David K. Sutton | The Left Call

March 15, 2013

Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman Says He Now Supports Same-Sex Marriage

Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman has reversed his longstanding position against same-sex marriage. Portman said his stance evolved two years ago when his own son came out as gay to he and his wife. “It allowed me to think of this issue from a new perspective,” said Portman ” “[O]f a Dad who loves his son a lot and wants him to have the same opportunities that his brother and sister would have — to have a relationship like Jane and I have had for over 26 years.”

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March 14, 2013

Ed Schultz Out, Chris Hayes In At 8pm On MSNBC

Last night Ed Schultz announced he was moving his show to weekends starting in April. It was not a total shock because there was speculation of an 8pm change on MSNBC that included the possibility of Ezra Klein getting the high profile spot. But in a somewhat surprise announcement, MSNBC says Chris Hayes will take over the 8pm time slot up against Bill O’Reilly on Fox News and Anderson Cooper on CNN.

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March 10, 2013

Jeb Bush: Obama Won Election By ‘Dividing The Country’

It’s remarkable to me that any Republican could say with a straight face that Obama is a divider when you look at the track record of the Republican Party. After all, it was the GOP candidate for president who divided the country into makers and takers – the infamous Romney “47%” video.

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March 10, 2013

Insomniac Edition: Pianist David Tolley on The Tonight Show

On December 19, 1985, a man was plucked from the Tonight Show audience to perform a piano piece. His name is David Tolley and he chose to play “Memory” from the “Cats” musical. No, it wasn’t staged. He had just come from the beach and attended the taping with his brother.

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March 8, 2013

Justice Antonin Scalia Is The Rush Limbaugh Of The Supreme Court

Last week Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said the Voting Rights Act was a “racial entitlement.” Funny, I didn’t know protection of minority rights were entitlements. What does a white boy gotta do to get him some entitlements?

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March 6, 2013

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Says Raise The Minimum Wage

It is well-known that Costco CEO Craig Jelinek takes a different approach when it comes to employee compensation and retention. He’s one CEO who values employee commitment, and there’s no better way to retain dedicated employees than to pay them what they are worth. Today Jelinek threw his support behind the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.

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March 6, 2013

Challenging The 1965 Voting Rights Act, Here’s What I Don’t Get

Shelby County, Alabama, is challenging the 1965 Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court. Lawyers for the county argue that Section 5 of the act is unconstitutional and threatens Alabama’s sovereignty.

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March 5, 2013

Dow Jones Beats Back The Sequester

With all the recent talk of doom from Democrats and the White House about the negative impact of the “sequester” cuts, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) decides it’s going to favor Republicans.

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March 5, 2013

VIDEO: Wealth Inequality: The Viral Video Every American Should See

Occupy Wall Street focused our attention on growing wealth inequality in America. The Occupy movement may no longer be in the headlines, but inequality in America has not gone anywhere. The following video demonstrates this imbalance in easy to understand graphical form.

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March 4, 2013

Dow Jones, The Kenyan Socialist, And A Thousand Years Of Darkness

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, the Kenyan socialist, also known as Barack Obama, took the oath of office and became the 44th President of the United States. His presidency was only made possible by the massive fraud committed by ACORN, oh, and the lone Black Panther. On that lowly day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) closed at 7949.09, and the first anti-American, anti-capitalist president set forth a plan to ruin the fortunes of CEOs and top executives. You know, the “productive class” in our society. The people who do the heavy lifting and throw a few scraps at the rest of us when they are feeling generous.

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