OFA Sues to Restore Early Ohio VotingYou know the Republicans have done and will do everything within their power to steal this election. The voter suppression laws that have cropped up all over the country are bankrolled by the GOP. Romney, pulling a Karl Rove, is now accusing Obama of…
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There is no question Romney is off the rails. He is visibly shaken by the allegation that he hasn’t paid income taxes for an entire decade. The empty-suited man looks downright unstable, agitated, and angry. How dare the megalomaniac be questioned and held accountable! The irony lost on him, he…
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From NYT: MITT ROMNEY’S latest controversial remark, about the role of culture in explaining why some countries are rich and powerful while others are poor and weak, has attracted much comment. I was especially interested in his remark because he misrepresented my views and, in contrasting them with another scholar’s…
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Form TPM: Mitt Romney has kept his economic policy close to the vest, leaving him in a difficult position as he tries to push back against a study claiming his proposals would increase taxes for 95% of Americans. The report, by researchers at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, looked at…
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From Center for American Progress: When eight Obamacare regulations go into effect today, 47 million women will benefit from the guaranteed coverage of preventive services — including contraception coverage — without co-pays. The new rules will require most insurance plans to begin including the services at no additional cost at…
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From Politico: At least 5 million voters, predominantly young and from minority groups sympathetic to President Barack Obama, could be affected by an unprecedented flurry of new legislation by Republican governors and GOP-led legislatures to change or restrict voting rights by Election Day 2012. Supporters of these new laws —…
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From Politico: According to a new study, President Obama is likely related to John Punch, the first enslaved African in the American colonies — by way of his white mother. “Two of the most historically significant African Americans in the history of our country are amazingly directly related,” said Ancestry.com…
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With [officially less than] 100 days to go until election day, Michelle Obama asks each of us to register to vote and get out the vote: And with GOP voter suppression efforts and the recent passage of Voter ID laws in several states in high gear, educate yourself, friends, and…
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