Republicans, objectively pro-puppy-torturing. From the ASPCA: Missouri Legislature Guts Prop B, Rolls Back Puppy Mill Protections __ In an outrageous affront to the democratic process, on Wednesday, April 13, the Missouri House of Representatives voted 85-71 to reject the will of the state’s voters and eliminate all of the newly established humane improvements outlined in …
Republican Venality
Rally Or Protest?
The local newspaper ran an advertisement thinly disguised as a story for an upcoming Tea Party rally on the front page yesterday. We’re told the themes of the Tea Party rally are taxes and government accountability. The ad goes on to announce the date and time, and the GOP County commissioner who is the contact …
Open Thread (Bracing Evidence of Earnest Monsters)
(Drew Sheneman via Gocomics.com) __ With the ‘budget’ shutdown averted (for the moment), we can start dreading gearing up for the next battle. According to Treasury Secretary Geithner, the federal government will exhaust its ability to borrow money under current law during the second week of July: The government will hit the debt limit — …
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Late Night Open Thread: “He Dreams of Your Pain”
There’s already been much meaty discussion of the ReThugs’ latest attempt to sell 99% of their fellow Americans down the river, but here’s a nice concise summary for defence against facebook postings & emails from low-information relatives. ‘The Collective’ at Esquire‘s Political Blog is shrill to “Paul Ryan and the New Politics of Sadism“: … …
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Big Surprise: People Support Programs They Use
I’ve written about dual eligibles and Medicaid before. I’m putting it up again (in an easier to read article) because I can predict, based on the riddled-with-outright-lies health care debate we had last time that this debate will also be fact-free. This is where we spend Medicaid dollars: Because of generally poorer health and greater …
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Dildos? Wetsuits? ‘Love Offerings’?
The Republicans are always telling us “Those who have nothing to hide, have nothing to fear.” So what, asks Mother Jones, is Mike Huckabee so afraid of? … In February, Mother Jones wrote to the office of Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe seeking access to a variety of records concerning his predecessor’s tenure, including Huckabee’s travel …
Elizabeth Warren, Still Making All the Right Enemies
The more she’s written about, the more I admire Professor Warren. Today, she visited the Borg collective at its hive: She never actually uttered “I come in peace,” but Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration aide charged with setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, might have felt like an alien visiting an anxious planet …
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