by Digby | Sep 26, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Yesterday, post-"filibuster": RUSH: I have to tell you, I've had so many people... I've been off the past couple of days, but, while this has been going on, I've had so many people e-mail me so uplifted by what you did in the last 21 hours and what you did leading up...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 25, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Health, This Is The GOP
On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate to launch an all-night fake filibuster. His 21-hour marathon speech was arranged in advance, and there was no way it would stop the Senate from voting on a continuing resolution to fund the government. ...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 23, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Late last week a largely anonymous group of officials from several major world economies gathered in Washington, most likely in an office a short walk from the White House, to hammer out details of an agreement that is often described as "NAFTA on steroids." In other...
by Digby | Sep 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
My good friend the struggling single mom has recently taken a job in the insurance industry. (It pays terribly so she has to work two jobs, of course, but it's better than nothing.) I spoke with her yesterday and she tells me that the votes to defund Obamacare have...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 20, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
The GOP is burdened with a base too steeped in racial denialism and resentment to allow Republicans to reach out to minority voters. Republicans have painted themselves into a corner through decades of appealing to racial fears and stoking the racial resentments of...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, This Is The GOP
The United States House of Representatives is in the midst of a food stamp showdown. House Republicans want to slash the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by nearly $40 billion dollars, and House Democrats are fighting it with all their might. The drastic cuts...
