Author - SK Ashby

Healthcare Koch Brothers

The K Brahs

The Koch-funded General Opportunity group is coming to town bringing gifts of beer and pizza in the hopes of dissuading gullible Bros from obtaining health insurance. via ThinkProgress The group...

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Racism The Media

Totally Not Racist

By now you've probably heard the chorus of people calling for Richard Cohen to be fired for the column he wrote today for the Washington Post. I don't think this is actually the worst thing he's ever...

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Open Thread Poll

All About Freedom

Artist – Adam Zyglis According to a new poll, an overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, approve of increasing the federal minimum wage. But we can’t do...

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Ethics LGBT

Rubio: I’m One of You Guys

Now that his poll numbers have plummeted and his 2016 stock has evaporated, Senator Marco Rubio is hitting the wingnut circuit in an attempt to salvage his wholesome, arch conservative image. Rubio...

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Ethics

Land of Liberty

If you’re a print journalist who was planning to take instagram photos or vines at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, you can forget it because Russia authorities will kick you out of the games...

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Benghazi Open Thread

Fine Print

Artist – David Fitzsimmons Following 60 Minutes‘ retraction of their bogus Benghazi storied fed to them by fraudster Dylan Davies, Simon & Schuster has also pulled his book. What does...

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Economy Social Security

Up is Down

Most people regard chained-CPI as a benefit cut or, if you wish to frame it another way, a reduction of the growth of benefits. No one would describe chained-CPI as an increase in benefits. No one...

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