THINK PROGRESS, August 26, 2011--Taking his anti-government ideology to its logical extreme, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) told NBC News’ Jo Ling Kent today that there should be no national response to Hurricane Irene, and that government responses should r ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2011 at 10:00AM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 26, 2011--House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is insisting that “any potential emergency disaster aid be offset by spending cuts.”
Huffington Post reports that “Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring on Friday declined ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2011 at 9:56AM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 24, 2011--When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) unveiled his budget in April, students and parents protested the $1.2 billion in education cuts it contained by holding a mock bake sale at the state capitol, where they estimate ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2011 at 1:35PM
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POLITICO, August 24, 2011—President Barack Obama has taken a decidedly low-key approach to racial issues since he became America’s first black president two years ago. But in a hallway outside the Oval Office, he has placed a head-turning paintin ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2011 at 1:28PM
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WASHINGTON -- This Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, marks the 48th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech. It's also the dedication day for his memorial in Washington, D.C.
"The memorial to Dr. King is the first on the ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 at 5:03PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 23, 2011 — Now we know: The arc of the moral universe is long, but it leads to a picturesque glade beside the Tidal Basin, with the Washington Monument providing sentry.
After more than two decades of planning, fund-raisin ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 at 9:02AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 2011—This time the silence was thunderous.
A year ago, a Muslim group tried to open a mosque in a vacant Roman Catholic convent in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island and set off furious protests, with many ...
Posted Monday, August 22nd 2011 at 11:52AM
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By HOWARD FINEMAN, HUFFINGTON POST, August 20, 2011 -- Karl Rove won't say it aloud, but he is afraid of Rick Perry: afraid that the smack-talking Texas governor will wreck the GOP's chances of winning the White House and the Senate in 2012.
The P ...
Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 12:02PM
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THE COLBERT REPORT, August 20, 2011--In a week full of confusing election politics and distressing stock market news, perhaps the best story was French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly urinating on a commercial plane when a flight attendant refused ...
Posted Saturday, August 20th 2011 at 7:12PM
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THE LAST WORD, August, 20, 2011--“BLACK MAN GIVEN NATION’S WORST JOB”—Headline in “The Onion”, January 21, 2008.
From THE ONION:
“In his new high stress low reward position, Obama will be charged with completely overhauling the n ...
Posted Saturday, August 20th 2011 at 10:43AM
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THE LAST WORD, August 19, 2011-- Tulane Professor Mellissa Harris Perry talks to Georgetown Professor E. J. Dionne about Rick Perry and Bank of America.
"Looks like Rick Perry is all hat and no cattle."
MHP: "If the line--'BANK OF AMERICA WILL ...
Posted Saturday, August 20th 2011 at 10:26AM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 19, 2011--A top Bank of America executive was caught on camera yesterday whispering to Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), “Bank of America. We’ll help you out,” as the GOP presidential candidate attended New Hampshire’s Politics a ...
Posted Saturday, August 20th 2011 at 10:17AM
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TALKING POINTS MEMO, August 18, 2011--Ronald Reagan's chief domestic policy adviser took Texas governor Rick Perry to the woodshed Friday for recent controversial statements -- in particular about his suggestion that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke would b ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:40PM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 18, 2011--New GOP presidential contender Gov. Rick Perry (TX) continues to get a free pass from the press for his stimulus hypocrisy on the campaign trail. Last week the governor claimed that the Recovery Act signed by Presiden ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:37PM
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THE LAST WORD, August 18, 2011--The 19th Amendment to the Constiution was ratified 91 years ago today. This guarantees women the right to vote.
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Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 10:14AM
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THE LAST WORD, August 18, 2011--North Carolina's Wake County boasts one of the most diverse and successful school districts in the country. Now their conservative school board is changing that. The Last Word guest host Melissa Harris-Perry has detail ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 10:06AM
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By DAVID E. CAMPBELL and ROBERT D. PUTNAM—Given how much sway the Tea Party has among Republicans in Congress and those seeking the Republican presidential nomination, one might think the Tea Party is redefining mainstream American politics.
But ...
Posted Thursday, August 18th 2011 at 9:25PM
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THE LAST WORD, August 17, 2011--Has the Tea Party worn out its welcome? Dr. Melissa Harris Perry discusses the New York Times Op-Ed piece by two researchers who found that the Tea Party is the single most unpopular group in politics.
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Posted Thursday, August 18th 2011 at 9:23PM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 18, 2011--Of all the candidates vying for the GOP presidential nomination, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) perhaps has the most colorful record of flubbing historical facts. Just this week, she wished Elvis Presley a happy birthda ...
Posted Thursday, August 18th 2011 at 6:01PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 2011—Our leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.
While th ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2011 at 3:29PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, August 12, 2011--A bull or a steer broke free from a slaughterhouse in Queens yesterday, running down Liberty Avenue in Jamaica and causing quite a spectacle.
Some boys from bestjunkcarsremoval.com laughed while filming the escape ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2011 at 8:53AM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 14, 2011--Right now, 14 million unemployed Americans are struggling to make ends meet. 44.4 percent of these Americans have been struggling without a job for six months or more. While Republican lawmakers continually put off th ...
Posted Sunday, August 14th 2011 at 6:52PM
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By HOWARD FINEMAN, HUFFINGTON POST, August 13, 2011 -- As far as the substance of politics goes -- the issues we will debate in 2012, as opposed to the horserace -- the money shot of this week in Iowa didn't come with the Ames Straw Poll, but appear ...
Posted Sunday, August 14th 2011 at 5:08PM
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TALKING POINTS MEMO, August 13, 2011--The Democratic National Committee has put out a second ad slamming GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney for saying "Corporations are people, my friend," in response to a heckler on Thursday.
The moment those words were ...
Posted Saturday, August 13th 2011 at 6:04PM
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