American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

• ANP Hot News.....Around the Web

  

  By Susan Duclos Links to Hot News.... Around the Web, via All News PipeLine Census Puts U.S. Population At 320.09 MillionRussians Rage Against America2014,... Read more

  The 29 december 2014 by   Susanduclos
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• New Republican Manual: "How to Attract Someone You Really Despise".

  By RF SchattenThe GOP...at the crossroad of their existence...are trying to cross uncharted waters. How to attract Hispanics and other minorities into their... Read more

  The 28 december 2014 by   Rfschatten
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• End Of Year Approval - President Obama Vs. Congress

  

  Republicans and the media have bragged for months now about how "low" the approval ratings are for President Obama. But while the president's approval rating... Read more

  The 28 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• The Hypocricy of Political Corruption: Who's Corrupt

  By RF SchattenA Political Party accusing another Political Party of Corruption? is like 2 Street Walkers accusing each other of moral and unprofessional ethics! Read more

  The 27 december 2014 by   Rfschatten
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• Public Overwhelmingly Supports Raising S.S. Benefits

  

  Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Bernie On Social Security": Ted - thank you for your amazing blog. To me it is absolutely unbelievable that... Read more

  The 27 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Political Pratfalls

  

  Okay, I know this is entirely gratuitous, but it’s the day after Christmas, and I don’t have energy for heavy thoughts. For your convenience, I’ve placed an... Read more

  The 26 december 2014 by   Eowyn
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• New GOP Senators Say Gov. Shouldn't Help Feed The Poor

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Mike Konopacki at Huck/Konopacki Cartoons.) If you think the congressional Republicans have been about as mean as possible, then... Read more

  The 26 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• German Xenophobia: Peaceful, but Menacing

  

  We don’t need no Muslims here CALLING themselves Pegida, or “patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident”, since October they have marched... Read more

  The 24 december 2014 by   Stizzard
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• Should Democrats Just Write-Off The South ?

  

  (This image is from the website mapssite.blogspot.com.) It is no secret that the Democratic Party did very poorly in the South in the last election. Read more

  The 23 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• …Set the Scene

  

  This week, a rather silly looking movie became the center of a very serious (albeit petty) international conflict. For those not up to speed on the Sony Picture... Read more

  The 21 december 2014 by   Zer
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• OMG: The Tea Party and I Agree On Something?

  

  I didn't think this could, let alone would happen. I ran across something the Tea Party and I agree on: Tea party fumes over campaign finance plan Activists... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Morage
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• The Rick Perry Building at Texas A&M

  

  "Dumb" is a relative term. At least in my family. I've got lots of dumb relatives! But, that's neither here nor there because I'm going to be writing about... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Lowell
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• My So-Called Political Career – Rage Against the Machine

  

  When young, I was mad for politics; active in both campus and local Republican politics in Queens, NY – generally playing the outsider-provocateur-clown. Yet I... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Fsrcoin
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• Washington State Deputy Says Military Tanks to Be Used Against Constitutionalists

  

  The United States is devolving into a police state where civilian federal agencies (including the Dept. of Education !) have shotguns, high-powered battle... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Eowyn
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• Clinton Leads Possible GOP Candidates In Recent Polls

  

  (This caricature Of Hillary Clinton is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) One of my favorite websites is that of RealClearPolitics. They keep track of all the... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Investors Back The GOP - But Do Better Under Democrats

  

  (The image above, from the Huffington Post, is of Wall Street on October 29th of 1929 as it suffered a disastrous crash during the presidency of Republican... Read more

  The 20 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Politics of Cuba: Florida, Florida, Florida! / Economy

  h/t to Ybor City Stogie.Do you think the GOP is out-of-touch with reality, stuck in age-old cliches that no longer have any meaning or value other than to... Read more

  The 19 december 2014 by   Lowell
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• Republican Whining Over Cuba Makes No Sense

  

  (This image of Cuba is from the website cubaninsider.) As expected, the congressional Republicans have gone ballistic over President Obama's effort to restore... Read more

  The 19 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Two New Polls Show No Favorite Among GOP For 2016

  

  I bring you the Washington Post / ABC News Poll and the Fox News Poll on presidential preferences for 2016 -- not because they reflect any change, but because... Read more

  The 19 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• When It Comes to Torture, Consider the Source

  

  by Mark Shields, Creators.comDecember 2014On election night in 1986, when John McCain won the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona long held by Republican incumbent and... Read more

  The 19 december 2014 by   Rvbadalam
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• The Superior Logic of a Fool

  The Superior Logic of the "GOP Legend". When a right-wing news website names you a legend of the Grand Old Party....and the legend boast how superior her logic... Read more

  The 19 december 2014 by   Rfschatten
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• New Judge in Siegelman Case Decides to Protect His Corrupt Colleagues by...

  

  Don SiegelmanToday's ruling that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman will not be released pending a January hearing on his latest appeal is a sign that the... Read more

  The 18 december 2014 by   Rogershuler
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• Obama Shows Political Courage On Cuban Question

  

  President Obama started his presidency looking weak. That is because he is by nature a person who believes in compromise and bipartisan governing. Read more

  The 18 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Since The GOP Likes A Sales Tax So Much . . .

  

  The Republicans have made it very clear that they hate the income tax -- especially a progressive income tax that taxes the rich at a larger percentage than... Read more

  The 18 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Lords of the Fallen is Getting a Sequel

  

  City Interactive has begun work on Lords of the Fallen 2, executive producer Tomasz Gop has revealed. News on a sequel was revealed by Gop on Facebook, where... Read more

  The 17 december 2014 by   Sameo452005
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• Judge Bill Pryor's Ties to Gay Pornography Helped Turn Him into a "gatekeeper"...

  

  Bill Pryor at badpuppy.comYou might think that Bill Pryor's ties to 1980s and '90s gay pornography would hurt his chances of becoming a federal judge. Read more

  The 17 december 2014 by   Rogershuler
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• Two New Polls Have Hillary Clinton Looking Good

  

  The charts above are from a new Monmouth University Poll done between December 10th and 14th of a random national sample of 1,008 adults. It has a margin of... Read more

  The 17 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Bachmann, in Her Farewell Address, Preaches About Moses to the House of...

  Haven't we had enough in this country of Ms. Bachmann, the mythical Moses and the Ten Commands? For some reason, Christians fundies get their undies all... Read more

  The 16 december 2014 by   Lowell
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• The Problem with Post-racial Bloggers

  

  “The problem with black politics in Britain.” That was the headline of a recent blogpost by Tony Thomas, a new activist in the party I have recently left, the... Read more

  The 16 december 2014 by   Lesterjholloway
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• The Problem with Post-racial Bloggers

  

  "The problem with black politics in Britain." That was the headline of a recent blogpost by Tony Thomas, a new activist in the party I have recently left, the... Read more

  The 16 december 2014 by   Lesterjholloway
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• American Public Believes Government Gridlock Will Continue

  

  While the Republicans are celebrating their November victory, giving them control of both houses of Congress, the American people know this is not a victory... Read more

  The 12 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Green Party Exposes The Agenda Of New GOP Congress

  

  As you know by now (unless you've been living in a cave somewhere with no media access), the failure of Americans to turn out to vote last November has allowed... Read more

  The 12 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Paging Code Pink: Obama Administration Wants Option for Ground Troops in Iraq

  

  Stars and Stripes: Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the Senate should not “bind the hands” of the president with a new war authorization that bar... Read more

  The 10 december 2014 by   Eowyn
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• GOP Has Convinced A Majority To Believe Two Lies

  

  The GOP's policies are so bad, and so out of touch with reality, that for years now they have been reduced to telling lies to justify themselves. Read more

  The 10 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Republicans Are Better Informed, More Open-minded and Tolerant Than Democrats

  

  Liberals Progressives Democrats The Left pride themselves on being tolerant, “multicultural,” pro-“diversity,” open-minded, well-educated, warm and fuzzy, and... Read more

  The 09 december 2014 by   Eowyn
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• Alabama Deputies Put a Revenge Beatdown on Handyman, and the Man's Vocal Advocat...

  

  Robert Bryant, after his beating by Alabama sheriff's deputies(Photo by Madison County Sheriff's Department, from al.com)The nation's attention has been... Read more

  The 09 december 2014 by   Rogershuler
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• Clinton Looks Good Compared To Republican Hopefuls

  

  The business-oriented publication Bloomberg News commissioned a survey to see how the 2016 presidential race stands at this early stage. Read more

  The 09 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• US Dept of Commerce Strickling: No Firm Deadline To Give Up Control Over ICANN

  The WallStreetJournal.com, according to a letter (unfortunately the link to the letter is not right in the article) in the Journal today , Commerce Department... Read more

  The 08 december 2014 by   Worldwide
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• Message To Evangelicals -- You've Been Conned

  

  (This image is from the website pressdemocrat.com.) I have often wondered why working and middle class individuals vote Republican (which is voting against thei... Read more

  The 05 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Bachmann Called a Rally and (almost) Nobody Came

  

  This from Daily Kos:Michele Bachmann (you do remember her, right?), just after the President notified the world he intended to issue an executive order to halt... Read more

  The 04 december 2014 by   Lowell
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• The Humor of the Grim Reaper

  

  The Grim Reaper got its start in English lore during the 14th century. The symbol for death is a necessary reminder that death is always lurking in the shadows... Read more

  The 04 december 2014 by   Humorinamerica
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• Public Supports Executive Orders (If They Agree With Them)

  

  President Obama recently said he would issue an executive order to stop the deportation of undocumented immigrants with family members in this country. Read more

  The 04 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Clinton Still Has A Lock On The 2016 Nomination

  

  There are still some progressives that want someone to run against Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, and the possible candidates... Read more

  The 03 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Farrakhan Threatens Race War, as “teens” Kill White Man with Hammers

  

  In a speech last Saturday (Nov. 29, 2014) at Morgan State University, a black college located in Baltimore, Maryland, leader of the black Muslim Nation of... Read more

  The 01 december 2014 by   Eowyn
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• Republicans Want A Return To "Voodoo" Math

  

  The incoming Republican majority in Congress is preparing to give number-crunching a controversial twist, and the new math could make it easier for the GOP to... Read more

  The 01 december 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• GQ Magazine Names Obama as One of “least Influential” People of 2014

  

  First, chairman of Stratfor George Friedman calls Obama’s a failed presidency. (Stratfor describes itself “a leader in the field of global intelligence”. Read more

  The 30 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• No One Got A Mandate From Voters In 2014 Election

  

  Republican officials are wanting to act like the voters gave them a mandate to implement their extremist policies (since they now have control over both houses... Read more

  The 29 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Flashback: In 2006, Obama Called Kenya His Home

  Let me ask you a question: If you were born in the U.S.A. but your father was born in Italy, but you had never ever lived in Italy, would you ever refer to Ital... Read more

  The 28 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• #BlackFriday – Oil Collapses as OPEC Meeting Ends in Chaos

  

  Oil is failing $70! $66 is a 40% (strong) retracement from the $110 top we saw just over a year ago but this time may be different as OPEC ended their meeting... Read more

  The 28 november 2014 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Opposition To Obama's Immigration Order Is Not Huge

  

  The chart above was made from a Hart Research Associates Poll done on November 19th and 20th of a random national sample of 800 likely voters, with a 3.5 point... Read more

  The 27 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Republicans Are Driving Away Potential Hispanic Support

  

  For years now, there has been discussion about fixing our badly broken immigration system. Both Republicans and Democrats admit something must be done to fix ou... Read more

  The 26 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Romney Holds Small Lead Among New Hampshire GOP

  

  The first presidential preference poll since the conclusion of the 2014 election has been released. It is the Bloomberg Politics / Saint Anselm Poll (done by... Read more

  The 25 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• The "Spoils" Of Lobbying The Federal Government

  

  The image at left (from sodahead.com) is pretty representative of what is happening on the federal government level. Corporations spend millions of dollars to... Read more

  The 25 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Massive Hack Takes Down Sony Pictures’ Entire Computer System

  

  A hacker group known as GOP have hacked the servers of the studio, displaying an image with links to stolen data and details of their demands. Read more

  The 25 november 2014 by   Nrjperera
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• Conflicting Accounts of Loretta Fuddy’s Death Lend Credence to Assassination...

  

  Loretta Fuddy was the director of the State of Hawaii’s Department of Health (DOH) who verified the authenticity of Obama’s alleged Hawaii birth certificate,... Read more

  The 24 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• Bob Riley Relied on Bryan Taylor's Dubious Legal Opinion to Launch a Jihad...

  

  Bryan TaylorAn opinion from a young staff attorney for former Alabama Governor Bob Riley set the foundation for raids over the past six years at non-Indian... Read more

  The 24 november 2014 by   Rogershuler
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• Southern Republicans Want More Say In Picking A Nominee

  

  Southern Republicans have not always been too happy with the candidates chosen by their party. Mitt Romney is a prime example. Read more

  The 24 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• If JFK Had Lived

  

  , so too, would have 58,000 Americans and untold millions of Vietnamese. If JFK had lived, we would not have spent two trillion dollars on nuclear arms. The... Read more

  The 24 november 2014 by   Mikeb302000
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• Pssst. Might I Have a Word with You, Sen. Inhofe...?

  

  by Meteor Blades for Daily KosSun Nov 23, 2014 at 12:00 PM PSTSorry I'm a few days late giving a nod to you on your 80th birthday, Sen. Inhofe. Read more

  The 24 november 2014 by   Rvbadalam
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• #1,560. The Fortune Cookie (1966)

  

  Directed By: Billy WilderStarring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron RichTag line: "Some people will do anything for $249,000.92"Trivia: Several scenes were... Read more

  The 24 november 2014 by   Dvdinfatuation
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• 2014 Exit Polls Show Republicans and Democrats Are Very Different Peoples

  

  The AP reports that exit polls from the midterm election on November 4, 2014 confirm what surveys had shown in 2013 — that America is a bitterly divided... Read more

  The 23 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• On the 2016 Election (guest Post)

  

  What hope looks like: "I don’t think it’s possible for Republicans to win the 2016 presidential election or keep control of the Senate. Read more

  The 23 november 2014 by   Morage
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• Home Ownership Increasingly out of Reach for U.S. Middle Class

  

  Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for America’s middle class. In just one year, the percentage of all homes for sale considered affordable for the... Read more

  The 22 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• Republicans Whine, Moan, And Make Empty Threats

  

  Since the president announced he will be trying to fix some of our badly broken immigration system by issuing an executive order, the congressional Republicans... Read more

  The 22 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• 2014 Was A Non-Voting Election - Not A Wave Election

  

  I am still hearing some pundits calling the recent election a "wave" election -- inferring that the voters gave Republicans a mandate to institute their... Read more

  The 21 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Candidates Popular With Base - But Not The Public

  

  I thought these poll numbers were interesting. They come from a YouGov Poll taken between November 8th and 10th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults (wit... Read more

  The 21 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Obama 'boosted GOP as Much as Reagan'

  Last night on Special Report, George Will gave credit to the recent electoral success of the Republican party to someone who probably didn’t want to accept it:... Read more

  The 21 november 2014 by   Hughvw
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• The Seven Biggest Economic Lies (guest Post)

  The Seven Biggest Economic Lies from economist Robert Reich: 1. Tax cuts for the rich trickle down to everyone else. Baloney. Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush... Read more

  The 20 november 2014 by   Morage
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• Economic Fairness And Growth Must Coexist In A Capitalism

  

  The two charts above were made from a Rasmussen Poll conducted on November 16th and 17th of a random national sample of 1,000 likely voters. Read more

  The 20 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Obama Ready To Take Unilateral Action On Immigration

  

  The continuing GOP narrative on President Obama is that he is soft on undocumented immigrants. For years now they have been telling us that the president, unlik... Read more

  The 20 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• The Super-Rich Are Destroying Our Economy (& Democracy)

  

  The Republicans have already tilted the economic playing field to favor the rich, and that has resulted in almost all new income flowing into the pockets of... Read more

  The 20 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Some Populist Perspective, Ten Years (and Two Weeks) in the Making

  

  [Cross-posted to Political Context]This image on the left--which shows how the Democratic candidate for governor, Paul Davis, was systematically slaughtered... Read more

  The 18 november 2014 by   Russellarbenfox
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• Rob Riley Claims to Be "morally Opposed" to Gambling, but New Article Reveals Hi...

  

  Rob RileyProminent Alabama Republican Rob Riley claimed in a 2013 interview that he is "morally opposed" to gambling. But a major investigative article in last... Read more

  The 18 november 2014 by   Rogershuler
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• Mormons and the American Liberal Order

  

  [Cross-posted to By Common Consent]Seeking the Promises Land: Mormons and American Politics is a superb work of social science. Read more

  The 17 november 2014 by   Russellarbenfox
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• Why Impeachment Is Off The Table "Have You Met Joe Biden?"

  

  By Susan Duclos, via All News PipeLineA senior aide to a House Republican, along with South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy, known as Washington's "pit bull,... Read more

  The 16 november 2014 by   Susanduclos
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• Impeach The President? Do It Or Shut Up!

  

  The right-wing GOP nuts in Congress have been whining for years now about how they are considering a move to impeach the president. I think they know they... Read more

  The 16 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Q & A with a Digital Nomad Living in Bangkok

  

  With the amount of digital nomads coming to Thailand, I thought it was about time I interviewed one of them.This Q A is with a long time expat who has been... Read more

  The 15 november 2014 by   Harvie
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• 2015 Premium Prices Expose The Outrageous GOP Lie

  

  The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, but it wasn't fully implemented until this year. That gave the Republicans four years to tell outrageous lies about... Read more

  The 15 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• They Know What's Coming but Are They Prepared?

  I refer to the Republican party 'over there' who are hurtling down a tunnel towards the light but in the full knowledge that the light concerned is an... Read more

  The 14 november 2014 by   Davidduff
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• Our Divided Country Assures 2 More Years Of Gridlock

  

  All of the charts in this post were made from information in a new Pew Research Center survey (done between November 6th and 9th of a random national sample of... Read more

  The 14 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• Review: A Bright Room Called Day (Spartan Theatre)

  

  A Bright Room Called Day Written by Tony Kushner Directed by Laura Elleseg Chemically Imbalanced Theater, 1422 W. Irving (map) thru Nov 23 | tickets: $10-$20 |... Read more

  The 14 november 2014 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• A Little Update on the Loser Pro-Gun Candidate Ladies, (and That Other Nutty Guy)

  Monica Wehby lost, in the Oregon Senate race, by double digits. No surprise. Michelle MacDonald lost, in the Minnesota State Supreme Court race, by double... Read more

  The 13 november 2014 by   Mikeb302000
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• ANP Hot News.....Around the Web

  

  By Susan Duclos Links to Hot News.... Around the Web, via All News PipeLine 61% Oppose Federal Regulation of the InternetDenver Cold Shatters Two RecordsDem... Read more

  The 13 november 2014 by   Susanduclos
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• Americans Want GOP Instead of Obama to Lead Nation

  

  Americans want the Republican-led Congress, not Obama, to steer the course of our country. That’s what a post-election poll found. Susan Ferrechio reports for... Read more

  The 13 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• Wedding Chicks // Bridal Shower Feature

  

  photos c/o lori romney photographyThe main reason I went to Utah in August was for Lauren's wedding. As her best friend, I felt it my duty to throw her bridal... Read more

  The 12 november 2014 by   Gentrilee
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• ANP Hot News.....Around the Web

  

  By Susan Duclos Links to Hot News.... Around the Web, via All News PipeLine Alaska Win Gives GOP Another US Senate SeatRussia To Have SWIFT Alternative By MayUN... Read more

  The 12 november 2014 by   Susanduclos
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• Election Consequences from the Ground: Monica Potts on How Arkansas Has Pulled...

  

  Ex-pat Arkansan Monica Potts writes about how working-class Arkansans cut off their economic noses to spite their culture-war faces in the 2014 election:[T]he... Read more

  The 11 november 2014 by   William Lindsey
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• Commentary on 2014 U.S. Elections Worth Reading

  

  New York Times editorial:The next Senate was just elected on the greatest wave of secret, special-interest money ever raised in a congressional election. Read more

  The 11 november 2014 by   William Lindsey
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• Can The New Government Work To Solve Our Problems ?

  

  Staring next January, the United States will have a new government -- a divided government with a Democrat in the White House and both houses of Congress being... Read more

  The 11 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• More GOP-Crazy Is Going To The U.S. Congress

  

  (The image above is from the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) For years now, Republican Louie Gohmert (1st District of Texas) has enjoyed the title of craziest... Read more

  The 10 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Elites Tell Conservatives and Tea Party to Shut up

  

  The bastards have already forgotten that we elected and reelected them to office. Citing Politico as her source, Melanie Batley reports for NewsMax, Nov. Read more

  The 08 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• What is It with Illinois and Chicago?

  

  Amongst the very many Republican winners 'over there' this week, one in particular forced an involuntary double-take from me when I read it. That was the... Read more

  The 07 november 2014 by   Davidduff
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• The Stealth Oligarchy

  

  On his own blog, Texas progressive Jim Hightower has written one of the best commentaries on the 2014 election that I have read. Read more

  The 07 november 2014 by   Jobsanger
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• "Obama Has Always Been a Small Man with Thin-skin..."

  

  This morning I articulated bluntly how I felt about Obama's reaction to Tuesday's electoral drubbing, a drubbing revealing the country's clear disgust with his... Read more

  The 06 november 2014 by   Brutallyhonest
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• So What Happens Next? I Dunno!

  Well, that's not quite true. Having watched a disdainful Obama last night in a performance which would have made Queen Victoria look positively common there... Read more

  The 06 november 2014 by   Davidduff
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• Beware of Obama, the Wounded Vengeful Narcissist

  

  Politics and show business attract narcissists because they feed on the adulation of crowds like vampires feed on blood. Many politicians are not just... Read more

  The 05 november 2014 by   Eowyn
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• So, We Are Where - Exactly?

  It has been a busy day for me today and I have only just returned to spend a happy hour trawling through the American news sites whilst carefully stepping aroun... Read more

  The 05 november 2014 by   Davidduff
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• **stop Press**

  'Things to do, people to meet' this morning but just time to say, "Awfully well done, America!" Obviously, the influence of this blog reaches all parts of the... Read more

  The 05 november 2014 by   Davidduff
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• Republicans Win Midterms

  Michael L.Writing in the Washington Post, Dan Balz tells us: Campaign 2014 surpassed its advance billing, as an electorate that was deeply unhappy with all its... Read more

  The 05 november 2014 by   Mikelumish
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• Black Republicans, Race Traitors

  I am a bit mystified at why these silly Toms and House Negroes even exist in the first place now that the Republicans are reinstating Jim Crow voting... Read more

  The 05 november 2014 by   Calvinthedog
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