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- 187 Views
- 9 Comments
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Act Two
MAY 19, 2013 10:29AM
Topics: politics, right wing, paranoid style in politics, republican party, democratic party, tea party, heritage foundation, irs scandal, karl rove, tax exempt social welfare organizations, donors list, political activity, president obama, ted cruz, speaker boehner, rand paul, fox news, sean hannity, michelle backmann, super pacs, citizens united, supreme court, scandal, congress, debt ceiling, impeachment, filibuster, revolutionary, liberalism, conservatism, reactionary, watergate, nixon enemies list, mitch mcconnell, neo-mccarthyism
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- 202 Views
- 0 Comments
We still have no real leader on killer drones
MARCH 7, 2013 8:09PM
Topics: 14th amendment, abortion, barack obama, benghazi, bush regime, civil rights act, civil rights act of 1964, democratic party, democrats, dino, dinos, drone, drone warfare, drones, filibuster, fourteenth amendment, george w. bush, gun control, heterosexism, hillary clinton, homophobes, homophobia, immigration, iraq, iraq war, killer drones, libertarian, libertarianism, libertarians, misogynists, misogyny, nancy pelosi, obama, patriarchs, patriarchy, politics, racism, rand paul, republican party, republican tea party, republicans, roe v. wade, roe vs. wade, ron paul, same-sex marriage, second amendment, u.s. constituion, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, vietraq war, white supremacism, women's rights, xenophobia, feminism, gay/lesbian, news, politics
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- 730 Views
- 58 Comments
DEVELOPING STORY: Rand Paul Filibusters Drone Use on US Soil
MARCH 6, 2013 9:01PM
Topics: u.s. senate, cia, brennan, holder, obama, drones, rand paul, filibuster, parker, nyt
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- Editor's Pick
- 890 Views
- 20 Comments
"Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner
MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM
Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics
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- 320 Views
- 3 Comments
How to Fix Washington in Five Easy Steps
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 4:29PM
Topics: politics, fiscal cliff, budget, deficit, defense spending, lobbying, filibuster, campaign finance reform, citizens united, supreme court, congress
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- 675 Views
- 5 Comments
Restore the Talking Filibuster
JANUARY 22, 2013 6:26AM
Topics: inauguration, lautenberg, election funding, voter id, citizens united, focus, leadership, starry-eyed, fooled again, fool me twice, fool me once, lucy and the football, silent filibuster, talking filibuster, filibuster, fix the senate, politics
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- 622 Views
- 4 Comments
Angry Republicans Shout Out Rebel Yell
NOVEMBER 17, 2012 12:16PM
Topics: civil war, neo-confederate, christian right, 47%, makers and takers, african americans, hispanics, gender gap, 2012 election, ayn rand, tribalism, francis fukuyama, traditions of civility, democracy, compromise, plutocracy, populism, newt gingrich, dinesh d'souza, glenn beck, daily caller, polarization, filibuster, president obama, fox news, supply side economics, white supremacy, mitt romney, white house, secession petitions, old south, reactionary, tea party, republican party, economics, politics
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- 765 Views
- 10 Comments
Two Views of the Republican Party's Future
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 10:19AM
Topics: military action, neoconservatives, conservative talk radio, pragmatism, compromise, ronald reagan, gypsy moths, boll weevils, democracy, plutocracy, oligarchy, patriarchy, authoritarianism, reproductive freedoms, voter suppression, labor unions, 2016: obama's america, dinesh d'souza, ted kennedy, bill weld, obstructionism, filibuster, southern planter class, democratic machines, wasps, boston brahmin, revanchist, mitt romney, scott brown, yankee conservatism, massachusetts republican, john silber, ray shamie, jeff jacoby, james peyser, boston globe, reactionary, cory robin, tea party, republican party, economics, politics
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- 43 Views
- 0 Comments
Time to Lower the Pitcher's Mound
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 2:36AM
Topics: election, filibuster, cloture, senate, mcconnell, reid, politics
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- 83 Views
- 0 Comments
Our Undemocratic Senate
OCTOBER 26, 2012 5:21PM
Topics: democrat, republican, senate, politics, government, filibuster, voting, elections
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- 24 Views
- 0 Comments
Magic Wands, Dictators, Diplomacy and the Presidency
OCTOBER 23, 2012 9:59AM
Topics: forward thinking and acting congress, "tea party", fyi, british government, colonies, corporations, revolt, the boston tea party, the nadir lowest of the low points for the gop, hospitals and schools in that order!!!, hot water, robber barons of the oil and transportation industries and walmart, healthy public school system, modern us history, modern european history, ancient history, world history, social security and medicare, golden gate bridge, wpa, works progress administration, the gop is a fossilized dinosaur, cable is a monopoly so is the oil industry, oligarchy is thinly veiled fascism, taxes and peace!, clinton and gore!, balanced the budget, swiss cheese romney un-budget!, a vote for romney is a vote against your best interest!, 400 billionaires in the us, go obama!, energy independent long ago, reagan took them down, solar panels on the white house, energy policies of carter, environmental regulation, midas. gold and riches, gop, maria montessori, 100 dollar hammers, grand canyon, wall street, ronald reagan, " the great depression, "a christmas carol, scrooge, "it's wonderful life", "mr. smith goes to washington", jimmy stewart, filibuster, a strong middle class, anarchy, infrastructure building, job building, economy building, magic wand, the office of the presidency, romney a dictator?, old codger white guys in the house and senate, romney ready for president of pants on fire club
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- 212 Views
- 0 Comments
Book Review: Wicked Washington
AUGUST 1, 2012 6:34PM
Topics: review, nonfiction, american history, true crime, murder, chandra levy, gallaudet, iran contra, richard nixon, watergate, franklin scandal, marilyn monroe, mary meyer, cia, faank olsen, ptomaine poisoning, aldrich vreeland bill, filibuster, robert lafollette, vampire, dot king, henry adams, clove adams, warren g. harding, ronald reagan, franklin delano roosevelt, william mckinley, jaes a. garfield, william stanton, john wilkes booth, elvis presley, jesse james, daniel sickles, francis scott key, phillip barton key, alexander hamilton, dueling, abraham lincoln, assassination, washington d.c., literature, books
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- 1421 Views
- 9 Comments
Romney trying to take us Back to the Future
JUNE 18, 2012 11:00AM
Topics: politics, economics, mitt romney, welfare state, new deal, republican party, right wing, david brooks, tea party, debt ceiling crisis, fiscal crisis, supply side capitalism, new deal, franklin d. roosevelt, democratic party, president obama, newt gingrich, great depression, radicalism, george w. bush, compromise, mitch mcconnell, tax code, ronald reagan, washington monthly, obamacare, stimulus spending, filibuster, etch-a-sketch, dwight eisenhower, safety net, liberalism, conservatism, tax cuts, deregulation, paul ryan budget, auto rescue, national debt, republicans in name only
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- 835 Views
- 7 Comments
Republicans Running Away From Their Own Party
MAY 1, 2012 10:36AM
Topics: politics, economics, republican party, scott brown, us senate, right wing, frank luntz, elizabeth warren, president obama, filibuster, tea party, george w bush, propaganda, michael gerson, social security, medicare, wall street reform, big government, budget cuts, conservative movement, obamacare, paul ryan, ayn rand, capitalism, supply side economics, catholic church, catholic bishops, social justice, new deal, keynesian economics, mitt romney, socialism, conservatism, liberalism
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- 778 Views
- 6 Comments
Right wing will stop at nothing to get its way
FEBRUARY 7, 2012 11:33AM
Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, catholic church, filibuster, contraception, abortion, planned parenthood, komen foundation, breast cancer, women's rights, health care, liberalism, conservatism, cardinal law, james madison, federalist papers
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- 497 Views
- 0 Comments
Why does GOP want to KO the CFPB?
JANUARY 11, 2012 12:19PM
Topics: senate, republicans, opinion, obama, filibuster, economy, dodd-frank, cordray, consumer financial protection bureau, congress
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- 561 Views
- 0 Comments
Wall Street protest pulls back curtain on GOP plutocrats
OCTOBER 7, 2011 12:55PM
Topics: filibuster, sean hannity, ann coulter, koch brothers, obama, right wing, tea party, republican party, occupy wall street, economics, politics
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- 1109 Views
- 11 Comments
"CASEY ANTHONY IS PREGNANT"!
AUGUST 3, 2011 2:52PM
Topics: comedy, news, politics, sports, photography, cartoon by matson, economy, food/drink, gossip, humor, parody, spoof, satire, president obama, michelle obama, john boehner, washington d.c., tourist spots, casey anthony, karl rove, politicians, blood pressure, fire you up, headlines, chuck barris, the gong show, the bachelorette, the debt deal, free hot dog, ben's chili bowl, 1213 u street north west, television, monuments, the white house, the capitol, filibuster, open salon, open call, tongue in cheek
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- 822 Views
- 3 Comments
A Note To Canadians: You don’t know Jack, and here’s why…
JUNE 24, 2011 7:33PM
Topics: strike, ndp, lockout, jack layton, filibuster, canada post, canada, rants, politics
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- 196 Views
- 1 Comments
So, No Filibuster Reform
JANUARY 25, 2011 4:41PM
Topics: udall, senate, schumer, reid, reform, merkley, house of representatives, filibuster
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