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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...
Virginia: Healthcare for All of Us Today!
Beginning March 3, we're putting up billboards—funded by small dollar donations from MoveOn members—in six states (Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Virginia). The billboards are designed to mimic current state tourism campaigns, and to call out the...
Every Day is Veterans Day
Nobody serves in the military to make a lot of money. They do it to protect our freedoms and country. Yet too many of our men and women have come back broken -- only to get kicked to the curb. A helpless, hungry or homeless hero is unacceptable in America! We must do...
Six In Ten Small Business Owners Want A $10.10 Minimum Wage
By Alan Pyke Nearly six in 10 small business owners support raising the minimum wage to $10.10, according to a new poll on behalf of Small Business Majority (SBM), with most respondents citing the prospect of increased consumer demand and improved competitiveness with...
Virginia #GOP legislators oppose Medicaid expansion despite benefits to their districts
Of the 50 House districts with the highest percentage of Medicaid recipients, 32 are represented by Republicans, according to a study by three political scientists at the University of Mary Washington. Those legislators are willing to forgo the federal largesse rather...
Koch Addicts Are Destroying America
http://youtu.be/y2-cIpXIoY4 Senate majority leader Harry Reid gave a hell of a speech in Congress about the agenda of the billionaire Koch brothers, carbon barons who are the prime beneficiaries of Citizens United, the Supreme Court case that ruled that corporate...
