Man, look at all those jobs that Obama isn’t killing with his failed job-killing policies! The U.S. labor market leaped forward in January, capping the greatest three-month jobs gain in 17 years and delivering the biggest wage increase since 2008. Payrolls advanced by 257,000 last month following increases in December and November that were even …
Black Jimmy Carter
Optics Will Kill Us All
Today’s must read and laugh at: “Thank you,” said the man. I was standing outside of the offices of Charlie Hebdo covering the aftermath of the terrorist attacks for CNN. He was thanking me just for being here, just for covering the event and its aftermath, what Le Monde referred to as France’s September 11. …
Busby Berkeley Dreams
David Atkins’ take on Obama’s increasing popularity: People were willing for a long time to forgive the Bush Administration its multiple failures and corruptions because at least until Katrina they never seemed to lack for certainty and resolution. You may not have liked what Bush stood for–in fact, you might have felt it was downright …
The End of an Error
Cuba? At this point, Obama is just trolling wingnuts. Tomorrow he will rename Reagan Airport to Alinsky-Ayers-MalcolmX airport. — John Cole (@Johngcole) December 17, 2014 I knew as soon as I saw the news that Obama was going to move away from our awful, stupid, evil, counter-productive cold war era policy with Cuba (a policy …
Blank Space, Not Shake It Off
White Millennials are pretty much done with Obama according to Gallup. His approval rating is as bad now among them as it is among older white Americans. Rest of America seems pretty damn happy with the guy, majority approval across the board among all age groups. Also, Americans see things getting better financially and have for …
POTUS on Net Neutrality
Attached is the President’s statement on Net Neutrality and what he would like to see: An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting new political movements, and bringing communities closer together, it has been one of …
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Here’s a fascinating graphic showing where people have benefited the most from the ACA: If you notice, the people who have benefited the most from the ACA are also the ones who hate it the most and will be hammering the Democrats in the next election. There just must be something about the President they …