Author - SK Ashby

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Quote of the Day

"Mitt Romney has never worried about pink slip. He might have worried about not having enough of them to hand out. But he's not worried about losing his job." -Rick Perry speaking in South Carolina...

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Election 2012

The Corporate Raider

I love it when Republicans do the Democrats' job for them. A super PAC backing GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is set to unveil a $3.4 million ad blasting Mitt Romney as Bain Capital’s...

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Open Thread

Mad Lib Odyssey

Artist - Jen Sorensen In other news, today is the 1 year anniversary of the Tuscon shooting which killed 6 people and wounded 13 others including Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Among those killed...

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Taxes

Is Mitt Romney Dodging Taxes?

The short answer is -- we don't know for sure. Because Mitt Romney is refusing to release his tax returns, we are left to speculate based on what is publicly available, and what is publicly available...

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Unions

Another Day in Scott Walkerstan

When Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin introduced his anti-union, anti-collective bargaining legislation in early 2011, Walker made the strategic decision of exempting police and firefighters from...

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Economy

Rat Bastards

The citizens of Wichita, Kansas are about to learn what it feels like to be trickled down on. This week, defense and aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing announced that it will be closing the Boeing...

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Open Thread

Positive Campaigning

Artist - Tim Eagan In other news, the Department of Justice filed a brief today detailing their defense of the individual insurance mandate. The DOJ maintains that the individual mandate falls under...

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Epic Fail

Moment of Derp

On Monday of this week, Rick Santorum inexplicably singled out African Americans when discussing welfare reform when he said ”I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them other...

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Abortion

Chart of the Day

This chart, courtesy of ThinkProgress, perfectly demonstrates the consequences of having 39 out of 50 states legislatively controlled by Republicans. Lawmakers across the nation pursued a record...

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Economy

We Can’t Wait For Congress

President Obama announced a summer jobs program targeted at teenagers today that is intended to provide as many as 250,000 temporary jobs. The Obama administration announced Thursday its plan to...

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Economy

Taxed Enough Already!

According to a new report released by the Wall Street Journal, newly revised data from just before Christmas shows corporate profits reaching a new record of nearly $2 trillion in profits during the...

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Open Thread

Super-PAC Man

I love that his cape is a dollar. Artist - John Cole In other news, a spokesman for Mitt Romney inadvertently admitted today that the employment numbers touted by the Romney campaign regarding his...

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Economy

Let Them Go Bankrupt!

More positive economic news courtesy of Detroit. DETROIT (AP) - Strong sales in December capped off a great year for U.S. carmakers - especially Chrysler - and 2012 should be even better. [...] U.S...

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