Saturday, September 10, 2011
Congress Investigates GOP War on Voting | Rolling Stone Politics | RS Politics Daily | Rolling Stone Writers and Editors on Political News
Congress Investigates GOP War on Voting | Rolling Stone Politics | RS Politics Daily | Rolling Stone Writers and Editors on Political News
In the current issue of Rolling Stone, I examine how Republican officials in a dozen states have passed new laws this year designed to impede voters at every step of the electoral process. It's a widespread, deliberate effort that could prevent millions of mostly Democratic voters, including students, minorities, immigrants, ex-convicts and the elderly, from casting ballots in 2012. Congress is, belatedly, starting to pay attention, and yesterday afternoon Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, held a hearing on "New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?" Read More Here
In the current issue of Rolling Stone, I examine how Republican officials in a dozen states have passed new laws this year designed to impede voters at every step of the electoral process. It's a widespread, deliberate effort that could prevent millions of mostly Democratic voters, including students, minorities, immigrants, ex-convicts and the elderly, from casting ballots in 2012. Congress is, belatedly, starting to pay attention, and yesterday afternoon Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, held a hearing on "New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?" Read More Here
The Republicans are now the anti-science party | Paul Krugman | Comment is free | The Observer
The Republicans are now the anti-science party | Paul Krugman | Comment is free | The Observer
Jon Huntsman Jr, a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination. And that's too bad, because Mr Hunstman has been willing to say the unsayable about the Republican party in the United States, namely, that it is becoming the "anti-science party". This is an enormously important development. And it should terrify us. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Jon Huntsman Jr, a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination. And that's too bad, because Mr Hunstman has been willing to say the unsayable about the Republican party in the United States, namely, that it is becoming the "anti-science party". This is an enormously important development. And it should terrify us. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Where are the jobs, Governor? (No, literally, where?)
Where are the jobs, Governor? (No, literally, where?)
Today, a crowd of roughly 400, mostly labor members, protested outside of Governor Kasich’s office building with one simple message:
Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Today, a crowd of roughly 400, mostly labor members, protested outside of Governor Kasich’s office building with one simple message:
Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
GOP Reps. Dismiss Tax Cut For Working Americans In Favor Of Giveaways To Corporations
Friday, September 9, 2011
Dances with Trolls - Revisited - Magazine - FOK Society // Current
In the beginning, man created the internet and then the internet created the “troll”.
From the early days of the MSN chat rooms and communities to the present, we’ve all had our encounters with a troll from time to time. Though some trolls make their presence more then obvious, I’m sure some people have had a turn on the dance floor with one and not even realized what they were dealing with because they didn’t know what to look for. Read More Here
California Health Insurers Hire Tobacco Lobbyists, Pay Top Lawmaker Tens Of Thousands In Direct Payments
California Health Insurers Hire Tobacco Lobbyists, Pay Top Lawmaker Tens Of Thousands In Direct Payments: Last month, a popular reform to grant the California Insurance Commission the power to review and regulate proposed insurance rate hikes died a quick death in the state Senate. Although the bill, Assemblyman Mike Feuer’s (D)AB 52, passed the Assembly and the Senate Health Committee, the legislation was put into suspension — meaning state senators [...]/ Read More Here
Thursday, September 8, 2011
OpEdNews - Article: Destroying the Postal Service in Order to Save It?
It is true that the nature of mail has changed because of the Internet but it is also true that three biggest years in volume in the 236-year history of the Postal Service were 2005, 2006 and 2007, well into the Internet era. The bigger impact upon the Postal Service was the financial collapse of 2008. Read More Here
Christie Stunner: NJ Gov Met With Pollutocrat Koch Before Pulling Out of Successful Carbon Pollution Reduction Program
CropWorld Global 2011: Changing our global approach to farming | News | Farmers Guardian
CropWorld Global 2011: Changing our global approach to farming | News | Farmers Guardian
SOCIETY has gone ‘properly wrong’ in the way it produces and consumes food, according to Hans Herren.
Dr Herren, a renowned scientist and international development expert, is on a mission to promote what he insists is a better alternative to the current global ‘industrial’ food production system, which he describes as ‘bankrupt’. Read More Here
SOCIETY has gone ‘properly wrong’ in the way it produces and consumes food, according to Hans Herren.
Dr Herren, a renowned scientist and international development expert, is on a mission to promote what he insists is a better alternative to the current global ‘industrial’ food production system, which he describes as ‘bankrupt’. Read More Here
h/t Current
Koch Brothers' Allies Unveiled, A Super-Sized Super PAC and More in Capital Eye Opener: Sept. 8 - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets
Koch Brothers' Allies Unveiled, A Super-Sized Super PAC and More in Capital Eye Opener: Sept. 8 - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets
KOCH BROTHERS' ALLIES UNVEILED: Research by the Center for Responsive Politics has helped Mother Jones profile the secret donors of the billionaire Koch brother's charity organization. Audio recordings obtained by the investigative news organization captured Charles and David Koch at a tightly guarded fund-raiser in June thanking 32 of the "great partners" who donated more than $1 million to the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, which, by law, isn't required to publicly disclose its funders. Those individuals have also been among the biggest spenders in Washington. Read More Here
KOCH BROTHERS' ALLIES UNVEILED: Research by the Center for Responsive Politics has helped Mother Jones profile the secret donors of the billionaire Koch brother's charity organization. Audio recordings obtained by the investigative news organization captured Charles and David Koch at a tightly guarded fund-raiser in June thanking 32 of the "great partners" who donated more than $1 million to the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, which, by law, isn't required to publicly disclose its funders. Those individuals have also been among the biggest spenders in Washington. Read More Here
Dramatic video: 71-year-old taken to the ground for questioning Paul Ryan
A 71 year old, had the gumption to question Paul Ryan, and he is taken to the ground, handcuffed, and taken away by police. Is this America?
Kasich warns that if Issue 2 fails, then private unions will get all uppity
Kasich warns that if Issue 2 fails, then private unions will get all uppity
You know how sometimes magazines will do photo shoots of celebrities without makeup just so people know what they are like unfiltered.
Today, we saw what happens when Governor Kasich is lacking most of his key staffers because they’re too busy to working for the Build a Better Ohio campaign, and it ain’t pretty folks: Read More Here
You know how sometimes magazines will do photo shoots of celebrities without makeup just so people know what they are like unfiltered.
Today, we saw what happens when Governor Kasich is lacking most of his key staffers because they’re too busy to working for the Build a Better Ohio campaign, and it ain’t pretty folks: Read More Here
AMA: I was a paid Internet troll.,
AMA: I was a paid Internet troll., page 1
For almost five years, I was a paid Internet troll. Yes, I admit.
But first let me state that I never performed my job here on ATS, though I believe I have occasionally seen a handful on here who were using a script similar to what I was assigned. Read More Here
For almost five years, I was a paid Internet troll. Yes, I admit.
But first let me state that I never performed my job here on ATS, though I believe I have occasionally seen a handful on here who were using a script similar to what I was assigned. Read More Here
[I have been posting articles exposing the right wing trolls, that dominate many sites.]
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
During Secret Retreat With Billionaires, Koch Lobbyist Admits Tea Party Group ‘Designed’ To Elect Republicans In 2010
$1 Million Donation to the Kochs? Meet the Wealthy Right-Wingers Helping Fund the Brothers' Agenda | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
$1 Million Donation to the Kochs? Meet the Wealthy Right-Wingers Helping Fund the Brothers' Agenda | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
In a speech recorded at the secretive Koch gathering, Charles Koch thanks donors who gave more than $1 million to the cause. Here's who they are.
Twice a year, the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch host secretive retreats for an exclusive list of corporate America's rich and powerful to strategize and raise money for their right-wing political agenda. Mother Jones has obtained exclusive audio recordings that shed some light on the brothers' latest retreat, held at a resort near Vail, Colorado, in late June. Read More Here
In a speech recorded at the secretive Koch gathering, Charles Koch thanks donors who gave more than $1 million to the cause. Here's who they are.
Twice a year, the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch host secretive retreats for an exclusive list of corporate America's rich and powerful to strategize and raise money for their right-wing political agenda. Mother Jones has obtained exclusive audio recordings that shed some light on the brothers' latest retreat, held at a resort near Vail, Colorado, in late June. Read More Here
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Not even fully operational, and JobsOhio has already failed to be what Kasich promised
Not even fully operational, and JobsOhio has already failed to be what Kasich promised
On January 20th, 2011, Governor Kasich released additional details of his JobsOhio plan to privatize certain functions of the Ohio Department of Development. Governor Kasich boldly promised that he, as Governor, would be directly involved with economic development in the State, a slap at Governor Strickland and other past Governors that allowed others to run the Ohio Department of Development’s efforts. Kasich also boldly promised that JobsOhio would be “self-funding” in that it could rely on private funding sources from the business sector alone and would eliminate the need for sustained State funding. More importantly, John Kasich said it was an organization that would “move at the speed of business.” Read More Here
On January 20th, 2011, Governor Kasich released additional details of his JobsOhio plan to privatize certain functions of the Ohio Department of Development. Governor Kasich boldly promised that he, as Governor, would be directly involved with economic development in the State, a slap at Governor Strickland and other past Governors that allowed others to run the Ohio Department of Development’s efforts. Kasich also boldly promised that JobsOhio would be “self-funding” in that it could rely on private funding sources from the business sector alone and would eliminate the need for sustained State funding. More importantly, John Kasich said it was an organization that would “move at the speed of business.” Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
'People Don't Realize How Fragile Democracy Really Is' - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic
'People Don't Realize How Fragile Democracy Really Is' - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic
Two days ago I mentioned the "Goodbye to All That" essay by Mike Lofgren, a respected (including by me) veteran Congressional staffer who had worked for Republican legislators on defense and budget issues for nearly 30 years. Read More Here
Two days ago I mentioned the "Goodbye to All That" essay by Mike Lofgren, a respected (including by me) veteran Congressional staffer who had worked for Republican legislators on defense and budget issues for nearly 30 years. Read More Here
Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Former GOPer: "If you think Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues aren't after your Social Security and Medicare, I am here to disabuse you of your naiveté."
Barbara Stanwyck: "We're both rotten!"
Fred MacMurray: "Yeah - only you're a little more rotten." -"Double Indemnity" (1944)Those lines of dialogue from a classic film noir sum up the state of the two political parties in contemporary America. Both parties are rotten - how could they not be, given the complete infestation of the political system by corporate money on a scale that now requires a presidential candidate to raise upwards of a billion dollars to be competitive in the general election? Both parties are captives to corporate loot. The main reason the Democrats' health care bill will be a budget buster once it fully phases in is the Democrats' rank capitulation to corporate interests - no single-payer system, in order to mollify the insurers; and no negotiation of drug prices, a craven surrender to Big Pharma. Read More Here
Former GOPer: "If you think Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues aren't after your Social Security and Medicare, I am here to disabuse you of your naiveté."
Barbara Stanwyck: "We're both rotten!"
Fred MacMurray: "Yeah - only you're a little more rotten." -"Double Indemnity" (1944)Those lines of dialogue from a classic film noir sum up the state of the two political parties in contemporary America. Both parties are rotten - how could they not be, given the complete infestation of the political system by corporate money on a scale that now requires a presidential candidate to raise upwards of a billion dollars to be competitive in the general election? Both parties are captives to corporate loot. The main reason the Democrats' health care bill will be a budget buster once it fully phases in is the Democrats' rank capitulation to corporate interests - no single-payer system, in order to mollify the insurers; and no negotiation of drug prices, a craven surrender to Big Pharma. Read More Here
Monday, September 5, 2011
REPORT: The American Middle Class Was Built By Unions And It Will Decline Without Them
Man Dies Of Toothache
Why Are the Corporate Media In Denial About the Right-Wing Terrorist Threat? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Why Are the Corporate Media In Denial About the Right-Wing Terrorist Threat? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
A series of right-wing-initiated violent actions in the U.S., including bombings, plans for bombings, and assassinations, have not gotten the attention they deserve.
It was a little over a month ago that the Norwegian Islamophobic Christian fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik, wreaked havoc in Norway, killing 77 and injuring many more, and more than seven months since a bomb planted along the route of a march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was discovered. Read More Here.
A series of right-wing-initiated violent actions in the U.S., including bombings, plans for bombings, and assassinations, have not gotten the attention they deserve.
It was a little over a month ago that the Norwegian Islamophobic Christian fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik, wreaked havoc in Norway, killing 77 and injuring many more, and more than seven months since a bomb planted along the route of a march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was discovered. Read More Here.
Get Paid to Tweet, Facebook and Comment on Blogs!
Get Paid to Tweet, Facebook and Comment on Blogs!
Jobs! Everybody needs one to pay for booze and porcelain figurine collections and such, right? We can't all be Ben Silverman anddouche our way to the top! So we've been keeping an eye out!
And we found one for somebody! On Craigslist, naturally... Read More Here
Jobs! Everybody needs one to pay for booze and porcelain figurine collections and such, right? We can't all be Ben Silverman anddouche our way to the top! So we've been keeping an eye out!
And we found one for somebody! On Craigslist, naturally... Read More Here
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Senate GOP Leader awards huge, retroactive pay raises to staff
Senate GOP Leader awards huge, retroactive pay raises to staff
Plunderbund has learned that GOP Senate President Tom Niehaus, leader of the brain trust behind a bill to strip benefits from rank and file public employees, and champion of a budget that makes painful cuts to nearly every program in the state, has now committed the ultimate act of hypocrisy. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Plunderbund has learned that GOP Senate President Tom Niehaus, leader of the brain trust behind a bill to strip benefits from rank and file public employees, and champion of a budget that makes painful cuts to nearly every program in the state, has now committed the ultimate act of hypocrisy. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
GOP Hearts End-Times Insanity | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
GOP Hearts End-Times Insanity | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
I’m submitting a memo to my bosses at Rolling Stone this morning, asking for permission to skip all coverage of the Republican primary season from this point forward. Why? Because Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann have just summed up the entire Republican storyline with perfect precision, through their respective responses to Hurricane Irene. There’s really not much left for any pundit to add, after this weekend’s quips. Read More Here
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