Posted by JM Ashby Governor Scott Walker's claims that public employees need to contribute more to their pensions have already been debunked and union officials have already agreed to increases in...
The Emperor is Naked
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Nothing is Sacred
Posted by JM Ashby Nothing is sacred in the Republican war on the poor, the middle-class, and apparently, children's safety. Finding itself now on the chopping block may be the Federal Database of...
The Jury Has Reached a Verdict
Posted by JM Ashby Remember "Climategate?" A collection of leaked emails which supposedly showed evidence of manipulation of scientific data to hype the severity of climate change. Well...
Rush: Planned Parenthood Doing the Klan’s Job
Posted by JM Ashby The demonization of Planned Parenthood continues and the volume is now at full-blast. Echoing the sentiments of the racist anti-abortion billboard seen this week, Rush Limbaugh...
Cee Lo Homage: F**k You (Scott Walker)
Posted by JM Ashby This is guaranteed to brighten your day. Warning: NSFW Via Mother Jones If you're not familiar with the original song you can watch it here
“Justifiable” Murder of Abortion Docs, Again
Posted by JM Ashby I'm getting the impression that Republican-controlled state legislatures across the nation are simply trying to sneak laws like this in while hoping no one notices. Legislation...
She Was Asking For It
Posted by JM Ashby She was asking for it. That is the very literal ruling of a Judge in Manitoba today in the case of a rape that took place along a "darkened highway." Sounds really romantic to me...
The Jury is Still Out
Posted by JM Ashby In the Republican war against science and reality, no stone is left untouched. Tennessee lawmakers are now seeking to include the fact-free opposing viewpoints to evolution and...
Mubarak Obama
Posted by JM Ashby Fixed News expert on social and legal matters, Monica Crowley, was so upset by the president's decision on DOMA today that she could hardly contain herself. What comes next is...
“Papers Please” in Indiana
Posted by JM Ashby Not seeing fit to allow Arizona to corner the market in fearmongering and racial profiling, Indiana lawmakers have now passed legislation mirroring Arizona's "papers please" law...
Just Like Bush
Posted by JM Ashby The Obama administration has declared that DOMA is unconstitutional and that the Justice Department will no longer defend it in court. Attorney General Eric Holder said President...
Clarity On Social Security
Posted by JM Ashby I would like to thank the administration for finally stating what we all know to be true anyway. [...]deputy director of the President Barack Obama's National Economic Council...
It’s Spreading
Posted by JM Ashby Protests in opposition to the all-too-predictable, anti-middle class, and anti-America Republican agenda are springing up all across the Midwest and now democratic lawmakers in...
Detroit Forced to Cut Schools in Half
Posted by JM Ashby The lost decade is here and now. Or maybe I should say the second lost decade. DETROIT (AP) -- State education officials have ordered the emergency financial manager for Detroit...
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
Posted by JM Ashby In what can only be described as one of the most ridiculous sermons Michele Bachmann has ever given, she has both accused the president of paling around with terrorists and for...
Sarah Palin’s Socialized Alaska
Posted by JM Ashby Like it or not, taxpayers of Alaska and the United States, you may be footing part of the bill for the TLC reality show Sarah Palin's Alaska. Thanks to a measure signed into law by...
Republicans Say No to Serving America
Posted by JM Ashby The Republicans have crammed so much anti-American crap into their new "budget" I'm beginning to lose track. I suppose that's what happens when you open up the floor to over 400...
Plenty Of Warning
Posted by JM Ashby "We never saw it coming." "No one could have predicted this crisis." "It caught us all off-guard." Even though none of the above exclamations are true in regards to the financial...
Serving Their Corporate Masters
Posted by JM Ashby Late last night, House Republicans voted to reverse the net neutrality rules passed by the previous House which never became solid law because of the ineffectual nature of the...
The Fraudulent Budget Debate
Posted by JM Ashby Republicans are currently engaged in a game of who-can-appear-to-be-the-biggest-deficit-hawk in front of TV cameras, but they're not really going after big ticket items. They're...