From HuffPo: The labor union AFSCME is out with a new video featuring Richard Hayes, the man who picks up Mitt Romney’s trash at his ocean-front mansion in La Jolla, Calif. In the spot, Hayes talks about how hard he works in his job each day and criticizes Romney’s comments…
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From WashingtonPost: The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with the most important civil rights agenda in years on the horizon and amid intensified scrutiny of the relationship between Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his fellow conservatives. … The justices will consider the continued viability of affirmative…
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, The Hill: Ann Romney said in an interview Thursday that her biggest concern if her husband was elected president would be “for his mental well-being.” The aspiring first lady was asked in an interview with KTVN-Reno what her biggest concern for her husband was if he were to win…
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Must read piece from Rolling Stones: Republicans in the House have voted more than 30 times to repeal Obamacare – a move that would deplete the Medicare trust fund eight years early, kick 6.6 million young adults off their parents’ health insurance, cost seniors $700 more on average for prescription…
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From ThinkProgress: There is one problem with the Obama Phone: It doesn’t exist. Since 2009, there has been an urban myth that Obama created a program to provide free phones to low-income Americans at taxpayer expense. There is, in fact, a government program that will provide low-income people with a…
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From MotherJones: One manifestation of this indiscriminate biliousness is the statement that gets aired every four years: that in presidential elections we are asked to choose the lesser of two evils. Now, this is not an analysis or an insight; it is a cliché, and a very tired one, and…
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From ThinkProgress: In fact, the Economic Policy Institute found that Romney’s plans would actually lead to a net loss of jobs over the first two years of his administration, and the losses could grow even larger if Romney were to stick to his promise of reaching a balanced budget. EPI…
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