Excerpted from TEF Illinois
The following is a shortened version of Rachel Maddow’s opening monologue from her show on Wednesday on MSNBC:For the next hour, we begin with the president of the United States addressing the nation and calling for a massive
Excerpted from God is not three guys in the sky
The Republican Party used to be an honorable party, but today it is corrupted by the Tea Party. Where to begin on my promise to write about Republicans of conscience? I’ll just dive in.
David Frum, conservative jo
Excerpted from TakingNote.TCF.ORG
By Richard C. Leone | For the past several weeks, culminating in President Obama’s speech on Wednesday, Washington has been in the grip of deficit fever. The sky is falling, we are told, and, members of both parties are touting plans designed to pro
This week the Republican Party suffered a big loss in New York's reddest of congressional districts because of their plan to eliminate Medicare and replace it with a voucher system.
Chairman Ryan is now scolding us. Paul Ryan doesn’t seem to think that we are smart enough to understand his bill. Instead, he claims we were suckered by “Obama’s demagoguery”. Accor
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today that indicates lots of money is owed in back taxes by recipeints of the recovery act funds. According to the report,
" Thousands of Recovery Act contract and grant recipients owe hundreds of millions in federal taxes: At least 3,700 Recovery
