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 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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From Post-Gazette: Responding to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion that raised questions about the ID card process, a procedure finalized last night eliminates the requirement that a voter first attempt to get a traditional Department of Transportation ID card before seeking a new card that was created last month as…
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From ThinkProgress: It turns out that 96 percent of Americans have used government assistance at one point or another in their lives, ranging from Social Security to grant programs. In a New York Times op-ed Monday, Professors Suzanne Mettler and John Sides point out that a vast majority of Americans…
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From LA Times: The Romney campaign spent $4.04 million on payroll in August — nearly twice as much as it spent in July — while the Obama campaign spent $4.37 million, according to campaign finance disclosures filed last week with the Federal Election Commission. But the president appears to be…
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We Have Made The Choice by nancy a heitzeg But when all is said and done, when you pick up that ballot to vote, you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation… And on every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates…
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Larry Spotted Crow Mann of Indian Country Today nails it: For a man who prides himself on being a great businessman, Mitt Romney now carries the ignoble distinction of CEO of the most disastrous, chaotic and self-imploding campaign in modern history. In a perpetual drunken kabuki dance, Mitt has staggered,…
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