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2011 In Review
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, traditionally a time for revelry and saying goodbye to the old and hello to the new. What better time to take a very brief look at the top five political events of 2011?
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Tagged Arab Spring, Arizona, AT&T Mobility v Concepcion, class action, conservative, consumer advocate, consumer protection, consumer rights, debt ceiling, economy, Europe, Gabby Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords, government, gun control, guns, House, Issue 2, John Kasich, Madison Wisconsin, N.R.A., Occupy movement, Ohio, politics, recall, Republicans, SB5, Scott Walker, sexual discrimination, Supreme Court, Tea Party, Tunisia, unemployment, Wal Mart v. Dukes, Wisconsin, women's rights
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Not Exactly
I don’t give out an award for liar of the year, but if I did the winner for 2011 would be Mike Huckabee. He has stiff competition from most of the Republican candidates for President, among others, but his seemingly … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Buffalo New York, Census, Congress, Death Panels, Fox News, health care, Hell No Speech, House, Issue 2, John Boehner, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Obama, Obamacare, Ohio, politics, recall, Republican, SB5, Scott Walker, Senate, Tea Party, Tim Russert, U. S. Census Bureau, veto, Wisconsin
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A Not So Sad Goodbye
Tuesday Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson announced that he will not run for reelection in 2012. If that is the last major political news of 2011 the year has ended on a good note. Nelson is little more than a Democrat … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Affordable Health Care Act, Americans for Tax Relief, bankruptcy, Ben Nelson, Bush Tax Cuts, cloture, Cornhusker Kickback, Elena Kagan, environment, filibuster, Grover Norquist, health care, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, Obamacare, politics, Senate, stem cell research, Supreme Court, taxes, the pledge, tort reform, You Tube
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Pick And Time Your Fights Carefully
If you are like most progressives you have probably criticized President Obama and his administration for being too soft and not fighting hard enough. It is certainly fair to say that, particularly early in his administration, he has received as … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 2012 election, Alabama, bigotry, Brennan center, discrimination, disenfrancisement, early voting, Eric Holder, Florida, John McCain, Justice Department, Kansas, Mississippi, Nikki Haley, North Carolina, Obama, politics, poll tax, progressive, racism, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Wisconsin
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The Banishment Of Art Pope
Forget about fair, is it even advisable to have one person controlling a state government? I think the vast majority of Americans would say no. Just consider that constitutionally we have a representative democracy not a dictatorship both at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Pope, bigotry, Charles Koch, David Koch, Democrats, Ed Gillespie, education, gerrymandering, Jane Mayer, Koch brothers, money in politics, New Yorker, North Carolina, North Carolina legislature, politics, racism, redistricting, REDMAP, Republicans, tax loopholes, Tea Party, voter fraud, Voter suppression
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“Concessions”
Last week Friday both chambers of Congress finally passed the sales tax holiday and unemployment benefits extension. It was for all intents and purposes the very same bill the Senate had passed on Saturday December 17th by a vote of … Continue reading
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Tagged 111th Congress, 112th Congress, 113th Congress, Affordable Health Care Act, Congress, Democrats, Dodd-Frank, Elizabeth Warren, Fox News, government regulation, House, jobs, John Boehner, Karl Rove, Massachusetts, Nan Hayworth, New York, North Carolina, Obama, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, Renee Ellmers, Republicans, Rupert Murdoch, Ryan Plan, Scott Brown, Senate, Tea Party, Tom Reed, unemployment, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin
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Julie Lassa – Progressive Of The Year
If you are not from Wisconsin, and perhaps even if you are, the question you are probably asking yourself is, “Who is Julie Lassa?” Wisconsin State Senator Julie Lassa is one of the 14 Democratic Wisconsin State Senators who left … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Budget Repair Bill, Chris Larson, Dave Hansen, David Obey, Democrats, Fred Risser, Jim Holperin, Jon Erpenbach, Julie Lassa, Kathleen Vinehout, Lena Taylor, Madison Wisconsin, mark Miller, politics, progressive, Republicans, Robert Jauch, Robert Wirch, Scott Walker, Sean Duffy, Spencer Cogs, Tea Party, Tim Carpenter, Tim Cullen, union busting, unions, Voter suppression, Wisconsin, Wisconsin 14, Wisconsin State Senate
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2013 – An American Horror Story – Part IX
This is the ninth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Al Gore, Alan West, Bain Capital, C SPAN, capital gains tax, child labor, child labor laws, Chuck Schumer, class action, cloture, CNN, Commerce Department, Congress, Constitution, Consumer Protection Agency, corporate tax, Current TV, Darrell Issa, Dave Camp, Democrats, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Dick Durbin, Dodd-Frank, economy, education, Elena Kagan, Eric Cantor, F.D.A., FBI, filibuster, Fox News, government, Harry Reid, Health and Human Services, HHS, House, House Budget Committee, House Judiciary Committee, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, impeachment, individual tax, inheritance tax, IRS, Jeb Hensarling, jobs, John Boehner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Kevin McCarthy, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, obstruction, Paul Ryan, Peter King, Pew Research, political fiction, politics, Rand Paul, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security and Exchange Commission, Senate, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, State of The Union, Super Bowl XLVII, Supreme Court, Tampa, taxes, Tea Party, Tom Prince, tort reform, unemployment, United States Constitution, veterans benefits, Virginia Foxx
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