December 7, 2013
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Besides people of color, nobody wants racism to be over more than white conservatives, if the RNC’s tweet honoring Rosa Parks for “ending” racism is any indication. The question is: Why are white conservatives so ready for racism to finally be “over”? I thin the answer is rather simple: they want to get off the hook. Continue reading
December 6, 2013 by terrance | 0 comments
What can I possibly say about the man that would be more eloquent than his own words?
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December 6, 2013
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If there’s a “war on Christmas,” it’s being waged by congressional Republicans who are willing to let emergency unemployment benefits expire at the end of the year, just as they did for emergency food stamp spending. Continue reading
November 27, 2013
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Despite its flawed roll-out, most Americans are willing to give health care reform time to succeed. That’s good news for Obamacare, because it’s already succeeding in states that have fully adopted it. And the success stories are multiplying. Continue reading
November 25, 2013
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The utter ridiculousness of a dad being arrested after trying to pick kids up from school on foot instead of in a car, astounds me. via YouTube
November 22, 2013
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The GOP is targeting Medicaid in its next attack on health care reform. House Republicans want to take away $20 billion budgeted for the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and use it to cover defense cuts. This is who they … Continue reading
November 20, 2013
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If Congress is serious about “fiscal responsibility,” they should cut corporate America’s “free lunch,” instead of voting for even more painful cuts to food stamps. It would generate more revenue than pseudo-savings from cutting food stamps. Continue reading
November 14, 2013
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The truth, especially the truth of other people’s lives, can be hard and ugly.
November 8, 2013
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The Employment Nondiscrimination Act passed in the Senate on Thursday, in a historic 64-32 vote. America has never been closer to protecting LGBT workers from discrimination on the job. Here’s what needs to happen next. Continue reading
November 7, 2013
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In his first floor speech since suffering a stroke two years ago, Sen. Mike Kirk (R, Ill.) took to the Senate floor to support the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, and to urge his fellow conservatives to do the same. Not all conservatives listened. Continue reading
November 6, 2013
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House Speaker John Boehner says he opposes the Employment Nondiscrimination Act because it will lead to “frivolous lawsuits” against employers. For the people who live with it every day, workplace discrimination is anything but frivolous. Continue reading
November 5, 2013
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This week the Senate will very likely a pass a bill prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace. The President and a majority of the American people support it. Only the GOP stands in the way of an important step towards justice for all. Continue reading
October 31, 2013
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Millions of Americans will go over the “Hunger Cliff” when $5 billion in cuts to food stamps go into effect tomorrow. While Congress negotiates even bigger cuts, more Americans will have to negotiate where their next meal will come from. Continue reading
October 30, 2013
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The Washington Post went down to Georgia looking for a story on economic decline in southern “tea party” districts. Like the Devil in Charlie Daniel’s famous song, the Post left empty-handed. Continue reading
October 23, 2013
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Republicans are still targeting the Affordable Care Act, but their answer to the problems health care reform is already solving for millions of Americans hasn’t changed much from that infamous audience response at the September 2011 GOP presidential debate. Continue reading
October 17, 2013
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Remember in 2009, when Jim DeMint said health care reform would be President Obama’s Waterloo? Four years later, defunding health care reform became the GOP’s Alamo. But Republicans aren’t done damaging their party, or the rest of the country, yet. Continue reading
October 15, 2013
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Punishing the Poor In the first days of the shutdown, conservatives alternated between celebrating and downplaying the impact. RedState.com’s Erick Erickson insisted Americans would barely notice the government shutdown. But the consequences of the government shutdown are only too real … Continue reading
October 10, 2013
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Republicans are celebrating the consequences of the shutdown for two groups of Americans that conservatives despise: government workers and the millions of Americans who rely on the services those workers provide. Continue reading
October 3, 2013
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The GOP’s shenanigans surpass even the worst childish behavior, and are far more damaging. The Republican-engineered government shutdown is doing real harm to real people, and endangering an already fragile economy. Continue reading
September 27, 2013
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Unable to change their tone or their policies in order to widen their voter base, Republicans seem bent on trying undoing the results of two presidential elections. It would all be quite funny, if it were all so crazy. Not to mention dangerous. Continue reading