The Creeping Stalinism of Donald Trump | Vanity Fair

The Creeping Stalinism of Donald Trump | Vanity Fair: "The vilifying of the press has gotten so bad that some solace was provided Sunday by The Washington Post, which reported from Abu Dhabi that "Defense Secretary Jim Mattis...does not see the media as the enemy of the American people." Now all journalists have to do is find a viable business model and all worries will disappear! While that Post headline might have inspired huzzahs among the Trump-obsesssed national media, The Wall Street Journal's editorial page writers are frequently finding themselves at odds in a Civil War of political ideas."  'via Blog this'

Voting Rights Act Chart: Proof It's Outdated? - Business Insider

Voting Rights Act Chart: Proof It's Outdated? - Business Insider: "Included in Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act is a chart that rationalizes why the court discarded the portion of the law.

The chart compares the gains in minority voter registration from 1965 to 2004, the last data available before Congress renewed the Voting Rights Act in 2006:"

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Florida Romney Volunteer Calling Up Seniors to Inform Them Obama is a Socialist Muslim - Miami - News - Riptide 2.0

Florida Romney Volunteer Calling Up Seniors to Inform Them Obama is a Socialist Muslim - Miami - News - Riptide 2.0: "According to StAugustine.com, the call was picked up on an answering machine. Somehow the woman forgot to properly hang up after getting an answering machine, and her next call was recorded."


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Netanyahu Demands Red Line On Iran - Business Insider

This is the second time he helped Romney this week.  The first time was the speech on 9/11.
Netanyahu Demands Red Line On Iran - Business Insider: "In an interview with Meet The Press set to air

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Sunday, Netanyahu warned American lawmakers that Iran's leaders, like the protesters, are guided by an "unbelievable fanaticism." "They put their zealotry above their survival," Netanyahu told MTP host David Gregory. "It's the same fanaticism that you see storming your embassies today. You want these fanatics to have nuclear weapons?" " 'via Blog this'

Obama ‘fear’ driving social conservatives - POLITICO.com Print View

It ain't right right to use someone's religion as a basis for fear. The thing that's most intimate - spirituality and faith - to someone should not be manipulated in this way.  This is not new, but it is exclusively used by one group throughout the world. In Libya and Egypt this week using religion as a stick was the impetus for the embassy runs; the same was used to motive religious groups in 10 other places where U.S. embassies were on high alert.  The more educated and enlightened do not act on based fears, yet as we look down the ignorance ladder (less educated) we see that rationality is null.      

 - JR

Obama ‘fear’ driving social conservatives - POLITICO.com Print View:

Fear of President Barack Obama — not enthusiasm for Mitt Romney — is driving religious conservatives to pull the lever for the GOP nominee this November.

Romney — a former Massachusetts governor who came late to the anti-abortion rights cause — was never a favorite of evangelical voters during the Republican primaries, and their love for him hasn’t grown much now that he has officially become their party’s standard bearer, as judged by interviews with two dozen conservatives at the Values Voter Summit in Washington this weekend.

But religious conservatives will support Romney because Obama — who endorsed same-sex marriage earlier this year — is anathema to them. And as much as they are lukewarm about Romney, conservatives are thrilled by the GOP nominee’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate.

“It’s not excitement, it is fear — fear of the other guy,” said Dolores Taylor, 69, of West Harrison, N.Y., explaining why she will vote for Romney over Obama in November. “Excited doesn’t seem to be the right word — I’d say energized, because I’m so angry about what’s going on.”

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Dishonorable Disclosures Trailer

Shift Boat 2012

Pure Rov-ian: attack the other’s strength, make it a weakness.  As a former Service Member I’m embarrass!

LIBRE!!!

Drudge all over it.

Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra | ThinkProgress

Awesome!!



Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra | ThinkProgress: "An Ohio State Senator is turning the tables on men seeking to regulate women’s access to reproductive health. Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) has introduced legislation regulating men’s access to erectile dysfunction drugs. The Dayton Daily News has the details:
Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way.
The Cleveland Democrat introduced Senate Bill 307 this week."

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Conservative George Will Rips GOP's Politicization Of Gas Prices As 'Economic Nonsense' | ThinkProgress

AGREED!!


Conservative George Will Rips GOP's Politicization Of Gas Prices As 'Economic Nonsense' | ThinkProgress: "On ABC’s This Week, conservative commentator George Will rejected the “preposterous” GOP political strategy of trying to win elections by railing against “high gas prices.” As evidence, Will highlighted Rep. Allen West (R-FL), who said he was outraged that it costs him $70 a tank to fill his car. “He drives a Hummer!” Will noted, adding, “this is economic nonsense.” Watch it:"

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Some Billionaires Paying Less Than One Percent In Taxes [WATCH]

Some Billionaires Paying Less Than One Percent In Taxes [WATCH]: "The top 400 earners in the U.S. paid an average tax rate of 18 percent, according to a Bloomberg TV report noticed by Think Progress. And though that's a far lower rate than the 26.5 percent that many families making less than $100,000 pay annually in taxes, some of America's super-rich have been able to whittle their tax bill down even more, paying a tax rate as low as one percent, according to Bloomberg."

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Don't Settle: NoSurprises2012.com - YouTube

Don't Settle: NoSurprises2012.com - YouTube: "With Michele Bachmann, there are no policy flip-flops. There's no need to compromise on one of the issues that matters to you. She means what she says, and she says what she means."

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The GOP's 'Uncertainty' Talking Point, Debunked

 

With the economy in a slump for nearly four years, corporate executives and conservative politicians have repeatedly invoked "uncertainty" as a major barrier to American job-creation. The "uncertainty" jab is a go-to talking point for any congressional Republican looking to tag President Barack Obama as a tax-raising, regulation-obsessed foe of American businesses.

O’Malley: Obama faces ‘obstructionist’ GOP - POLITICO Live - POLITICO.com

Wow! Took him a long time to figure that out!


O’Malley: Obama faces ‘obstructionist’ GOP - POLITICO Live - POLITICO.com: "Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Sunday that President Barack Obama’s efforts to create jobs are constantly being blocked by an “obstructionist wing of the Republican Party.”

“What’s becoming clear over time as the president puts forward proposals [is] we have a very obstructionist wing of the Republican Party who’s been very successful at keeping the president from accelerating this jobs recovery as quickly as he would like,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”"

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Wall Street Plotting To Take Down Elizabeth Warren, As Her Poll Numbers Soar

Wall Street Plotting To Take Down Elizabeth Warren, As Her Poll Numbers Soar: "But don't expect the opposition to be in the form of massive donations to Brown. Financial industry executives are worried that by overtly attacking Warren, they risk boosting her chances with an electorate unfriendly to banks, POLITICO reported, but they are considering less public methods to weaken her position."

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Obama Just Gave Republicans The Excuse They Needed To Kill His Jobs Plan

Don't take the bait Republicans!!Obama Just Gave Republicans The Excuse They Needed To Kill His Jobs Plan: "President Barack Obama appeared to have GOP lawmakers in a pickle over the weekend — struggling with whether to oppose his jobs plan even though its stimulus measures consist mostly of tax cuts. But his newly-announced tax increases to pay for the bill appears to have given Republican lawmakers the political cover they needed to oppose the plan."

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White House Requests $5.2B in New Disaster Funds

The White House told Congress on Thursday there's a need for more than $5 billion in additional disaster relief money, not even counting the billions that probably will be called for to help East Coast states hit by Hurricane Irene.

The administration also says that under the terms of last month's budget deal, Congress can provide more than $11 billion in disaster aid next year without finding offsetting budget cuts as demanded by some Republicans. The budget pact contains a little-noticed provision providing the flexibility in disaster spending.

Many lawmakers were unaware of the disaster aid provision when voting for the budget pact last month. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has said additional disaster funding should be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget

Obama to Propose New Stimulus in Lame Attempt to Set Up Campaign

Rush is correct in terms of Infrastructure spending being a campaign issue. The President will make the argument that he will spending on Building the US up, while his opponent (Rick Perry) will give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires who haven't created jobs in 10 years of the tax breaks.


Obama to Propose New Stimulus in Lame Attempt to Set Up Campaign: Obama to Propose New Stimulus in Lame Attempt to Set Up Campaign

Rep. Chabot Breaks With GOP Presidential Candidates, Says Obama ‘Deserves Some Credit’ On Libya | ThinkProgress

Rep. Chabot Breaks With GOP Presidential Candidates, Says Obama ‘Deserves Some Credit’ On Libya | ThinkProgress: KEYES: Do you think President Obama deserves any credit for [Qaddafi's] imminent ouster?
CHABOT: I think he deserves some credit. I also think, however, there were a lot of missteps. There were a lot of decisions that should have been made earlier. I think it’s never a good idea for the United States to so-called “lead from behind.” And there were mistakes made in this, as there are in all endeavors.

Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say? w/ Video

Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say?: "“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”"

Turning the Tables on the Debt Ceiling | Mother Jones

Turning the Tables on the Debt Ceiling | Mother Jones: "As a practical matter, I doubt this. In order to hold the debt ceiling hostage, you need, at the very least, extremely high levels of party discipline (in the House and the Senate, lest the upper chamber openly break ranks and isolate your hostage-taking wing.) You also probably need a propaganda apparatus that can create its own empirical reality in which the experts who warn that failing to lift the debt ceiling would create dire consequences are all wrong. I don't think the Democratic Party has either of these."