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Tempest in a Very Small Teapot
Washington - Is the tea party one the most successful scams in American political history? Before you dismiss the question, note that word “successful.” Judge the tea party purely …
Joe Brewer | Responding to Climate Skeptics “Change Argument“
While many concerned activists waver between terms like ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’ the opposition deflects them easily with the Change Argument. The Change Argument is the claim that …
Obama Touts New Patient Protections in Health Care Reform
Several patients' rights provisions of the new health-care reform law go into effect Thursday. President Obama is still working to sell the American public on the merits of the …
Let
The people have already decided on gays in the military; it’s time Congress got the message. Yesterday marked a sad chapter in America’s struggle against discrimination when the Senate …
Bleeding-Heart Republicans
Who says that Republican congress-critters don't care about minorities in our society? Why, at this very moment, they are pushing hard to pass a $372 billion federal program to …
Party Like It’s 1994: GOP to Offer Plan to Reverse Obama
Washington - Republicans in the House of Representatives Thursday plan to offer a blueprint for how they'd dramatically change what they term an "arrogant and out of touch government …
Ruth Marcus | Twisting Obama’s Words
Washington - The right's atwitter — literally, in some cases — about President Obama's comment to Bob Woodward that America “can absorb a terrorist attack.” This unobjectionable remark — …
Mark Weisbrot | Right-Wing Upsurge in US: Less Than Meets the Eye?
Is America in the grip of a right-wing backlash that will hit the November elections like a hurricane? This narrative is gathering steam. It is fed not only by …
Sick Bastards
According to Mike Huckabee, people with pre-existing conditions are like houses that have already burned down.
Grassroots Occupation: Chicago Parents Sit-In to Save Field House
Parents and students in Chicago occupying a school field house to protest its planned demolition have become a symbol of community resistance to blind budget cuts. More than 50 …