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19 Sep 2011

Governor Walker’s adversaries emboldened by Wisconsin FBI probe

On Wednesday morning, 14 September, FBI agents descended on the Madison home of one of Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker's closest aides, Cynthia Archer. The federal agents seized Archer's computer files and other documents. A wider investigation involving another Walker aide may be in the works. The FBI raid has breathed new life into the hopes of Democratic organisers in Wisconsin as they decide whether to launch a recall campaign against Walker himself.
On Wednesday morning, 14 September, FBI agents descended on the Madison home of one of Wisconsin Republican Governor...
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1 Aug 2011

Tell corporations to dump ALEC

Why are major corporations risking their reputation by cozying up behind closed doors with the Koch Brothers and Big Tobacco to manipulate state laws throughout the country? The Center for Media and Democracy has uncovered that smoke-filled back room where Fortune 500 firms and right-wing politicians craft the bills that undermine our wages, our legal rights, our voting rights, and our democracy - and it is called ALEC.
Why are major corporations risking their reputation by cozying up behind closed doors with the Koch Brothers and Big...
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1 Aug 2011

The Tea Party Blackmailers How to Kill the U.S. Economy.

Both sides? Really? That's the news media focus now, where even the voice of reason's Eugene Robinson is spouting this insanity every chance he gets. Yet the facts are clear: it's the far right tea party members of the House and Senate. Proof?
Both sides? Really? That's the news media focus now, where even the voice of reason's Eugene Robinson is spouting this...
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6 Mar 2011

National Right-Wing Spin Machine Gears Up In Wisconsin

Shadowy "issue ad" groups that do not disclose their funders as well as heavy hitter political action committees are rushing to the aid of embattled Wisconsin Senator Scott Walker, whose poll number are dropping like a rock. The list of outside big money attacking Wisconsin state workers and teachers read like a "who's who" of the Republican donor and special interest group apparatus.
Shadowy "issue ad" groups that do not disclose their funders as well as heavy hitter political action committees are...
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23 Apr 2011

Republicans Plan For 2012: Suppressing The Minority Vote

In a poll con ducted by Pew His panic Research Cen ter, stud ies found that minor ity vot ers are on the rise while white vot ers are declin ing. The Poll com pared the 2008 elec tion to 2004 and found the following
In a poll con ducted by Pew His panic Research Cen ter, stud ies found that minor ity vot ers are on the rise while...
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13 Apr 2011

Hawaii Takes on The Foolish Birthers

Can any one not be dis gusted and dis ap pointed by the con stant polit i cal dis trac tions of the birthers and their base less accu sa tions against the President s cit i zen ship? Now imag ine if you had first hand knowl edge of the president s birth in Hawaii, and were friends with his par ents, imag ine your dis gust and dis ap point ment with the birthers then
Can any one not be dis gusted and dis ap pointed by the con stant polit i cal dis trac tions of the birthers and their...
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24 Mar 2011

Republicans Now Bringing Back School Segregation

We've all heard the cries from Repub­li­cans and Tea­partiers claim­ing that they "want their coun­try back!" Have you ever won­dered what exactly was meant by the phrase? Well, here s one way they re try­ing to take back their coun­try Repub­li­cans in Min­nesota want their school sys­tem seg­re­gated, and they re in the final phases of fund­ing a bill that will do just that.
We've all heard the cries from Repub­li­cans and Tea­partiers claim­ing that they "want their...
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25 Mar 2011

Scott Walker Bad for Wisconsin Business

Scott Walker did not run primarily on a platform of killing public employee unions and becoming a conservative darling. His slogan during the Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign was"Wisconsin is open for business." He put a premium on attracting new businesses to the state.
Scott Walker did not run primarily on a platform of killing public employee unions and becoming a conservative darling....
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17 Jan 2010

The Great Tea Party Rip-Off

Both Steele and Palin claim to be devotees of the tea party movement. I m a tea partier, I m a town-haller, I m a grass-roots-er is how Steele put it in a recent radio interview, wet-kissing a market he hopes will buy his book. Palin has far more grandiose ambitions. She recently signed on as a speaker for the first Tea Party Convention, scheduled next month in Nashville even though she had turned down a speaking invitation from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, the traditional meet-and-greet for the right. The conservative conference doesn t pay. The Tea Party Convention does. A blogger at Nashville Scene reported that Palin s price for the event was $120,000.
Both Steele and Palin claim to be devotees of the tea party movement. I m a tea partier, I m a town-haller, I m a...
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31 Oct 2010

The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party

ONE dirty little secret of the 2010 election is that it won t be a political tragedy for Democrats if a Tea Party icon like Sharron Angle or Joe Miller ends up in the United States Senate. Angle, now synonymous with racist ads sliming Hispanics, and Miller, already on record threatening a government shutdown, are fired up and ready to go as symbols of G.O.P. extremism for 2012 and beyond.
ONE dirty little secret of the 2010 election is that it won t be a political tragedy for Democrats if a Tea Party icon...
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3 Oct 2010

The Very Useful Idiocy of Christine ‘Â’Donnell

The Republicans new "Pledge to America" promises the $3.8 trillion addition to the deficit and says nothing about serious budget cuts or governmental reforms that might remotely offset it. Surfing the Beltway talk shows last Sunday, you couldn t find one without a G.O.P. politician adamantly refusing to specify a single program he might cut at, say, the Department of Education (Pell grants?) or the National Institutes of Health (cancer research?). And that s just the small change. Everyone knows that tax cuts for the G.O.P. s wealthiest patrons must come out of Social Security and Medicare payments for everybody else.
The Republicans new "Pledge to America" promises the $3.8 trillion addition to the deficit and says nothing about...
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29 Aug 2010

The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party

...Yet inexorably the Koch agenda is morphing into the G.O.P. agenda, as articulated by current Republican members of Congress, including the putative next speaker of the House, John Boehner, and Tea Party Senate candidates like Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, and the new kid on the block, Alaska s anti-Medicaid, anti-unemployment insurance Palin prot g , Joe Miller. Their program opposes a federal deficit, but has no objection to running up trillions in red ink in tax cuts to corporations and the superrich; apologizes to corporate malefactors like BP and derides money put in escrow for oil spill victims as a slush fund ; opposes the extension of unemployment benefits; and calls for a freeze on federal regulations in an era when abuses in the oil, financial, mining, pharmaceutical and even egg industries (among others) have been outrageous.
...Yet inexorably the Koch agenda is morphing into the G.O.P. agenda, as articulated by current Republican members of...
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25 Jul 2010

There’s a Battle Outside and It Is Still RaginÂ’

This country was rightly elated when it elected its first African-American president more than 20 months ago. That high was destined to abate, but we reached a new low last week. What does it say about America now, and where it is heading, that a racial provocateur, wielding a deceptively edited video, could not only smear an innocent woman but make every national institution that touched the story look bad? The White House, the N.A.A.C.P. and the news media were all soiled by this episode. Meanwhile, the majority of Americans, who believe in fundamental fairness for all, grapple with the poisonous residue left behind by the many powerful people of all stripes who served as accessories to a high-tech lynching.
This country was rightly elated when it elected its first African-American president more than 20 months ago. That high...
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23 May 2010

The ‘Randslide’ and Its Discontents

Still, it's Paul's brand of populism, not his views on Jim Crow or Iran, that are most germane to the Tea Party's birth and its future - both within the G.O.P. and as a force that will buffet Obama and the Democrats. Paul most abundantly embodies the movement's animus when he plays on classic American-style class resentment.
Still, it's Paul's brand of populism, not his views on Jim Crow or Iran, that are most germane to the Tea Party's birth...
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27 May 2010

Who Wants to Elect a Millionaire

So far this season, the Republicans have offered two new models of their future. One is the Tea Party vision, in which outsiders full of spirit and excitement overthrow the old order. In North Carolina, there was so much spirit and excitement that voters gave the top spot in a Congressional primary to a former drug addict who, according to court documents, once referred to the United States government as the Antichrist and claimed to have personally located the Ark of the Covenant.
So far this season, the Republicans have offered two new models of their future. One is the Tea Party vision, in which...
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23 Oct 2010

Elections – Oshkosh Shrugged

"Ross Feingold lives by his rules," said Fred Wertheimer, the guru of campaign finance reform and chief of Democracy 21, a nonprofit organization. He s true to his school, which makes him a freak of nature in Washington. This is not the first time Feingold has risked his seat to hang onto his convictions about the proper way to finance political campaigns. In 1998, in a race he ultimately won by a whisker, he told outside groups not to come into Wisconsin with unregulated 'soft money' ads on his behalf. 'No career, including mine, is as important as breaking the hold of this system of legalized bribery,' he told R.W. Apple of The Times.
"Ross Feingold lives by his rules," said Fred Wertheimer, the guru of campaign finance reform and chief of Democracy 21,...
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23 Apr 2011

The People’s Budget

Just when it seemed that all of Washington had lost its values and its connection with the American people, a bolt of hope has arrived. It is the People's Budget put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Just when it seemed that all of Washington had lost its values and its connection with the American people, a bolt of...
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23 Aug 2011

‘The Daily Show’ Correspondents Explain The Tea Party

Watch as Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Aasif Mandvi and John Oliver go over the motivation, tactics and fashion choices of Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin's prideful followers. For example, Cenac explains how the name was conceived (a 4th grade understanding of American history) and Jones tells us what he thinks of when he hears the term (hint: it has to do with his five-year-old daughter).
Watch as Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Aasif Mandvi and John Oliver go over the motivation, tactics and...
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25 Jun 2011

American Distrust Of Banks Reaches Highest-Recorded Level Gallup

According to a new poll by Gallup, 36 percent of Americans now say they have "very little" or "no" confidence in U.S. banks, the highest percentage on record since Gallup first started tracking that data. Those saying they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in banks has also stagnated, stuck at 23 percent for the second straight year, after falling to a low of 22 percent in 2009.
According to a new poll by Gallup, 36 percent of Americans now say they have "very little" or "no" confidence in U.S....
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13 Apr 2011

Progressive Group To Supporters: Withhold Donations To Obama If He Cuts Medicare, Medicaid

One of the thorniest progressive groups in the side of the Obama administration is launching a new campaign against the president on Tuesday, this time targeting the president s vaunted grassroots donor base.
One of the thorniest progressive groups in the side of the Obama administration is launching a new campaign against the...
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1 Apr 2011

Ohio Union Bill Signed Into Law By John Kasich

Gov. John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a limit on the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers, defying Democrats and other opponents of the measure who have promised to push for repeal.
Gov. John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a limit on the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers,...
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28 Oct 2010

GOP-Linked ‘Latinos For Reform Airs Nevada Ads Urging Hispanics Not To Vote

UPDATE: Univision will not broadcast ads -- ThinkProgress reports that Spanish-language network Univision has reversed its decision to air ads by Latinos for Reform that urge Hispanic voters in Nevada not to vote.
UPDATE: Univision will not broadcast ads -- ThinkProgress reports that Spanish-language network Univision has reversed...
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15 Jul 2011

What Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers Have In Common

In 2004, I created Outfoxed to expose Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism. Outfoxed examined how media empires, led by Murdoch's Fox News, have long been running a "race to the bottom" in news delivery. The film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. Through exploring Murdoch's burgeoning media kingdom, the film examined the negative impact had on society when one person controls a broad swath of media. Clearly, the story didn't end there.
In 2004, I created Outfoxed to expose Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism. Outfoxed examined how media empires, led by...
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7 Apr 2012

Don’t Just Pressure ALEC’s Corporate Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators

What's happening with ALEC is good. But not good enough. Pressured by a coalition of civil rights, clean government and religious groups to quit their memberships in the American Legislative Exchange Council, multinational corporations are indeed exiting ALEC. Now, it's time to demand that the 2,000 legislators who have joined ALEC do the same.
What's happening with ALEC is good. But not good enough. Pressured by a coalition of civil rights, clean government and...
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8 Apr 2011

Waukesha County clerk served GOP caucus while Prosser oversaw it

Here s the full story on when Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, a Republican, previously worked in the Wisconsin Legislature. Nickolaus upended the tight state Supreme Court race Thursday when she announced she had failed to correctly tally thousands of votes in an unofficial report to the press. That swung the unofficial totals in the race from challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg to Justice David Prosser, who previously served as a top GOP lawmaker.
Here s the full story on when Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, a Republican, previously worked in the Wisconsin...
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30 Jul 2011

Priebus says RNC ‘all in’ on recalls

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Friday that the RNC is doing all it can to protect incumbent GOP state senators targeted for recall from being "hijacked" by state employee unions.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Friday that the RNC is doing all it can to protect incumbent...
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30 Jul 2011

Priebus says RNC ‘all in’ on recalls

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Friday that the RNC is doing all it can to protect incumbent GOP state senators targeted for recall from being "hijacked" by state employee unions.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Friday that the RNC is doing all it can to protect incumbent...
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2 Oct 2009

GOP supported public option for property insurance

Countdown’s Keith Olbermann talks about the senators who expressed their opposition to socialized health insurance, yet voted for socialized property insurance. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Oct. 1, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com
Countdown’s Keith Olbermann talks about the senators who expressed their opposition to socialized health insurance,...
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27 Mar 2012

Karl Rove’s fight club

Karl Rove first pulled the group together to coordinate independent spending in the run-up to the 2010 midterms and it worked. The coalition including groups that hadn t always played well together has been credited with helping boost Republicans to sweeping victories across the country. But this time around, the tenuous alliance is being tested. New players are joining, heightening already intense competition for money, voter intel and, in a broad sense, control of the Republican Party. Meanwhile, some conservative groups that participated in the 2010 effort - including Americans for Prosperity and the Club for Growth - seem to be keeping their distance.
Karl Rove first pulled the group together to coordinate independent spending in the run-up to the 2010 midterms and it...
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22 Jul 2011

Democrats Score More Victories in Wisconsin Recalls

Voters in three Wisconsin State Senate districts went to the polls Tuesday, and the results are more good news for progressives. In a 38-point victory, Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen fought off a recall attempt - while Republicans held primaries in two other districts. But the bigger story here was turnout (compared with the Democratic primaries last week), and it's clear we have a glaring "enthusiasm gap" that has galvanized Democratic voters. Meanwhile, Republicans are so concerned about what will happen on August 9th - when six GOP state senators are subject to recall - that they have gone full speed ahead to pass a hyper-partisan gerrymandered map, while they still control the legislature.
Voters in three Wisconsin State Senate districts went to the polls Tuesday, and the results are more good news for...
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11 Jul 2011

Some union members pleased with Walker’s changes

Susan Flood says she will gladly subtract $4,000 in pension and health premiums from her take-home pay next year in exchange for not having to pay roughly $800 in union dues. Few of her fellow teachers at Brookwood Elementary School in the Genoa City District share her view of Wisconsin's new public sector labor law, which soon will affect the paychecks of thousands of public employees, Flood said.
Susan Flood says she will gladly subtract $4,000 in pension and health premiums from her take-home pay next year in...
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12 Jun 2011

Roots of Walker’s ideology go way back

To have a better understanding of Scott Walker's coup d'etat in Wisconsin, it is helpful to understand his ideological underpinnings. It is best to start with another Wisconsinite, Paul Weyrich, born in 1942 in Racine.
To have a better understanding of Scott Walker's coup d'etat in Wisconsin, it is helpful to understand his ideological...
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26 Sep 2010

Slouching Toward Washington

Christine O'Donnell doesn't understand why monkeys can't turn into people right before her eyes. Bill Maher continued his video torment of O Donnell by releasing another old clip of her on his HBO show on Friday night, this time showing one in which she argued that Evolution is a myth." Maher shot back, "Have you ever looked at a monkey?" To which O Donnell rebutted, "Why aren't monkeys still evolving into humans?"
Christine O'Donnell doesn't understand why monkeys can't turn into people right before her eyes. Bill Maher continued...
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8 Jun 2011

Will Media Give A Pass To AFP’s Gas Price Stunt

Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a conservative advocacy group chaired by oil tycoon David Koch, has launched a media campaign to take advantage of high gasoline prices. Polls indicate that most Americans don't blame Barack Obama for the recent spike in gas prices and AFP wants to change that.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a conservative advocacy group chaired by oil tycoon David Koch, has launched a...
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12 May 2011

Conservative Media Defend Tax Breaks For Big Oil With False Claim About Gas Prices

Conservative media claim that recent proposals to repeal tax breaks for the five largest oil companies will "make gasoline more expensive." However, energy experts say that cutting the tax incentives will have little to no effect on prices at the pump.
Conservative media claim that recent proposals to repeal tax breaks for the five largest oil companies will "make...
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12 May 2011

Conservative Media Defend Boeing’s Alleged Attempt To Violate Union Workers’ Rights

Conservative media figures have claimed that the National Labor Relations Board is seeking to ban companies from moving to states with lax labor laws by filing a complaint against Boeing's decision to move the production facility for its new 787 Dreamliner to South Carolina.
Conservative media figures have claimed that the National Labor Relations Board is seeking to ban companies from moving...
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4 May 2011

Right-Wing Media Tout Bin Laden Death As Victory For Torture, Ignore Dispute

In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, numerous right-wing media figures have insisted that the United States would never have found him without information obtained through torture. However, there is considerable dispute among experts over whether torture played a role in developing critical intelligence that led officials to bin Laden's whereabouts.
In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, numerous right-wing media figures have insisted that the United States...
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4 May 2011

Conservative Media Cast Obama’s Bin Laden Order As Opposite Of Foreign Policy Views

In the wake of President Obama's decision to approve the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, right-wing media are claiming that the call was in direct contradiction to Obama's foreign policy positions. In fact, as a presidential candidate, Obama promised he would take action against terrorists in Pakistan if "President Musharraf won't."
In the wake of President Obama's decision to approve the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, right-wing media are claiming...
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13 Apr 2011

Right-Wing Media Use Budget Talks To Wage War On Women

Right-wing media responded to budget negotiations and the debate over Planned Parenthood funding by making sexist attacks against women and deriding women's health services as, among other things, "non-vital" and "optional."
Right-wing media responded to budget negotiations and the debate over Planned Parenthood funding by making sexist...
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28 Mar 2011

Beck Twists Statement By Obama Adviser To Portray Her As Anti-Israel

Glenn Beck played an edited video clip of Obama adviser Samantha Power to suggest she favors a "mammoth protection force" to "protect against Israel." In fact, Power was asked what would be necessary to stop a move toward genocide by "one party or another" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; she said it may require investment in a new Palestinian state and a "meaningful military presence."
Glenn Beck played an edited video clip of Obama adviser Samantha Power to suggest she favors a "mammoth protection...
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9 May 2011

Palin Wrong Again On Cause Of High Gas Prices

Fox News contributor Sarah Palin claimed that gasoline prices have doubled since President Obama took office because the administration is "decreasing the amount of energy in our market domestically." In fact, this claim has already been debunked by energy experts, and even those who disagree with Obama's energy policies have said that it's simply not accurate to blame those policies for the current spike in gas prices.
Fox News contributor Sarah Palin claimed that gasoline prices have doubled since President Obama took office because the...
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23 Aug 2011

Experts say ALEC should register as Minnesota lobbyist

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a non-profit classification that brings companies together with state lawmakers to emanate and disciple for indication legislation. Minnesota experts on lobbyist avowal contend ALEC s activity here requires a organisation to register as a lobbyist underneath state law.
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a non-profit classification that brings companies together with...
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9 Aug 2011

Union Group Tea Partiers and Wis. GOP Broke the Law with Phone-Bank Operation

We Are Wisconsin, an influential coalition of labor unions backing the six Democratic challengers in Tuesday's recall elections, says the California-based Tea Party Express (TPE) group and the Republican Party of Wisconsin broke state law by coordinating on a phone banking operation to boost Republican state senators facing recall votes
We Are Wisconsin, an influential coalition of labor unions backing the six Democratic challengers in Tuesday's recall...
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16 Mar 2011

Defend the Dream Action

Republicans in Congress are holding the middle class hostage - proposing a federal budget that would would cut 700,000 to 1 million jobs from our communities and slash funding to support preschool and college students, pregnant women, unemployed workers, and much more. This isn't a budget, it's a slap in the face to the public workers, services, and institutions making the American Dream possible. We have until the March 18 budget deadline to push Congress in another direction.
Republicans in Congress are holding the middle class hostage - proposing a federal budget that would would cut 700,000...
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23 Apr 2011

Party’s Over

Rep. Jeffrey Landry, R-La., a tea party favorite, beat a former state House speaker in the primary last year en route to winning his seat in Congress. Now, state legislators in the party establishment have exacted their revenge: When it came time to eliminate one of Louisiana s congressional seats-required under this year's reapportionment-they picked Landry's.
Rep. Jeffrey Landry, R-La., a tea party favorite, beat a former state House speaker in the primary last year en route to...
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20 May 2010

Paul’s Views on Civil Rights Cause a Stir

On Tuesday night, Rand Paul stood as the victorious symbol of the Tea Party after capturing the Republican nomination for senator in Kentucky by defeating an opponent who had the backing of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate minority leader.
On Tuesday night, Rand Paul stood as the victorious symbol of the Tea Party after capturing the Republican nomination...
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26 Jun 2011

Dispute Among Wisconsin Judges Turned Physical

That the members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court were deeply divided has hardly been a secret of late. When the justices this month decided a law curtailing collective bargaining rights for public workers should come into effect, one of the dissenting justices openly accused the other side of a 'partisan slant.'
That the members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court were deeply divided has hardly been a secret of late. When the justices...
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15 Jun 2011

Wisconsin Court Reinstates Law on Union Rights

The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for significant cuts to collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state, undoing a lower court s decision that Wisconsin s controversial law had been passed improperly
The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for significant cuts to collective bargaining rights for public...
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28 Aug 2010

Paul Singer’s Largess Reflects G.O.P.Â’s Wall St. Support

Mr. Singer, professorial and soft-spoken, used a gathering of business and government leaders at the conservative Manhattan Institute to lash out at indiscriminate attacks by political leaders against anything that moves in the world of finance. Government efforts to take over and run the economy through more regulations, he warned, threatened to ruin the United States standing as the world leader in finance. As the head of a $17 billion hedge fund, Mr. Singer, a self-described Barry Goldwater conservative who is 66, is using his financial might to try to change those policies. He has become one of the biggest bankrollers of Republican causes, giving more than $4 million of his money and raising millions more through fund-raisers he hosts for like-minded candidates who often share his distaste for what they view as governmental over-meddling in the financial industry.
Mr. Singer, professorial and soft-spoken, used a gathering of business and government leaders at the conservative...
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23 Apr 2011

Top Contributors to Barack Obama

This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not...
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30 Aug 2010

It’s Witch-Hunt Season

The last time a Democrat sat in the White House, he faced a nonstop witch hunt by his political opponents. Prominent figures on the right accused Bill and Hillary Clinton of everything from drug smuggling to murder. And once Republicans took control of Congress, they subjected the Clinton administration to unrelenting harassment at one point taking 140 hours of sworn testimony over accusations that the White House had misused its Christmas card list.
The last time a Democrat sat in the White House, he faced a nonstop witch hunt by his political opponents. Prominent...
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17 May 2010

The G.O.P. – Going to Extreme

Utah Republicans have denied Robert Bennett, a very conservative three-term senator, a place on the ballot, because he s not conservative enough. In Maine, party activists have pushed through a platform calling for, among other things, abolishing both the Federal Reserve and the Department of Education. And it s becoming ever more apparent that real power within the G.O.P. rests with the ranting talk-show hosts.
Utah Republicans have denied Robert Bennett, a very conservative three-term senator, a place on the ballot, because he s...
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7 Apr 2011

Van Hollen: Tea Party Wing Has Taken Over House Budget Talks

What you have is the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party in the House has taken over. They are pushing Speaker Boehner whatever direction they want. And they have taken the position that they want 100 percent their way, or they're going to shut down the government.
What you have is the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party in the House has taken over. They are pushing Speaker...
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24 Mar 2011

Michele Bachmann bid could shake up GOP field

It s easy to dismiss Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as bomb-throwing back-bencher who is eying a presidential run largely because her attempt to secure a post in the House leadership was stymied. There s a long history of camera-hungry House members making improbable runs that have served mainly to highlight their irrelevance.
It s easy to dismiss Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as bomb-throwing back-bencher who is eying a presidential run...
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16 Mar 2011

Palin ‘becoming Al Sharpton’

Sarah Palin has played the sexism card, accusing critics of chauvinism against a strong woman. She has played the class card, dismissing the Bush family as "blue bloods" and complaining that she is the target of snobbery by people who dislike her simply because she is "not so hoity-toity."
Sarah Palin has played the sexism card, accusing critics of chauvinism against a strong woman. She has played the class...
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29 Apr 2011

George Soros considers his options

The conference, which was closed to the public and media, was revealed this week by the investigative journalism nonprofit Center for Public Integrity (to which Soros s foundations have contributed $3.7 million since 1999 and at which this reporter worked in 1999 and 2000).
The conference, which was closed to the public and media, was revealed this week by the investigative journalism...
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27 Feb 2010

Conservatives target their own fringe

After months of struggling to harness the energy of newly engaged tea party activists, the conservative establishment - with critical midterm congressional elections on the horizon - is taking aim for the first time at the movement s extremist elements.
After months of struggling to harness the energy of newly engaged tea party activists, the conservative...
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30 Mar 2011

Dems budget strategy Blame the tea party

The groom-with-cold-feet image is the latest metaphor used by Senate Democrats in their ongoing campaign to paint House Republicans as the ones holding up budget negotiations, as the April 8 deadline before the government shuts down looms.
The groom-with-cold-feet image is the latest metaphor used by Senate Democrats in their ongoing campaign to paint House...
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23 Aug 2011

Bachmann, Palin, and Perry The False Faces Of The Tea Party Chosen

If there s one thing Tea Party Dominionists know how to do, it s craft an appealing, all-American sounding narrative. While all politicians do this, Tea Party candidates are infamous for the utter lack of credibility in the nevertheless successful narrative.
If there s one thing Tea Party Dominionists know how to do, it s craft an appealing, all-American sounding narrative....
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6 Apr 2011

America’s Hatred of Sarah Palin Reaches Historic Heights

In case you thought there was no way that America could possibly hate Sarah Palin any more than they already do, check out her new approval ratings from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Palin s approval rating has dropped to 25%, which is tied with George W. Bush and one point behind Richard Nixon for the worst ever
In case you thought there was no way that America could possibly hate Sarah Palin any more than they already do, check...
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23 Jul 2011

WI Governor Scott Walker to cut DMV centers in Democratic districts

The Wisconsin legislature is finalizing a bill to close ten Department of Motor Vehicle centers located in Democratic districts within the state. The money saved will be used to extend operating hours at DMV centers in Republican districts. These cuts come on the heels of new voter ID laws that require voters to present a state-issued photo identification card at the poll booths.
The Wisconsin legislature is finalizing a bill to close ten Department of Motor Vehicle centers located in Democratic...
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23 Aug 2011

Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Ron Paul and His Record

But the 76-year-old Texas Republican congressman's tiny-government ideals have become increasingly relevant [4] to the national debate. And despite some eye-rolling by television anchors, [5] there's been plenty of substantive coverage of Paul's ideals and track record. Here's our guide to some of the best reading on Ron Paul.
But the 76-year-old Texas Republican congressman's tiny-government ideals have become increasingly relevant [4] to the...
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30 Dec 2009

Maddow: GOP and lobbyist attempt to hijack tea party movement

Rachel Maddow talks with Libertarian political consultant and blogger Stephen Gordon about the effort by Republicans and corporate interests to take over the actual grassroots Libertarian anti-tax, small-government movement. This video is from MSNBC’s News Live, broadcast Dec. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com
Rachel Maddow talks with Libertarian political consultant and blogger Stephen Gordon about the effort by Republicans and...
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9 Aug 2011

Prosecutors examine bribery claims in Wisconsin recall race

Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf was probing if Wisconsin Right to Life, an anti-abortion group, broke the law when it gave gift and gas cards to volunteers who got voters to complete absentee ballot applications in the recall election of Republican state Senator Alberta Darling.
Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf was probing if Wisconsin Right to Life, an anti-abortion...
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23 Aug 2011

Paul dismisses supporter’s Perry sex ad as silly

Robert Morrow, an Austin-based Paul backer and self-employed investor, bought the ad in the local alt weekly last week. He opposes Perry on policy grounds (he calls the Texas governor a neocon and a crony capitalist) but also because he believes Perry is a family values hypocrite. The one problem: There's no evidence that Perry has had affairs, as Morrow alleges.
Robert Morrow, an Austin-based Paul backer and self-employed investor, bought the ad in the local alt weekly last week....
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13 Aug 2011

Why Mitt Romney was right about corporations

In an instant-classic flub at the Iowa State Fair this week, Mitt Romney proclaimed, "corporations are people, my friend." Romney, of course, was speaking in the context of tax policy, making the point that to raise taxes on corporations is to raise taxes on the owners -- people -- of that corporation.
In an instant-classic flub at the Iowa State Fair this week, Mitt Romney proclaimed, "corporations are people, my...
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31 Jul 2011

Planned Parenthood firebombed, right wing silent

Someone firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, late Tuesday night. Because it was so late, no one was hurt. The clinic doesn't provide abortions, but there had been protesters there earlier that day anyway. You might've read about the news on Twitter or on a liberal blog. Probably not in a newspaper or on a cable new channel. Definitely not at any right-wing blogs. Which is a bit odd, actually, considering how much attention terrorist attacks generally get in this country.
Someone firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, late Tuesday night. Because it was so late, no one...
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20 Jul 2011

How to sell Big Oil on the Web

The oil giant Chevron, with $6.2 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2011, has for the past year been engaged in an intense branding campaign called "We Agree," which presents Chevron as a model corporate citizen and steward of the environment. Trying to soften the public image of a company without actually changing destructive business practices is known as "greenwashing" -- and Chevron has been at it for a while.
The oil giant Chevron, with $6.2 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2011, has for the past year been engaged in...
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19 Jul 2011

Paul Ryan and the art of whiny resentment

I don't think that Paul Ryan is running for president; I really don't think he'll ever run for president. But if he does, he sure has the resentment thing down cold. I wrote about Ryan and the budget process today over at Greg's place, from an interview that Ryan did over at NRO, and I didn't complain about the other stuff, but it really is awful:
I don't think that Paul Ryan is running for president; I really don't think he'll ever run for president. But if he...
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10 May 2011

Conservatives’ plea: Let’s all support Pawlenty now

Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, would most likely be the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the presidency right now, if John McCain had selected him instead of that Alaska wingnut who looked good on paper. Pawlenty is sort of the perfect running mate, in that he is bland, malleable, and guaranteed not to overshadow or outshine the top of the ticket.
Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, would most likely be the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the...
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9 May 2011

What Tea Partyers ignore about the Founders

Anything but a lost, halcyon epoch of unity and consensus, our founding era saw deep, harsh oppositions among Americans over what kind of society our independence from England was meant to bring about. Like today, the direst political oppositions devolved on the economy, and on proper uses of public and private finance. From the North Carolina Regulation of the 1760s to the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s, Americans struggled mightily with other Americans over economic issues.
Anything but a lost, halcyon epoch of unity and consensus, our founding era saw deep, harsh oppositions among Americans...
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9 May 2011

Michelle Rhee joins Scott Walker at school voucher group’s “policy summit”

The "American Federation for Children" -- a right-wing "education reform" organization founded and funded by religious right activist multimillionaire Betsy DeVos (former Republican candidate for governor of Michigan and sister of Blackwater founder Eirk Prince) and dedicated to electing state legislators who'll fund Christian schools with taxpayer money and crush public employees' unions -- is having a party in Washington, D.C., today, and they have invited Republican governors who have been working to fix education forever by firing all the greedy teachers and letting profit-seeking private interests manage the schools more "efficiently."
The "American Federation for Children" -- a right-wing "education reform" organization founded and funded by religious...
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4 May 2011

No, Sarah Palin, Obama won’t release OBL photos

President Obama is right not to release photographic "proof" that Osama bin Laden is dead. There's absolutely no upside: The lunatic fringe will still doubt the evidence, and gruesome corpse photos run the risk of creating a backlash against bin Laden's killing that doesn't exist so far.
President Obama is right not to release photographic "proof" that Osama bin Laden is dead. There's absolutely no upside:...
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