join them in a new... Read more

  The 12 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• How Long Will It Take Before GOP Realizes It's Hurting Itself With Shutdown ?

  

  The chart above is from the latest NBC News / Wall Street Journal Poll (done between October 7th and 9th of 800 nationwide adults, with a 3.46 point margin of... Read more

  The 12 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Barack Obama's Diary: The Putin Ploy

  

  Dear Diary: I truly am a genius. I was wondering earlier today how to get Boehner to at least begin to compromise, when it came to me: imitate Vlad Putin's... Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• How's That Shut Down Strategy Working for You, GOP?

  

  Remember when the extremist Conservatives assured the GOP that the shutdown wouldn't hurt their popularity? Uh OH! Looks like someone was badly wrong (not that... Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Week's-End News Round-Up: Catholic Bishops and Shutdown, Exporting of Anti-Gay...

  

  As the work week ends, valuable news commentary I've noticed in recent days, which adds new information to discussions we've had here in the past:1. Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Naming Names: Foreign Press Blames Michele Bachmann Tea Party, and GOP for Shut...

  

  cross-posted from MN Political Roundtable In hot water!(image courtesyhttp://mariopiperni.com) - See more at: http://mnpoliticalroundtable. Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Alan Colmes And Fox News Shine A Hot National Spotlight On Rob Riley's Thuggish...

  

  Alan ColmesOne of the nation's leading liberal voices is shining a spotlight on Alabama Republican Rob Riley and his efforts to shut down our reporting about... Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• GOP Is Still Being Blamed For Shutdown

  

  We are now in the second week of a government shutdown, and the GOP is still taking it on the chin for doing it. They had hoped to blame the shutdown on... Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Republican Approval at an All-Time Low

  

  Business Insider Only 28% of Americans view the Republican Party favorably, the lowest mark for either party in Gallup polling dating back to 1992, when they... Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Mikeb302000
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• More from David Frum

  

  Being a lefty, I can confess to a case of the man-loves, and lately I've been feeling it for David Frum.  I called attention recently to his "Seven... Read more

  The 11 october 2013 by   Erictheblue
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• Where, Oh Where, is the Toxic Avenger, When We Need Him to Vanquish the Evil...

  

  the original movie trailer, top; the musical trailer, bottom In the not-so-distant past, from out of the campy ooze of nuclear waste, came a hero! Read more

  The 10 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Colbert Demonstrates WHY He Deserved Those Two Emmys

  You have to love this: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive and this is even better, in that it references Michele the lunati... Read more

  The 10 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• More on Theological Roots of Tea Party: Amanda Marcotte on White...

  

  More good material about a topic I've been discussing throughout the government shutdown: the theological roots from which the behavior of the radical Republica... Read more

  The 10 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• This Is Why You CAN’T Shut Down a Government

  The United States has entered the tenth day of its federal government’s partial shutdown. Over half of its 800,000 employees, those who have been deemed... Read more

  The 10 october 2013 by   Thepoliticalidealist
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• Over 2/3 In The U.S. Fear A New Economic Meltdown Is Coming Soon

  

  The Republicans in Congress haven't just hurt their own political brand by engineering the government shutdown, they are also scaring a lot of people in this... Read more

  The 10 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Shutdown Damaging GOP (& Costing Votes)

  

  The Republicans' ultra-right policies leading to a shutdown of the government (and a possible government default in just a few days) are hurting the Republican... Read more

  The 10 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Congressman John Galt

  

  If you read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, you know that throughout most of the book, people were asking, “Who is John Galt?” It turns out he was a genius... Read more

  The 09 october 2013 by   Pjfaur
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• The U.S. Supreme Court of 1931 Looked Into The Future And Saw Rob Riley's...

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court started becoming a joke in the eyes of many Americans with its 2000 decision in Bush v. Gore, awarding the presidency to George W. Bush. Read more

  The 09 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Wednesday – We’re Yellen Like Magellan

  

  Meet the new boss, same as the old boss (well, maybe a bit more balls than Bernanke has). I love the timing, does the GOP have the energy to fight this... Read more

  The 09 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• How Did Jessica Garrison Have A Mt. Brook House in 2011, When Foreclosure, Publi...

  

  Jessica Garrison's housein Mountain BrookCourt documents show that a Republican political operative with close ties to Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange... Read more

  The 09 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Another Super-Committee? Really?

  

  The government shutdown demanded by the Republicans in Congress is now in its second week. And the crazy thing is that it did not need to happen. Read more

  The 09 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Miley Cyrus and SNL’s Comeback: Recap

  

  Miley Cyrus is good at marketing. She hasn’t “lost it” at all, she’s not on her way to a mental breakdown – if anything, her head is probably as clear as it... Read more

  The 09 october 2013 by   Htan
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• Crazies in Our Midst

  

  This post is about craziness and crazy people. Please note the picture of the political badges made available at a Republican gathering in California. Are... Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Lowell
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• Barack Obama's Diary: Engaged

  

  Dear Diary:  I was reminded today how much more intellectual capacity I have compared to the average American. Staff here in The Spite House have been... Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Maddogging on 'Magog' and Michele Bachmann, Gagging on 'Gog'

  

  fake man on dinosaur rock, above and below For those of you not familiar with the definition of the word 'maddog' (not mad dog) used above, from dictionary. Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Taking Back The House Updates: Could The GOP Actually Lose The House?

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. To get alerts on our newest... Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Testy Tuesday – One Step Closer to Disaster

  

  The bickering continues but a Washington Post/ABC poll released Monday found that while the public's ratings for the President and both parties in Congress... Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Here's the Thing

  

  According to the New York Times, Republicans planned to shutdown the government months ago in something called a "blueprint to defund Obamacare." Surprised?... Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Rvbadalam
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• The Day the Public Realized Its Government Was Playing Them

  The government shut down is a week old.  What?  You didn’t notice?In all seriousness, 15% of the government is shut down. What company is so lean that if they... Read more

  The 08 october 2013 by   Thelongversion
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• Great News on the Shutdown

  

  It looks like this government shutdown will end soon. Check this out: Endgame is here: Republicans are breaking Republicans are breaking. The U.S. Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Morage
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• Monday Market Meltdown

  

  Sometimes, all it takes to end a wicked bull run in the markets is a nice, cold splash of reality and what can be more real than the idiocy of the US Government... Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Bastard! What a Total Lack of Empathy, Compassion, Ethics, Integrity, Or...

  

  Lee Terry, Republican Representative from NE No class. No decency. No integrity. Pure greed and selfishness. Utter Hubris and arrogance. Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Ted Cruz Takes On CNN's Candy Crowley Over Gov Shutdown (Video)

  

  By Susan Duclos Below is the video of Senator Ted Cruz on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley where he discusses the government shutdown, how bad... Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• AL Republican Rob Riley Resorts to Intimidation Campaign To Clean Up His Record...

  

  Rob RileyNew court documents suggest Alabama Republican Rob Riley has filed a fraudulent defamation lawsuit against me in an intimidation campaign designed to... Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Anti-Hillary Campaign Buttons Show the Republicans for the Misogynists They Are

  

  Addicting Info In 2012, Republicans suffered a 12 point loss among women in the race for the White House. Even with this major defeat, the GOP believes it can... Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Mikeb302000
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• California GOP Candidate Tim Donnelly Warns Jerry Brown with Bizarre and Empty...

  SF Gate Conservative Southern California a Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Tea Party favorite and former Minuteman, kicked off his campaign for governor at the stat... Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Mikeb302000
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• Can Democrats Flip The House In 2014 ?

  

  It has become obvious in the years since 2010 (when the Republicans got control of the House of Representatives) that they only way to cure the gridlock in... Read more

  The 07 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• More on the Shutdown, Dominance of White Southerners in GOP, and Theology Drivin...

  

  Two more links to add to the set I offered readers yesterday, when I discussed the dominance of the radicalized GOP by white Southerners and what that means... Read more

  The 06 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Yes, No, Maybe -- the Federal Shutdown is Flumoxing the Members of Congress Who...

  

  Oh, wait! THAT bit of candor did not play well to the base, so she changed her mind! A change of heart and mind in order to try to suck up to an angry electorat... Read more

  The 06 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Most Women Think The GOP Has Not Improved Its Anti-Woman Views

  

  In the 2012 election, the Republican Party did very poorly among three demographic groups -- minorities, young people, and women. They lost all three of those... Read more

  The 06 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Federal Workers To Be Paid For Not Working

  

  As the photo above shows, the House of Representatives has voted 407 to 0 (with 25 members not voting) to give all the furloughed federal workers back pay for... Read more

  The 06 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• What The GOP Calls Compromise

  

  (Image is from the Facebook page of Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian.) The Republicans in the House keep whining that the government shutdown is not... Read more

  The 06 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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