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The World's Craziest Conservatives?

It would be funny, if only it wasn't reality. That's what I thought when I came across this while perusing videos on my iPhone recently. It's a pretty good compliation of the recent insanity. It's good political satire. If it was an obvious parody, I could laugh. But...

Progressive Breakfast - 7/15/2010

Conservatives Say Yes To Tax Cuts, No To Helping The Jobless   The GOP says no to helping the unemployed, but yet to tax cuts for the wealthy: "Republicans almost unanimously oppose spending $33.9 billion for extended unemployment benefits for some 2.5...

Tax Cuts & Mitch McConnell's "Puzzling Evidence"

There are times when you wonder a politician actually believes what he's saying, is just seeing how much he can get away with saying, doesn't know how reality-challenged he sounds, or doesn't care. In Mitch McConnell's case, his statement that "there's no...

Progressive Breakfast - 7/13/2010

Editor's Note: Progressive Breakfast was delayed this morning due to technical difficulties beyond our control. Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care,...

Alaska, Nigeria & The Party of BP

American Conservatives from Joe Barton to Rand Paul and Sarah Palin have expressed outrage that the President Obama would use the the power of his office to hold BP accountable to the residents of the Gulf Coast. They are outraged because they believe this is...

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