Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Speaker Cuts Off C-SPAN Cameras When Dems Attempts To Bring Vote On Payroll Tax Cut
Speaker Cuts Off C-SPAN Cameras When Dems Attempts To Bring Vote On Payroll Tax Cut: pDuring a quick pro-forma session of the House this morning, Republicans rebuffed a Democratic attempt to force an up-or-down vote on the Senate-passed payroll tax holiday extension, which Republicans have thus far refused to allow. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), who was serving as the speaker pro-temp, ignored shouts of “Mr. Speaker!” from Democratic Whip Steny [...]/p
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
BREAKING: House Republicans Walk Away From Bipartisan Compromise on Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefits
BREAKING: House Republicans Walk Away From Bipartisan Compromise on Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefits: pMoments ago, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 229-193 to walk away from a bipartisan compromise that would have extended for two months both the payroll tax cut for 160 million working Americans and long-term unemployment benefits for millions of jobless Americans, as well as stopped automatic cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors that are scheduled [...]/p
Remember that republicans and tea partiers only like tax cuts when its for corporations and the wealthy.
Remember that republicans and tea partiers only like tax cuts when its for corporations and the wealthy.
Two More Ways Republicans Are Undermining Financial Regulations
Two More Ways Republicans Are Undermining Financial Regulations: pAfter Republicans took over the House of Representatives in November 2010, the incoming House Financial Services Chairman, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), said he believes Washington’s role is to “serve the banks.” And the GOP has done its best this year to follow that directive, by denying regulators the money they need to implement the Dodd-Frank [...]/p
Thanks to the Tea Party the Wall street crooks will be bailed out again in the future.
Thanks to the Tea Party the Wall street crooks will be bailed out again in the future.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Bachmann Issues Doomsday Warning To Tea Party Activists: ‘This Is Our Last Election’
Bachmann Issues Doomsday Warning To Tea Party Activists: ‘This Is Our Last Election’: pOn a conference call with Tea Party activists last night, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said she dreams of the day when Medicare will no longer be needed. Bachmann told the Tea Party Patriots “tele-forum,” which featured most of the Republican presidential candidates, that she wants to create a new health care system in which individuals [...]/p
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Boehner Rejects Bipartisan Senate Compromise, Puts Tax Cut For 160 Million Americans In Danger
Boehner Rejects Bipartisan Senate Compromise, Puts Tax Cut For 160 Million Americans In Danger: pOn Saturday, the Seante passed a bill to extend the payroll tax holiday for two months, overcoming Republican opposition by including things favored by the GOP, like expediting consideration of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. With the extension, the Senate adjourned for the rest of year. But it looks like the massive concessions Democrats made [...]/p
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Koch Brothers, ALEC and the Savage Assault on Democracy | Common Dreams
Koch Brothers, ALEC and the Savage Assault on Democracy | Common Dreams
The wealthy Libertarian money behind the fake "grassroots" movement called the Tea Party. They use the misinformed masses of the Tea Party to the bidding of corporations.
The wealthy Libertarian money behind the fake "grassroots" movement called the Tea Party. They use the misinformed masses of the Tea Party to the bidding of corporations.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Romney’s Attack On Newt: I Pledge To Get Rid Of Medicare Faster
Romney’s Attack On Newt: I Pledge To Get Rid Of Medicare Faster: pMitt Romney’s campaign is stepping up their attacks against current GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich today over his criticism of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Medicare privatization plan. In a press release to reporters, Gail Gitcho, Romney’s communications director, charged, “Speaker Gingrich’s attack on Paul Ryan’s plan as ‘right-wing social engineering’ – and then denying his [...]/p
BREAKING: GOP Filibusters Middle Class Tax Cut — Again
BREAKING: GOP Filibusters Middle Class Tax Cut — Again: pA bill to extend the payroll tax holiday failed in the Senate this afternoon after Republicans filibustered the extension for a third time, preventing it from getting the 60 votes needed to begin debate or receive an up-or-down vote. The latest bill would have paid for the extension of the holiday, which primarily affects middle [...]/p
Sen. Mike Lee Admits He Filibusted CFPB Nominee To Sabotage The Agency
Sen. Mike Lee Admits He Filibusted CFPB Nominee To Sabotage The Agency: pEarlier today, 53 percent of the Senate voted to move forward with Richard Cordray’s nomination to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — depriving him of the supermajority he needs in order to be confirmed. One of the senators joining this filibuster, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), was uncharacteristically candid about why he helped build [...]/p
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
40,000 Rally, More Than 100,000 Sign Petitions, to Say 'Recall Walker' | Common Dreams
40,000 Rally, More Than 100,000 Sign Petitions, to Say 'Recall Walker' | Common Dreams
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin faces recall petition.
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin faces recall petition.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
POLL: 99 Percent Message Nearly Twice As Popular As Tea Party GOP Message
POLL: 99 Percent Message Nearly Twice As Popular As Tea Party GOP Message: pA new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll out last night found that a whopping 60 percent of Americans strongly agree with the basic sentiment of the 99 Percent Movement, as expressed in the statement below: The current economic structure of the country is out of balance and favors a very small proportion of the rich over the [...]/p
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Radical Sheriff Arpaio Has Secret Birther Plan To Keep Obama Off 2012 Ballot
Radical Sheriff Arpaio Has Secret Birther Plan To Keep Obama Off 2012 Ballot: pThe birther movement, thought dead by multiple debunkings and the release of President Obama’s actual birth certificate, was thrust back into the national spotlight this week when Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), a former frontrunner in the race for the GOP’s presidential nomination, called birtherism “a good issue to keep alive” and claimed he wasn’t [...]/p
Monday, October 24, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
99 Percenter Rebukes Corporate Fronts Like FreedomWorks, But Welcomes Regular Tea Party People
99 Percenter Rebukes Corporate Fronts Like FreedomWorks, But Welcomes Regular Tea Party People: pThis week, the 99 Percent Movement arrived in Sacramento as crowds gathered in Cesar Chavez Park. Dubbed OccupySacramento, the rally swelled to several hundred in a scene reminiscent of recent events from as far as Orlando, Boston, and Wichita. ThinkProgress spoke to several participants at the OccupySacramento rally. Mark Bradley, a local resident holding a [...]/p
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Tea Party Senator Proposes Permanent Tax Giveaway To Multinational Corporations
Tea Party Senator Proposes Permanent Tax Giveaway To Multinational Corporations: pTea Party Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) — when he isn’t badly mangling the U.S. Constitution — wants to take a hatchet to the federal budget, proposing a program that “would require slashing every government program that’s not defense or Social Security (Medicare, Medicaid, veterans affairs, education, and so on) by 89.6 percent.” But at the [...]/p
Really? Where were all the signs from those fake "grassroots" Tea Party events that said give away everything to corporations? Oh, that's right, that was the actual agenda of the people who funded the Tea Party. This corrupt Tea Partier has really bad timing. Either that or his handlers in the corporate world wanted one last con/ripoff before the country really gets pissed at Wall Street and their corporate pals
Really? Where were all the signs from those fake "grassroots" Tea Party events that said give away everything to corporations? Oh, that's right, that was the actual agenda of the people who funded the Tea Party. This corrupt Tea Partier has really bad timing. Either that or his handlers in the corporate world wanted one last con/ripoff before the country really gets pissed at Wall Street and their corporate pals
Justice Scalia Laughs At Rick Perry’s Tenther View Of The Constitution
Justice Scalia Laughs At Rick Perry’s Tenther View Of The Constitution: pA growing number of conservative lawmakers embrace tentherism, a radical overreading of the 10th Amendment which claims that nearly all of the federal budget is unconstitutional. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) believes that Social Security and Medicare “contradict[] the principles of limited, constitutional government that our founders established to protect us.” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) [...]/p
Gov. Walker: Wall Street Greed Has Nothing To Do With “ Real Issues“
Gov. Walker: Wall Street Greed Has Nothing To Do With “ Real Issues“
Corrupt Tea Party Gov Scott Walker. This man sold out his state after being funded by the wealthy Libertarian funders of the Tea Party.
Corrupt Tea Party Gov Scott Walker. This man sold out his state after being funded by the wealthy Libertarian funders of the Tea Party.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Tea Party Nation Stands With Hank Williams After He Gets Pulled From ESPN For Comparing Obama To Hitler
Tea Party Nation Stands With Hank Williams After He Gets Pulled From ESPN For Comparing Obama To Hitler: pESPN dropped Hank Williams Jr.’s well-known “Are You Ready for Some Football?” opening song for Monday Night Football last night after the country singer compared President Obama to “Hitler” earlier in the day and called the president and vice president “the enemy.” Shortly after Williams made the comments on Fox & Friends yesterday morning, ESPN [...]/p
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Bloomberg News Investigation: Koch Industries Bribed Foreign Officials, Sold Petrochemical Equipment To Iran
Bloomberg News Investigation: Koch Industries Bribed Foreign Officials, Sold Petrochemical Equipment To Iran: pA new article by Bloomberg News reporters Asjylyn Loder and David Evans profiles decades of corporate crimes at the petrochemical and commodity speculating giant Koch Industries. Some of the examples, like a pipeline explosion that killed two teenagers and a cover-up of heightened benzene releases in Corpus Christi, have been well-documented. However, the report outlines [...]/p
Tea Party funders the Koch brothers.
Tea Party funders the Koch brothers.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Paul Ryan Calls For Increasing Taxes On Middle Class But Dismisses Millionaires Tax As ‘Class Warfare’
Paul Ryan Calls For Increasing Taxes On Middle Class But Dismisses Millionaires Tax As ‘Class Warfare’: pRep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) resumed his attacks on President Obama’s economic policy Sunday morning, suggesting that the President’s plan to tax millionaires’ profits from capital gains in order to fund job creation efforts constitutes “class warfare”: RYAN: It adds further instability to our system — more uncertainty — and it punishes job creation and those people who [...]/p
Friday, September 16, 2011
Report: What Happens If The Tea Party Wins
Report: What Happens If The Tea Party Wins: pBefore President Obama entered the White House, there was a widespread consensus — even among leading conservatives — that the Constitution leaves most decisions to We the People and the leaders we elect. The election of a center-left president eager to move the nation in a progressive direction, however, killed many conservatives’ belief that democracy [...]/p
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
During Secret Retreat With Billionaires, Koch Lobbyist Admits Tea Party Group ‘Designed’ To Elect Republicans In 2010
During Secret Retreat With Billionaires, Koch Lobbyist Admits Tea Party Group ‘Designed’ To Elect Republicans In 2010: pThis morning, blogger Brad Friedman, writing in Mother Jones and BradBlog, revealed a set of audio tapes from the last major donor meeting convened by the billionaire Koch brothers. There are a number of startling revelations from the scoop — but the opening remarks from Kevin Gentry, a Koch Industries executive at the firm’s DC [...]/p
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Bachmann Joins Perry, Endorses Even Bigger Corporate Tax Holiday Than Corporations Asked For
Bachmann Joins Perry, Endorses Even Bigger Corporate Tax Holiday Than Corporations Asked For: pDuring his presidential campaign kickoff tour of New Hampshire, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) signaled potential support for a temporary holiday that would allow corporations to repatriate offshore funds at a zero percent tax rate, far lower than the current 35 percent rate, under the guise of job creation. Reducing the rate to zero percent [...]/p
The insanity continues.
The insanity continues.
The Problem With Rick Perry’s Federalism Is Extremism, Not Hypocrisy
The Problem With Rick Perry’s Federalism Is Extremism, Not Hypocrisy: pPolitical reporters seem much more comfortable discussing allegations of hypocrisy than discussing policy substance, so I should be glad that the extent of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s bizarre ideas are getting some attention through the lens of hypocrisy. But I do hasten to add that the real story is the ideas not the hypocrisy. For [...]/p
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Tea Party Is The Hate Wing Of The Republican Party That Has Always Been There
The fake "movement" is nothing more than a rebranding of the most vile wing of the republican party.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Bachmann Staffer’s Ties To Uganda’s ‘Kill-Gays’ Bill
Bachmann Staffer’s Ties To Uganda’s ‘Kill-Gays’ Bill: pJim Burroway has a good post exploring the troubling connection between GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and Peter E. Waldron, a campaign staffer “responsible for her faith-based organizing both in Iowa and South Carolina.” Yesterday, the Atlantic reported on Waldron’s “arrest in Uganda in 2006 on charges of running illegal guns and ammunition,” but Borroway [...]/p
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Poll: Tea Party Less Popular Than Muslims, Atheists, 21 Other Groups
Poll: Tea Party Less Popular Than Muslims, Atheists, 21 Other Groups: pThe debt ceiling deal has left the Tea Party more disliked than ever, as a recent New York Times poll shows. In April, 2010, 21 percent of Americans approved of the Tea Party while 18 percent disapproved of it. Now, 20 percent approve while a stunning 40 percent disapprove of it. Ironically, the conservative movement [...]/p
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
While Pushing Corporate Tax Cuts, Bachmann Rejects Extending Jobless Benefits: ‘We Don’t Have The Money’
While Pushing Corporate Tax Cuts, Bachmann Rejects Extending Jobless Benefits: ‘We Don’t Have The Money’: "pRight now, 14 million unemployed Americans are struggling to make ends meet. 44.4 percent of these Americans have been struggling without a job for six months or more. While Republican lawmakers continually put off their “jobs” agenda, many of these Americans receive much needed financial support from the federal unemployment benefits program. These benefits, unfortunately, [...]/p"
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
While Cutting Health Care For The Poor, Gov. Scott Pays Less Than $400 A Year For Taxpayer-Subsized Health Insurance Plan
While Cutting Health Care For The Poor, Gov. Scott Pays Less Than $400 A Year For Taxpayer-Subsized Health Insurance Plan: "pAfter relentlessly campaigning to abolish health care reform, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has taken every opportunity to slash health care coverage for the poor, elderly, and disabled. Since taking office in January, Scott has enacted a landmark Medicaid privatization scheme, rejected millions in federal health aid for seniors, children, and the disabled, and even [...]/p"
Tea Party Gov. in Florida.
Tea Party Gov. in Florida.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Tea Party Is Coming For Your Medicare (Again)
The Tea Party Is Coming For Your Medicare (Again): "pIf It’s August, The Tea Party Wants To Take Away Your Health Care In August of 2009, the Tea Party tried to run the health care bill off the rails. Flash forward two years and the Tea Party is at it again, but this time they are dead set on pushing through the GOP’s spectacularly unpopular plan to [...]/p"
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Corrupt Florida GOP Rejects Money To Fight Child Abuse And Neglect
Florida GOP Rejects Money To Fight Child Abuse And Neglect: "pIn a partisan stand against the Affordable Care Act, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and GOP lawmakers are turning away much-needed federal funds aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. According to Linda Merrell of the Florida Child Healthcare Coalition, the state has missed out on up to $52 million in federal funding — $3.4 [...]/p"
Nothing like those Tea Party values.
Nothing like those Tea Party values.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Rick Perry Signs A Mini-Ryan Health Bill
Rick Perry Signs A Mini-Ryan Health Bill: "pGov. Rick Perry (R-TX) is transforming Texas into a Paul Ryanian Mecca, having just signed legislation that seeks to privatize Medicare and compels the state to formally ask for a Medicaid block grant. The measure also “defunds abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood” and “implements co-payments for non-emergency visits to hospital emergency rooms.”/p"
Thursday, July 14, 2011
House GOP Passes Dirty-Water Bill
House GOP Passes Dirty-Water Bill
The corporate funded Tea Party continues to attack the EPA.
The corporate funded Tea Party continues to attack the EPA.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Despite Perry’s Tough Budget Talk, Texas’ Debt Growing Faster Than The Nation’s
Despite Perry’s Tough Budget Talk, Texas’ Debt Growing Faster Than The Nation’s: "pFor all his talk of fiscal conservationism on the national stage, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) hasn’t been so parsimonious at home, where his state is racking up debt at a faster rate than the national government and in greater amounts than most other states. Perry regularly attacks President Obama for engaging in “too much [...]/p"
Monday, July 11, 2011
Pro Corporate, Pro-Voucher Tea Party Group Admits It Wants To ‘Shut Down Public Schools And Have Private Schools Only’
Pro-Voucher Tea Party Group Admits It Wants To ‘Shut Down Public Schools And Have Private Schools Only’: "pAs ThinkProgress has documented, a tightly-knit group of right-wing Political Action Committees (PACs) and corporate foundations have unleashed an assault on public education, pushing school voucher schemes nationwide that would funnell taxpayer dollars away from public schools and toward private schools instead. In doing so, many of these voucher advocates claim they simply want to [...]/p"
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Michele Bachmann Adds The First Amendment To The Long List Of Constitutional Provisions She Refuses To Obey
Michele Bachmann Adds The First Amendment To The Long List Of Constitutional Provisions She Refuses To Obey: "pLast night, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) became the first presidential candidate to sign a maximalist socially conservative pledge that, among other things, calls for “all forms of pornography” to be banned. In other words, yesterday marks the day when Bachmann added the First Amendment to the long list of constitutional provisions she despises. The right [...]/p"
Bachmann: ‘I Hope’ Higher Unemployment Will Help My Campaign
Bachmann: ‘I Hope’ Higher Unemployment Will Help My Campaign: "pAppearing on CNBC this morning, presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was asked about this morning’s dismal jobs report and whether higher unemployment rates might help her chances of winning in 2012. “Does it strike you that as the unemployment rate goes up, your chances of winning office also go up?” host Carl Quintanilla asked. [...]/p"
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Bachmann’s Parable For The Poor: Have Faith In God And You Won’t Need Welfare
Bachmann’s Parable For The Poor: Have Faith In God And You Won’t Need Welfare: "pThinkProgress filed this report from a town hall in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Bachmannia descended upon South Carolina last week as GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann stomped for votes at events across the state. Wearing a yellow dress to honor the yellow Tea Party flag, Bachmann roused a rally of supporters in Greenville on Wednesday [...]/p"
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tea Party GOP Represenative Says Gutting Wall Street Reform Is ‘Compassionate’
Tea Party GOP Represenative Says Gutting Wall Street Reform Is ‘Compassionate’: "pCongressional Republicans have been waging a campaign to undermine the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, with House Republicans cutting the budgets of the regulators charged with implementing the law and Senate Republicans obstructing nominees for key regulatory positions. Even though the country is still struggling to recover from the Great Recession — caused in no small [...]/p"
Kasich’s ‘New Way’ Tramples Over Ohioans To Cut Funds For Kids, Drill In Parks, Allow Guns In Bars
Kasich’s ‘New Way’ Tramples Over Ohioans To Cut Funds For Kids, Drill In Parks, Allow Guns In Bars: "pOhio Gov. John Kasich (R) campaigned on the promise of “a new way and a new day” for all Ohioans. Within 177 of those “new days,” Kasich has demolished worker’s rights, slashed children’s health, kneecapped the middle class, insulted African-Americans, and even eliminated jobs he promised to create — all while expanding tax breaks for [...]/p"
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tea Party Senators Marco Rubio And Ron Johnson Selected Their Chiefs Of Staff From Same K Street Lobbying Firm
Tea Party Senators Marco Rubio And Ron Johnson Selected Their Chiefs Of Staff From Same K Street Lobbying Firm: "pIn December, ThinkProgress first reported that at least 13 new Republican lawmakers had hired corporate lobbyists as their chiefs of staff. An investigation published by The Hill’s Kevin Bogardus and Rachel Leven reveals that a large number of corporate lobbyists have left lucrative jobs on K Street to manage the staff for important committees and [...]/p"
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
FACT CHECK: Documents Reveal Bachmann Benefited From And Relied Upon Government-Funded Earmarks | ThinkProgress
FACT CHECK: Documents Reveal Bachmann Benefited From And Relied Upon Government-Funded Earmarks | ThinkProgress
Tea Party Caucus leader and full time hypocrite, Michelle Bachmann.
Tea Party Caucus leader and full time hypocrite, Michelle Bachmann.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tea Party Values: Bachmann Calls The Minimum Wage An ‘Expansion Of Government’ That Needs To Be Eliminated
Bachmann Calls The Minimum Wage An ‘Expansion Of Government’ That Needs To Be Eliminated: "pRep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) formally kicked off her presidential campaign yesterday, painting herself as a Tea Party candidate who is ready to lead the country back to prosperity (even if her former chief of staff doesn’t think so). Today, in classic Tea Party form, Bachmann reiterated her long-held belief that a federally mandated minimum wage [...]/p"
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tea Party Insanity: 10 Of The Craziest Things Michele Bachmann Has Ever Said
10 Of The Craziest Things Michele Bachmann Has Ever Said: "pOur guest blogger is Elon Green, a freelance writer living in Brooklyn. Earlier this week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced she had filed the papers to run for President. It’s not a frivolous pursuit: She is extremely well liked by the Republican base and is an unusually effective fundraiser, taking in more dollars in the [...]/p"
Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tea Party Values:Madison Protester Punched In The Face By Man With ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ Flag
Madison Protester Punched In The Face By Man With ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ Flag: "pA man participating in a non-violent, progressive sing-along yesterday in the Wisconsin state Capitol was punched in the face by a man wearing a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag and reportedly yelling “Walker for president,” referring to the state’s Republican governor, Scott Walker. The flag is closely associated with the Tea Party movement. The Wisconsin [...]/p"
CBO smacks Republicans and Defict Hawks with new report | Crooks and Liars
CBO smacks Republicans and Defict Hawks with new report | Crooks and Liars
In other words, everything the Tea Party claims is a complete lie.
In other words, everything the Tea Party claims is a complete lie.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
As Richest Pay Lowest Taxes In A Generation, Bachmann Would End Income Tax For 23,000 Millionaires
As Richest Pay Lowest Taxes In A Generation, Bachmann Would End Income Tax For 23,000 Millionaires: "pAs ThinkProgress Economy editor Pat Garofalo noted last week, GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN) has assembled a tax plan that would involve a massive corporate tax cut and tax increase on the working poor. Meanwhile, Bachmann would continue to cut taxes on the richest income-earners among us. But Bachmann’s plan would do even [...]/p"
Tea Party Caucus leader shows off those Tea Party values.
Tea Party Caucus leader shows off those Tea Party values.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
After Campaigning Against The Stimulus, GOP Freshman Attends Opening Ceremony At Stimulus-Funded Jobs Center
After Campaigning Against The Stimulus, GOP Freshman Attends Opening Ceremony At Stimulus-Funded Jobs Center: "pRep. Richard Hanna (R-NY), a freshman who won last year with Tea Party backing, campaigned vigorously against President Obama’s stimulus plan, a legislative package backed by his opponent, former Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-NY). Hanna’s ads pounded Arcuri for voting for the “failed stimulus.” But on Tuesday, Hanna seemed to be celebrating a successful stimulus program. [...]/p"
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Corrupt Tea Party Governor LePage Is Killing Maine’s Clean Energy Economy
Tea Party Governor LePage Is Killing Maine’s Clean Energy Economy: "pOur guest blogger is Kiley Kroh, Associate Director for Ocean Communications at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Thanks to Gov. Paul LePage’s (R-ME) recent assault on jobs and innovation, investors at this week’s EnergyOcean International Conference in Portland, Maine are wondering if their money would be better spent elsewhere. Portland was chosen for [...]/p"
Tea Party Summer Camp To Teach Belief In God And Selfishness
Tea Party Summer Camp To Teach Belief In God And Selfishness: "pA Tea Party group in Tampa will offer a summer camp to indoctrinate children into a strange mix of Ayn Rand and Jesus Christ: The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that include “America is good,” “I believe in God,” and “I work [...]/p"
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Jim McGovern: Tea Party Cuts To Hunger Programs Are ‘Morally Indefensible’
Jim McGovern: Tea Party Cuts To Hunger Programs Are ‘Morally Indefensible’: "pRep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), a long-time champion in the fight against hunger, is outraged by Republican cuts to food programs as the need for assistance has grown. Through no fault of their own, millions of American families are struggling to find jobs and put food on the table for their children, even as oil companies, [...]/p"
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Bachmann Calls For Huge Corporate Tax Cut Alongside Tax Increase For The Working Poor
Bachmann Calls For Huge Corporate Tax Cut Alongside Tax Increase For The Working Poor: "pSeveral of the 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls have laid out economic platforms that would include huge cuts in the corporate tax rate. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) called for lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, while former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) went a step further, calling for a [...]/p"
Friday, June 10, 2011
John Birch Society Celebrates Koch Family For Their Role In Founding The Hate Group
John Birch Society Celebrates Koch Family For Their Role In Founding The Hate Group: "pBillionaire brothers David and Charles Koch have been dominant financiers for conservative front groups and nonprofits for nearly three decades. Their money has flowed to organizations dedicated to lobbying for corporate and upper income tax cuts, as well as to groups responsible for mobilizing Tea Party rallies against President Obama. But the Koch family’s association [...]/p"
Senate Republicans Hijack Non-Controversial Bill To Push Pro-Wall Street Agenda
Senate Republicans Hijack Non-Controversial Bill To Push Pro-Wall Street Agenda: "pRepublicans in both the House and the Senate have been using various avenues to undermine the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which was signed last year to rein in the financial industry following the 2008 financial crisis. House Republicans have been attempting to use the budget process to render federal regulators incapable of implementing the law, [...]/p"
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
CHART: Without The Bush Tax Cuts, The Debt Would Be At Sustainable Levels
CHART: Without The Bush Tax Cuts, The Debt Would Be At Sustainable Levels: "pWhen President George W. Bush came into office, he was facing a balanced budget and the real prospect of the United States paying down its national debt. In fact, in 2001, Bush promised to pay off all of the federal debt within 10 years. Of course, that is not what happened. The debt and deficit [...]/p"
The $2.5 Trillion Tragedy: What America Has Given Up For 10 Years Of Bush Tax Cuts
The $2.5 Trillion Tragedy: What America Has Given Up For 10 Years Of Bush Tax Cuts: "pToday marks the 10th anniversary of former President George W. Bush signing into law his 2001 tax cuts (he passed a second round in 2003). While doing so, Bush promised prosperity and growth, but the nation got neither. The cost of these budget-busting 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was, as estimated by Citizens for Tax [...]/p"
Bush Tax Cuts: A Decade Of Failure
Bush Tax Cuts: A Decade Of Failure
Try and tell that one to a Tea Partier.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Palin Fans Trying to Edit Wikipedia Paul Revere Page
Palin Fans Trying to Edit Wikipedia Paul Revere Page
If you say something that is wrong and prove yet again that you are an uneducated fool, then just rewrite the history to fit your ignorance.
Tea Party Plan To "Take Our Country Back"
Tea Party Plan To
One look at this agenda and its obvious who runs the Tea Party. Corporations and Lobbyists.
Religious Leaders: GOP’s ‘Ayn Rand’ Budget Targets Poor, Goes Against Religious Values
Religious Leaders: GOP’s ‘Ayn Rand’ Budget Targets Poor, Goes Against Religious Values: "pWhile religious conservatives and Republican political leaders gathered at the Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington this weekend, another group of religious leaders held a small gathering across the street to warn against the perils of the Republican Party’s fiscal priorities. Four members affiliated with the religious group Faith In Public Life held a brief [...]/p"
Friday, June 3, 2011
Rep. Ryan Fits Six Lies Into A Single Minute
Rep. Ryan Fits Six Lies Into A Single Minute
Libertarian Paul Ryan continues to lie to the American people about his plan to destroy Medicare.
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott Can’t Explain Why He Took Obama Stimulus Money After Denouncing It
Rick Scott Can’t Explain Why He Took Obama Stimulus Money After Denouncing It: "pRick Scott, the nation’s least popular governor, can’t seem to escape bad press this week. First, he was roundly criticized for vetoing $615 million in budget funds — a move that will hurt Florida’s most vulnerable population. Then he was lampooned for signing a bill that mandates drug testing of all welfare recipients — and forces the state’s poorest [...]/p"
The $7 Trillion Lie: Palin Falsely Claims Debt Has Grown More Under Obama Than ‘All Other Presidents Combined’
The $7 Trillion Lie: Palin Falsely Claims Debt Has Grown More Under Obama Than ‘All Other Presidents Combined’: "pSarah Palin, in the only interview she’s granted during her “One Nation” bus tour, claimed that the U.S. federal debt had grown more under Obama than “all those other presidents combined.” Watch it: This is flatly false. When Obama took office the debt stood at $10.6 trillion. After inheriting two wars and the worst economy [...]/p"
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott May Personally Benefit From New Law That Hands Medicaid Program Over To Private Companies
Gov. Rick Scott May Personally Benefit From New Law That Hands Medicaid Program Over To Private Companies: "pFlorida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed “a landmark Medicaid overhaul” yesterday that will put “hundreds of thousands of low-income and elderly Floridians into managed-care plans.” The proposal “gives managed care companies more control over the program that’s paid for with federal and state money,” a shift the state GOP claims will “hold down spiraling costs [...]/p"
Sarah Palin’s History Lesson: Paul Revere Warned The British
Sarah Palin’s History Lesson: Paul Revere Warned The British: "pIn what is somehow “not a publicity seeking tour,” Tea Party maven Sarah Palin is traipsing around the nation’s historic landmarks in her “One Nation” bus to “take Americans back to their roots.” Yesterday, Palin’s federally assisted vacation-mobile ran over Mitt Romney’s presidential announcement and stopped in Boston, MA where she toured the sites along [...]/p"
Tea Party Plan To "Take Back America"
Tea Party Plan To
The entire Tea Party agenda is big handout to corporations and lobbyist. Just one look at this agenda and you know why the Tea Party is astroturf that uses uninformed people to do the bidding of corporations.
The entire Tea Party agenda is big handout to corporations and lobbyist. Just one look at this agenda and you know why the Tea Party is astroturf that uses uninformed people to do the bidding of corporations.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
102 Things NOT To Do If You Hate Taxes
102 Things NOT To Do If You Hate Taxes
This should be required reading for all Tea Partiers.
This should be required reading for all Tea Partiers.
Koch Industries' Toxic Gifts to Wisconsin | Center for Media and Democracy
Koch Industries' Toxic Gifts to Wisconsin | Center for Media and Democracy
The big Libertarian funders of the Tea Party have done more damage to Wisconsin than just paying off the Gov and his pals.
The big Libertarian funders of the Tea Party have done more damage to Wisconsin than just paying off the Gov and his pals.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
'60 Minutes' exposes the 'sovereign citizens' as the nation's most serious domestic-terrorism threat | Crooks and Liars
'60 Minutes' exposes the 'sovereign citizens' as the nation's most serious domestic-terrorism threat | Crooks and Liars
The American version of the Taliban. Just like the John Birch Society, these people are the true terrorist threat to this country.
The American version of the Taliban. Just like the John Birch Society, these people are the true terrorist threat to this country.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Tea Party Leader: We'll Take The Debt Ceiling Hike If You Put Gay Troops Back In The Closet | TPMDC
Tea Party Leader: We'll Take The Debt Ceiling Hike If You Put Gay Troops Back In The Closet | TPMDC
Tea Party leaders show their disgusting bigoted side again.
Tea Party leaders show their disgusting bigoted side again.
Unraveling Walkers Chain of Corruption - Part 4 | PolitiScoop
Unraveling Walkers Chain of Corruption - Part 4 | PolitiScoop
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin.
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin.
Wonk Room » Florida Hands Over Medicaid Program To Private Insurers
Wonk Room » Florida Hands Over Medicaid Program To Private Insurers
Tea Partiers attack the poor and give their backers more public money.
Tea Partiers attack the poor and give their backers more public money.
Facing Recall, Wisconsin GOP Will Hustle Through Voter ID Bill That Disenfranchises Students, Seniors
ThinkProgress » Facing Recall, Wisconsin GOP Will Hustle Through Voter ID Bill That Disenfranchises Students, Seniors
The corrupt and dishonest Tea Party politicians attempt to cheat again.
The corrupt and dishonest Tea Party politicians attempt to cheat again.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
New Rules
There are a couple here that are perfect for that Tea Partier out there. The final rule in particular.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Do you think Tea Partiers will drop the birther issue?
Not a chance. These racists need to distract the low lying fruit of the Tea Party while they destroy Medicare, Social Security, Education and Medicaid.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Vermont Senate Passes Bill Establishing A Single Payer Health Care System In The State
ThinkProgress » The Vermont Senate Passes Bill Establishing A Single Payer Health Care System In The State
Good for Vermont! Now compare this to all those disgusting crooks running states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine, Florida and the entire south. Instead of attacking the poor, the sick, the elderly, children and people who work for a living, they work on leading the country and looking out for all the people in their state.
Good for Vermont! Now compare this to all those disgusting crooks running states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine, Florida and the entire south. Instead of attacking the poor, the sick, the elderly, children and people who work for a living, they work on leading the country and looking out for all the people in their state.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Full Text Of Newsmax Column Suggesting Military Coup Against Obama | TPM News Pages
Full Text Of Newsmax Column Suggesting Military Coup Against Obama | TPM News Pages
Newsmax (which is a Tea Party favorite) is another dishonest, Murdoch owned, trash site.
Newsmax (which is a Tea Party favorite) is another dishonest, Murdoch owned, trash site.
Monday, April 18, 2011
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Maine GOP Legislators Looking To Loosen Child Labor Laws
Maine GOP Legislators Looking To Loosen Child Labor Laws
Thanks to their Tea Party Gov.
Thanks to their Tea Party Gov.
Poll: Unfavorable View Of Tea Party Hits Record High
Poll: Unfavorable View Of Tea Party Hits Record High
Finally the country is waking up to this fraud. The Tea Party has always been nothing more than a front group for lobbyists and corporations. This fake "grassroots" movement has given this country nothing but dishonest and corrupt politicians who attack working people and give away everything they can to their wealthy handlers like the Koch brothers. It is a fake movement used to convince uninformed suckers to do the bidding of corporations.
Finally the country is waking up to this fraud. The Tea Party has always been nothing more than a front group for lobbyists and corporations. This fake "grassroots" movement has given this country nothing but dishonest and corrupt politicians who attack working people and give away everything they can to their wealthy handlers like the Koch brothers. It is a fake movement used to convince uninformed suckers to do the bidding of corporations.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Why Did Floridians Put A Crook Like Rick Scott in the Governor's Mansion? | Crooks and Liars
Why Did Floridians Put A Crook Like Rick Scott in the Governor's Mansion? | Crooks and Liars
A great question! It's well known that Rick Scott stole massive amounts of taxpayer money in his private life. He is a classic Tea Party candidate/politician. These types of crooks were brought to you via the fake "grassroots" movement called the Tea Party. The Tea Party is nothing but a front group for corporations and lobbyists to convince uninformed folks to do the bidding of people like the Koch brothers.
A great question! It's well known that Rick Scott stole massive amounts of taxpayer money in his private life. He is a classic Tea Party candidate/politician. These types of crooks were brought to you via the fake "grassroots" movement called the Tea Party. The Tea Party is nothing but a front group for corporations and lobbyists to convince uninformed folks to do the bidding of people like the Koch brothers.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
ThinkProgress » Missouri Legislature Poised To Repeal Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Referendum
ThinkProgress » Missouri Legislature Poised To Repeal Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Referendum
The Tea Party has been attacking this for months. Even though the people of the state voted yes on it this past fall. So that's how Tea Party democracy works? The people vote yes and then a small group of uninformed Tea Partiers undo that vote.
The Tea Party has been attacking this for months. Even though the people of the state voted yes on it this past fall. So that's how Tea Party democracy works? The people vote yes and then a small group of uninformed Tea Partiers undo that vote.
Michigan's Governor May Be Worse Than Walker | Crooks and Liars
Michigan's Governor May Be Worse Than Walker | Crooks and Liars
That's a hard one to pull off. Another dishonest and corrupt Tea Party crook.
That's a hard one to pull off. Another dishonest and corrupt Tea Party crook.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Right Wing Terrorism
Extreme Libertarian. This is just like the John Birch Society. Which is a major part of the Tea Party. There is a reason his rhetoric and the Tea Party's is almost identical.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Violent Legislation: Wisconsin GOP's Power Snatch | Crooks and Liars
UPDATED: Violent Legislation: Wisconsin GOP's Power Snatch | Crooks and Liars
The corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin passed more than just the stripping of rights. Extreme attacks on everything in the state. The corporate funders of the Tea Party plan to celebrate.
The corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin passed more than just the stripping of rights. Extreme attacks on everything in the state. The corporate funders of the Tea Party plan to celebrate.
Tea Party Attacks On Rights In Wisconsin
The corrupt Tea Partiers in Wisconsin show you the only way they can do things is by cheating. These dishonest crooks were paid to do this a long time ago.
The Attack On The Middle Class
Excellent response to the dishonest and corrupt attacks on the middle class by Tea Partiers and their corporate masters.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ethics Investigation Into Tea Party Governor
Plus footage of tea partier Scott Brown begging for Koch brother funding.
Middle Class Stand Up Against Tea Party Attack On Rights
Police officers, firefighters, teachers and other public workers stand up against corrupt Govs in Wisconsin and Ohio.
Corruption in Wisconsin
Corrupt Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin gets caught on a faked phone call that he thought was a Koch brother.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money
ThinkProgress » EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money
Scott Brown begs for Koch brother money just like the Gov. in Wisconsin.
Scott Brown begs for Koch brother money just like the Gov. in Wisconsin.
Monday, March 7, 2011
The Koch brothers, Astroturfing and Tea Party
Excellent segment on the Koch brothers and the front groups they fund such as the Tea Party and AFP.
How John Birch Society Extremism Never Dies: The Fortune Behind Scott Walker’s Union-Busting Campaign
ThinkProgress » How John Birch Society Extremism Never Dies: The Fortune Behind Scott Walker’s Union-Busting Campaign
Understanding who and what is behind the Tea Party is very importanat. The Koch brothers who are billionaire oil men are the Libertarian funders of the Tea Party. They have ties to the John Birch society. Their father was a founding member.
Understanding who and what is behind the Tea Party is very importanat. The Koch brothers who are billionaire oil men are the Libertarian funders of the Tea Party. They have ties to the John Birch society. Their father was a founding member.
20 lies (and counting) told by Gov. Walker « Russ' Filtered News
20 lies (and counting) told by Gov. Walker « Russ' Filtered News
Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin shows the rest of the coutry how dishonest and corrupt a Tea Partier can be.
Tea Party Gov. in Wisconsin shows the rest of the coutry how dishonest and corrupt a Tea Partier can be.
Which Disaster Are We Facing, Glenn? | Media Matters for America
Which Disaster Are We Facing, Glenn? Media Matters for America
A great piece that lays out some of the dishonest and outrageous lies of Tea Partier Glenn Beck.
A great piece that lays out some of the dishonest and outrageous lies of Tea Partier Glenn Beck.
Rick Scott Proposes Cutting Annual Teacher Pay By $2,335 To Fund Corporate And Property Tax Breaks
ThinkProgress » Rick Scott Proposes Cutting Annual Teacher Pay By $2,335 To Fund Corporate And Property Tax Breaks Another Tea Party Gov. steals from teachers to pay off his corporate bosses.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Billionaire Brothers’ Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute | Common Dreams
Billionaire Brothers’ Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute | Common Dreams Wealthy Libertarian funders of the Tea Party, the Koch brothers. These two funders of the Tea Party have used their oil money to fund Tea Party Gov. Scott Walker in his attempt to strip rights away from working people in Wisconsin. The disrespect that these people and conservatives in general have for teachers has hit a new low.
Republicans Attack Obama's Environmental Protection From All Sides | Common Dreams
Republicans Attack Obama's Environmental Protection From All Sides | Common Dreams A top goal of the tea party. The fake "grassroots" movement is funded by big oil (the Koch brothers) and lobbyists for corporations.
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