Author - SK Ashby

Voter Suppression

Consider The Source

TPM digs into the background of the author of a new report on voter ID being promoted by the conservative mediasphere. Horace Cooper, the author of the paper, told the Daily Caller this week that...

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Ethics

We Don’t Even Know Who He Is!

This ad is now running on CNN and Fox News. Sealed college records! Sealed thesis papers! Bill Ayers! Reverend Wright! Where's the birth certificate!? If you call right now, we'll double your offer...

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Open Thread

The World Stage

Artist - John Darkow In other news, according to the Economic Policy Institute, 28% of Americans will be working jobs that pay wages equal to or below the poverty line in 2020, the same percentage as...

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Comedy

The Norquist

Stephen Colbert does a better job of explaining what's going on in congress right now than most news organizations. He also feeds Grover Norquist a baby.

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Ethics

Romney Wants His Life Back

Mitt Romney has been through a lot. He's been hounded by the press and his regular life schedule has been interrupted by this whole running for president thing. He can't even discuss his...

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Racism

This Is All About Jobs

Congress is leaving for vacation at the end of this week, but before they go, the House Republicans are considering legislation to make English the official language of the United States. And to...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

One reporter shares his experience of covering yesterdays "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day." I have never felt so alien in my own country as I did today while covering the restaurant’s supporters. The...

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Epic Fail

The Latest Nothingburger

The House GOP asks, with all due irony, where's the transparency? A new report from Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerces reveals that Obama administration officials used...

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Wingnuts

Steve King is a Very Sick Man

We've already established that Representative Steve King is a dick. But this. This is something else entirely. King has elaborated on his comments concerning the farm bill which he believes is wrong...

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Economy

Tax Cut Magic

This isn't exactly a revelation, but according to a new study from the Tax Policy Center, Mitt Romney's tax plan would raise taxes on 95 percent of Americans while cutting taxes on people like...

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Open Thread

Straights Only

Artist - Jimmy Margulies In other news, today's Quinnipiac/New York Times poll shows President Obama up by 11 in Pennsylvania, 6 in Florida, and 6 in Ohio. He also leads in Michigan, Wisconsin...

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Wingnuts

Second Amendment Remedies

As you may or may not be aware, today is Mike Huckabee's "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day." A day for like-minded haters of marriage equality to show their support for discrimination by eating corporate...

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Wingnuts

Today Will Live in Infamy!

As many as 47 million American women will have access to contraception without co-pays today as the new requirements recently announced by the Department of Health and Human Services take effect...

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Animal Rights

Steve King is a Dick

Representative Steve King explains why he opposes the farm bill currently lingering in the halls of congress and why he has personally introduced legislation that prohibits state and local...

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LGBT

No Conceivable Rational Basis

US District Judge Vanessa Bryant ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional yesterday. Judge Bryant is a Bush appointee. Or as the Tea Party now calls it, a liberal activist...

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Ethics

Zoe Smith Drops The Mic

As if the pressure of competing in the Olympics wasn't enough, British weight lifter Zoe Smith has also endured a torrent of sexist and misogynist comments on Twitter and Facebook regarding her...

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