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“There is nothing in Leviticus that says you may not regulate derivatives.”
“You don’t build a movement with short-term tactics. You build a movement by understanding and change the way people think. The day everyone says in America, ‘You know what? There’s no missing page of...
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Paul Ryan’s budget: the middle class should pay more tax and the wealthiest...
What could the Republicans want to distract the public’s attention from with this Eric Holder / contempt business? How about this: Brian Buetler explains a new analysis of Paul Ryan’s budget (which was...
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More on the Republican budget plan analysis: Obama’s plan vs the GOP plan
More on that Republican budget plan analysis from Think Progress: Here’s the breakdown of how much each income group would receive in tax cuts under the respective plans. The GOP plan would give...
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Everyone’s a hostage until the GOP gets its way
Politics before country — the Republican Party’s motto. Think Progress: With as many as 2.9 million new and existing jobs on the line, House Republicans are refusing to pass a transportation...
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An explanation of the Affordable Care Act that’s simple enough for a...
redditor captainpixystick explains the Affordable Care Act to you like you’re five. Bob: Hi, insurance company. I’d like to buy some health insurance. Insurance company: No. You had cancer when you...
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Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has said he meets secretly with “kings and queens” at...
“Each and every day that I’ve been a United States senator, I’ve been discussing issues … in secret meetings with kings and queens and prime ministers and business leaders and military leaders...
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The GOP’s real problem with AG Eric Holder: his opposition to GOP-backed...
“It’s really important to note how this is connected with some of their other decisions. It is no accident. It is no coincidence that the Attorney General of the United States is the person responsible...
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Romney’s Democratic “Super Majority” lie
via: christopherstreet Related: Mitt Romney’s bid to become liar-in-chief
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Bill Clinton warns of dire consequences if SCOTUS invalidates the individual...
Bill Clinton gives a speech at the Cannes Lions international advertising festival in France on Thursday. (Lionel Cironneau / AP Photo) The Daily Beast: Clinton says that if the Supreme Court decides...
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The steadily shrinking white electorate, Voter ID laws, and the far-right’s...
Because, as Jim Galloway at the AJC observes, white voter registration is steadily moving downward: “In May of 2008, African-Americans made up 28 percent of active registered voters in Georgia while...
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Passage of ACA means tax hikes? Hardly — millions will receive tax cuts and...
Think Progress notes “…there is no massive tax hike: few people will ever pay the penalty, and those who do will pay less than the amount of the payroll tax increase that Republicans nearly allowed to...
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Citizens United and transparency: it really is your choice
What are the Democrats working on, with regard to donor transparency and the ridiculous idea that “corporations are people too” Citizens United ruling? The Raw Story reports that Nancy Pelosi wants to...
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Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Deadbeat Dad) says Democrats want “everyone to be the same”
At a town hall event on Sunday, the tea party’s favorite deadbeat dad, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), said that his political opponents want everyone to be exactly the same, according to Raw Story: “You feel...
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To all the Democrats who “haz a sad” after the first debate …
Grow a pair. Look at this sad sack of potatoes from Josh Marshall’s email: \ HEAL THE WOUNDS. And then this — totally appropriate — response: Exactly! Get it together, people. COME ON! One night...
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The first caucus in history without a majority of white men
House Democrats became the first caucus in the history of either chamber not to have a majority of white men… The overwhelming majority of lawmakers sworn in Thursday were white men. But the new...
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