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January 2012
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Another "isolated" incident - Arizona Cop Investigated Over Bullet-Riddled Picture of Obama
Report: Texas Supreme Court Sides Against Consumers In 4 Out of 5 Cases GOP Presidential Candidates Tell Florida Uninsured Woman: You’re On Your Own Selling the ‘Supply-Side’ Myth Mega Manufacturer Caterpillar Locks Out Workers To Force Pay Cuts While Making Record Profits House Republicans begin to worry that doing nothing might not be good enough Charts: Wall Street Blows All Other Political Donors Away NOW THIS IS SICKENING - CHART: Nearly One Quarter Of American Workers Are In Low-Wage Jobs, More Than In Other Developed Nations
Newt Gingrich's campaign admits he lied during debate about ABC News interview with his ex-wife Well, as they say, it takes a crook to recognize a crook - Tom DeLay: Newt Gingrich Was ‘Erratic, Undisciplined’
Study: Corporate Media Biased Heavily In Favor Of Keystone XL Pipeline Warren Buffett On Class Warfare: ‘If This Is A War, My Side Has The Nuclear Bomb’ Hey Fox Faux!! Some more "isolated" incidents - Five Missouri Democrats Discover Crosshairs Outside Their Capitol Offices
Bank Of America’s Offer To Homeowners: We’ll Modify Loans If You’ll Erase All The Mean Things Said About Us On Twitter How Fox News Is Destroying The Republican Party Bill Gates Endorses Raising Taxes On The Rich: ‘That’s Just Justice’ EXACTLY what one would expect from Karl Rove - Rove: Capital Gains Tax Increase Is An "Idiotic Proposal" But Payroll Tax Cut Is "Bad Policy"
Gingrich Pledges To Establish Permanent Base On The Moon ‘By The End Of My Second Term’ Eric Cantor: I care about Warren Buffett’s secretary 2012 House GOP 'agenda': More investigations, more obstructionism U.S. Plummets In International Press Freedom Rankings Due To Violence Against Reporters Covering Occupy Movement Former Bushie, Mitch Daniels Attacks Obama for Not Fixing the Mess He Helped Make Predatory Payday Lenders Threaten Missouri Churches For Circulating Petition In Favor Of New Regulation GOP In 2012: Running On Redistricting, Not On Their Record Mitt Romney's Bain Capital 'earned' $342 million by bankrupting a company and firing 850 Floridians Newt Gingrich avoided paying tens of thousands in Medicare taxes Eric Cantor details plan to renege on debt ceiling deal Tax Loophole For Wealthy Money Managers Lowered Romney’s Taxes By $2.6 Million In Last Two Years Oil Industry Demands Less Transparency mandate disclosure of oil and mining companies’ payments to governments . Why don't they want the public to know how much they're paying taxpayers for the oil they extract?The "fair and balanced" news media at work - Sunday Morning Talk Shows Featured Twice As Many Republicans As Dems Last Year
The 27 Republican Bills That Aren't About Jobs Tax Evaders Renounce U.S. Citizenship The precursor to killing political enemies: Arkansas Democratic Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Child’s Cat Murdered, ‘LIBERAL’ Written On Dead Body
Howard Kurtz Chastises Media Companies for Failing to Disclose Conflict of Interest With Online Piracy Bills Some See Two New Gilded Ages, Raising Global Tensions Now Tennessee Republicans are trying to re-write their history - Tennessee Tea Party ‘Demands’ That References To Slavery Be Removed From History Textbooks
GOP's Claim That House Passed 30 Jobs Bills? Bogus. John Boehner bows to House GOP extremists on Keystone XL, payroll tax fight promises To Hold Payroll Tax Holiday Hostage To Approval Of Keystone XL Gingrich Falsely Claims He Was Completely Exonerated In Ethics Investigtion Corporate Media Long Ago Abandoned Reporting the Truth: Stenography is Their Game Chris Matthews: Only Way Romney Can Beat Gingrich Is To ‘Catch Up To Him With His Hatred Of Obama’
Week of January 15, 2012
Obama Donors Reap Rewards "I Will Believe in Corporate Personhood When One of Them Is Executed in Texas." How The Republicans On The FEC Are Making Citizens United Even Worse Majority of Americans okay with the taxes they pay, want wealthy to pay more Newt Gingrich’s Tax Plan Gives Newt Gingrich A $540,000 Tax Break The Global Elite Are Hiding 18 Trillion Dollars In Offshore Banks Why does Mitt Romney think releasing his tax returns would be a 'nice little present' for Democrats? Meet The 40 Members Of The Congressional Koch Caucus Hollywood bought its politicians, and it expects them to stay bought Democrats in Congress is the biggest supporters of SOPA Two-Thirds Of Small Business Owners Say Citizens United Ruling Hurts Them How Republicans Killed Their Own Pet Oil Pipeline Project New polls: Economy still Bush's fault, GOP responsible for gridlock Every Hour Spent Auditing Corporate Tax Returns Yields More Than $9,000 In Revenue Surprise, surprise!! - Congress determined to disable the automatic cuts they agreed to four months ago
Romney Invests In Several Bain Funds That Use Offshore Tax Havens To Boost Profits Oil and Gas Jobs Increase by 75,000 Under Obama — 69,000 More Than Would Be Created By Keystone XL How the media enable the Republican tax agenda Republicans make too little, poor people make too much The economy? It’s still Bush’s fault How The GOP Candidates’ Tax Plans Would Give Huge Tax Breaks To South Carolina’s Richest 1 Percent Yep! Typical Fox - Fox News irritated that Iraq is making Americans follow their stupid laws
Mitt Romney Embraces Privatizing Medicare and Social Security and Raising Eligibility Ages Adding insult to insult - Karen Santorum: Gays 'Vilify' My Husband
The Best Politicians Money Can Buy So you thought it was only Republicans protecting Wall Street banks?!? - Regulators face pressure from both GOP, Dems on implementing ‘Volcker Rule’ On policy, Romney is far to Bush’s right Obama hanging with the GOP on killing labor - When New Obama Chief of Staff Was NYU Exec, School Ceased Recognizing Union> In Debate, GOP Candidates Have Little Sympathy For The Jobless Once hot, Tea Party goes cold Don't worry "Mr." President - we're quite use to your traitorous ways - Obama warns left: You won't like budget The Price of Newt Gingrich's Ambition Why Does the FBI Treat Videotaping Corporate Animal Abuse as Terrorism? Blind Party Loyalty Is For Mental Midgets John Boehner's Keystone XL conflict of interest Republican candidates invoke MLK's memory in South Carolina while demanding voter suppression Occupy Congress: 99 > 1 'Dead' voter in James O'Keefe stunt not dead yet 44 Congressional Darlings of the Koch Brothers Cato’s Patrick Michaels: Serial Deleter of Inconvenient Data MIT Climate Scientist’s Wife Threatened in a “Frenzy of Hate” and Cyberbullying Fomented by Deniers How high oil prices could squelch the recovery Birther Joseph Farah: Eligibility Questions (About People Other Than Obama) Are A Distraction If You Are A Blue Collar Worker In America You Are An Endangered Species Meet the 21 CEOs who got golden parachutes of $100 million and more
Week of January 8, 2012
Heritage Can't Spin Away Growing Concern About Wealth Distribution The ridiculous things presidential candidates want you to believe about jobs Fox News John Stossel: Young People ‘Are Dumb Or Don’t Pay Attention, And They Shouldn’t Vote’ Yeah, lets start with setting the minimum age limit to 30 for voting, then we'll find a way to set a minimum income for voting --- say around $300,000 per year. Later on we might want to raise that minimum income to $1 million. Everything You Need to Know About Wall Street, in One Brief Tale CHARTS: What Romney Doesn’t Want You Talking About - Except In ‘Quiet Rooms’ The curious political priorities of Mitt Romney and the fabulously rich Mitt Romney's favorite success story took millions in government aid John Boehner seeks to cut tea party faction out of payroll tax cut extension negotiations Sen. Grassley Threatens To Lash Out At Obama By Punishing The American People The Federal Reserve's accuracy - In 2006, Fed Predicted ‘At Worst, An Orderly Decline In The Housing Market’
Kansas GOP House Speaker ‘Prays’ That Obama’s ‘Children Be Fatherless And His Wife A Widow’ Chart of the Day: Federal Programs Surprisingly Well Run GOP War on the IRS Costs U.S. Billions Romney’s Tax Cut For Millionaires Would Be Nearly Twice The Size Of George Bush’s GOP Presidential Candidates Would Have A Hard Time Finding Coverage Under Their Health Reform Plans Chamber of Commerce vows to become 'significantly involved' against Elizabeth Warren Survey: Illegal Corporate Campaign Contributions Up 400% Gov. Jan Brewer's Arizona still in competition for dumbest state government Santorum: Government Should Not Be Involved In Medicare Tom Donohue Pushes Civilization-Ending Pollution Agenda In Chamber Of Commerce Annual Address 17 Of The Top 20 Biggest Political Donors This Election Cycle Are Conservative Occupy Wall Street Wins Court Case: Barricades Down at Zuccotti Park Mitt Romney Admits Auto Industry Rescue Worked, Pretends It Was His Idea I hope the GOP remembers this when the next Republican is in the White House - GOP Seeks to Pass Keystone Pipeline Without Obama
James O'Keefe could land allies in prison for voter fraud stunt Romney Wins The 1 Percent Yeah, they're "tea party" material alright - Tea Party Caucus Members Are Twice As Rich As Typical Member of Congress, Push Tax Policies That Favor Wealthy
Gov. Walker Accused Of Over 1,000 Violations Of Campaign Finance Law, Could Face $557,500 Fine “It’s Viral!” The Movement to Overturn Citizens United Swamps the Internet Typical GOP: When something they like is identified as filthy, don't clean it up - just change the name. - Frank Luntz says 'capitalism' is a dirty word and Republicans shouldn't use it
Republicans plan resolution condemning recess appointments when they get back from ... non-recess Five U.S. Senators Are Perfect Koch Servants, Americans For Prosperity Reports Republican National Committee Files Brief Seeking To Allow Corporate Funding Of Campaigns ANALYSIS: GOP Candidates’ Tax Cuts For The Rich Are Up To 270 Times Larger Than Their Tax Cuts For The Middle Class CHART: How The Debt Limit Fight Hurt The Economy, Delayed Recovery Wall Street posts huge numbers against Elizabeth Warren Does Mitt Romney Pay Any Income Tax? Romney wants more tax cuts than Bush did How Wall Street Made the Financial Crisis Worse The GOP's Multi-Decade Capital Gains Tax Cut Scheme Senate Confirmations Are 18 Percentage Points Lower Now Then They Were Under Bush & A Democratic Senate Allen West: Military Leaders ‘Should Be Very Careful About Blindly Following A Commander-In-Chief’ Why is Lying and Fraudulence So Integral to Getting Elected? Christie Shouts Down New Hampshire Occupy Protesters, Accuses Obama Of 'Dividing' The Country Santorum: My Grandfather Left Family To Immigrate To America, So It’s OK To Break Up Families [India] Will counter U.S. call-center bill. bill that would let customers ask to talk to an American South Carolina Woman Welcomes Rick Perry: ‘Good To See Someone As Homophobic And Racist As You’ There's No War on Religion in America: There is a GOP War on Reality Rick Santorum: ‘There Are No Classes In America’ Perry: ‘I Would Send Troops Back Into Iraq’ Hey, Bank of America, how many times do I have to tell you my husband is dead? Black Woman Confronts Santorum Over Comments: ‘Why Do You Have A Problem Against Black People?’ Video: Private Sector Gets Job Skills; Public Gets Bill
Week of January 1, 2012
Report On News Networks' Lack Of SOPA Coverage Keeping With Fox Tradition, Hannity Gives Santorum A Platform To Plug Website, Urge Viewers To "Help Us Out" What ligitimate news network would allow a news anchor to have a political PAC? Medical bills cause 62 percent of bankruptcies Gingrich, Unaware Washington and Jefferson Grew Marijuana, Claims They Would Have “Violently” Opposed Perry Selects Sheriff Joe Arpaio As AZ Campaign Chair Under Obama, a Record Decline in Government Jobs John Boehner claims House in session, but Republicans refuse to work House Democrats Rush Floor Demanding Republicans Come Back To Work, GOP Cuts Off C-SPAN Rick Santorum on health reform: 'Get rid of Medicare' agency Rick Santorum says we should cut Social Security benefits, starting immediately This is what happens when a state pays a corporation a lot of money and concedes major taxes to get them to move to their state. - Hit And Run: Boeing Leaves Kansas After Promising The State Jobs For $35 Billion Contract And Slew Of Tax Breaks
Romney’s Tax Plan Gives Millionaires A $150K Tax Cut, Raises Taxes On Low-Income Families Even after no WMD's in Iraq was confirmed, Santoroum was still insisting they exist - 2006 Vintage Santorum: So Many WMDs in Iraq
Rick Santorum Derides Health Care ‘For Everybody!’ As Un-American, Destructive The 1 Percent Solution: Koch Brothers Bankroll Right-Wing ThinkProgress Clone Santorum Disses The 99 Percent, Attacks Those Too Poor To Pay Federal Income Taxes Corporate Profits Have Rebounded To Pre-Recession Levels, But Corporate Tax Revenue Hasn’t Rick Santorum To John King: I Didn’t Say Black People, I Said ‘Blah’ People 'I'm not rich,' says Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney, who secured a $10 million federal bailout for Bain, calls Obama a 'crony capitalist' Mitt Romney was a pro-war draft dodger who protested anti-war protesters Occupy Wall Street Media Team Evicted From Rented Studio, 6 Arrested Speaker Boehner Admits Real Reason GOP Blocked Consumer Protection Nominee Romney Family Files: Fled to Mexico Due to a Polygamy Ban Making Them 'The First Displaced Persons of the 20th Century' Santorum’s Tax Plan Would Likely Add Trillions Of Dollars To The Deficit Newt Gingrich's way of "thanking" our soldiers - Gingrich Calls For A ‘Voucherized’ Veterans Health Care System
Republicans want a united America! As long you're white, male and rich Tennessee Conservatives Seek Protections For Religious Bullies Ohio Closes Fracking-Related Injection Wells after Earthquakes Half Of The World’s Richest 1 Percent Are Americans REPORT: How Fox News Fueled Newt Inc. Obama Misses Key Window For Empowering Top Consumer Watchdog Santorum’s Racist Welfare Rant: ‘I Don’t Want To Make Black People’s Lives Better’ With Taxpayer Money Campaign rule No. 1: Say whatever it takes to get votes - Ambitious Republicans Conveniently Discover Opposition To Abortion Just In Time To Woo Conservative Voters
Study: GOP’s Capital Gains Tax Cut Is The Biggest Driver Of Income Inequality Finally a Republican tells the truth about Republicans - Huckabee Chides Republicans For Being ‘More Interested’ In Defeating Obama ‘Than They Are In Rebuilding America’
Silence of the Lambs 2: Media Herd’s Coverage of Climate Change Drops Sharply — Again As America’s Infrastructure Crumbles, GOP Presidential Candidates Refuse To Offer Solutions Virginia GOP Will Require Primary Voters To Sign Party Loyalty Oath Quote of the Day: How Many Ways Can You Say "Crazy"? Oh, these poor souls - Billionaires Create Organization to "Prove" That They Are Victims. Let Them Eat Rolexes!
Chief Justice Roberts Nurses The Supreme Court’s Self-Inflicted Ethical Wounds With the Suppression of the Occupy Movement Encampments the False 1% Media Lies Return Iran and Historical Forgetting Reminder: It's not just Republicans #OWS is chasing. - 12 Protesters Busted at Democrats' Iowa War Room Bachmann: I Would Put Missile Systems ‘On Alert’ For Iran Donald Trump begs Americans to beg him to run for president Fox Sees Viewer Decline In 2011 Mitt Romney assails Barack Obama for failing to 'repair the world' Santorum on Iran: Meet My Demands Or Face Attack, ‘That’s The Plan’ Cantor Starts New Year with Old Lie About Reagan's Tax Hikes Eric Cantor's Press Secretary Interrupts 60 Min Interview to Claim Reagan Never Raised Taxes Goldman's Latest Boiler-Room Stock: America OWS End Corporate Personhood, Get Money Out Working Group / Campaign Iran/Iraq ‘Defectors’ and Disinformation Mike Huckabee On Congressional Approval Ratings Slipping To 5%: ‘Just Barely Above A Pedophile’ David Gregory Pushes Back at Rick Santorum For Lying About the President Not Meeting With Republicans Newt says there’s insufficient evidence for climate change, citing his expertise as “an amateur paleontologist” In a change of heart, Republicans suddenly against Four GOP candidates join Perry's lawsuit challenging Virginia ballot access
#OccupyWallStreet is still here - 68 People Arrested As Occupy Wall Street Protesters Briefly Take Back Zuccotti Park On New Year’s
Typical GOP ploy: Redefine as desired - NYC Mayor Bloomberg Claims Felony Crime Down…Thanks to Redefining Strangulation (and Just not Reporting)
And evidently the military does too - Vets Accuse Pentagon of Saving Money by Classifying PTSD as “Personality Disorder”
"There Will Be Violence, Mark My Words" Cain Kills Abel: the First Class War
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