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Rubio Vows to Block Twenty-first Century
CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH BY MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Seizing upon an issue that could become the cornerstone of a possible 2016 Presidential campaign, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said on Thursday that he would do everything in his power to...
GOP greets economic news with total silence
For those hoping to see the American economy succeed, there are a lot of reasons to smile this morning. Economic growth is at an 11-year high. Job growth is at a 15-year high. The stock market is soaring. Wages are rising. Gas prices are plummeting. American...
Dangerous game: Republicans freeze Secret Service budget over immigration
By DAVID ROGERS First came the White House fence jumpers. Now it’s Congress, fencing off money for the embattled Secret Service because of a totally unrelated fight with President Barack Obama over immigration. Just last Thursday, an independent review panel warned...
“I still hear my brother crying I can’t Breathe. Now I’m in the struggle saying I can’t leave…”
http://vimeo.com/115084647 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A mass of demonstrators chanting “Black lives matter” converged in the Mall of America rotunda on Saturday as part of a protest against police brutality that caused at least part of the mall to...
“A Worse Fraud than Tweed’s”
Isn't it amazing how Washington works? While the rich get richer, they get tax breaks and Wall Street deregulation? While working families become poorer, they get cuts in pensions that were promised to them. Congress must start defending the needs of working families,...
Weekly Address: America’s Resurgence is Real
In this week’s address, the President reflected on the significant progress made by this country in 2014, and in the nearly six years since he took office. "More jobs. More insured. A growing economy. Shrinking deficits. Bustling industry. Booming energy. Pick any...
Jeb Bush is no Jon Huntsman
This week, following months of slobbering coverage from mainstream and nominally liberal journalists, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) announced that he will “actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States.” If anyone suggests that...
Gas prices drop below key threshold
Excerpts from an article by Steve Benen Remember the 2012 presidential campaign? It was just two years ago that Mitt Romney boasted that if he were elected president, he’d “get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent, perhaps a little lower” by the end of his first...
Governor McAuliffe Announces $28 Million in Funding for New Voting Machines across Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 15, 2014 Office of the Governor Contact: Rachel Thomas Email: rachel.thomas@governor.virginia.gov Governor McAuliffe Announces $28 Million in Funding for New Voting...
