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The Right-Wing’s Koch-Funded ATM
by Robert Maguire Political money flowed freely in the world of conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch in 2012. With most of the annual tax filings for non-disclosing nonprofits now in, it's clear that no other conservative or liberal dark money network...
Corporate ‘Dems’: cutting Social Security is path to electoral victory
Remember Third Way? They're the jokers who filled the void when the DLC collapsed. But unlike the DLC, Third Way operates in the shadows, lobbying Democrats behind the scenes and via travel junkets. So it's always a pleasure when they emerge from the shadows, like...
GOP: healthcare.gov too fast now
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Republican critics of Obamacare rose up in anger today, claiming that, after two months of fixes, the healthcare.gov Web site is now “unacceptably fast.” Leading the howls of protest was the House Committee on Oversight and Government...
Pope blasts unfettered capitalism
In case there was any doubt left, Pope Francis made it clear that he shares little in common with U.S. conservatives. The pontiff released his Evangelii Gadium, or Joy of the Gospel, attacking capitalism as a form of tyranny and calling on church and political leaders...
Talking down the result in Va.’s attorney general race
via The Washington Post CHARLES E. Judd, the Republican operative who chairs Virginia’s Board of Elections, did a disservice Monday to the state he serves by simultaneously certifying the razor-thin results in the race for attorney general and suggesting,...
Virginia Speaker William Howell Named “Turkey of the Year”
ProgressVA today announced Speaker William Howell as the recipient of the organization's 2013 "Turkey of the Year" award, in recognition of his staunch opposition to expanding Medicaid to up to 400,000 low-income Virginians. A program expansion would primarily benefit...
“I Am Alive For A Reason”
via NPR Saying he is "alive for a reason and I will work for change," Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds has told a Virginia news outlet that his life's work now "is to make sure other families don't have to go through what we are living." Deeds, 55, was stabbed and...
Herring Wins Virginia Attorney General Race
The certified tally was Herring 1,103,777, Obenshain 1,103,612. Attorney General-elect Mark Herring released a statement following the State Board of Elections certifying him as the next Attorney General of Virginia: "I am gratified that the State Board of Elections...
A message from the Health Insurers of America
by Mark Fiore After Obama announced his temporary fix to the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance companies were up in arms about how this would...
Labor Board Sides With Workers: Wal-Mart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer
Wal-Mart’s 1.3 million workers won a big victory Monday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the retail giant had broken the law by firing and harassing employees who spoke out — and in some cases went on strike — to protest the company’s poverty pay...
