Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker established a program that has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in merit raises and bonuses to some state workers even as he preached cost-cutting and pushed through a law reducing most public workers' pay and eliminating their union rights. An …
When Fox bobblehead Megyn Kelly asked Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to answer the Catholic bishops' very pointed criticism of his budget that makes Jesus cry, Ryan gave a shockingly blasphemous response: “These are not all the Catholic bishops, and we respectfully disagree,& …
Take Michele Bachmann, for example. She's easily one of the most far-right conservatives in Congress in addition to being an anti-choice "pro-life" zealot ("pro-life is in quotes because conservatives are only truly "pro-life" when it comes to pre-born humans). She claims to be …
The Expanded & Improved Medicare for all act” (HR 676) would establish a single authority responsible for paying for health care for all Americans. Providing universal coverage with a “single-payer” system would change many aspects of American health care. …
This is one of the coolest union-related sites I've seen in a while: The Communications Workers of America have assembled a Union Busting Playbook. It runs through things workers can expect to face in as their boss tries to block them from organizing a union, from typical talki …
Marla Tipping's 14-year-old son, Cam, has to have his blood cleaned every two weeks. He has a rare condition that makes his body produce too much cholesterol. Tipping says her family has had "to be absolutely vigilant in never having a lapse in coverage…because many car …
New research obtained by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin reveals that Scott Walker alone was responsible for the hire and promotion of Tim Russell and Kelly Rindfleisch, two key figures in the John Doe criminal corruption probe that has, to date, charged six close Walker aide …
Keith Poole of the University of Georgia, with his collaborator Howard Rosenthal of New York University, has spent decades charting the ideological shifts and polarization of the political parties in Congress from the 18th century until now to get the view of how the political …
This week the House of Representatives will consider two significantly different alternatives to the president’s fiscal 2013 budget request— the Republican draft budget resolution, introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, and an alternative introduced by the Congressional Prog …
What's happening with ALEC is good. But not good enough. Pressured by a coalition of civil rights, clean government and religious groups to quit their memberships in the American Legislative Exchange Council, multinational corporations are indeed exiting ALEC. Now, it's time t …
Let's jump into what is a raging debate and side with a colleague, Arthur Brisbane, the ombudsman for The New York Times, not out of collegial loyalty—it would be more fun to disagree—but because he is right. Brisbane asked the same question that NPR listeners and …
These were some of the headlines accompanying media reports of Mitt Romney's speech to the Newspaper Association of America on Wednesday. The GOP front-runner's address was a harsh assault on President Barack Obama and marked another effort on Romney's part to present himself a …
Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill. Why? Because Monsanto has threatened to sue the state if the bill passes. The popu …
ThinkProgress reported Tuesday that the House Republican budget, authored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), would give away $3 trillion in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Roughly $2 trillion of those breaks are aimed at the rich, thanks to …
And What To Replace Them With We talk about the "Death Tax" and not the proper term, "Estate Tax." Two little words—"Death Panels"—were capable of nearly derailing the best thing that's happened to health insurance in this country in decades. Harvard-educated Presi …
Republicans have relentlessly harangued the Senate's Democratic leadership for failing to pass a budget resolution. "1,000 days without a budget," was the title of a typical missive last month. On the weekend Jack Lew, who has just been named Barack Obama's chief of staff after …
After a fit, a start and a dose of whiplash, legislation permitting startups to raise money through online crowdfunding is moving through Congress. The House has now passed two bills, including the Jobs Act this week, that would overturn a 70-year-old ban on small companie …
Just five months after Chevron lost its drilling rights for causing the largest oil spill in recent memory off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, they've gone and done it again. According to Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Chevron has reported that a new leak of indetermina …
Everybody is talking about the price of gasoline. These are but a few of the myriad conversation bits you might have been privy to over the last few weeks: It's Obama's fault! Or, are high gas prices hampering Obama's reelection bid? Will they rise high enough to stall the mil …
Charles Darwin accomplished a lot in his 73 years on Earth especially when you consider that much of his life was plagued with illness. He once said that "[e]ven ill-health, though it has annihilated several years of my life, has saved me from the distractions of society and am …
Scientists at the University of Cambridge (England) have developed a method using lasers to remove the toner from a laser printed page, which would allow the paper to be reused. With the "unprinter," a green laser is flashed at the page. This does not harm the paper, but the li …
I think I need a shower. Talking Points sends us to a badly written article in The Hill about the CBO’s latest budget estimates. If you read the article very, very carefully, you might be able to figure out that the CBO only shows Obama increasing deficits relative to a v …
Rick Perlstein takes on the perception that conservatives have gotten crazier, and argues that they haven’t — they were always like this. It’s an excellent read, and you should go read it. I’d just like to add a couple of further data points. Rick says, …
Greg Smith, a Goldman Sachs vice president, resigned his post Wednesday with a stinging public rebuke of the firm on the oped page of the New York Times -- accusing it of no longer putting its clients before its own pecuniary goals. But if Mr. Smith believes his experience at …
The graph tells a simple story that I've recounted before. For all the talk you hear about Obama's historic spree, government spending actually hasn't increased so dramatically under this president. The stimulus was big, but it's over. It's been replaced by, if not austerity (w …
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker established a program that has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in merit raises and bonuses to some state workers even as he preached cost-cutting and pushed through a law reducing most public workers' pay and eliminating their union rights. An …
When Fox bobblehead Megyn Kelly asked Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to answer the Catholic bishops' very pointed criticism of his budget that makes Jesus cry, Ryan gave a shockingly blasphemous response: “These are not all the Catholic bishops, and we respectfully disagree,& …
Ann Romney wants women with children to stay at home - literally. The only question is should they be chained to the stove all day or can they have an hour of free time in the yard for recreation? Last week, Ann Romney responded with predictable outrage …
Take Michele Bachmann, for example. She's easily one of the most far-right conservatives in Congress in addition to being an anti-choice "pro-life" zealot ("pro-life is in quotes because conservatives are only truly "pro-life" when it comes to pre-born humans). She claims to be …
How much greater is $47 billion than $300 million? A lot, since that first figure is an order of magnitude larger than the second. But you wouldn't know it from listening to Senate Republicans debating the Buffett Rule. Weighing in on the new proposed tax on the nation's highe …
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Wis. gives $765,000 in bonuses despite budget hole
Republicans: $300 Million in mammograms and birth control is WAY more than $4.7 Billion of rich-people-money
Republicans: $300 Million in mammograms and birth control is WAY more than $4.7 Billion of rich-people-money
Paul Ryan 'respectfully disagrees' with Jesus
Paul Ryan 'respectfully disagrees' with Jesus
Paul Ryan 'respectfully disagrees' with Jesus
Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits
Republicans: $300 Million in mammograms and birth control is WAY more than $4.7 Billion of rich-people-money
Republicans: $300 Million in mammograms and birth control is WAY more than $4.7 Billion of rich-people-money
Republicans: $300 Million in mammograms and birth control is WAY more than $4.7 Billion of rich-people-money