Some Democrats are willing to back austerity
Senator Kent Conrad, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has proposed a 2013 Budget Resolution that backs $5.4 trillion in cuts over 10 years, based on the recommendations of the Bowles-Simpson...
View ArticleBlackstone Group Donates to Obama? Really?
Call it cynical, call it "pragmatic", call it what you will. Obama is taking campaign money from the folks whose actions he decried as orchestrating "less than reputable deals" in the private equity...
View ArticleWhere ideology meets policy, and Matt Stoller
I should say, more great anaysis from Matt Stoller, because he delivered this zinger on the day after the Wisconsin recall loss: And the deeper you look into the race, the worse it looks. By calling...
View ArticleObama may try to cut Social Security
Many folks are under the illusion that Obama will not touch entitlements after his re-election. His own campaign literature is indicating otherwise, and you should be aware of this. From his...
View ArticleObama warns of "bitter pill"
Obama warns of a "bitter pill" that he will have to swallow during negotiations on the fiscal cliff warning his supporters in a conference call Tuesday night". Compromise, apparently...is the name of...
View ArticleVerizon and Appeals Court (?) wants to restrict Internet Usage
The New York Times is calling this a "monentous battle over whether the internet should remain free and open", yet this is flying below radar. I'm sharing this to call attention to this battle and...
View ArticleVerizon positing a new world: no more net neutrality
It's still surprising to me that this story is catching on slowly. It should be setting the blogosphere and citizen journalist world on fire. Here is a clip from a recent article by Timothy Karr on...
View ArticleI'll say it: Obama puts entitlements on the table...again
In a CNBC interview yesterday, Obama puts entitlements back on the table (we've been here before) for "negotiations", but only after the Republicans pass a spending bill. This carrot and stick approach...
View ArticleMilitary strikes in Iraq would violate U.S. law
Just a reminder, hopefully you didn't need one, that military strikes in Iraq would be unlawful under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution. Under the War Powers Resolution, the President can...
View ArticleNational call for resignation of Police Chief Jackson needed
It's clear that it's time for the Chief of Police in Ferguson to go. Here are just some of the reasons, many of them described in diaries on this site, which has done a good job of covering this...
View ArticleHomeland Security's Involvement in Ferguson
The question is not if, but how Homeland Security is involved in the ongoing, violent debacle that is the police/militarized presence in Ferguson, MO. Here is the state web site for the Office of...
View ArticleFormer Air Force Drone Pilots: program causes terrorism
Air Force whistleblowers have written an open letter accusing the administration of lying about the effectiveness of the targeted killing drone program, saying the program “is one of the most...
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