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 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...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 17, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
Some Republicans now think it's a "moral hazard" to feed the poor. It's bad enough that Republicans are proposing $40 billion in cuts to food stamps, but portray it as a moral act beggars belief. Earlier this summer, Rep. Steve Fincher (R-Tenn.) quoted the...
by Digby | Sep 17, 2013 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
You've got to hand it to these misanthropic wingnuts. They don't suffer from a surfeit of self-awareness, that's for sure: At a sugar lobby symposium at a Napa resort, of all places, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) chose to champion the cuts last month, preaching of...
