July 1, 2012
Conservatives Waste No Time Advertising Health Care Individual Mandate As A Tax
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June 28, 2012
Republican Reaction To Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling Is Way Over-The-Top
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June 25, 2012
PA Voter ID Law Will “Allow Governor Romney To Win The State” According To Mike Turzai
Liberals and progressives already know voter suppression is the goal of the strict new voter ID laws passed by Republicans in many states. Republicans say the laws are needed because of voter fraud. This is of course bullshit because there is no voter fraud problem. No, the real goal is voter suppression. Republicans don’t care to win over minorities, instead they will do their best to make sure minorities (who overwhelming support Democrats) are unable to vote this November. Old, white Republicans see the writing is on the wall. They know how the demographics are shifting in this country. Instead of embracing change and trying to gain support of minorities, especially African-Americans, Republicans are instead doubling down on racism, bigotry and well, just plain old being an asshole.
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June 23, 2012
Income Inequality: Top One Percent Share Of Total Pre-Tax Income, 1913-2007
There will be naysayers who cite causality when they see a chart like the one below, and that is fine. I agree, we cannot directly correlate the top one percent’s share of total pre-tax income with all things that ail this country, but is anyone going to make the case that income inequality of this magnitude is healthy for the future of the United States?
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June 23, 2012
A Republican Narrative Dies As The Price Of Gas Keeps Falling
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June 13, 2012
A Quick Lesson For Republicans: The Right To Vote
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June 12, 2012
Republicans Are Against Government Overreach Except When They Aren’t
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June 8, 2012
Millennials And Liberal Democrats Less Likely To Believe In God
A recent Pew survey reveals that 68% of Millennials, defined as those born from 1981 on, say “I never doubt the existence of God”, which is a decline of 15 points in 5 years. The “Silent” generation, those born between 1928 and 1945, did not see any change when it comes to belief in God in the past 5 years. Although I’m betting you could poll that older generation on any number of issues and rarely find much change in only 5 years.
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June 4, 2012
The ‘Job Killing Regulations Argument’ Can Be Right And Still Not Matter, Particularly When Our Future Is On The Line
It’s a common refrain from Republicans that regulations are bad for business and will kill jobs. They need not offer any proof, just like most claims from Republicans, they simply state it as fact. Fine, let’s take them at their word. In fact, I do believe there are some situations where regulations could lead to job losses, but my response is “so what?” Hear me out for a few moments.
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May 25, 2012
Remember When Republicans Said Rising Gas Prices Were Obama’s Fault?
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