Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Appeals Court Rejects Tea Party Leader Dick Armey’s Attempt To Reject Medicare
Appeals Court Rejects Tea Party Leader Dick Armey’s Attempt To Reject Medicare: pIn what may be the most bizarre lawsuit to emerge from a Tea Party devoted to bizarre legal theories, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey sued the federal government seeking a declaration that he is not eligible for Medicare, even though he is, well, eligible for Medicare. Yesterday, in an opinion by conservative George W. [...]/p
Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
PERRspectives: Republicans Double-Down on 'Obama Made the Economy Worse' Lie
PERRspectives: Republicans Double-Down on 'Obama Made the Economy Worse' Lie
As the record clearly shows, it was President Bush who left the U.S. economy in much worse shape than he found it. And no matter how many times Republicans pretend that Barack Obama "made the economy worse," their lie will not become any more true.
As the record clearly shows, it was President Bush who left the U.S. economy in much worse shape than he found it. And no matter how many times Republicans pretend that Barack Obama "made the economy worse," their lie will not become any more true.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Financial Services Sector Bankrolls Spencer Bachus’ Campaign Account
The Financial Services Sector Bankrolls Spencer Bachus’ Campaign Account: pIn the fourth quarter of 2011, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) reported raising $388,895.26 in campaign contributions. According to a ThinkProgress analysis, at least 44 percent of that came from political action committees and individuals connected to real estate, insurance, banking, and finance industries — areas overseen by the House Financial Services committee Bachus chairs. According [...]/p
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tennessee Tea Party ‘Demands’ That References To Slavery Be Removed From History Textbooks
Tennessee Tea Party ‘Demands’ That References To Slavery Be Removed From History Textbooks: pIn 2010, the conservatives who controlled the Texas Board of Education caused an uproar when they made radical changes to the history curriculum for the state’s 4.8 million public school students. The changes included referring to the country’s first black president as “Barack Hussein Obama,” and requiring students to “contrast” Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ inaugural [...]/p
Friday, January 20, 2012
Meet The 40 Members Of The Congressional Koch Caucus
Meet The 40 Members Of The Congressional Koch Caucus: pFive senators and 40 congressional representatives received a perfect 100 percent score from the Koch brothers’ astroturf group Americans For Prosperity for the first half of the 112th Congress. AFP judged Congress on their votes to protect the Koch brothers’ right-wing petrochemical empire on such issues as the repeal of President Obama’s new health care [...]/p
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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.
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