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DLCC Statement on Virginia Special Election Victories
Democrat wins first of two special elections to decide Senate chamber control WASHINGTON-Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) Executive Director Michael Sargeant released the following statement on tonight's Democratic victories in the special elections...
The Assault on The Pursuit of Happiness
extracts from Wikipedia and PoliticsUSA The Second Bill of Rights was a list of rights proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944. In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should...
GOP’s 2014 horror strategy: Exploit Americans’ misfortune, drum up fake outrage
by BRIAN BEUTLER A quick look at the House and Senate vote calendars indicates that Congress did not in fact come back into session over the holidays to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which means that as of today (depending on how you count it) millions and millions...
“Rich people don’t create jobs”
a tip-of-the-hat to Frank Dixon Via Business Insider: "As the war over income inequality wages on, super-rich Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people don't actually...
How the New Hampshire Rebellion will make corruption the #1 issue of 2016
by Cory Doctorow Brian sez, "Lawrence Lessig, former EFF board member, chair of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, founder of the Center for Internet and Society, founding board member of Creative Commons, and former board member of the Free Software...
WHY Are American Health Care Costs So High?
By the incomparable John Green, who says the following about his sources: "For a much more thorough examination of health care expenses in America, I recommend this series at The Incidental Economist and The Commonwealth Fund's Study of Health Care Prices in the U.S....
15 Wins for the Progressive Movement in 2013
In politics, as in sports, you can’t win ‘em all. With a divided government and a House of Representatives firmly in the control of tea partiers, it was a tough year for progressives in Washington – one marked by the painful cuts of sequestration… More...
How ALEC Tramples Democracy
byLaura Clawson The American Legislative Exchange Council has been influencing policy for the worse for decades; with the news that ALEC is struggling to keep members and raise the big corporate money to which it's accustomed, let's review just what all that money...
Saint Ayn Rand Visits the Day After Christmas!
Are you ready for a visit from Saint Ayn Rand on the day after Christmas? With a million and a half people losing their unemployment benefits, there’ll be tough times ahead for all you “moochers.” But don’t worry, Rand Paul and crew are just trying to help you,...
Conservative Donors Pump $1 Billion A Year Into Climate Denying Groups
by Kiley Kroh Organizations that actively block efforts to address climate change are funded by a large network of conservative donors to the tune of nearly $1 billion a year, according to the first in-depth study into the dark money that fuels the denial effort....
