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21 Apr 2011

Time puts Michelle Rhee on a list, ignores her critics and scandals

The ongoing uncritical liberal establishment's deification of former Washington DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has finally, belatedly met some pushback -- notably from Diane Ravitch -- but there is no hint of that in the piece commemorating her entry into the 2011 Time 100, one of their many, endless lists of "the most influential people in the world."
The ongoing uncritical liberal establishment's deification of former Washington DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has...

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18 Apr 2011

Ross Douthat’s racial paranoia

Ross Douthat's New York Times column is often such a dizzying combination of purported rigorous logic and proud conservative bias as to be unreadable. Every once in a while, though, he gives you a scary but important peek into the conservative psyche.
Ross Douthat's New York Times column is often such a dizzying combination of purported rigorous logic and proud...

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18 Apr 2011

Roger Ailes brings big-city paranoia to small-town newspaper

Here's some free career advice for all you struggling reporters out there: If Roger Ailes buys the small-town community newspaper you work for, seek employment elsewhere. Because, as Gawker's John Cook and Hamilton Nolan report today, he might have News Corp. security officers tail you and conduct surveillance on your lunches.
Here's some free career advice for all you struggling reporters out there: If Roger Ailes buys the small-town community...
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15 Apr 2011

Rick Santorum disowns campaign slogan when told a gay liberal poet came up with it

Long-ago Sen. Rick Santorum is running for president, despite his "Google problem," and fresh out of the gate he has already invited more mockery. His campaign website features the slogan, "Fighting to Make America America Again" (by which I think he means that America is not America when there's a Muslim in charge).
Long-ago Sen. Rick Santorum is running for president, despite his "Google problem," and fresh out of the gate he has...
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15 Apr 2011

Christie: Take the bat out on female legislator

In a news conference about pension policy Thursday, the New Jersey governor demanded the press go after one of his Democratic critics, state Sen. Loretta Weinberg. Or, as Christie put it: "Can you guys please take the bat out on her for once?"
In a news conference about pension policy Thursday, the New Jersey governor demanded the press go after one of his...

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14 Apr 2011

The secret militarism of Obama’s defense spending cuts

One of the major headlines to emerge from President Obama's debt reduction plan is his proposed $40-billion-a-year cut to defense. For progressives in particular, this is one of the good initiatives in a mixed bag. But most of the Washington press corps has missed the underlying story: The administration's spending cuts would actually make defense an even larger part of the overall discretionary budget.
One of the major headlines to emerge from President Obama's debt reduction plan is his proposed $40-billion-a-year cut...

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4 Apr 2011

What would public broadcasting do with $178 billion?

Apparently Americans want to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting because they think 5% of the federal budget goes to NPR and PBS. That was the median guess in a CNN poll released Friday. If that were true, Talking Points Memo noted, that would mean the CPB would receive $178 billion a year from the government. (And that's not even counting what they get from Archer Daniels Midland and viewers like you.)
Apparently Americans want to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting because they think 5% of the federal budget...
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4 Apr 2011

The most uncounted cost of Endless War

Harry Reid and Lindsey Graham yesterday both suggested that Congress take unspecified though formal action against the Koran-burning by Florida preacher Terry Jones, which triggered days of violence this week by angry Muslims in Afghanistan. Graham in particular -- using the "but" that is the hallmark of all enemies of the First Amendment -- said: "Free speech is a great idea, but we re in a war."
Harry Reid and Lindsey Graham yesterday both suggested that Congress take unspecified though formal action against the...
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4 Apr 2011

Forget the Tea Party: The left is waking up

You know those experiences that serve as a living example of something you re studying or reading about? You learn a word s meaning, and then you hear it everywhere; the natural angling of your bike as you turn around the corner makes sense of a physics lesson, or your grief over a loss is reflected in an assigned novel.
You know those experiences that serve as a living example of something you re studying or reading about? You learn a...

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30 Mar 2011

Grim reality of Libya war starts to set in

...But perhaps the bigger takeaway from this new focus on the arming question is that the U.S. bombing campaign has failed -- so far -- to swiftly hand a total victory to the rebels over the Gadhafi regime.
...But perhaps the bigger takeaway from this new focus on the arming question is that the U.S. bombing campaign has...

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29 Mar 2011

Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report

Former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, champion of "education reform," is a right-wing folk hero because while working for the public she combined corporatist policy with open contempt for the public. An ostensible Democrat, she now advises Republican governors on how best to battle the nefarious teachers' unions, which, in her reckoning, are almost solely responsible for poor student performance. Her solutions to the "education crisis" mostly involve the privatization of public schools. Her qualifications, besides having all the currently fashionable opinions, are her successes as head of Washington's schools. Test scores increased during her tenure! In some places, they increased dramatically!
Former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, champion of "education reform," is a right-wing folk hero...

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23 Mar 2011

John McCain’s Libya amnesia

The senator, who met with Moammar Gadhafi in 2009, now complains the dictator has "American blood on his hands"
The senator, who met with Moammar Gadhafi in 2009, now complains the dictator has "American blood on his hands"

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23 Mar 2011

John McCain’s Libya amnesia

The senator, who met with Moammar Gadhafi in 2009, now complains the dictator has "American blood on his hands"
The senator, who met with Moammar Gadhafi in 2009, now complains the dictator has "American blood on his hands"

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21 Mar 2011

Sarah Palin goes to Israel, snubs influential GOP group

Sarah Palin's trip to Israel -- which has been covered a bit more extensively by the press than her trip to India -- has been a fairly predictable exercise. She said hawkish things and told high-ranking members of the Likud party that they should "stop apologizing" and she'll dine with Benjamin Netanyahu and she has repeatedly announced that she's on Team Jewish People when it comes to the various disagreements in the region.
Sarah Palin's trip to Israel -- which has been covered a bit more extensively by the press than her trip to India -- has...
1 Apr 2011

Obama’s new view of his own war powers

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton told the House of Representatives that "the White House would forge ahead with military action in Libya even if Congress passed a resolution constraining the mission." As TPM put it: "the administration would ignore any and all attempts by Congress to shackle President Obama's power as commander in chief to make military and wartime decisions," as such attempts would constitute "an unconstitutional encroachment on executive power."
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton told the House of Representatives that "the White House would forge ahead with military...

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4 Jul 2011

Impeach Clarence Thomas

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been very busy accepting gifts from organizations that file briefs before the court, attending political fundraisers, ruling on suits in which he or his wife have a conflict of interest, and hiding income. No wonder he hasn't had time to ask a question from the bench in five years.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been very busy accepting gifts from organizations that file briefs before the...

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29 Apr 2011

George Soros at Cato It’s all about Hayek

The Cato Institute opened its doors to George Soros on Thursday, and he came in peace. The 35th wealthiest man in the world arrived at the libertarian think tank, evaded a question about Donald Trump from a video-camera-wielding reporter, and relaxed in a back room as a crowd gathered for his speech.
The Cato Institute opened its doors to George Soros on Thursday, and he came in peace. The 35th wealthiest man in the...

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26 Apr 2011

What would Abbie Hoffman do to stop the Koch brothers

Thinking about Abbie today, I wager he d acknowledge social media as the great force for democratization. He d have an iPhone (after all, Jerry Rubin was an early Apple investor), he d have a page on Facebook and would interact with critics, imitators and allies through Twitter. His YouTube channel would feature young protestors everywhere from Cairo to Madison, WI.
Thinking about Abbie today, I wager he d acknowledge social media as the great force for democratization. He d have an...
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4 Aug 2011

Dozens of Florida Republicans at ALEC legislative conference courtesy of taxpayers, lobbyists

Dozens of Florida legislators are in New Orleans this week for three days of pro-business pep talks, policy seminars and great food. The annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, features topics such as public pensions, Medicaid reform and tax policy, with such conservative stalwarts as economist Arthur Laffer and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
Dozens of Florida legislators are in New Orleans this week for three days of pro-business pep talks, policy seminars and...

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20 Jun 2011

Bachmann Fundraising Magic On Her Money, Donor Trail

Michele Bachman's past committee donors includes a range of industries and interests, from health care company Aetna to oil giant ConocoPhillips, Koch Industries, Big Pharma's Pfizer and the Republican Jewish Coalition. KochPAC donated to Bachmann sporadically from 2006 to 2010, and is affiliated with the company run by the billionaire Koch brothers, David and Charles, whose myriad foundations and advocacy organizations promote libertarian and Tea Party causes.
Michele Bachman's past committee donors includes a range of industries and interests, from health care company Aetna to...

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6 Apr 2011

Is ALEC Leading GOP’s Charge to Suppress the Youth Vote

Nearly forty years after a constitutional amendment conferring voting rights on eighteen year-olds was passed into law, and signed by President Richard Nixon, the American Legislative Exchange Council is doing all it can to make it difficult for young people to vote.
Nearly forty years after a constitutional amendment conferring voting rights on eighteen year-olds was passed into law,...

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1 Apr 2011

Poll Unfavorable View Of Tea Party Hits Record High

The percentage of Americans who hold an unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party movement rose to an all-time in a new CNN poll released today. CNN found the Tea Party ranked nearly as unpopular as both the Republican and Democratic parties.
The percentage of Americans who hold an unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party movement rose to an all-time in a new CNN...

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23 May 2010

GOPers Make Friends With Rand Paul, But What Are They In For

Republicans have no choice but to get behind Paul if he wins, and doubtless most prominent Republicans will praise him when he does. But that means they'll have to take uncomfortable questions on Paul's "unorthodox views," as Salon reports them, "including a desire to abolish both the Federal Reserve and the Department of Education."
Republicans have no choice but to get behind Paul if he wins, and doubtless most prominent Republicans will praise him...

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22 Aug 2011

Tea Party Members Cultural Dispositions ‘Authoritarianism, Fear Of Change, Libertarianism And Nativism’

What are the four primary characteristics most associated with those Americans sympathetic to the Tea Party? "Authoritarianism, ontological insecurity (fear of change), libertarianism and nativism." So says one of the many findings in a study presented to the American Sociological Association on Monday.
What are the four primary characteristics most associated with those Americans sympathetic to the Tea Party?...

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9 Jun 2011

Koch Tea Party wrong about Boston Tea Party

??What is it about the Tea Party's ignorance of American history? Michele Bachmann thinks the shot heard round the world happened in New Hampshire. Sarah Palin thinks Paul Revere warned the British. And the Koch-funded Tea Party (Americans for Prosperity) thinks the Boston Tea Party was about taxation without representation.
??What is it about the Tea Party's ignorance of American history? Michele Bachmann thinks the shot heard round the world...

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25 Jul 2011

Gov. Walker’s tactics move state backward

When I see what is happening in Wisconsin and all over the United States I am reminded of the story the "Christmas Carol." The poor lived in filth and squalor while the rich had lavish parties with all the best available to them. They certainly did not worry about the orphans or old people. After all, there were work houses for them. I, for one, do not want to go back to those days.
When I see what is happening in Wisconsin and all over the United States I am reminded of the story the "Christmas...

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10 Mar 2011

What happened in #Wisconsin, and what happens next

Last night, Wisconsin State Senate Republicans stripped most public employees unions of most collective bargaining rights. After insisting for weeks that busting the unions was essential to balancing the state's budget, they broke Governor Scott Walker's "budget-repair bill" into two parts. One part contained the anti-union provisions, the other the items that Republicans now deemed fiscal.
Last night, Wisconsin State Senate Republicans stripped most public employees unions of most collective bargaining...

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17 Feb 2011

Support Wisconsin Workers

People in Wisconsin are protesting for the third consecutive day at the state capital in Wisconsin in solidarity with public-sector union workers under assault by Republican governor Scott Walker who has proposed to strip public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights.
People in Wisconsin are protesting for the third consecutive day at the state capital in Wisconsin in solidarity with...
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4 Aug 2011

ALEC Watch: What I did on my Summer Vacation

I really thought it would take more than five minutes in New Orleans before I realized the conservative movement had landed. But it didn t. As I was waiting for my bags, I heard a mid-thirties woman talking on the phone. 'Yah, I m down in New Orleans for the American Legislative Exchange Council meeting. We write legislation, and they pass our ideas. It s the free market.'
I really thought it would take more than five minutes in New Orleans before I realized the conservative movement had...

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25 Mar 2011

Indiana prosecutor told Wisconsin governor to stage ‘false flag’ operation

An Indiana prosecutor and Republican activist has resigned after emails show he suggested Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker stage a fake attack on himself to discredit unions protesting his budget repair bill.
An Indiana prosecutor and Republican activist has resigned after emails show he suggested Wisconsin Governor Scott...

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8 Jun 2011

Police Detain UpTake Journalist For Helping Her Assistant

Earlier today, BadgerGurl88? shot this video of videographer Sam Mayfield being detained by Wisconsin State Police at the Capitol in Madison. Sam is in town working on a documentary film about upstart Republican Governor Scott Walker s crusade to take away workers collective bargaining rights. She has shot video of the historic labor demonstrations periodically this spring for The UpTake.
Earlier today, BadgerGurl88? shot this video of videographer Sam Mayfield being detained by Wisconsin State Police at...

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10 Aug 2011

Wisconsin recalls: Victory, not necessarily vindication, for Republicans

The Wisconsin recalls on Tuesday wound up being something short of the game-changing contests they were supposed to be. In the end, Republicans notched an overall victory, but not necessarily a mandate for the policies that led to the recalls.
The Wisconsin recalls on Tuesday wound up being something short of the game-changing contests they were supposed to be....

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21 Jun 2011

Scott Walker finds making bumper stickers is easier than creating jobs

Scott Walker, the chief executive of Wisconsin, is riding a wave of triumph. The state Supreme Court just upheld his famous crusade to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers. The state legislature just voted, along party lines, to approve his 2012 budget reordering the state s finances to his conservative tastes
Scott Walker, the chief executive of Wisconsin, is riding a wave of triumph. The state Supreme Court just upheld his...

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1 Apr 2011

Ohio police, firefighters cite safety concerns, vow fight over collective bargaining limits

Unlike Wisconsin s high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio s new law includes police officers and firefighters who say it threatens the safety of them and the people they protect.
Unlike Wisconsin s high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio s new law includes...

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9 Aug 2011

On Eve Of Recall, Walker Booed At Wisconsin State Fair

Last week, Wisconsin kicked off its 10-day state fair. It s traditional for the governor to herald the fair s opening day. But when Walker took the stage Thursday, he was met with a hail of boos and protests signs. "This is the one place where all across the state where people can actually come together," he tried to shout over the crowd. "At least most people can." As he walked off stage, the crowd chanted "Recall Walker."
Last week, Wisconsin kicked off its 10-day state fair. It s traditional for the governor to herald the fair s opening...

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25 Jun 2011

Rep. Murphy Says Thomas’ Actions Call Into Question Whether He ‘Can Continue To Serve As A Justice’

In an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress, Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) - the lead sponsor of a bill which would strip Supreme Court justices of their immunity from a code of ethical conduct that applies to other federal judges - suggests that an investigation may be necessary to determine whether Justice Clarence Thomas many ethics scandals rise to the level where Thomas is no longer fit to serve on the nation's highest Court:
In an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress, Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) - the lead sponsor of a bill which would...

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7 Mar 2011

Wis. Dems File Ethics Complaint Over Walker’s Comments On ‘Koch’ Call

Wisconsin Democrats are continuing their fire on Gov. Scott Walker's infamous phone call with blogger Ian Murphy, who was posing as Republican financier David Koch, in which Walker spoke of his passion for busting the public employee unions. And in their latest move, the Dems have announced that they are filing an ethics complaint with the state's Government Accountability Board -- accusing Walker of serious violations of the law.
Wisconsin Democrats are continuing their fire on Gov. Scott Walker's infamous phone call with blogger Ian Murphy, who...

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23 Jul 2011

Murdoch’s Giuliani Connection

Monday, ahead of Rupert Murdoch s inquiry by the British Parliament, former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on CNN to defend his beleaguered friend against accusations of knowledge of his employees hacking and bribing offenses. The men s relationship goes back at least 15 years, when Giuliani gave Murdoch one of New York City s five public-access channels to launch Fox News Channel. As the article below shows, the sordid, often concealed Murdoch-Giuliani partnership is exemplary of the kind of societal destruction that becomes possible when public officials merge their interests and power with private wealth, and confirms the urgent need to write and enact laws that prevent such an occurrence.
Monday, ahead of Rupert Murdoch s inquiry by the British Parliament, former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on CNN...

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12 Jun 2011

Gov. Walker Targets Wisconsin’s Craft Breweries

Gov. Scott Walker's budget includes yet another (previously overlooked) way in which he s willing to serve big business at the expense of the little guy: He s taking aim at craft breweries by making it more difficult for them to distribute their products.
Gov. Scott Walker's budget includes yet another (previously overlooked) way in which he s willing to serve big business...
4 Jul 2011

What Our Declaration Really Said

Our nation confronts a challenge this Fourth of July that we face but rarely: We are at odds over the meaning of our history and why, to quote our Declaration of Independence, 'governments are instituted.'
Our nation confronts a challenge this Fourth of July that we face but rarely: We are at odds over the meaning of our...
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5 Aug 2011

How to Take Our Country Back From the Money Men Who Fund the Tea Party

If there is a silver lining to the debt limit crisis - and it's a big if - it would be that the extremism of Republican agenda has finely become visible to a larger number of Americans. It is time to recognize what it means to face a determined ideological bloc. And what it means to fight back.
If there is a silver lining to the debt limit crisis - and it's a big if - it would be that the extremism of Republican...
26 Mar 2011

The Deindustrialization Of America

The Republican strategy is to split the vast middle and working class - pitting unionized workers against non-unionized, public-sector workers against non-public, older workers within sight of Medicare and Social Security against younger workers who don t believe these programs will be there for them, and the poor against the working middle class.
The Republican strategy is to split the vast middle and working class - pitting unionized workers against non-unionized,...

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25 Jul 2011

Stealing the Vote Walker to Close 10 DMV Facilities

Welcome to the Republican coup, America. Back in May, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) passed one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country that would require a state-issued photo ID to vote. This law would disenfranchise the poor, the elderly and students and make it nearly impossible for those blocks of people to vote.
Welcome to the Republican coup, America. Back in May, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) passed one of the most restrictive voter...

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25 Jul 2011

Stealing the Vote Walker to Close 10 DMV Facilities

Welcome to the Republican coup, America. Back in May, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) passed one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country that would require a state-issued photo ID to vote. This law would disenfranchise the poor, the elderly and students and make it nearly impossible for those blocks of people to vote.
Welcome to the Republican coup, America. Back in May, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) passed one of the most restrictive voter...

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29 Apr 2011

Supreme Court Reinforces the Corporate State

We might not be there yet, but we are standing on the porch getting ready to ring the doorbell on America's new home: The Corporate State. a 5-4 decision, the justices of the United States Supreme Court voted to block individuals from joining together in class-action lawsuits against corporations, which would force people to arbitrate disputes with large companies on a case-by-case basis
We might not be there yet, but we are standing on the porch getting ready to ring the doorbell on America's new home:...
15 Dec 2010

Forget Tea Party rhetoric – pork barrel politics is back

Dear Tea Party voter: You've been had. When the good people of South Dakota voted last month to send Republican Kristi Noem to Congress, they probably believed that she would give no quarter to the lobbyists and special interest groups who enjoyed, as she put it, "throwing money at the feet of a member of Congress."
Dear Tea Party voter: You've been had. When the good people of South Dakota voted last month to send Republican Kristi...

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10 Jun 2011

Look out Portland, ‘climate disruption’ sending waves of refugees your way

So far, the only climate refugees I ve ever seen in reality are the ones that travel from NYC, Boston, Minneapolis, and other cold winter locations to escape to Florida and Arizona during November-March.
So far, the only climate refugees I ve ever seen in reality are the ones that travel from NYC, Boston, Minneapolis, and...
14 Apr 2011

Walker admits to Congress he never campaigned on killing collective bargaining rights

In this exchange, Governor Walker admits to Congress that he did not specifically say during his campaign for governor that he planned to attack the collective bargaining rights of educators and other public employees in Wisconsin.
In this exchange, Governor Walker admits to Congress that he did not specifically say during his campaign for governor...

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18 Jul 2010

NAACP Stands by Charges of Tea Party Racism

NAACP President Ben Jealous says tea party supporters like Sarah Palin need to publicly condemn racist behavior among some of the group's members. The civil rights organization accused tea party activists Tuesday of tolerating bigotry.
NAACP President Ben Jealous says tea party supporters like Sarah Palin need to publicly condemn racist behavior among...

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4 Aug 2011

Scott Walker Motherfucker

A song of solidarity from the band Dirty Wings and their friends in Astoria. We all stand with Wisconsin workers!
A song of solidarity from the band Dirty Wings and their friends in Astoria. We all stand with Wisconsin workers!
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