Gov. Jan Brewer Signs New Law That Takes Debt Collectors' Word For How Much You Owe

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 2:27 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

What could possibly go wrong? After all, it's not as if creditors ever make mistakes, or claim you owe them a lot more than you actually do. So it would never be abused by the legal system, right? Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has approved legislation making it easier for debt colle …

arizona, politics, big-government, debt-collectors, jan-brewer

David Letterman To Brian Williams: 'What More Do We Want [Obama] To Do For Us, Honest To God?'

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:52 AM EDT ()

NBC News anchor Brian Williams appeared on CBS’ The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday night. Letterman discussed Williams’s special on Rock Center about the killing of Osama bin Laden and became agitated when describing President Barack Obama’s success …

politics, bin-laden, brian-williams, letterman, right-wing-lies, obama-derangement-syndrome

Fake Obama Narrates Birther Lite Conspiracy Film 'Dreams From My Real Father'

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:46 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

“Birthers” are flipping their tinfoil hats over a new film that claims President Barack Obama’s father was not a Kenyan goat herder but rather a communist journalist nearly four decades older than his mother. The problem? It undermines a bedrock of birther lor …

politics, film, right-wing-lies, crazy, birthers, conspiracy-theory, obama-derangement-syndrome

How John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:40 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

Jeffrey Toobin writes in the current issue of The New Yorker about Money Unlimited: how Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision. Toobin's article explains how Roberts, by having the case reargued, expanded the scope of Citizens United v. Federal Ele …

politics, supreme-court, right-wing-extremism, citizens-united, campaign-finance, john-roberts, mccain-feingold

Obama Confronts GOP's Anti-Gay Agenda, Threatens Veto Of 'License To Bully' Bill

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:35 AM EDT (Think Progress)

The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would consider vetoing two bills put forth by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, both of which contain anti-gay provisions. In its one Statement of Administration Policy, the White House outlined numerous rea …

politics, right-wing-lies, bigotry, tea-party-republicans, bullying, veto, violence-against-women

Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets smacked down by the President

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:27 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

I love The View with one exception. That exception is Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

gay-marriage, politics, hasselbeck, bigotry, the-view, right-wing-lies, president-obama

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There's a Glaring Factual Error on the First Page of Edward Klein's New Anti-Obama Book

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:22 PM EDT (New York Magazine)

Edward Klein decided that the real story of Obama needed to be told, and that he — the man whose previous book alleged that Chelsea Clinton was conceived when Bill Clinton raped Hillary Clinton — was the unbiased journalist to tell it. The result is his newest work …

book, clinton, politics, right-wing-lies, obama-derangement-syndrome, ed-klein

Romney gets another sorta kinda endorsement—from George W. Bush

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 1:16 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Feel the mehmentum: “I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, after he gave a speech on human rights a block from his old home — the White House. Could the former president of the United States ha …

politics, george-w-bush, romney, endorsement

THE OBAMA EFFECT: Major Political Figures Who Have Come Out For Marriage Equality This Week

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 1:04 PM EDT (Think Progress)

The symbolic impact of President Obama’s endorsement of marriage equality cannot be overstated. In the days immediately following his announcement last Wednesday, several other prominent political figures followed his lead, declaring their own support for the freedom to m …

politics, president-obama, gay-marriage, gay-rights, bigotry, politicians

Boehner Threatens To Take The Debt Limit Hostage Again

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:07 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Last August, the nation narrowly avoided hitting its debt limit thanks to a last minute deal cut by Congress. House Republicans had threatened to push the country into a default unless Democrats agreed to spending cuts that were larger than the amount of the debt limit increase …

politics, economics, deficit, right-wing-extremism, house-republicans, boehner, debt-limit

On Romney's Olympic Record: Does He Even Have An Ethical Compass?

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:04 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Whatever "achievement" a Republican politician brags about, you can be pretty sure there's more to the story. The Daily Beast has been following Romney's track record of being brought in to clean up a bribery scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has found some things that i …

politics, olympics, romney, ethics, right-wing-lies, morals, dishonesty

Will Conservatives Ban Black Licorice

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:00 AM EDT ()

I really don’t like licorice. I despise black licorice, for a perfectly rational reason. When I was in kindergarten, my teacher brought in a bag of black licorice and insisted each child have a piece. I didn’t want any, for some reason (I’d never had it before …

politics, right-wing-lies, gay-rights, bigotry, hypocrisy, theocracy, black-licorice

REPORT: FBI May Charge George Zimmerman With Hate Crime, Could Face Death Penalty

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 10:56 AM EDT (Think Progress)

The State of Florida has charged George Zimmerman with murdering Trayvon Martin. But that might not be the end of his legal problems. According to WFTV, an affliate of ABC in Orlando, Zimmerman may soon be charged with a hate crime by the FBI: WFTV has learned charges against …

politics, death-penalty, racism, hate-crime, zimmerman, stand-your-ground

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Virginia House Rejects Judge Because He Is Gay

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 10:10 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Tracy Thorne-Begland served his country for 20 years in the Navy. After his discharge, he then rose to become one of the top prosecutors in the city of Richmond, Virginia. He was sponsored for a low-level trial judgeship by a bipartisan mix of state lawmakers, and seemed a shoo …

politics, virginia, right-wing-lies, gay-rights, bigotry, judge, homophobia

Lawmaker blasts Title IX, honored soccer player winces

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:48 AM EDT ()

If Brandi Chastain could have cried foul, she would have. The world-famous US women's soccer player was in Sacramento on Monday with her Brazilian counterpart Sissi to be honored by the California Assembly as it recognized the 40th anniversary of Title IX. The occasion prompt …

soccer, politics, funding, title-ix, womens-rights, right-wing-lies, brandi-chastain

California voter registration fraud stings Republicans

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:34 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

This bizarre story out of California shows that voter registration fraud can occur, but as usual, it's not the individual voter committing it. The owner and an employee of a company accused of fraudulent voter registration drives in Sacramento County have been convicted of cri …

politics, republicans, california, right-wing-lies, voter-registration-fraud

To Demonize Gay Marriage, Pat Buchanan Flip-Flops On Slavery

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:27 AM EDT (Think Progress)

During an appearance on Fox News yesterday, disgraced former MSNBC pundit Pat Buchanan contradicted one of his most notorious claims. During a discussion of marriage equality, Buchanan rationalized barring gay Americans from getting married on the grounds that it’s a prou …

politics, racism, fox-news, gay-marriage, bigotry, slavery, pat-buchanan

Gay Romney Donor Wants His Money Back

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 11:50 PM EDT (New York Magazine)

"I feel that I no longer wish to support your presidential campaign and ask that you please return the maximum contribution that I gave to you last year," Bill White, the gay CEO of a New York consulting firm and the former president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, …

politics, romney, gay-rights, bigotry, donor, bill-white

Health Insurers Required to Credit ObamaCare When Sending Out Rebate Checks

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 11:42 PM EDT ()

This is should have happen with the stimulus tax cuts too, but better late than ever. Via Mother Jones: It’s rebate time! One of the geekier aspects of Obamacare is that it allows insurance companies to spend no more than a maximum of 20% on overhead costs (15% for large …

credit, politics, rebates, hhs, aca, obamacare

Susana Martinez: Hispanics Were Alienated By GOP Primary

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:04 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Republican New Mexico Gov Susana Martinez is at odds with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and most of her party when it comes to immigration policy. She told The Daily Beast that the debate over immigration during the GOP primary “alienated” Hispanic …

politics, immigration, right-wing-lies, susana-martinez

'Pro Family' Conservative States Aren't Doing Squat to Make Life Easier for Families

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 1:59 PM EDT (Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.)

Conservative Americans demand their politicians spout sepia pleasantries about how America needs to experience a resurrection of "traditional family values." But when it comes down to setting policy, the US's most conservative states are actually the most hostile to the familie …

politics, economy, poverty, right-wing-lies, states, tea-party-republicans, family-values

Barney Frank Takes Marsha Blackburn to Task for Deregulating Banks

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 1:55 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

I have to say that Rep. Marsha Blackburn is generally one of the more infuriating Republican politicians to watch on television because her usual tactic is to talk over and filibuster whoever the other guest is on with her and run out the clock so they don't get a chance to tal …

politics, economy, banks, right-wing-lies, regulation, barney-frank, marsha-blackburn

Treasonous, Cowardly, Un-American Troops Favor Obama By Seven

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 1:46 PM EDT (Wonkette » top)

Get out your Purple Heart bandages, because it is once again time to remind the American people that The Troops are a bunch of lazy, cowardly, treasonous, unpatriotic, un-American, Kenyan-Socialist-Communist whiners. If the election were held today, Obama would win the veteran …

politics, military, war, president-obama, poll, romney, bush-cheney-administration

GOP Rep Lankford Explains Why It Should Be Legal To Fire Someone For Being Gay: 'It's A Choice Issue'

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 9:34 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Rep James Lankford (R-OK) told ThinkProgress last week that he believes someone should be able to be fired for his or her sexual orientation. In a conversation on Capitol Hill, Lankford expressed his strong belief that being gay is a choice, and that LGBT workers should not be …

politics, right-wing-lies, gay-rights, oklahoma, bigotry, tea-party-republicans, lankford

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GOP lawmakers: Romney should shame Obama with Israel trip

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 9:30 AM EDT (TheHill.com)

Mitt Romney should visit Israel soon, Republican lawmakers say, claiming that such a trip would highlight the fact that President Obama has not been there during his first term. Congressional Republicans told The Hill that there would be many benefits for Romney should he go t …

politics, israel, romney, foreign-policy, right-wing-lies, netanyahu

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I agree that not all pork is bad. But ANYTHING to bribe politicians is. Some of the special interests? Let the only ones interested in a certain item pay for it! We can't all agree with all that our president is doing, but we have to agree he is for the people rather than the money. No matter what he tries, there is always someone against him. Both party health reform bills have similar wants, and President Obama is trying to get something that can be agreed upon. Give him a chance to clear up corruption the way he has. NO ONE since Abraham Lincoln has done so much for the country. Unemployment is high, yes, but it isn't the first time. Without our president, unemployment wouldn't be extended. I know, because I am unemployed over a yr, with little hope of working again. I am 60
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Couldn't have summed up my reaction to Obama's grace under fire myself. That is not arrogance. " I'm the decider" (i.e. it's my bat and ball!) was an example of arrogance - smug smile and all. Obama is sincere and asking the stone face rigid republicans in that hall to bring it, and work together with logic and reason, with a little compassion for struggling Americans! Good luck with that...
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