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McConnell-Reid Debt Plan Includes Catfood Commission II with Teeth
Since Harry Reid is now on board, it’s looking more and more likely that the so-called “McConnell Plan” is the one the villagers favor in order to get the debt ceiling raised. Naturally, that is the...
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Another Republican Wingnut Spouts Surreal Idiocy
Senator Weird Hair Another day, another Republican wingnut reveals his ugly inner self. This time it’s Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Let’s see … where to begin…. Via Think Progress: At a town hall...
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Saturday Reads: Obama’s War on Old People, Solyndra-gate, and Violent Protest...
Good Morning!! Things are getting so bad for President Obama that I almost feel sorry for him. The reactions to his speech last night are still coming in, and they aren’t all that great. Sure Krugman...
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Beltway Bob Rationalizes Obama’s Blunders, while Michael Tomasky Sees a...
Beltway Bob Okay, I realize that is a silly title, but after reading Beltway Bob’s Ezra Klein’s latest post and then reading the transcript of Barack Obama’s Rose Garden speech from this morning, I was...
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Has the Time Come to Break Up the Union?
Via Matt Yglesias at Slate, this map–originally posted at The Economist last year– shows fiscal transfers from wealthier states to poorer ones by means of taxes collected by the federal government and...
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Can Romney Embrace Ryan While Distancing Himself from the Ryan Budget?
No, he can’t. This morning, shortly after Romney’s announcement of Paul Ryan as his pick for VP, CNN obtained a copy of of a list of media talking points for surrogates, designed by the Romney...
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Saturday Reads: Austerity, Medicare, and Punishing the Baby Boomers
Good Morning!! Following on Dakinikat’s post last night, The Austerity Plot, here are some more links about Jonathan Chait’s very very bad recommendation that Obama should cave on raising the Medicare...
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Thursday Reads: GOP Wars on Democracy, Social Safety Net; Russia and Syria;...
Good Morning!! Now that Rick Snyder has succeeded in turning Michigan into a right-to-work-for-less state, he and his Republican House have passed a supposedly “new and improved” emergency manager...
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Thursday Reads: Rick Scott Folds on Medicaid, the Sanctity of Marriage, GOP...
Good Morning!! There’s another winter storm moving across the country, and we could get another big snowstorm here in New England this weekend. My local NPR station predicted a foot of snow for the...
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Delusional Paul Ryan Bases New Budget on Repealing Obamacare
Oh man, this is too much! Paul Ryan appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace today and admitted to that the new “Ryan Plan” budget is based on the assumption that the Affordable Care Act will be...
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Friday Reads
It’s Friday! I’ve found a few things that make for interesting reading so let’s get started. Why have Democratic Governors and Republican Mayors become rare? This is a great article describing which...
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Live Blog: Fourth Democratic Debate
Tonight’s debate is likely to feature some fireworks and a good exchange of ideas between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders–as long as the moderators can keep Martin O’Malley from constantly breaking...
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