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America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy
Bill Moyers criticized both political parties on Friday for furthering the “protection racket” built to protect the mega-rich from paying their fair share of taxes while extending their influence over politics. “Sad that it’s come to this,” Moyers said. “The drift...
Scientific Study Says We Are an Oligarchy
The United States of America is no longer a democracy, but rather an oligarchy. The anecdotes are plentiful, from modest gun control proposals that saw 90% public support, to unemployment compensation, to infrastructure spending, to women's rights; where a plurality...
SCOTUS Righteously Defends Free Speech
Delegate Scott and the Republican “No” Chorus
While I can think of hundreds of thousands of people who will be hurt if we don’t “Close the Health Care Gap” with health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act, I cannot think of one person who will benefit if we turn it down. Unfortunately, between the...
Save The Date!
Madison County Democratic Committee 8th Annual Founders Dinner Thursday, April 10, 2014 Madison Presbyterian Church 1236 Fishback Road, Madison 22727 With special guest speaker Jennifer Patja Howell Director of Digital Publishing Robert H. Smith Center for the...
Blue State Bluegrass Brunch!
The Dog Whistle Politics of Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Adapted from an article by DAVID SIROTA Code words are politicians’ stock in trade. As Republican strategist Lee Atwater famously admitted, that’s especially true when it comes to racially coded rhetoric about economics. Terms like “welfare queen” are obvious...
This Modern World
Disheartening stall on Deeds report
The suicide of Sen. Creigh Deeds' son, Gus, stirred legislators this winter to piece together mental health reforms intended to avert similar tragedies. But they have done so without the benefit of a report from the state inspector general assessing why the young man...
Virginia Republicans’ stand against Medicaid funding defies the facts
THE YEAR 2014 is only 66 days old, yet already Virginia has forfeited $330 million in federal funds — funds already paid to Uncle Sam by taxpayers — as a result of its delay in expanding Medicaid to cover up to 400,000 lower-income and uninsured Virginians. With each...
