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#Obamacare will 'reduce budget deficits over 2012–'21 period.' Get it? Reduce...
In the video above, Chris Hayes covers one of the multitude of dirty tricks that Republicans are using to undermine the Affordable Care Act. In this instance, they've been creating bogus websites to...
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ENTIRE VIDEO- Pres. Obama on extending unemployment benefits: "Hope is...
Via UpTakeVideo: President Obama says Americans who need an emergency extension of unemployment benefits are "not lazy" as some might want you to believe. He points to the case of Katherine Hackett...
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VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren kicks ass... again.
Did you see Elizabeth Warren on "Now with Alex Wagner"? If not, here you go. She kicked major ass, as she always does. And whaddya know, I also got this email (bolding is mine): Laffy, Millions of...
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Obamacare supporters score a legal victory in Missouri as overall enrollment...
That sound you hear is the GOP wondering what they'll smear next as they see their "Obamacare" and Benghazi!!!!!! attack campaigns morphing into punchlines. There are two articles in the Los Angeles...
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Do-nothingest House GOP ever decides to top themselves
Chart via The Maddow Blog's Steve Benen How many ways can we say "worst, do-nothingest House of Representatives ever"? Probably about 232, and they all have an (R) attached to their name. The House...
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Cartoon o' the day: GOP Putin envy
If you suffer from Putin envy, you might be a Republican. In fact, you're most likely a member of the official GOP Chicken Hawk Coalition, one that should be quarantined stat and treated for any...
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Elizabeth Warren: Ted Cruz would have repealed the Declaration of...
Senator Elizabeth Warren was in Minnesota last weekend to support Senator Al Franken. She gave a speech at the 2014 Humphrey-Mondale Dinner, and what a speech it was! Below is a video of some...
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Republicans block equal pay bill for third time
Once again, Republicans block a Democratic bill, this time one that would help women by finally giving them equal pay and closing the wage gap. The Paycheck Fairness Act was filibustered (surprise!)...
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Not news: Republicans could slide even further with women, Latinos
Women and Latinos do not trust Republicans. Oops, sorry, Captain Obvious got hold of my keyboard again. But he's right, which is also obvious: Republicans block equal pay bill for third time. GOP...
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"What we are witnessing are the death throes of the anti-Obamacare crowd."
My favorite columnist at the Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik (scroll), has written another excellent piece, this time covering anti-Obamacare Republicans and their deadly and perplexing fight...
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President Obama: We need reforms "from campaign finance to how a filibuster...
Our government badly needs to advance all kinds of reforms, says you, says I, says President Obama. Major overhauls that would cut through the insanity that is the U.S. Congress are in order. As most...
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GW Bush "will go down in history as the last Republican president in American...
The B Word has come up a lot lately, specifically Jeb Bush and GW Bush. For example, writing these two posts alone was enough to make my stomach turn: "George W Bush ruined the family name." No...
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Surge in insured CA students defies #Obamacare concerns
Two words, GOP: Neener nanner. All those "repeal Obamacare" efforts in the House of Representatives are becoming more and more laughable as good news stories continue to emerge about Affordable Care...
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Study: Young adults healthier after passage of #Obamacare
Young adults and the Affordable Care Act are very compatible, despite all the Repeal Obamacare fanatics in the GOP-run House of Representatives. The Los Angeles Times has the story: Expanding the...
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Obamacare covers 8-11 million mostly "satisfied" Americans. #BlameObama
As our own Sherry Hardy pointed out, Regressives Handed Out Emergency Care Death Sentences in North Carolina. GOP-run states have done everything they can to obstruct access to Obamacare from the...
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"What Obama needs is a Rob Ford, Francois Hollande moment."
Via Lalo Alcaraz Another snark-filled guest post by the one, the only Will Durst, who's having a little fun with the GOP's Obama Derangement Syndrome. Take it away, Will: STUCK ON STUCK “Just following...
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"Not a skit! Our actual Congress! Gaaa!"
Our own Sherry Hardy covered Rachel Maddow's edible take-down of the Worst Congress Ever in her post, 'Get Out and Push', Says Maddow of the Useless, U.S. Congress. Maddow went ballistic, and...
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"Absence of a strong wave comes as something of a setback for GOP"
A report just came out from the Center for the Study of the American Electorate. It confirmed what many of us already knew: that Americans are "staying away from the polls in droves." Not good, not...
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Radioactive waste a toxic byproduct of fracking, drilling in N. Dakota
Back in May I wrote, Hey Big Oil "pro-lifers": Fossil fuels may be killing babies! Today's Los Angeles Times has an extensive report about how, in North Dakota, fracking may very well be producing...
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Rick Perry spends thousands on Obstructive Tongue Syndrome
We all know how Republicans love to obstruct. They can't help themselves, it's their one area of expertise, other than holding expensive, nasty, meaningless hearings. Their obstructive nature comes in...
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