Author - SK Ashby

Elections

Lost and Found

It looks as though it may be a while before we know the final results of the recent election for Wisconsin State Supreme Court between Prosser and Kloppenburg. A recount was already expected because...

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Open Thread

Cartoon Open Thread

I don't know about you guys, but my brain was completely fried today. Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, sales of EVs and hybrids rose 37% in Q1 2011 with a total of 78,523 sold. They still...

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Open Thread

Cartoon Open Thread

Artist - Bob Englehart In other news, Jon Kyl says his claim on the floor of the senate that 90% of Planned Parenthood's expenses stem from abortion was "not intended to be a factual statement."...

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Economy

Krugman vs Path to Poverty

Just to reiterate Bob's point that the Republicans don't care about deficits, Paul Krugman is making an effort to go over the numbers seen in Paul Ryan's Path to Poverty. And I say "making an...

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Abortion

Jon Kyl is a Lying Liar

At this point, claiming that the majority of Planned Parenthood's expenses are abortion related, or that federal funds are in any way used for abortion, is about as stale and old, and as thoroughly...

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Wingnuts

Hand of the Almighty

It's another day and we have another abortion bill, but this time with a twist - it came out of the House of Idaho rather than the United States House. The legislature of Idaho recently gave final...

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Wingnuts

Conspiracy Theory

Freshman Senator Mike Lee of Utah took to the floor of the senate yesterday to audition for the time-slot soon to be vacated by Glenn Beck after his inevitably singular term in congress expires. The...

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Ethics

The Riders

There has been a lot of chatter lately over the "policy riders" that the Tea Party wants to shut the government down over if they don't get what they want. Some of them are well known - Planned...

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Ethics

Chris Christie’s Double-Speak

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey seems to have a love/hate relationship with unions - meaning he loves them on Mondays and hates them on Fridays. In early March, while all of the attention was...

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Poll

Dueling Shutdown Polls

A new Gallup poll released yesterday confirmed what most of us already know -- the Republican base, primarily made up of the Tea Party at this point, does not want Mr. Boehner to compromise on...

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Economy

The Long Haul

According to the Government Accountability Office, the current economic conditions that individual states are dealing with probably aren't going to improve anytime soon. In fact, the date they are...

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Economy

Vacuous Austerity in Texas

Amidst the flurry of fiscal-hackery flowing like a river of slime from underneath the House of Representatives, it's easy to forget that there are a number of states currently implementing austerity...

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Open Thread

Cartoon Open Thread

Good news everyone, Paul Ryan is here to deliver us from debt. The only problem is that his budget wouldn't actually decrease the debt, it would increase it. Artist - Pat Bagley Please use this...

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Economy

The Path to Poverty

The future chair of the DNC, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) came out swinging today to address Paul Ryan's "path to poverty." This is what I like to see. "Representing a large number of seniors...

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