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Progressive Caucus Budget: Truly Courageous and Serious | Crooks and Liars
Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:10 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"Unlike Ryan's proposal, which takes us all the way through 2040 before the deficit is eliminated, this budget puts us on solid footing by 2021, with a fully balanced budget by 2014. Here are some specifics:"
Rachel Maddow: Scaring White People for Fun and Profit | Video Cafe
Seeded on Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:32 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"What explains the fact that people who have had dealings in the past with this specific person, with the imam behind the proposed Islamic center in downtown Manhattan and know him to be a moderate and who have said so out loud -- what explains why they suddenly have decided that …
Defeat the Right in Three Minutes
Seeded on Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:01 AM EDT (conceptual guerilla)
"Have you got three minutes. Because that's all you need to learn how to defeat the Republican Right. Just read through this handy guide and you'll have everything you need to successfully debunk right-wing propaganda."
Paul Krugman: Attacking Social Security
Seeded on Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:17 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"Frames are beginning to take clear shape for the midterms, and yes, Social Security will be under attack.
Marriage and the role of the state
Seeded on Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:58 AM EDT (Salon.com)
"columnists like Douthat are free to argue that the relationships they want to have are not just best for themselves but are, as an objective matter, morally and theologically superior.
The Broadus Effect? Social Desirability Bias and California Proposition 19
Seeded on Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:56 AM EDT (fivethirtyeight.com)
"This November, Californians will vote on Proposition 19, which would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana for recreational consumption. Six polls have been conducted since the measure made the ballot in March.
British PM Apologizes To 1972 'Bloody Sunday' Victims After Report Finds Soldiers Slaughtered Innocents | Crooks and Liars
Seeded on Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:05 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"Peace can only begin with the telling of the truth. And now, thirty-eight years later, the truth is finally out."
How George Bush, Joe Barton, Dick Cheney and Tom DeLay Caused the Gulf Oil Spill and Made Sure BP Will Never Be Held Accountable | Crooks and Liars
Seeded on Mon Jun 7, 2010 6:23 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"Does everyone remember Dick Cheney's "National Energy Task Force"? The one where meetings were held in secret, and energy policy was set by the foxes in charge of the henhouse? Yeah, I figured you might.
GOP, Ben Nelson Block Debate On Financial Reform Bill
Seeded on Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:10 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
The Senate, in a 57-41 vote, failed to get the 60 supporters needed to proceed on the regulatory overhaul. One Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, joined with the Republicans.
Colbert Goes There - The Only Media Figure In America To Call Out Corporate Control Of Government
Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:34 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"These are subjects you just never hear about in the American media, precisely because the American media is owned by giant multinational corporations, who benefit from the corporate personhood rule and would stand to benefit more from deregulating elections so they could use the …
Glenn Beck exploits 9/11 tragedy for ratings: Because cheap symbology matters more than people
Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:48 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"There really isn't more shameless a huckster working the snake-oil circuits of cable punditry these days than Glenn Beck.
CIGNA Denies Cancer Patient Care, CEO Makes $120 Million In Five Years - Not A Coincidence
Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:18 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"I would go to CIGNA and they would tell me I had bronchitis and give me medicine and send me home. No matter what medicine they gave me I wouldn't get better. Then the CIGNA Director called me up and she told me that there was nothing wrong with me at all.
Did You Wonder Why 'Lord' Boustany Gave The Republican Rebuttal? Maybe Because He's Been Sued For Malpractice So Many Times.
Seeded on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:43 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"Boustany was found at fault by the Louisiana Medical Review Panel twice – including a two-year old child Boustany performed an unnecessary and debilitating heart operation on and a woman whose right leg was amputated as the result of complications from surgery – and patients …
Study: Bush Tax Cuts Cost More Than Twice As Much As Dems' Health-Care Bill
Seeded on Wed Sep 9, 2009 2:57 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"And yet, many of the lawmakers who argue that the health care reform legislation is "too costly" are the same lawmakers who supported the Bush tax cuts. Their own voting record demonstrates that health care reform is not a matter of costs, but a matter of priorities."
Fox furthers 'death panel' hysteria with 'death book' claim
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:08 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"'We're going to do something different here today.
Mythbusting Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:07 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"5. It's not fair to hold right-wing media talking heads responsible for the things their listeners might do. Riiight.
Rick Santelli's rant was a preplanned right-wing scam to torpedo Obama's economic agenda
Seeded on Sun Mar 1, 2009 12:38 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)
"The right wing moneychangers tried once again to control the message and lie to the American people to push their agenda that only hurts America. The right wing elite hated FDR because he turned on his own class of people and put the average American worker ahead of them.
Def Party Time! Let's Make a GOP Hip-Hop Video
Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:38 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
"Michael Steele already said that Obama's stimulus plan is full of "bling bling." But did he really just say that he's going to bring the GOP to "hip hop settings" - and that it will be "off the hook"? Oh, no, he didn't! Oh, yes, he did!
Rep. Keith Ellison Questions BofA CEO About Using TARP Funds For Lobbying Against Employee Free Choice Act
Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:46 AM EST (Crooks and Liars)
"Let's get this straight: Bank of America admits that the Employee Free Choice Act would raise wages and benefits for consumers, pumping money into our flailing economy.
Republicans Turn Their Backs On The People Who Have Played By The Rules And Need Help
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 6:48 AM EST (Crooks and Liars)
"The line at 50 South Clinton Avenue is crazy -- people get there early in the morning, a lot of the people are cursing, yelling and screaming," Hernez said.
Bush SEC Holdovers Cite Executive Privilege, Refuse to Answer Questions at Madoff Hearing
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 9:41 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)
"As you'll see, SEC officials refuse to answer the committee's basic questions about the Madoff scandal, and the agency's acting general counsel, Andy Vollmer (a Bush holdover and maxed-out donor to John McCain's presidential campaign) explicitly cites executive privilege as his …
Bailout Recipients Hosted Call to Defeat Labor Bill
Seeded on Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:16 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
"This bill may be one of the worst things I have ever seen in my life," he said, explaining that he could have been on "a 350-foot boat out in the Mediterranean," but felt it was more important to engage on this fight.
Celebrate Banned Book Week with the ALA!
Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:18 AM EDT (ala.org)
Find a book on the current list of most frequently challenged books, or on the all time list, and read it! If the fascists want it banned, you know it must be a good read!
Hate Crimes Against Dayton, Ohio Mosque
Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:21 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"And yet I'm sure that person feels superior to the "terrorists" he hates, rather than recognizing he has become one of them. " That pretty much says it all.
Good vs. Evil: Sarah Palin's Dangerous, Bush-Like Worldview
Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:27 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
"It is obvious to me who the good guys are in this one and who the bad guys are. The bad guys are the ones who say Israel is a stinking corpse and should be wiped off the face of the earth. That's not a good guy who is saying that.
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- Mayor Seems To Contradict Gov. Brewer's Story On Obama Run-In
President Obama didn’t exactly walk away from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) during their disagreement on Wednesday on an airport tarmac near Phoenix, said one of the only people to witness the exchange up close.
Obama State of the Union: Missing Justices Just One Example of Republican Immaturity
While Republicans squirmed during one of Barrack Obama's best speeches, it was the other telling signs that make this an election year to watch and Obama's to lose. The leading theme moving into this campaign year is maturity. Obama now has it. And Republicans do not.
- Noam Chomsky on Ron Paul
Ron Paul's a nice guy. If I had to have dinner with one of the Republican candidates, I'd prefer to have it with him - but, his policies are off the wall. I mean, sometimes I agree with him. I think we have to end the war in Afghanistan.
Big Oil Money And Personal Enrichment Shouldn't Drive U.S. Policy, Mr. Boehner
Rep. John Boehner has killed hundreds of thousands of jobs in Clean Energy:
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