by Terrance Heath | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
Since the days of Lee Atwater, Republicans have relied on the politics of division and persecution fantasies. James Inhofe road into the Senate in 1994 on a platform of "God, Guns and Gays." Now? Not so much. Americans just aren't as afraid of the gays as they used...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
The other day in the post Call Your Member Of Congress And Say “Discharge Petition,” I wrote about how Nancy Pelosi wants members of Congress to sign what is known as a “discharge petition” to force a vote on keeping taxes at current levels for people making under...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog, Economy
What happened to jobs? The pubic wants government to do something about jobs and getting the economy moving, and in DC the only thing is this weird argument about … anything but jobs and getting the economy moving! "Fiscal cliff?" What about jobs? Fixing the...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
Free speech is a beautiful thing. And it's amazing how free someone's speech becomes -- and how unavoidable -- when they're part of a tiny elite with billions of dollars at its disposal: Suddenly you can "speak" in all the major media outlets. You can "speak" on Fox...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
"All of a sudden it seems like there is a movement afoot of people saying we're going to push back." "And you know what? There should be a pushback." Henry Blodgett, in Why We Need Labor Unions After All Anyway, it would be great if companies would start sharing their...
by Digby | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
In case you were wondering who are the biggest jackasses in the Senate, here's a handy list: Alexander (R-TN) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Enzi...
